8D+Novel+Reviews


 * __Beautiful Malice__**

//Beautiful Malice// is a twisted story about friendship and dark secrets. The story follows Katherine Patterson who moves to Sydney to start a new life. She meets the wild, partying Alice who changes her life dramatically. While revealing Katherine’s past, she finds out Alice’s dark side which collides with her long-ago life creating an intense end. I really enjoyed __reading__ this book, I give it a 9 out of 10. I highly recommend this novel to mature girl readers as it has some language issues. As such it is in the Senior Fiction colection.(Angela)



__**The Hunger Games** - Suzanne Collins __ This book is an amazing, action-packed romance. In futuristic Panem (South America) there are 12 districts ruled by the Capitol. Young 16 year-old Katniss Everdeen lives in District 12 and keeps her family of three alive by hunting in the woods with her friend Gale. Every year the Capitol selects a boy and a girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to compete in a fight to the death. When Katniss’ 12 year-old sister Prim is selected Katniss bravely volunteers to fight in her place. Along with the other tribute Peter Mellark, she makes the long journey to the games. With spine tingling events, a forced __love__ interest with Peter and a friend from district 11, I would highly recommend this book to any reader over the age of 12. I extremely enjoyed every second of this book and I would give it a rating of 10/10! (Chelsea)

 The Hunger Games 'Catching Fire' The Hunger Games is more amazing than ever. Katniss Everdeen is back in the arena and will be fighting for her life. Katniss and Peter form a strong friendship and help each other survive death. I strongly recommend this book to boys and girls that love an action packed novel. This is my favourite novel and series. 8/10. Max



Spoiled is a heart-warming book about acceptance, family and high school. Brick Berlin, one of the world’s most famous movie stars and red-carpet regular, lives in a gated paradise along with his spoilt daughter Brooke. Meanwhile, when a tragedy takes place, Molly Dix from a small country town, Alabama is forced to live with her secret biological father, Brick Berlin. Read as she learns about the life of the rich and the famous, and deals with her snooty sister. I recommend this book for girls aged 13 and 14 who enjoy a book about teenage drama. Rating 8/10 (Gemma Lyndon)
 * __ Spoiled- __** **__Heather Cocks __**

Twilight Saga; Eclipse Firstly, I would like to say that the twilight books are not as bad as everyone says they are. Yes, they’re not for everyone, but still very good. //Eclipse// is the thirds book out of the four in the //Twilight Saga//. I would recommend these books for girls no younger than 12 or maybe even 13; because of the interest in love and the understanding what she is feeling in some situations. These books were written by Stephenie Meyer who has also written other books besides //Twilight//. The story is about a teenage girl called Bella who is in love with a vampire called Edward. Bella has a habit of having bad luck in everything that she does and just too top it off there is an army on vampires coming just to get her. This story is a mix between romance and action and is a great story. The movie was great to watch, but could never be as good as the book. I give the book, a 9/10. - Sophie Robinson



Halo is a book written by Alexandra Adornetto, it is a book of romance, adventure and mystery. Bethany and her siblings Gabriel and Ivy are angels sent to Venus Cove to protect humans from the growing Darkness. When everything is going well a boy moves to town and Bethany tries to befriends him only to realise that he is not what he seems and is a lot stronger and powerful than she and her siblings thought. Following the death of one of her best friends she decides to confront Jake only to find herself in a sticky situation. I would recommend this book to a mature reader, I give it a 7 out of 10. Kajal Kissun



The Belgariad- David Eddings This masterpiece by David Eddings is his first instalment of the Belgariad series. This book was first published in the mid-1980 and is set in a medieval fantasy. The story focuses on the young farm boy Garion who was adopted by a woman known as aunt Pol. When and old story teller comes to town and tells Pol of a grave danger they embark on a quest with Garion and the Blacksmith of the town. The quest will reveal what Garion really is and will uncover the truth of what he must do. I would recommend this book to a mature audience since some parts of the novel are graphic. I rate the fantastic book 10/10 (Sam)

**Brother band (the outcasts)** If you are looking for an adventurous book Brotherband the outcasts by john Flanagan is the best. In the cold winter of Skandia Hal is nearing his sixteenth birthday and therefore Brotherband training. Being rejected by the two other teams Hal forms his own Brotherband full of outcasts, the Herron Brotherband. With this team of outcasts Hal wants to win the Brotherband cup, but can he form a team good enough to do this? I give Brotherband the outcasts 8/10 and would recommend it to readers of all ages. (Liam Shaw)

I recently read the fast popular growing book, ‘The hunger games’. It is written by Suzanne Collins and she has written a number of sequels to the first book. The setting is based in the future, where they didn’t believe in war, and instead they would sent out a number of tributes, two from each district. Katniss who is from district twelve is the main character, and plays a tense job in the book, juggling with the actual games, and the love of her fellow tribute, ‘Peter’. I would rate this book from ages 13 and onwards, as it is very detailed and paints a picture in the readers mind. I happened to see the film of it as well, but the book may have been a little bit better. 8/10 - (Steve)  Scorpia

If you’re looking for an actioned packed book you should read the “Scorpia Rising “by Anthony Horowitz. This book is about a book were a young teenager named Alex Rider the main character wants his normal life back but the shadowy organization called Scorpia wants Alex to be in his organization. There group is planning to destroy British and American alliance and destabilize the world. I give this book a rating 9/10 also I recommend this book to mature readers. Taiga Chu

The Conspiracy 365 January novel by Gabrielle Lord is an intriguing book with action and family relationship. Callum is the main character, he is a young teenage boy who just lost his father. After a man chasing Callum and saying " They killed your father. They'll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days." Callum has the life on the run and with a price on his head. Cal is hunted by the criminals who killed his father. Cal must survive and uncover the truth about his mysterious father's death. Cal doesn't know who to turn to and who to trust. I would highly recommend this novel for early teenagers and anyone who likes a good story and a captivating read. I rate this book 9/10! (Alex)

__I Am Number Four__ I am number four is an exciting, page turning book written by Pittacus Lore. This book is probably the best sci-fi book I have ever read. I am number four has a bit of romance, action and adventure. I really enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to almost anyone from the ages 11 and up and is interested in sci-fi. This book features John Smith, an Alien kid who escaped his home planet Lorien along with 8 other people of his kind and a protector to each one. John had to escape his home planet because of a monstrous and scary alien species called the Mogodorians, which invaded his home planet and destroyed everything their. The Lorics aren’t normal aliens they just look like normal humans but they can develop super human powers. Now the Mogodorians have found John and his race on Earth. They plan to kill them all but luckily a charm was placed on them. They must be killed in an order. Three are dead and John is Number four… This book can be found in the Middle School fiction at All Saints. I give this book a 9/10. (~Louis ) ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SKATEBOARDING By CORBIN HARRIS This book is about trick skateboarding and Corbin Harris’ life. It has lots of pictures of Corbin doing awesome tricks and the skate parks he has travelled to. I liked this book because it is written by a professional skateboarder so that you get right techniques from his perspective. This book insightful because it looks at all the tricks and how he became a professional skateboarder from a skateboarder’s point of view. I recommend it to anyone who loves skateboarding or wants to improve their skateboarding.

Rating 9/10. (Lachie Blackmore) The Recruit (1st in CHERUB Series) – Robert Muchamore

The Recruit is the first book of the amazing series CHERUB. 11-year-old James Adams is sent to an orphanage with his sister Lauren after his mum dies from an alcohol overdose. While at the orphanage, Kyle Blueman, a CHERUB agent spots James and recruits him. Next thing James wakes up at the CHERUB campus, where he passes the entrance tests and becomes an undercover child spy. The CHERUB organization only uses agents aged from 11 – 17, so this is the start of an epic child hood adventure. The Recruit is a great read and I recommend it to boys, probably over the age of 12. I rate it 8/10 (it’s in the following books where I give lots of 10/10s) =) Ben Shaq Uncut The book Shaq uncut is about famous basketball player name Shaquille o Neal. The book talks about his life and many stories on how he achieved his level of basketball and from a high school rookie basketball player to a millionaire famous NBA player. This book also talks about funny stories of him like getting 2 million dollars out of his bank as quarters [25c]. This book is recommended to readers that are over 13 but this book does have a little bit of coarse language. This book cannot be found in the All Saints Libraries. I give this book a 9/10. aaron

Anthony Horowitz has brought back Alex Rider in another action pack book called point Blanc. I think this book is good for ages 10- 15. I thought this book was great but lacked less action than Storm Breaker. MI6 has called Alex back to help them infiltrate the Point Blanc Academy. He only has a few weapons at hand and he has to find out what is really going on inside. Now he has to tell MI6 about what he has found at the academy before it is too late. Overall I give this book 8/10. (John Pase) The Hunger Games, Catching fire Catching Fire is a Brilliant and thrilling book. It is the second book to the trilogy, Hunger games. The book is about Katniss and her struggles to make life as it was before the games. Except it won’t be the same, she’s know living in the victors village with Peeta and HamitchS and the games will daunt her forever. But when she gets recalled into the arena it’s a nightmare come true. One boy and one girl victor gets chosen from every district (12) to be put back in the arena. This time around the ages vary from 17- 80 years old. Join peeta and katniss as they fight to keep themselves alive in round two of the Hunger games. This series is my favourite series ever. (10/10) 12+ (Sydney Symons) Do you believe in vampires? If you don’t, read this book! It will change your way of thinking. Darren, the main character goes through many changes in his life human and vampire. The story captures you from the start, as you turn the pages to find out about vampires. You are introduced to an amazing and different world but it’s dangerous because they are battling with the enemy. Who is the enemy? Human? Vampire? Will you believe in Vampires? Read this book. Be prepared to be shocked. I recommend this book to anyone interested in another world. I give this book 9/10 Hikaru Shinohara
 * __ Point Blanc __**

FURNACE beneath heaven is hell beneath hell is the furnace. i have just read the book furnace, this book is an action thriller. i would recommend this to all teenagers looking for an exciting book from around 12 - 17 years old. this book is about a teenage boy named alex who gets framed for murder and gets sent to the securest juvenile prison in the whole world. " i need to escape before they turn me into a monster." this book is 292 pages long, i would rate it a 6 and a half out of 10. bewarned do not read this book at night because it will keep you on your feet the whole time! one word for this book would be "GREAT." cameron

Slice by Steven Herrick is an entertaining book that captures you in the moment. This book includes a great amount of humour, and will will get you laughing out loud at times. Darcy is a dorky, clumsy, but interesting teenage boy. Parties, parents and putting up with the other boys in the grade is a struggle; but there is one thing he doesn't mind doing; staring at Audrey Benitez, the most beautiful girl in school. As you read you will find Darcy going on adventures, making life decisions and making the teenage years of his life worth living. I recommend this book to anybody that has an easy laugh, and is mature. I give it a rating 8/10, and to readers varying from the ages 13-16. Excellent book.
 * ~Slice~**

Review by Belle Tompson.