THE BIG PARADE 2012

ONCE AGAIN THE TOWN WAS ENTRANCED BY THE PARKLANDS BOOK WEEK PARADE AND THE MANY PIRATE CHARACTERS, AND OTHERS, WHO INVADED THE STREETS.

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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief reviewed by Ra

 

This is my chosen book for book week

Title and author : Percy Jackson and the lightning thief by Rick Riordan

Suitable for ages 10-13

Setting(where and when) : Manhattan, New York in the present year

Plot: Percy Jackson is the son of Poseidon who is one of the big three Hades, Zeus and Poseidon, but he doesn't know it until one day someone steals Zeus' master bolt which is more destructive than any nuclear bomb.  Zeus blames Poseidon but he says he is innocent. Then Zeus claims that he will start a war that will turn earth into a gods' battlefield. Poseidon has no other choice but to claim Percy as his son and Percy is asked if he will accept a quest that may save the world from the gods' wrath.      

Main characters :  Percy Jackson (the hero and son of Posiedon), Grover( Satyr and good friend) and Annabeth (good friend and daughter of Athena)    

Chosen Character(with reason of choosing) : Percy Jackson because he is really cool powers and lives in a very interesting world only he can see and we are also the same age

Why I chose this book : Because it is there is a thrilling series which is based in our world but with a magical twist

HOW TO RIDE A DRAGON STORM BY TYSON

This is my book, and it is by Cressida Cowell,

This book is set in the ocean.

Suitable ages 10 to 12

The story is about Hiccup having to do a big swimming race and it is to see who can swim the furtherest out and make it back alive there are killer dragons,freezing cold water and they are in full body armour and weapons on as well.            

His crazy grandfather wants him to stay out in the sea and not return for three months five days and six hours.
But a dragon kidnaps Hiccup, Fish legs and Kamikaze and takes him to Norbert the nut job and his crew of pirates.

Norbert is traveling to America an plans on killing Hiccup when he gets there.
Meanwhile Mad Guns has won and the only hope is that Hiccup makes it back alive.

My favorite character is Toothless because he is small, looks cool and is helpful.
Tyson's book

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SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, reviewed by Myriina

In the imaginary past

Plot: About a beautiful girl and a Queen that wants to kill the princess Snow White comes across a cottage  and decides to clean it up and doesn't know that it belong to small, but very intelligent  dwarfs. They first meet her when she was laying on one of the dwarfs' beds as she is very tired after cleaning all day. Then one fine day Snow White finds this handsome prince and falls in love with him.   They have planed to see each other under the apple tree and will meet him after she cleans the cottage.When Snow White had finished cleaning she goes out and finds the prince and   she comes across the Queen who is disguise as a very ugly old woman and says that if she eats the apple she gets happiness so Snow White bites the apple and fall into a dark sleep. The dwarfs get worried and search for Snow.   They find her under the tree and all lift her up and carry her back to the cottage and only her true love can awake her with just one kiss, so they set out to find the prince and they found him.   They tell him that Snow White has fallen into a dark sleep,  so he quickly races back to the cottage and kisses her and she awakes and she tells him that the queen gave her an apple and the prince kills the queen and they live happily ever after.

Main Characters:

Snow White Queen Grumpy Sleepy Bashful Dopey

Doc Happy Sneezy Prince Magic Mirror

               

My Chosen Character
I have chosen sleepy one of the dwarfs the reason I have chosen him is because you don't have to dress to fancy and you only have to wear your pj's and bring a pillow.

Why I have chosen this book
I have chosen this particular book because you have a lot of characters to choose and it's a great book with heaps  of things you wouldn't imagine

MEET THE ALIENSONS (Knife and Packer) reviewed by KYLEE

This book is suitable for 8 and up.
This book is set in Freak street and came to the library in 2008.
It's science fiction and is set in a planet far far away.
The story is about Andy teasing Arlene about her liking the naughty boys.
The main characters are Arlene,Andy,Mrs Alienson,Mr Alienson.
I chose Arlene as my favourite because she likes singing.
I chose this book because it is funny and cool.

Meet the Characters  Click the Picture