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If the World were 100 People by Jackie McKann

Review by Sandrine (3JO)

The world currently has around seven billion people. This book explains what life could be like if there were only 100 people. How many people can read and write? How many people have enough food to eat? Read this book to find out.

I find it interesting because I can find out various facts about different people. For example, I can see some people look old and young on the first page, I can see how many people have red and black and blonde hair on the second page. 

I would recommend this book to people who wanted to know the facts about the percentage of people’s lifestyle and features all around the world.

 

Look Into My Eyes by Lauren Child

Review by Sophia (4JL)

Some secrets can change the world in a heartbeat. 13 year old Ruby Redfort is selected to become a code cracker agent at a agency called Spectrum set to foil plots of bad people. Ruby cannot tell anyone about Spectrum but Ruby’s best friend Clancy is an expert at sniffing secrets out. Ruby has a bad start at Spectrum because the agency find out about Ruby telling Clancy.

Ruby’s boss LB is furious and is close to firing Ruby on her first day, luckily Ruby manages to talk her way out of it. People at Spectrum don’t think they can trust Ruby so Ruby is desperate to prove them wrong. She then has to do the most boring task in the world, looking at old newspaper snippets and searching for codes in them. This was what another agent at Spectrum (Agent Lopez) was sent to do.

After 8 jelly doughnuts, and many hours spent in a smelly, dark office Ruby starts to see a pattern in the clippings of newspaper, she begins to understand, a person called Count Von Visount was trying to steal gold from the city bank! Ruby alerts Spectrum immediately but no one believes her. Ruby has to stop the Count before he steals the gold but will Ruby make it out of there alive??? Read the book to find out! 

I loved everything about the book, the detailed descriptions that plant interesting pictures in your mind and the action. 

I would recommend it to any one who loves a fantastic book!

 

The Lunar Chronicles: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Review by Alice (5ZS)

This is a book about a teenager called Linh Cinder, an adopted disappointment to her stepmother and elder step sister, but cared for by her younger step sister and personal robot, Iko. Her life as a mechanic, (and also cyborg) abruptly changes, with both extremely bad and good situations. 

I liked the book throughout, mainly because the author keeps Cinder’s past quite foggy and unclear, and also writing a lot of troubles and dangers, making the story engaging and thrilling. 

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy and advanced, modern technology, (robots, androids, 3D holograms, etc.). I would also recommend this if you like the Harry Potter series.

 

War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

Review by Aiden (6EF)

A young horse is taken to a stable near the front line where he’ll go on to be on both sides… Joey starts in a small stable where he’s then taken to a hospital tent. He and Topthorn- another steed- will serve there for the rest of WWI. They are then repositioned as a supply horse, still with Topthorn. At this point, they have become great friends until Topthorn is killed and Joey is taken to the Germans. Then, he makes an escape as risky as climbing a cliff with no line. Surrounded by bullets and mines, he must return to the English. What will happen next? Read on and find out…

I liked the book as it had lots of suspense and it is set in a WW1 setting, which I enjoy. The book also had me thinking of many questions such as,‘what will happen to Joey?’ This is why I enjoyed War Horse.

I recommend it to people in Year 6 as they will be learning about WWI and the setting of the book is in WWI. The book is also adventurous so I’d recommend it to adventure-seekers.