Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Dracula

This book is about when a boy named Johnathan goes to Castle Dracula and he does not know that he is in danger, great danger because he does not know that Dracula is a vampire he will find out soon enough vampires are as strong as twenty men and smarter than ten men. He can turn into three different shapes a cloud a wolf and a bat and he can hypnotize people and they have obey this is the creepiest story I've ever read the topic is horror this is a seriously creepy book!!

Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House

This is all about when Geronimo Stilton goes to see his Aunt Sweetfur and the path goes though the Dark Forest.  Then suddenly it gets dark and foggy.  He drives a few kilometres and his car breaks down.  Then he stops and he reads a sign that says "Canny Cat Castle This way."  He goes to the door, rings the doorbell and it goes Meow!  HE jumps back with fright, but no one's inside. When he goes to the door it opens by itself.  This is very creepy and then he sees a ghost.   "I am old Slicedpaw's ghost beware." He jumps back.  Then hours later and hours and hours and hours of wandering around this spooky castle he calls his sister Thea Stilton, Trap and his favourite nephew Benjamin. He finds out what the ghost really is and who's behind it.  It's actually two little cats.  Read the book to find out what else happens to Geronimo Stilton!

by Geronimo Stilton

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Asterix and the Magic Carpet

This book is about when Asterix and Obelix were having a normal day in the village. Then suddenly something falls out of the sky. It's a fakir and his name is Watziznhem and then Cacofonix sings and it starts to rain. He has to save the King Rajah and the Princess Orinjade because they are suffering from no rain and the fakir needs Cacofonix to sing so it can rain and fakirs can levitate things with lots of concentration. If you want to find out what happens in the end read the book.

by R. Goscinny   

Monday, October 26, 2009

Spilling the beans on Julius Caesar and his friends,Romans and countryman

This book is about Julius Caesar's life and his family. In his family he has at least two murders, two murder victims, two major gods and six soldiers and somehow he became all four. When Caesar grew up there was a tradition where his father has to pick him up to be kept in the family and if his farther didn't pick him up he would be killed. They had to wait at least three hours before his father finally picked him up. Now Caesar was a bit of a showoff and in Rome the children had to learn Greek and Latin. When Caesar was ready to be an adult life started with a toga and then Caesar joined the army and borrowed money from LOADS of people. Caesar ruled three provinces and a few weeks later he got killed by 23 Senates with daggers in their tunics. He got stabbed ,kicked and beaten. 

By Mick Gowar 

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Spilling the beans on... Albert Einstein and other clever clogs

This book is about the life of Albert Einstein. When Albert was young he only started talking when he was 4 years old and he only started reading when he was 9 years old. This worried his parents a lot but this didn't mean he wasn't thinking. He was thinking a lot. He mainly thought about the earth and he was always questioning himself and never stopped using his imagination. When he got older he got a violin and when his teacher asked him if he was counting the beat he replied, "heaven's no it's in my blood."  Then he died in 1955 at the age of 76. Find out what happened in the middle of life and find out what happens to the other clever clogs when we start... spilling the beans on... Albert Einstein!

By Frances Mayes

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

This book is about when Harry Potter is a wizard he inflates his Aunt Marge.
Then he walks out of the door and gets on the Knight Bus and says he's Neville Long bottom then he goes to Diagon Alley. Then he meets Cornelius 
Fudge (The Minister of Magic) and Cornelius Fudge takes him to buy his stationery on the way he met his best friends Ron and Hermione. Then they  go to the Hogwarts Express which is on platform 9 3/4 and then at the end of the year he wins The Qiudditch House Cup and in the middle of the year there was a mystery bubbling at Hogwarts. Read the book to find out what the mystery is!

By J.K Rowling