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Reviewer: Simone
Book: Sandy Lane Stables
Author: Usborne Omnibus
Type: Fiction
Pictures: none
For: Girls Age: 9 - 11
Review: Sandy Lane Stables is a series of stories. My fave story in the book is "A Horse for the Summer." Toms relative goes away for the summer and lets Tom keep her horse at Sandy Lane stables. Tom works Chancey for a big local show but the owners of the stables will not let him go, Nick (stable owner) coaches him in the outdoor school, schooling Chancey early in the morning and doesn't let Tom go.
Rating: OK
ISBN: 07460 3153 X
Reviewer: Emma-louise
Book: The Perfect Pony
Author: Michelle Bates
Type: Fiction
Pictures: none
For: Girls Age: 9 - 11
Review: Sandy Lane stables is having problems- three ponies are lame.Alex Hardy thinks he's got the perfect solution,but soon finds that he's let himself in for a whole lot more than he bargained for.
Rating: excellent
ISBN: 07460 3329
Reviewer: Eve
Book: Ride By Moonlight
Author: Michelle Bates
Type: Fiction
Pictures: none
For: Girls Age: 9 - 11
Review: The book is about a really good horse rider that has killed a horse without meaning to. So her friends have to get her to ride again.
Rating: very good
Reviewer: Jennifer
Book: Josie Smith at school
Author: Magdalen Nabb
Type: Fiction
Pictures: many
For: Girls
Age: 5 to 7
Review: Josie Smith is a happy little girl and she always wears wellies.There are three stories in this book.In the first story Josie gets a new teacher.One day she gets a new girl in her class and Josie helps her.In the last story they have a concert and they all have to be in it.I liked this book because it was interesting and I like Josie.
Rating: excellent
ISBN: 0-00-674123-1
Reviewer: Joshua
Book: "Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks".
Author: Terrance Dicks
Type: Fiction
Pictures: none
For: Girls & Boys
Age: 9 - 11
Review: This book is about Doctor Who landing on a mysterious planet. He soon discovers that this planet is "SKARO" where the "DALEKS" were first created by the crippled genius "DAVROS". He meets a race of intelligent lifeforms called the "Movellans" who help him on his quest but soon finds out that they are a race of a million robots! He promtly discovers that he and Romana (his assistant)have two enemies the DALEKS and the MOVELLANS! He meets an escaped DALEK prisoner and to his surprise he is a Human called Tyssan. Davros is planning to upgrade the DALEKS so that they can rule the three universes. At the end Tyssan makes an electronic ice cube to preserve Davros through the billions of year to come. A cracking book!
Rating: AWESOME!
ISBN: 0 426 20096 9
Reviewer: Simone Prescott
Book: The mystery of the great Sheepdog Swindle
Author: Keith Brumpton
Type: Fiction
Pictures: many
For: Girls & Boys
Age: 5 to 7
Review: Someone or something has been dropping sleeping tables in to the dogs bowls at the sheepdog trials at Ducksbottem farm, in Whistlebridge.So that his or her dog will win. Police man Andy and police dog Rusty try to find the man or women who is responsible for this dirty work.
Rating: good
ISBN: 1-85213-865-3
Reviewer: Bethan
Book: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Author: Roald Dahl
Type: Fiction
Pictures: some
For: Girls & Boys
Age: 7 - 9
Review: This book is about a boy called Charlie who is poor.He wins the last golden ticket. He goes into a chocolate factory owned by Mr.Wonka his chocolate factory is the most famous chocolate factory in the world. All of the other 4 golden ticket finders get lost in the factory so Charlie wins the factory.
Rating: AWESOME!
ISBN: 0-670-87603-8
Reviewer: Nicola
Book: Happy Mouseday
Author: Dick-King-Smith
Type: Fiction
Pictures: many
For: Girls & Boys
Age: 7 - 9
Review: This book is about a boy that has always wanted a mouse. One day he was up in his treehouse and suddenly he had a idea he would buy a mouse on his way back from school. His mum and dad would not notice it because he would keep it in his treehouse.So tommorrow came. That day went really fast to so he bought exsackly the mouse he wanted so he really did get a mouse didn't he.
Rating: good
Reviewer: Charlotte
Book: Charlie the Cuckoo
Author: Ben Butterworth
Type: Fiction
Pictures: many
For: Girls & Boys
Age: 5 to 7
Review: I like this book because the cuckoo learns to fly but he and his mum get caught by a man .But luckily the cage was open and they flu home and little Charlie learned how to fly.
Rating: very good
ISBN: 0 602 22615 5
Reviewer: Daniel
Book: Mr Toad Of Toad Hall
Author: Walt Disney
Type: Fiction
Pictures: many
For: Girls & Boys
Age: 5 to 7
Review: This book is about a toad. He had a caravan when ever he used it it would always endup messy. Every day something came through the letter box they where bills but one day a badger cried "you can't go on like this!" The next day he went to Rats and Moles house and said " Toad has not got any money left . " So he got locked up in a room so he climbed out of his window and ran away.
Rating: OK
ISBN: 0-7214-1058-8
Reviewer: Ben
Book: Stanley goes to school
Author: Pat Edwards
Type: Fiction
Pictures: many
For: Girls & Boys
Age: 5 to 7
Review: It is about a boy and a girl who go to school. And the dog gose with them then a teacher told Stanley to go home. But Stanley didn't go home he whent to the library with the children.then a teacher saw Stanley a gen she rang his owner.Then Stanley played in the back gardan
Rating: very good
ISBN: O-582-19296-X
Reviewer: Daniel
Book: Rebel Planet
Author: Robin Waterfield
Type: Fiction
Pictures: many
For: Boys
Age: 9 - 11
Review: This story is a bit like a puzzle but the person that you are fights. It is not scary. There is a monster that has a glowing bright sword and belt that has bombs on it and it is huge.
Rating: good
ISBN: 0-14-031952-2
Reviewer: Michael
Book: Mountain Rescue
Author: Julia Jarman
Type: Fiction
Pictures: none
For: Girls & Boys
Age: 5 - 7
Review: The story is about a family who go camping up in the mountains and they find a girl called viv who has broken her leg by chasing a robber.
Rating: good
ISBN: 0-602-26289-5