“Phoebe Finds Her Voice” is a book that I would recommend especially to older girls who like warm-hearted and realistic books. It is a story about a girl trying to overcome her stagefright, battle against school bullies and reunite her parents.  It is a gentle book about performance, family reunion and courage. I really enjoyed [...]

The book called Edge of Nowhere by John Smelcer is different from other books that I have read and really very peculiar book. A boy and his dog fall overboard a boat,and spend a long period of time trying to return to their village.  Unlike most books I have read, there is not a lot [...]

Reading Crystal by Rebecca Lisle gives you a good feeling.It’s about Crystal trying to escape a horrible prison-like city with her mum (who everyone thinks is mad). This had happy,tense,funny and sad parts. At the start of me reading Crystal I thought it would be boring.But its not! My favourite character is Questrid. A tense [...]

Polly Plays Her Part is a stunning book. It is so gripping. For instance,when Polly’s cat Cosmo is involved in a accident I was left wondering If he would live or die. I liked this book because it is realistic: the characters, the consequences of doing the wrong thing, and the plot. My favourite part [...]

Going for Gold is a seriously good book. Frankie lives for ice-skating, and has her heart set on becoming a star. So it’s a dream come true when she’s talent-spotted at her local ice rink and whisked away to train for the Olympics. But Frankie learns that Skate School isn’t just world-class, it’s also ultra-tough, [...]

The Devils Triangle by Mark Robson is a book that I have really enjoyed – so much in fact, I read it twice! I particularly liked the style of the writing. One chapter would focus on one particular character, and the next would be from another’s point of view. Most chapters ended on a cliffhanger [...]

Sam in the Spotlight is the third book of the Star Makers series. I think that this is the best book Anne-Marie Conway has written in the series. I chose to review this because I had also read Phoebe Finds Her Voice, and Polly Plays Her Part. I liked how characters from the previous books [...]