Tag: Year 4

Author:  Walter Moers

Review by: Joseph

Year Group: Year 4

Review:

Captain Bluebear is an actual bear who found himself floating in a walnut shell in the middle of the ocean. He is about to fall into the Malmstrom, a gigantic whirlpool, but is rescued by some Minipirates and is fostered on their ship. Soon, he grows too big for the ship and the Minipirates decide to  dump him on Hobgoblin Island. Hobgoblins enjoy it when people cry!

The book follows Captain Bluebear’s adventures as he travels to the Gloomberg Mountains to be educated by a professor called Nightingale who has seven brains. Bluebear goes on into the Great Forest, chased by a spider witch, into a Dimensional Hiatus, which teleports you between different dimensions and worlds. After that, Captain Bluebear ends up in the Demerara Desert, living in Tornado City for a while, before reaching Atlantis. There he is tricked into getting onto a slave ship, the biggest in the world, called SS Moloch. Can he escape and find a home that suits him?

I would recommend this book for someone who likes reading big books as it has 703 pages! It has great illustrations of Captain Bluebear’s adventures and worlds. It’s not like any other book I’ve ever read but almost all of it was exciting and I really wanted to keep reading it.

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4 – Very Good

Author:  James Bishop

Review by: Xander

Year Group: Year 4

Review:

There is a series of these books that are about a boy who gets a really unusual super power. His older brother and sister have much better super powers so they always save the day right in front of his face. It’s all about to change. Read the book to find out how Iguana Boy is going to save the day.

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4 – Very Good

Author:  Pip Bird

Review by: Tillie

Year Group: Year 4

Review:
This book is about a girl called Mira who is starting Unicorn School. At Unicorn School the children get given a unicorn to help them. They do lots of fun stuff like glitter hunts but Mira’s unicorn, Dave, is grumpy and lazy. and not very sparkly at all. At first Mira and Dave didn’t get along together but near the end they did!

I liked this book because it was funny and made me laugh. My favourite part was when they slid down the rainbow slide!

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4 – Very Good

Author:  David Walliams

Review by: Josh

Year Group: Year 4

Review:

Code Name Bananas is a really funny book because its about a boy, an old man and a gorilla!

They’re trying to save Gertrude the gorilla from the zoo in the middle of the war! She tried escaping from her cage because she was scared of the bombs. The zoo keeper was angry so he tried to put her down, so that’s why the boy and the old man wanted to save her.

When they save the gorilla they try to take cover in an spooky ,old seaside hotel, but its a trap!

My favourite part was when they had a big food fight in the palace at the end of the book.

This book is for people who like fun.

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3 – Good

Author:  Laura Ingalls Wilder

Review by: Indi

Year Group: Year 4

Review:

Little House in the Big Woods is the first of five books. It is set  in the woods of Wisconsin , America, in a little wooden house that Laura’s Dad made himself. Laura lives with her mum and her Dad “Ma and Pa”, her older sister Mary, her younger sister Carrie , her Cat called Black Susan and her dog called Jack, miles from anyone else, miles from the end of the woods. From where they lived, it was seven miles to the nearest town called Pepin named after Lake Pepin, meaning a lot of traveling in a small cart led by horses, just to go on a trip to town.

I like it because I find it interesting comparing Laura’s life in the eighteen hundreds to mine nowadays. I enjoying reading the songs that Laura’s Pa sings because they can be funny and they are copied word for word making you be able to imagine him singing it in real life.  It is a descriptive, funny and adventurous  book  and is the best autobiography I’ve read. I recommend it to both boys and girls ages 8-12 who are interested in American history and life in the olden days.

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5 – Excellent

Author:  Michael Morpurgo

Review by: Miriam

Year Group: Year 4

Review:

When Michael falls off the Peggy-Sue into the ocean with only a football to help him keep afloat, he dreams of his rescue and his dog Stella. When he wakes up Michael finds himself on a deserted island. He thinks he’s alone until he finds a plate of fish and a bowl of water left for him. Who is the mystery person and why are they here? Michael must learn to survive…

I enjoyed this book, it was really exciting. It made me feel as if I were there, watching everything happen. It’s left me wondering whether it is a true story!

I would recommend it to anyone who loves adventures and wants to learn to survive on a desert island.

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5 – Excellent

Author:  Michael Morpurgo

Review by: Joseph

Year Group: Year 2

Review:

Mr Nobody’s Eyes is about a boy called Harry who finds an old man from the circus in a park and the old man has a pet chimpanzee. One day, on his way back from school in a smog, Harry finds the chimpanzee, Ocky, all alone in the park and makes a den in a forbidden bomb site to hide her. The police search for Ocky and Harry but they run away to try to find Aunt Ivy who lives by the seaside. Will Harry and the chimpanzee escape safely?

I enjoyed reading this story, it grabbed my attention. I recommended it to my mum and she also enjoyed it!

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4 – Very Good

Author:  Lesley Parr

Review by: Miriam

Year Group: Year 4

Review:

Jimmy and his younger brother Ronnie are evacuated from London to a lonely little valley in the middle of Wales, along with some of their school mates. One day when exploring the valley, Jimmy finds a skull hidden in the hollow of a wych elm and doesn’t know who to tell. His old best mate Duff has teamed up with horrid Jack the vicar’s son and they terrorise Jimmy and Ronnie. Jimmy must make some new friends and help solve the mystery behind his foster family’s tragedy.

This book was sad, exciting and a bit scary. It made me feel as if I wanted to read more of Lesley Parr’s books. I recommend it for people who like mysteries.

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5 – Excellent

Author:  Katherine Rundell

Review by: Miriam

Year Group: Year 4

Review:

A baby called Sophie is found floating in a cello case in the sea by a scholar named Charles. He takes her home and cares for her in his own unusual way. She wears men’s clothes, climbs trees, writes messages on walls and eats with her fingers! As Sophie grows up, she dreams about her mother and is convinced she is still alive. She finds a clue in cello case and goes to Paris to search, followed by the authorities who want to put her in an orphanage and make her more lady-like. Luckily she meets Matteo, a Rooftopper, and the real adventure begins.

This booked grabbed my imagination and compelled me to keep reading it. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves adventures and mysteries.

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5 – Excellent