Year 8 2017 discussion

Please reply here with a short paragraph explaining what your favourite book is and why you like it. You might want to give us a brief summary of the storyline, as well as some reasons why we might want to choose it for our next reading book!

Harry Potter, because I like the action and the suspense there is in the book. I also like that it is a series because it means you can read the book with the same action and drama just with a different plot.

My favourite book is "Finding Audrey" by Sopie Kinsella because this book gives a powerful message to everyone reading it. It's about this girl called Audrey who has some medical condition, and how she faces all the challenges in her life.

My favourite book is The Midnight Gang because it is not like an ordinary novel. The Midnight Gang is funny but not too funny like you will laugh the whole book but there are a few bits that are really funny such as when Tom just came back from his adventure and sneezed all over the matron just like that there are many other funny moments. This book is about a group of children in a hospital having a time of their life.

Escape From Mr Lemonchello's Library
I like this book because it is very interesting and has a hooking plot. It has lots of good vocabularies and is very entertaining. The book is about a race in a newly opened library. This library is one of a kind and is humongous. It's a challenge to find your way out.

THE STORY OF MY LIFE By Helen Keller
I like this book because its really interesting, it is about this girl (the author) who was blind and deaf at a young age and how she overcame obstacles, how she studied and the good and bad moments in her life.

"Percy Jackson's Greek Gods"
I like this book because it has a lot of funny and adventurous stories about the Greek Gods (and some Titans). The stories are all connected and explain what happens between the Gods and Titans and other creatures related to them.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I like this book because of the huge plot twist in the middle. I also like this book because it introduces a lot of my favourite characters in the series.

The Dragonfly Pool By Eva Ibbotson
This is a book that describes the journeys of a young girl named Tally who was sent to a boarding school to escape the war. The emotional aspects are real and capturing, the political references plausible and well devised. It describes unity, unwanted responsibility, nostalgia and the aftermaths of tragedy. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about someone journey to acceptance and finding their place in the world.

I don't really have a favorite book but I really like the book, "Wonder" by R.J Palacio. It sends out a very powerful message about how "you can't blend in when you were born to stand out" It is about a boy named August who does not have a normal face and how different normal people act towards him just because he is not like the others. It had a very hooking plot and is very interesting to read. The thing I like about it is the way it has been written because I enjoy books where it has been written in the character's perspective because I feel more engaged with it.

My favourite book is Mr Lemoncello's Library Olympics because it is a very funny and adventureful book. It talks about the main character's which are the Kyle Team. If you want to read this book, I suggest you to read the first book( Escape from Mr Lemoncello's Library)

The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan
I like this series as you can learn about the myths of Greeks. It is also humorous and suspenseful. It is about a god, Apollo, falling to earth as a human.

From Shreyas:

All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook, Leslie Connor
It's all about an 11-year-old kid who is born and raised by his mom in Blue River Co-ed Correctional Facility where his mom stays and works. The foster home facility makes possible for them to life to together. But all of a sudden they get a call saying that Perry has to move to a foster home, and he felt weird staying on the outside. He was very desperate to go back with his mom. He tries to find out what his mom committed to working here 24 hours. You see how he grows and starts to understand everything, and finally finds and gets back with his mom. They also get to move out of the facility and get to their own home happily. He shows that if you are desperate you can do anything.

[Inheritance] by Christopher Paolini
I honestly really like this book because it's the end of the series [Inheritance cycle] and it shows how Eragon and Saphira (with Arya, Elva, Nasuada and the rest) finally defeat Galbatorix (In a very Eragon-like way)
The book (and the series itself) is very interesting and the author has a way with words to hook you in. If you like a good fantasy genre series, this is a great choice.
Just remember to start at [Eragon]

My favorite books are the ones from the land of stories series.
the book is about a pair of twins who discover a different dimension in which fairy tales are reality. I like the book because it is beautifully crafted and when you read it you feel like you are experiencing and feeling the adventure just like the main character. there are many plot twist which helps you experience it as it goes.

My favorite book at the moment is the boy in the striped pajamas by John Boyne.
Its about Hitler taking the Jews to a concentration camp and how a boy named Bruno meets Shmuel, parted by a fence. I like the book because of the characteristics Bruno and Shmuel have, and the way I can imagine it, even though the way it twisted in the end was really shocking. This book shows how strong friendship can be and about concentration camps a long time ago.

My favourite book is Grandpa's Great Escape as it's about a boy and a grandpa and how they show there love to planes. But the only problem is that grandpa has a problem and he still thinks the war is happening which is a big problem in the 21st century as he still thinks bombs are going off. The think I mostly love about this book is that the boy loves his grandpa and I love mine too. The book is also really funny as the characters in the story do crazy things