Book Review

Twelfth Night 

A Shakespeare story retold by Andrew Matthews 

Illustrated: Tony Ross

63 p 

About: Sebastian and Viola are twin brother and sister. One day there was a shipwreck and they were separated from each other. Viola survived and disguised

herself as a man. She took place as a servant of Orsino, the duke of Illyria and falls in love with him but he is in love with Olivia, a rich countess. But she is not in love with him. She falls in love with Viola. A sailor shows up with Sebastian and Olivia marries  him on the same day Viola marries the duke.

Esio Trot

By Roald Dahl

Illustrated by Quentin Blake

56pg

About: Mr Hoppy is very shy and loves his neighbour and she loves her tortoise. But her tortoise is too small and Mrs Silver, Mr Hoppy’s neighbour, is getting worried. Mr Hoppy decides to “help” and tells Mrs Silver to speak to her tortoise saying things that Mr hoppy says, every day. Each day Mr Hoppy puts a bigger tortoise on her porch but one day the tortoise can’t fit in his home. Mrs Silver tells this to Mr Hoppy and he starts putting smaller tortoise on the porch and says its because of what she says. In the end Mrs Silver is happy and they get married.

My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish (two books in one )


by Mo O'Hara


Illustrated by: Marek Jagucki




(as this is a combi-book I will present the report on both books together sequentially)

Book one (pages 1-93)

About; a boy named Tom  has a big brother Mark(that was evil) that brought in a fish from school and dunked it in toxic green 'stuff' Tom and his friend felt bad for it and  accidently turns it into a zombie goldfish that hypnotises people. Mark had the idea that if the fish would not help him take over the world he would flush it .After that the fish wanted revenge and hypnotised people just for fun.Then there mother came home not having any idea of what had happened.

 

Book two (pages  94-178)

About: Tom's friend was called Pradeep and he had an evil brother as well .Tom and Pradeep went o school and took the fish but Mark and Sanj went to and hacked the  schools sytam so they could hypnotize people with the fish. They called it BBEDLAM .Pradeep had a sister  that got got hypnotised.Pradeep and Tom got traped by there brothers so they could get the fish. the fish eventualy hypno- tysd the enyer school so Pradeep and Tom got help from the dinnerladys to stop  Sanj and Mark.In the end Mark and Sanj were tied up and in trouble and the goldfish was put away.

 

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

 By Roald Dahl

 Illustrator; Quentin Blake

 

190 pg

About; Charlie has won the chocolate factory and has now gone to get his family. Mr Wonka and Charlie’s family get into the glass elevator and eventually get stuck in space. In the distance they saw the space hotel U.S.A. where they stayed. When the president of America looked through his camera he thought they were men from Mars. The president said they could come to the White House, but Mr Wonka refused. Then there were the venomous knids in the space hotel elevator so Mr Wonka and the family had to leave. The knids attacked but the elevator was knid proof. In the end they finally got back to the factory, were Mr Wonka gave George, Josephine and Georgina a tablet to make them twenty years younger but Georgina became a minus number. So Mr Wonka and Charlie got her back from minus land and returned everyone to the right age and after that was finished they all went to the White House.

 

By Natasha Injeeli

Wilf the mighty worrier battles a pirate

 

By Georgia Pritchett

 

Illustrated by : Jamie Littler

 

193 pg.

 

About: Wilf has saved the world before and now has to do it again all because of his next door neighbour (who is currently evil).Alan is now a pirate following after his ancestor being evil. Alan plans to have every one fear him and this time Dot is helping Wilf to save the world. he wants to take over some land with his robot helping him. Wilf worries a lot and somehow comes to bring himself to save the world. Alan also has a wife called Pam but she is more interested in her phone than Alan. Alan also catches Wilf and thanks him for finding the treasure but he still couldn't take over the world. in the end Wilf basically saves the day.

 

By Natasha Injeeli 
 

Matilda

 

By Roald Dahl

 

Illustrated by: Quentin Blake

 

232 pg

 

About: A young very smart girl lives in a family of not so smart and rude people. At school matters are worse. She has to face a terrible teacher Miss Trunchbull. But luckily Matilda has Miss Honey to help her, along with a few friend. Her father does illegal car selling and mother just tries to look great. She also has a brother who is stupid and just follows his dad. She has a friend called Violet and one who is older. Matilda spends a lot of her time at the library reading and studying. Miss Honey insists in moving Matilda up a year but Miss Trunchbull disagrees and turns against Matilda. Matilda knows she's bad and wrong and scars Trunchbull away. Matilda also moves in with miss honey and miss honey becomes head
 

By Natasha Injeeli

Charli and the chocolate factory

180 pg

By Roald Dhal

Illustrated : Quentin Blake

About: Charlie is a poor boy who lives on cabbage soup and dreams if being rich with chocolate and money .and one day his luck changes because of Mr willy Wonka holding a competition .  there would be five golden tickets put in his chocolate and the people that find it get to visit his factory. Charlie had won and took his granddad with him .he was the last one left  because of all the other children's greediness . Mr Wonka decides to give up  the factory for Charlie to live in with his poor family . Charlie says yes ,obviously,  and has all the chocolate he could want.

By Natasha Injeeli