The secrets of moonacre

When Maria Merryweather’s father dies, she is forced to leave her luxurious London life and live with Sir Benjamin, eccentric uncle at the mysterious moonacre manor. Soon Maria finds herself in a crumbling moonlit world torn apart by the harted of an ancient feud (fight) with the dark and sinister De Noir family. Maria must overcome her family's pride, (for there is a lot of pride in her family), in order to unearth the secrets of the past. Will she find them out and stop such pride in her family?

This book is a magical adventure for all the family, it is surreal, and you just want to read it again and again and again…
I recommend this book to 7 and above because it is funny and adventurous.
I’d give this book a 10 out of 10 because if you’re a person who loves a bit of a mystery, adventure and a laugh ,you will love this book!!!

Three heroes, Jared and Simon Grace-9 year old twins and their 13-year-old sister Mallory Grace, and their mum- no dad because he divorced the mother they don’t know this until the end. They have moved house to an old but antique house. As the children settle in, they discovered a big secret- brownies, goblins, griffins, elves, and even worse. One of the twins opened an antique dusty book that clearly says that no one should open this book all the worst could happen and he opened it of course. A goblin popped up and he explained what this book could do the goblin was guarding it but he didn’t do a very good job because now Jared has unleashed his worst nightmares.

This books are great for ages6to 14. Fantastical books such as these are quite popular among this age group right now. If your kids like books like, A Series of Unfortunate Events, this
book will be right up their alley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

  Dustbin baby

When April was just a few minutes or one hour old she was abandoned in a bin beside a pizza restaurant.   She was discovered by a young pizza boy (Frankie) there and named April by the hospital as she was found on April fool’s Day. Her first foster parent (Janet Johnson) killed herself because her husband left her when April was 4. April's then went on to lots of other care homes and foster parents but she just moved on.  On her fourteenth birthday she goes to her old care homes. She finds that she remembers little of it and the lady remembers little of her. Then April visits the grave of her adoptive mother, Janet Johnson. April then tells readers of the time she lived a care home called Sunny bank, run by Little Pete and Big Mo. Here, April was treated badly by a horrible little girl called pearl. Then she left Sunny bank April was taken to Fairleigh, a school. April stayed here for five years had a nice bond with her history teacher Miss Marion Bean. Marion asks April if she would like to stay at her house, so foster her, April is very pleased about this .the story finishes April goes to the bin were Frankie’s number is and she calls and meets up in the restaurant and so surprised, Marion comes in a worry of loosing April they see each other and fix there fight she had with Marion at the start of the story(about a phone she wanted that Marion didn’t get but at the end she did).

I love this book by Jacqueline Wilson and recommend this book to 10-17 year olds. There is a message here always have hope and faith.

 Coraline Jones moves from Pontiac, Michigan with her mother and father to the Pink Palace Apartments in Ashland, Oregon. The other two apartments are lived in by retired actresses Misses Spink and Forcible, and the eccentric Russian acrobat Mr Bobinsky. With her parents desperately working on a gardening catalog in order to make ends meet, and paying only little attention to her, Coraline begins to feel neglected and left out. While exploring the grounds, she meets Wybie Lovat, the chatty grandson of the landlady. Back in the house, Coraline finds an oddly small door that has been wallpapered over. She gets her mother to unlock it, but she finds a brick wall behind it.

That night, Coraline is awakened by the sound of a mouse and follows it to the small door in her living room. She saw that the brick door is gone, suddenly replaced by a long corridor to another door. At the other end, Coraline finds herself in the "Other World," which is the exact same as her house but with different object and other weird things, the house is lived by her   "Other Mother" and "Other Father", decoys of her parents, except for having black buttons eyes. The others pay attention to Coraline. She decides to stay the night in the Other World, but when she wakes up the next morning, she finds herself back in her bed in the real world!

Coraline keeps going to the Other World at night, and is entertained by other versions of her neighbours, including an Other Wybie, who has now sewed up lips by the Other Mother. During her visit, Coraline meets the black cat from her own world. Having the ability to talk in the Other World, it warns Coraline of the dangers of the place, but Coraline doesn’t listen to him. That evening, the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in the Other World forever. Coraline is ready to accept until she is told she must have buttons sewn on her eyes. She hates the idea and tries to return home. This makes the Other Mother very angry, who transforms into a taller and evil version of her, Coraline is thrown into a small room. There, she meets the ghosts of children who had lost their eyes and souls to the Other Mother. The Other Wybie helps Coraline go back to her home in the real world but Coraline finds her parents have disappeared too. Coraline tries to tell Wybie about the Other Mother and Other World but he can’t talk. That same night the cat shows her that her parents have been kidnapped by the Other Mother in a place hard to find. With no other choice but to return to the Other World, with a seeing stone given to her by Spink and Forcible, Coraline sets out to free the ghost children and rescue her parents.

On the advice of the cat, Coraline challenges the Other Mother to a game. If she can find her parents and the eyes of the ghost children, everyone goes free, if she loses, she will stay in the Other World forever and have the buttons sewn into her eyes. With the help of her seeing stone, the black cat, and the Other Father, Coraline tricks her other mum into opening the door to the real world while she gets the snow globe within which her parents are prisoned in. Coraline escapes; closing the door to the Other World but with the other mother’s hand. Coraline locks the door in the real world and finds her parents safe and sound, with no memory of the experience.

The next night, Coraline thanked by the ghost children one last time. They tell her she is still in danger while she has the door key. To keep the Other Mother from ever kidnapping another child, Coraline drops the key down a well in her garden. The Other Mother's hand, which has made its way into the real world, stalks and attacks Coraline. Wybie discoverers the truth in Coraline's story, he arrives in time to save her and destroy the hand. They throw the hand and the key into the well and seal it very well.

With their catalog complete, Coraline's parents are finally able to spend time with her. They have a garden party for her and the neighbours, including Wybie’s old grandmother - whose long-ago lost sister was one of the ghost children and Coraline, tell her story to her. 

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
This book is about a girl called Andrea who wants to be a journalist.  She gets the opportunity to be Miranda Priestley’s assistant, and if she gets through this job for a whole year she gets a reward of being on a cover of a magazine and an article of her on the magazine.

Eventually Andrea finds out she has got the job and is delighted. So the next morning she starts the job any girl would kill for.  Unfortunately the opportunity of being Miranda Priestley’s assistant is not as good as she thought.  Because as soon as Andrea first steps into the posh Manhattan offices of Runway she realises she knows nothing about fashion.  Andrea had never heard of the world’s most fashionable magazine or even Miranda Priestly!!  Andrea thought that a magazine was just something to flick over but Runway was much more!



But soon she knows way too much…
She knows it’s a sacking offence to wear less than a three- inch heel to work, she knows that eight stone is fat, that you can charge anything- cars, manicures, clothes to the Runway account but you must never leave the desk or let Miranda’s coffee get cold.         
Andrea soon realises she has had enough and cannot cope with her monster boss anymore because she realises that she may turn into Miranda one day and leaves her job to get back the life she had before Runway.  Andrea thinks that now she has left her job, she will not get the job she has wanted for a long time now which is to be a journalist, but the agency decide to take her on anyway because they know how hard Andrea must have worked to be Miranda’s assistant.