Children

Book Review: Bridge to Terabithia

Author: Katherin Patterson Publisher: Harper Collins Genre: Fiction Pages: 128 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Synopsis Jess Aarons' greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in his grade. He's been practising all summer and can't wait to see his classmates' faces when he beats them all. But on the first day of school, a new girl boldly crosses… Continue reading Book Review: Bridge to Terabithia

Children

Book Review: Hatchet

Author: Gary Paulsen Publisher: Pandemonium  Genre: Fiction, survival Pages: 193 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Synopsis On his way to visit his recently divorced father in the Canadian mountains, thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson is the only survivor when the single-engine plane crashes. His body battered, his clothes in shreds, Brian must now stay alive in the boundless Canadian wilderness. More… Continue reading Book Review: Hatchet

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Book Review: Holes

Author: Louis Sachar Publisher: Scholastic Genre: Fiction Pages: 233 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐½ Synopsis Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention centre, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys "build character" by spending… Continue reading Book Review: Holes