Book: Demon Dentist
Author: David Williams
Publisher: Harper Collins

Plot
Alfie is the main Character and he hates going to the dentist because when he was little he went to the dentist because he had toothache and the dentist couldn’t get out the tooth no matter what he tried. He even tried tieing his very large secretary to some extra thick dental floss tied it to Alfie’s tooth then made her jump out of the window. Eventually he got everyone out of the waiting room and they all pulled and out came Alfie’s tooth but it was actually the wrong tooth.
A few years later Alfie is twelve years old and has never been to a to the dentist since When a new dentist comes to town and hands out sugar free sweets and tooth paste that can burn through stone Alfie knows something’s up. Alfie father is also getting very ill so he gets Alfie a social worker to help look after him winnie the care worker decides that Alfie just must go to the dentist what will happen will Alfie survive the torture of this new terror
Characters’
Alfie– a young boy who lives with his farther and has very bad teeth
Dad– Alfie’s dad who use to work in a coal mine but had to stop because his lungs were getting very bad and he could barely breathe and that put him in a wheel chair
Winnie– a brightly coloured but helpful social worker who doesn’t get on with Alfie at first.
Gabz– Alfie’s girl (space) friend NEVER calls her his girl friend. She also has a vivid imagination but is a very loyal friend.
Raj- the local news agent in a mood for an out of date mars bar? What about some frozen sticky notes? No, oh well what about a good old chat. Raj is a very loveable person.
(We realised that one of our class members Nicol would like to become raj when he is older)

Miss root– aka mummy a mean old dentist that gives out tooth paste that can burn through rock. Is she really a dentist?
Texting Boy– A boy that cannot stop texting

Settings
Home– a dark place with no electricity and no food and light by candle light.
Dentist– a dark staircase leading up to a white room when Alfie sat in the dentist chair he saw blood stains on the roof. The rooms filled with medieval tools instead of dental instruments.
School– a normal school with weird people and loads of secret rooms to make plans and have fun in
Evaluation
We would recommend this book for primary fours and up. Because it had the whole of our p4-7 class laughing (including our teacher) it has some amazing characters and an amazing plot. There is only one fault with this book….It ends!!

By Hermione & Nicola