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Entries from May 2009

The Dirty Dozen by Tony Bradman(reviewed by Lauren, P5, Strathpeffer Primary)

May 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

 Fourty five minutes.opponents score.NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!(NO CHANCE TO SCORE IN THE SECOND HALF.)
Robbie want’s to play for the best team in the country TOP GROVE FC! (FOOTBALL CLUB). And they want to see him play in his own team, (he doesn’t have one), Robbie is fustrated,and he HAS TO GET A TEAM.Robbie really wants to play for Top [...]

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Tags: Fiction

The Diary of the Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (reviewed by Alice, P5, Strathpeffer Primary)

May 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments

 The book is about a boy called Greg . Greg is 12 years old and he is really wimpy.He has a little brother called ,Manny  he is 4. Greg is allways cheesed of with manny because he gets everything he wants . Because his mum and dad think hes gifted. then there’s his older brother Rodrick. [...]

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Tags: Fiction

Cosmo and the Magic Sneeze, by Gwyneth Rees (reviewed by Beth, P5, Strathpeffer Primary)

May 19th, 2009 · No Comments

 Cosmo is a cat who lives with his mum India and his father mephisto. Cosmo has always wanted to be a witch cat and has a special magic sneeze. He hopes to help Sybil the witch.
Sybil is frightening and unpredictable and when she starts brewing a top secret spell could it be the kittens that are on her [...]

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Tags: Fiction

The Twits by Roald Dahl (Reviewed by Rachel Fraser , P5, Strathpeffer Primary)

May 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

 This book was about two people called Mr and Mrs Twit. They always play tricks on each other like one time Mrs. Twit took out her glass eye, and dropped it in Mr. Twit’s mug of beer, and then Mr. Twit put a frog  in Mrs. Twits bed.  Mr. Twit told her it was a  giant [...]

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Tags: Fiction

Protected: The Young love …..? by Pamela Westland (reviewed by Summer Benfield Gave Primary)

May 19th, 2009 · Comments Off

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Tags: Non-fiction

Protected: Astrosaurs.The Seas of Doom. By Steve Cole (By Finn, P5, Strathpeffer Primary)

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Horrid Henry’s Evil Enemies, by Francesca Simon (Reviewed by Chloe Mac, P5, Strathpeffer Primary)

May 19th, 2009 · No Comments

 Horrid henry is a great story. Henry has lots of enemies but he has ways of dealing with them, and in each of these ten hilarious stories he comes up with a spectacular scheme to outwit his foes.
 I liked this book because it was funny and full of adventures.
 

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Tags: Fiction

THE B F G by Roald Dahl ( reviewed by Rachel, P5, Strathpeffer Primary)

May 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

This book was about a giant called the BFG, and a little girl called sophIe.Sophie came from a orphanige the bfg  {that really is the  big friendly giant} lives in a  land called nod with nine other giants called  the fleshlumpeater,the bonecruncher,the manhugger,the childchewer,the meatdripper,the gizzardgulper,the maidmasher,the bloodbottler and the butcherboy.  The other giants liked  [...]

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Tags: Non-fiction

Mo and the Mummy Case by Amy, P7, Grantown Primary

May 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Mo and the Mummies
I like this book because it had mummies in it.  It is a very good one. This man comes in the home that the mummies live in and when he gets in all the mummies come out and say hi. And I think the mummies gave him all the gold. They have [...]

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Tags: Fiction

The secret story by Cathy Hopkins reviewed by Megan, p7 Grantown Primary

May 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments

 This book is by Cathy Hopkins.  It is about a girl called Lucy and a boy called Tony.  At the very beginning, Lucy is searching for a boy, and then she sees him. What she doesn’t know is that her dream boy is her best friend’s brother. Then Lucy manages to get him.  Tony still [...]

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Tags: Fiction