Tyler Lawless has an unusual and sometimes scary gift. She is able to see dead people. And sometimes they speak to her, asking for her help. When Tyler is sent to a new school because her so called ‘storytelling’ about seeing dead teachers gets her into too much trouble, she is hoping to make a fresh start.
It is an amazing book. I did not like it at the start but when I read on I started to love it. Sometimes a bit scary. P (S2) *****
It was very good but a little too scary! AM (S2) ****
Grace is a vampire, but she’s in love. In love with a gorgeous human, James.
Her sister Tara says she has to leave James – or risk their secret being revealed. But Grace is sure James will understand. What will happen when she tells him her secret?
Very interesting. NB (S2) ****
Ross is fed up with being on the losing side, as Bruntsfield Primary football team suffer another humiliating defeat. But after football practice each week he goes to visit his grandmother, and this week she has a special present for him. Pat digs out a pair of old football boots and strip which belonged to her father, who once played for Heart of Midlothian Football Club. Ross is amazed that his great-grandfather, Jack, had played for the famous Hearts. As he finds out more about Jack, an incredible story unfolds — a tale of Edinburgh’s young heroes and a battalion of footballers and fans who fought in the First World War at the Battle of the Somme. Based on the true story of the 16th Royal Scots, otherwise known as the ‘Heart of Midlothian Battalion’, this moving book brings a fascinating moment of Scottish history to life.
Okay. It was a bit different. S (S2) ***
Great book but may confuse younger readers. A (S1) ****
It was a very good book and interesting. I really liked it. S (S2)
It was a great book. I enjoyed it. A (S1) ****
The British Army is circling the stronghold of the King of Abyssinia. Under
orders from Queen Victoria, its mission is to rescue the British Envoy, held prisoner. Watching with terror and awe is the king’s young son, Alamayu.
He knows that his father is as brave as a lion, but how on earth can he and his warriors stand against the well-equipped foreigners? As battle rages, everything that Alamayu fears comes to pass. The fighting is cruel and efficient. By the time it is over, Alamayu is left without parents, throne or friends.
In a misguided attempt to care for him, the British take Alamayu to England. There he is befriended by the queen herself and enrolled in Rugby College to become a ‘proper’ English gentleman. What the English see as an honour is, to this lonely Ethiopian prince, a horror.
This is Alamayu’s story, seen through his eyes: the battle, the journey to England and the trauma of an English public school as he comes to terms with the hand that fate has dealt him and tries to build a new life.
It was a very good book but a very sad book. I thought it was a very interesting story. I would definitely recommend it. 🙂 M (S1) ****
It was a brilliant book, very good to read. I couldn’t put it down. S (S2) *****
Two young women become unlikely best friends during WWII, until one is captured by the Gestapo. Only in wartime could a stalwart lass from Manchester rub shoulders with a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a special operations executive. Yet whenever their paths cross, they complement each other perfectly and before long become devoted to each other.
But then a vital mission goes wrong, and one of the friends has to bail out of a faulty plane over France. She is captured by the Gestapo and becomes a prisoner of war. The story begins in “Verity’s” own words, as she writes her account for her captors.
Truth or lies? Honour or betrayal? Everything they’ve ever believed in is put to the test…
It is a very good book but it takes too long and is a bit confusing sometimes and takes a while to get into it. But it is a very interesting book. S (S2) ***
Very confusing at the start and may confuse other readers. M (S2) *
It was good but it was a bit confusing. S (S2) ****
A brilliant book, very interesting. I couldn’t put it down. A (S1) *****
Boring book. It’s a bit confusing. P (S2)
It was a very good book. It was a bit confusing but if you read to the end you would have got it. M (S1) ****
13-year-old Drake is quite surprised to find the Horsemen of the 
Apocalypse hanging out in his garden shed. He’s even more surprised when they ask him to join them. At first he is reluctant to join them and help usher in the Armageddon but it soon becomes clear that to save his life Drake will have to become death.
Amazing story, great ending. M (S1) *****
It was a very good book. I liked it. M (S1) ****
Norm knew it was going to be one of those days when he woke up and found himself about to pee in his dad’s wardrobe. Why on Earth did his family have to move, anyway? In their old house he’d never tried to pee in anything other than the toilet. And when Norm is in bed, he’s kept awake by his dad snoring like a rhinoceros!
I really enjoyed this book and found it quite funny. It was easy to follow. I would recommend this book to a friend. M (S2) *****
It was a very good book, quite like Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I would recommend it. P (S2) *****
It was a very good book, very like a diary but sometimes a bit boring. P (S2) ***
I really enjoyed this book and found it quite funny. It was easy to follow. I would recommend this book to a friend. M (S2) *****
This book is so funny I really would recommend this to a friend. Hilarious. M (S1) *****
Greg’s dad, Frank, is on a mission – a mission to make this wimpy kid, well,
less wimpy. All manner of ‘manly’ physical activities are planned, but Greg just about manages to find a way out of them. That is until military academy is mentioned and Greg realizes that he’s going to have to come up with a very special excuse.
This book is not as good as Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules but it is still a really good book to read. MG (S2) *****
Lily’s so excited. Max, the hottest guy in school, has asked her to the prom. She can’t wait to tell her best friend Carla. But it turns out Carla has some news too – he’s invited her as well! But instead of getting mad, they decide to get even and force him to take them both to the prom, with hilarious results.
This book was really good, good story. NB (S2) *****
It’s a brand-new year and a brand-new journal and Greg is keen to p
ut the humiliating (and secret!) events of last summer firmly behind him. But someone knows everything – someone whose job it is to most definitely not keep anything embarrassing of Greg’s private – his big brother, Rodrick.
It was funny and I think everyone should read it. MG (S2) *****
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