The Pirate Captain

PIRATE TALES: THE PIRATE CAPTAIN

                          BY Terry Deary

Another superb book by Terry Deary that's about a captain called Fly who stole a ship and got the people in it for slaves, but little did he know that the people he stole were expert sailors.

When the slaves got into the boat they immediately started thinking of a plan to escape. They found a plan so they started by doing everything they were told to do to gain the captain's trust.

This book is full of superb moments. My favourite part is in the middle of the story, but you have to read it for your self to find out.

I thoroughly recommend this book to people that like pirates. They will have a difficult time putting me book down.

by Lefteris

Shocker on Shock Street

Shocker on shock street is another spooky goosebumps book by R.L Stine. This book is about when horror characters come to life.

The main characters are two friends that went on a rollercoaster which their dad had created. The rollercoaster was based on a horror movie called Shocker On Shock street. The kids rode the rollercoaster by them selves because it would be more fun. So when they started it wasn't very scary.

I liked that the book had very exciting moments but what I didn't like was that they were not real. My favorite part was at the middle when the werewolves started crawling up the rollercoaster and then... you have to read it and see.

I thoroughly recommend this scary book readers will have a difficult time putting this horror book down.

By Lefteris

Horrible Science: Disgusting digestion

Horrible science disgusting digestion is an spectacular book by Nick Arnold and Tony De Saulles. It is a non-fiction genres and concerns all dreadful details your teacher won’t tell you like why astronauts can’t eat beans before a flight. 

Facts about digestion is what the book is all about but also contains the squishy bits of it. Every chapter includes a part of the digestive system like the guts or the mouth and more facts all about enzymes and deadly digestive diseases. 

There are a few chapters with some foul facts that you though were true and the discoveries that scientists made about the food you eat or your metabolism. 
What truly amazed me about this book is that it is informative yet entertaining due to including humorous 

Illustrations as well as awful examples. If you love science and learning trivia, after reading a few pages you learn a tremendous amount of knowledge all about the process of digestion that you never knew were true. 

I highly recommend this book. All readers will enjoy and will have a hard time putting it down. They will enjoy the gruesome representation of the facts and will laugh at the hilarious pictures of it. 

Andreas

The Werepuppy

The Werepuppy another superb book by Jacqueline Wilson that's about a lonely kid called Mickey who bought a weird puppy to cure his phobia of dogs.

Mickey is a sensitive kid. One night his parents went out so he and his sisters watch a horror movie about werewolves. So from then the problem started, he had cynophobia. His dad was very disappointed by him because he wanted his son to be a real man. His sisters who were mean to him called him Mickey Mouse. A kid at school called Darren bullied him. Then one day he met a badly behaved werepuppy.

This book is full of superb moments, Wolfie is naughty and amusing. My favorite part is near the end but you have to read it yourself.

I thoroughly recommend this book, the readers will have a difficult time putting this wonderful book down without having any nightmares.

by Lefteris

C.S. Lewis

This is the man responsible for all those fantastic Narnia adventures.

Check out Nick's review of one of them HERE

R L Stine

R L Stine is the kid's King of Creeps. He always wanted to be a writer and began with jokes and funny stories. In 1986 Stine got scary when he wrote his first horror novel Blind Date. In 1989 he started his Fear street series that became the best selling young adult books in history. Then, in 1992 came Goosebumps and now Stine is read in 32 different languages all over the world. They have been made into TV shows and Hollywood movies.

Visit his site below, he even has a questions and answer section for just about any question you might have for him. You could even write your own interview.

Check out an Allstar review of Night of the living Dummy II

Rotten School

“Rotten school” is by R.L. Stine who writes the “Goosebumps” series but this is a hilarious book. It is set in a school where everybody does anything they want. Seriously!

The protagonist of the book is a guy named Bernie Bridges that lives in the school, he is a boarder. Bernie learns that a guy has a watch that has many functions and it attracts all the girls and he wants it. Is Bernie going to get this watch?

What made me laugh most, was about a competition they had for who could eat the most and a kid was sick and he threw up all the food.

I thoroughly recommend  “Rotten school” because it is a disgusting comedy, although I advise you not to read it after eating.

By Tasos

Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy

Horrid Henry tricks the tooth fairy by Francesca Simon is a comic adventure book about a boy who does all sorts of bad and nasty things. It is one of the popular series of Horrid Henry books that has been delighting children for decades.

Henry tries to trick the tooth fairy, as he wants money but he doesn’t succeed, he threatens his brother for money who has already lost a tooth, He also gets angry as his friends have lost their teeth. He then goes to a wedding and causes more trouble, he eats chocolate and his teeth begin to hurt.

This book is horribly hilarious as Henry causes a lot of problems My favourite part was when his teacher fainted because he couldn’t stand horrid Henry.

I highly recommend everyone to read this book as they will go through the world of horrible things. Also readers will have a difficult time putting this ludicrous slapstick story down.

Jacqueline Wilson

Jacqueline Wilson is probably most famous for her Tracy Beaker books that were turned into children's TV series for the BBC. But, she has written so much more and even some fantastic books for boys. She began by writing crime novels for grown-ups and didn't take her A'level in English until she was 40!
She now has a library of over 15,000 books and shares her skills with would-be writers teaching creative writing at University of Roehampton.
Read Jacqueline's diary HERE.

See what the Allstars thought of "Glubbslyme" and "Starring Tracy Beaker"

Roald Dahl

This year the world is celebrating Roald Dahl's 100th birthday (13th September). Celebrating? Yes, because without him we would not have Willy Wonka, BFG, Matilda, The Twits, The Fantastic Mr. Fox or so many more of our favourite characters.

But did you know that Roald Dahl's story is as interesting as any of his books?

He was a pilot in the war and he wrote the script for "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" and one of the James Bond movies as well as lots of books for grown-ups.
Find out more at his site HERE

Jeremy Strong

This week's featured writer is Jeremy Strong. He has become a firm favourite with Allstars and my own kids (I've read some myself, but ssshhh!). He used to be a primary school teacher but now he writes fantastic books for young readers. Read about him here and go to his site to download some of his stories. You'll laugh your socks off!
Check out his books HERE

Book Review: Starring Tracy Beaker

This book is called " Starring Tracy Beaker " by Jacqueline Wilson. It is set in the Dumping Ground, the orphanage where Tracy Beaker lives. It's an adventure comedy book that makes all the people laugh. Also, this book is the latest book of the popular writer Jacqueline Wilson, but is it as good as " The fourth grade nothing"?

YES, IT IS!!!!!!!

    The protagonist of the book is Tracy Beaker, a little girl that lives in a place called the Dumping Ground, an orphanage. The book is set in a small town in England. Tracy knows that she has a mother super star. But is it the truth? Tracy, does everything for her mother. Christmas is coming and Tracy wants the best presents for her mother. "A Christmas Carol" is coming on the school theatre and Tracy is Scrooge, but all her dreams begin to fade. Will she play in "A Christmas Carol"?

   This book, is the best because everybody laughs when he or she reads it.

    I recommend it to all children of all ages. You must read it. IT'S SUPER!!!

                                                                                                                               

I LOVED IT!!!

                                                                                                           

By Lydia!!!❤️❤️❤️

Book review: Pokemon Black and White vol. 12

Pokemon Black and White by Satoshi Yamamoto and Hidenori Kusaka is an adventure book for lovers of Pokemon manga. This book doesn't feature Ash Ketchum, it has a Pokemon trainer called Black and Black wants to catch all the Pokemon. 

This is vol. 12, it's just a part of Black and his sister White's adventure around the world catching Pokemon. In the half of the book it follows Black on his way to becoming a Pokemon master. The other half follows White to becoming a Pokemon master. My favourite character was the doctor, he had funny eyes. 

This is a fantastic book full of excitement, you should catch all the pages.

By George

Book Review: Beware! Killer Tomatoes

 Beware! Killer Tomatoes is a hilarious book by Jeremy Strong which is about a very clumsy boy, Jack. This brilliant story mostly takes place in a hospital.

 Jack is a boy who is very clumsy and now he has broken his leg. No one knows how or why he broke his leg, let’s just say that it was a tomato related accident, and THEY are after him. Jack is in a ward with two kids, Princess La La, whose real name is Kristy and Liam. Jack also meets a girl, Maisie who chooses not to speak. Jack tells Maisie exactly how he broke his leg and she decides to help him escape before THEY find him.

 This book is full of fantastic moments, my favourite being about how clumsy Jack is, for example Jack’s first big accident was when he was 5, he fell off the first floor of a building and landed on his head. He has been having accidents ever since.

 Beware! Killer Tomatoes is a book for everyone to read and is full of jokes and surprises. I recommend this book, you will be stuck on it until the very last page.

By Alex

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Book review: The Twits

The Twits is another hilarious story by RoaldDahl this superb story is about two dreadful people who play tricks on each other.

Mr. and Mrs. Twit who are the bugliest {Bad+ugly} couple in the whole universe love playing tricks on each other. The hilarity begins with the worm spaghetti and it ends with Mrs.Twit flying in the air.But the real story is with a monkey called Muggle Whump who turns the tables on the terrible

TWITS

 

This book is full of funny moments, my favourite part was when Mrs.Twit was flying with many balloons.

I thoroughly recommend The Twits, the readers will have a difficult time putting this funny book down.

By Lefteri

Book Review: Hedgehogs in the Hall

Hedgehogs in the Hall is another book from Lucy Daniels’ well-loved Animal Ark series. It is set in Welford, Leicestershire when   Mandy and James discover some hedgehogs at the bottom of the bonfire just before Guy Fawkes night. This is a touching story for Animal lovers everywhere.

  

This book takes us into the wonderful world of the Animal Ark, a veterinary surgery run by Mandy’s parents. James’ Labrador, Blackie disturbs a family of hedgehogs at the bottom of the bonfire in the garden. The mayhem ensues when the mother breaks her leg and the little ones go missing. They have to take the injured hedgehog to the Animal Ark and find the little ones before it’s too late.

This book is full of thrills and chills as they are searching all over the place to find the little ones and nursing the mother. 

It is a highly entertaining read as it gives a lot of information about  Animals. A real page-turner for those in love with animals.

By Nick  

Book Review: Rumpelstiltskin

Once, there was a poor miller who went to a king and told him that his daughter could spin straw into gold. So, the king took the girl and gave her straw to turn into gold. A little magician called Rumpelstilskin appeared and promised to help her make gold. So, when the king saw gold he wanted to marry her. So, will the king marry the princess and live happily ever after?

          The book is full of entertaining moments as the author creates comedy with unexpected twists and vivid descriptions. My favorite part, was when they made gold.

          What made an impression on me was that the king married the poor girl because she could make gold and not because he really loved her.

          I thoroughly recommend " Rumpelstilskin " . Readers will have a difficult time putting this classic fairytale down.

By Lydia

Around the World in 80 Days

A book that made a big impression on me was called ‘’Around the world in 80 days’’ by Jules Verne.  This fascinating adventure story takes place in the whole world.

The adventure begins in London when a bet is made between two men, the protagonist whose name is Phileas Fogg and a newspaper man. In 1872 there were no airplanes and he started travelling around the whole world on trains and ships, and he had to do that in just 80 days.

The thing that impressed me most was that Phileas Fogg finished his journey earlier than 80 days. It also impressed me how he experienced his difficult adventures.

 I liked this book very much. You should read it because it is going to teach you many new things.

by Tasos

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Book Review: Night of the Living Dummy II

The Night of the Living Dummy 2 is another spooky ‘Goosebumps’ book by R.L.Stine.                         

The book tells the story of a girl called Amy who had a dummy called Dennis. The dummy was old and rusty so she bought a new dummy. That night the dummy did some horrible things so she tried to get rid of him but she COULDN’T…

This book is full of scary moments. My favourite part was when the dummy started talking and when Amy’s sister said to Amy that she knew that the dummy did all those horrible things.

I thoroughly recommend The Night of the Living Dummy two. The readers will have a difficult time putting this scary book down.

by Lefteris