Name:Emma Mansell Title: Caesar Author: Patricia Stround : Book:4/20

Name: Emma
Room: 11
author: Patricia Stround

When the New Zealand rifle Brigade marched down queen street to get on board the ship to Western Front
they brag there mascot Caesar he was the one in the front the leader of the group.Caesar was a army dog in WW1 . He was trained to  help wounded men who got hurt during war he was  a kiwi hero sadly he died trying to rescue someone. Caesar's official collar ,which he wore when he led the parade down Queen street is held in the Auckland War museum.

I rate this book about an 6/10 because it gives you heaps of information on ww1 and caesar.

Name:Emma Mansell Tile: Snail-Mail No More Author: Paula Danziger and Ann Martin Book: 3/20

Name: Emma Mansell.
Room: 11.
Book: Snail mail no more.
author: Paula Danziger and Ann Martin


snail mail no more is a book about two girls Tara star and Elizabeth who are best friends they live really far away from each other they try to keep in contact with one an other.They send mail to each other but it takes two days for the mail to deliver.One of the girls got a computer so then the other one tried to convince her mum to buy her one then they both ended up getting one and talking every single day.And a computer is was faster then snail mail.
I rate this book about an 4/10 because I think it funny and a good book to read.
 

Book Review

Name: Brodie Mathieson
Amount I have read: 14/20
Title/Author: Trenches by Jim Eldridge
Genre: Historical Fiction


This book is about a young boy wanting to join the army in WW1 but he is to young to join and he thinks it's going to be over by Christmas but it goes and for years and he joins and sees horrific  sights.


I would recommend this book if you're interested in world wars and wars because it's interesting to read and it's not boring like some books.


I did enjoy this book because I like war books,It was also interesting as I said before I would give it a 9/10.

Name: Maddi Alve
Book Number: 13/20
Title: Titanic The Disaster that Shocked the World
Author: Mark Dubowski
Genre: Informational


This book is about the Titanic and how it sunk and what happened. It was 14 April at 11:40 pm when they spotted the ice berg and also when it go hit. First the Titanic ship hit the ice berg and the ice berg scraped the ship in six places and water was gushing through the narrow openings. Then the compartments flooded one after the other and the bow started to pull the ship under. Then the front funnel collapses also the other funnels also start to crash under the strain. And last of all the strain on the ship is so great that it breaks apart and then the stern starts to flood and then the ships sink.

I would recommend this book if you like informational texts. I would rate this book a 6/10

I liked reading this book because it told u actually how the Titanic ship sunk.

Wonder - Manaaki Munro

Name: Manaaki Munro
Book Number: 5/20
Title: Wonder
Author: R.J Palacio
Genre: Realistic Fiction (Free Choice)

This book is about a boy named August who is struggling to survive his new school due to a face condition that he was born with.

This book was really enjoyable and sad for me at the same time and I would recommend it to anyone. 9.5/10

Shaq Attack - Manaaki Munro

Name: Manaaki Munro
Book Number: 4/20
Title: Shaq Attack!
Author: Ted Cox
Genre: Autobiography

This book is an autobiography about Shaquille O'Neal who is being compared to the greatest basketball players of all time while only playing 2 years professionally.

I liked this book because it was really interesting. 8/10

Name: Emma Mansell Title: Jane Goodall Author: Katherine kronor and illustrated by Cynthia and Anne Timmons Book:2/20

Name:Emma Mansell
book: Jane Goodall
author: Katherine kronor and illustrated by Cynthia and Anne Timmons.

This book is about Jane Goodall the animal scientist. She takes care of different animals, and studdys on them. Her main focus is chimpanzees.

I recommend this book for those who like animals.


I rate this book 5/10
                       

Jorjah Harvey - Science Safety

Name: Jorjah Harvey 

Book number: 3/20

Tittle: Science Safety

Author: Donald B. Lemke

Genre: comic

This comic book is about the important safetys of being in a science lab. It also talks about how to wear the lab equipment. 

I would recommend this to someone who likes science. 

I rate this book 2/5

                                       

Name:Emma Mansell Title Filthy flies and other bad bugs Autor : Rachael Goddard photographs by rob Morris. Book: 1/20

Name: Emma Mansell .
Book number:1/20
Author: Rachael Goddard photographs by rob Morris.

Filthy flies is about how flies and other bugs live such as spiders,ants,dung beetles,praying mantis,wasps and other things. It shows how they grow up and what they eat and things like that.

I rate this book a 3/10 because it informs you about the bugs and its life cycle .

A Hole in the World - Manaaki Munro

Name: Manaaki Munro
Book Number : 3/20
Title: A Hole in the World
Author: Sid Hite
Genre: Realistic Fiction

This book is about a boy named Paul Shackleford who has gotten himself into trouble for his friend. He is trying to convince his father who is a lawyer not to send him to a farm over his summer holidays.

I didn't really like this book because the characters and setting were not described well.
I wouldn't recommend this book because I think there are better books you could read. 5/10

 

Catchman - Manaaki Munro

Name: Manaaki Munro
Book Number: 2/20
Title: Catchman
Author: Chris Wooding
Genre: Realistic Fiction

This book is about a boy called Davey who has an encounter with an unknown person during a walk home late at night. He keeps on having nightmares and is trying to figure out who the person was.

I would recommend this book because it is exciting and really worth reading. 8/10
I liked this book because It made want to keep on reading to the next page.

waimea 20 book challenge

HAMLET Waimea Craig

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 

This book is about a prince named hamlet who's father (the king) died.

But when a few guards see a ghost who is the king, Hamlet finds out the truth to his fathers death and must take revenge on his murderer.

genre: graphic novel

I liked this book i would rate it a 8 out of 10

Name:Manish Bhandari
Book Number:3/20
Tittle:Ripleys Believe It Or Not
Genre:Informational
Authour:Ripleys Publishing

This book had heaps of unbelievable things like 160 couples across from got married in one day.
A couple in USA went skydiving on there weeding with their suit and dress one.
A seventy seven  year old man claims to have survived without drinking or eating for sixty eight years.
A Indian police officer decides to lie down for days so a maze can grow over him.

Book Review

Name: Brodie Mathieson
Book Number: 14/20
Title/Author: Unbelievable Paul Jennings
Genre: Collection of short stories.

This book is about a boy named Antonio Encountering strange things throughout his life like a giant tooth a leaf that makes you get sick r injured and a giant tooth etc.

I would recommend this book to others it's humorous and it hooks you from the start.

I did enjoy this book because it was my first Paul Jennings book and I found it funny and enjoyable I would give this book a 9/10.

Name: Ruma Miah

Book Number: 18/20

Title: Finding Serendipity

Author: Angelica Banks

Genre: Free choice

This book is about a girl called Tuesday McGillyCuddy. Her mum Serendipity is a famous author. Tuesday and her dog Baxterr discover that her mum has gone missing. So Tuesday starts writing a story. It was hard for her to come up with a beginning, but she eventually managed to come up with one. When she was typing the words on the typewriter silver thread came out. The more she wrote the more thread came out. When she finished the story she had enough thread to fly her and her dog to go find her mum. They set out on an adventure with a lot of twists and turns. Along the way she learns what it means to be a writer and how difficult it is sometimes to get to the end.

I would recommend this book to people who like books with imagination. I would rate this book an 8/10

I really enjoyed this book and I would love to read the whole series.

Kid Pirates Aone 5/20

Name: A-One Lolofie
Number books: 5/20
Tittle: Kid Pirates
Author: Allan Zullo

This book is about a man called Blackbeard and a boy called captain Kidd and they travel around the world for missions and they come across these other pirates and they battle and Blackbeard dies but they get victorious.

9/10 because its a good book.

Name: Eastyn

Name: Maddi Alve

Book Number: 12/20  

Title: Horrible Geography Raging River

Author: Anita Ganeri 

Genre: Science Fiction 

This book is all about raging rivers. It has lots of facts about different rivers. Did you know that the Nile River is the biggest river in the world. Did you know we use 150 liters of water each day. Also 97% of earth is covered in water. 

I would recommend this book if you like to know stuff about rivers. I would rate this book a 5/10 

I didn't really enjoy reading this book because I'm not that interested in science but if you do it would be a really good book for you.

Will Hastie

6/20

Title/Author: Love Our Ocean by Steve & Riley Hathaway.

Genre: New Zealand Literature.

This book was about a girl and her dad that explore the ocean together. All she does is just snorkel alongside her father while he gets footage of it all. They have done a T.V. series called Young Ocean Explorers and Our Big Blue Backyard.

I recommend this to people that like learning about our ocean and what lives under the surface and also about marine reserves and plenty of other things under the surface. I enjoyed this book because I like fishing and snorkeling. 

I rate this book 10/10

    

Will Hastie

5/20

Title/Author: A Good Keen Man by Barry Crump.

Genre: New Zealand Literature.

This book was about a New Zealand man that was keen on being a deer culler and he was also in the Toyota ads. I found this book interesting because I like deer hunting and being in the bush. So if you like any of those I would think that you would like this book.

I rate this book 8/10

Book Review

Book Review

Name: Brodie Mathieson

Amount I have read: 13/20
Author/Title: Lockwood & Co. by Jonathan Stroud
Genre Mystery 

This book is about 3 paranormal workers ( Lucy George and Lockwood ) Fighting and learning about ghosts and poltergeists they will face many different and dangerous  Ghosts.

I would recommend this to others if you're a keen reader Also it is very challenging so if you like a challenge this is the perfect book for you.

I did enjoy this book because It was very challenging and hard to put down I would give this book a 9/10.