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Rugby League Week Magazine
I love Rugby League Week because it provides updates on the sport and great posters. Jayden

Harry Potter (J.K Rowling)
A great book because it is full of magic and suspense! My only criticism is that the book drags on a bit and that the Harry Potter series is complete. A series worth reading. Rik

LA Candy (Lauren Conrad)
With a focus on Hollywood and fashion, this book will particularly appeal to teenage girls. Shayla

Legends Of Sport
A very interesting book for people who love sport, highlighting the best years of each star’s career. Background information on the sporting legend’s life also features.
Legends of Sport however doesn’t explain the struggle or ease our sporting heroes may have had in their climb to the top. Nicholas

Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince (J.K Rowling)
More amazing tales. This book took me to another world. Liam

Ancient Future Trilogy
I have started to read a new book series called the Ancient Future Trilogy. In this series the first book is called Ancient Future. The story begins with Tory Alexander going to live with her Grandmother in Wales while her parents are away. On the way to her Grandma’s house her car breaks down and she sleeps in a stone circle known as the King’s Men. This however would prove to be no ordinary evening, travelling back in time to the dark ages, Tory’s journey takes an interesting twist. Recommended reading. Dylan

Motor Magazine
This is a really good magazine because it has really cool cars in it. There are many different models, some of which I like. It is one of my favourite magazines in the library. Adam

Storm Breaker (Anthony Horowitz)
A book that keeps you in suspense from beginning to end. What I particularly liked about Storm Breaker is that the main character is a 14 year old boy. Most spy books features older people rather than teenagers. Something that I didn’t like about the book is that at the end dragged on abit. Jack

Dirt Action Magazine
What a terrific motorcross magazine. It has many funny, amazing and inspiring articles and comes with a free dvd. This magazine also has a wide range of products including bikes and provides various websites you can purchase parts and bikes from. The only thing I dont like about Dirt Action is there are NOT ENOUGH FREEBIES!
Overall, I highly recommend this magazine to anyone who is interested in motorbikes or just wants to look at something different. Brodie

Cults and Demonic Possesions
I read a book called Cults and Demonic Possesions. It was very gory and people are tortured. Many of the cult rituals are described. It was a good book. Dylan

Guiness World Book of Records 2009
The Guiness World Records book is a really interesing book about all the weird and wonderful records of the world.

Great Lies To Tell Small Kids (Andy Riley)
This is a very funny book which is about how parents tell their children silly answers to their silly questions. Parents think if they give any answers to their kids then they will be quiet but children start to be more inquisitive. Children can’t be quiet as they are learning new things which is a good thing. One of the examples of what parents say is rain comes from Jesus’s toilet.

Red Rage (Rachel Ward)
Red Rage is a alternate book that is directed at the minorirty of people. I did not particularly like the book as it was too graphic and it did not hold back on the gruesome details. The coarse launage used is not the sort I would not want to read in a relaxing libary. I recommend Red Rage to anyone who is in the mood for a comfronting book. Jordan

The Novice
The book is a very intriguing and discriptive which is what I like about it. What
I don’t like is that the High Lord of the magicians guild is practising forbidden black magic which kills people.The main character is a young girl called Sonea who is a novice to the guild. The administator of the guild, Sonea’s guardian and Sonea herself know about the dark secert of the High lord. The administrator has sent a man named Dannyl to retrace the High Lords journey though the allied lands to find out the secerts of black magic. Dylan Yr 8

World of Warcraft
I have been reading a WoW magazine . It tells you all about the game World of Warcraft. It is written by Blizzard Entertainment. The thing I like about the magazine is that it helps me with the game and helps me get to places and get money. The one bad thing about the game is that it spoils the game for people who are doing the story line. It also can over power people so they are too powerful for the game. Jordon Year 8

Right book, right time: 500 great reads for teenagers
Want to read a book but don’t know which one to choose? Check out this resource, an outstanding book which recommends great reads with modern themes. This publication is divided into several funky categories such as extreme and edgy, life love and loss, not such ordinary lives, outside the square. This is an exceptional guide. ( by Ella)

The Switch (Anthony Horowitz)

Here is a great adventure read for upper primary and lower high school. Tad has woken up in another boy’s body! And the other boy has his. One is rich and one is poor. One is spoilt and one is a criminal. And so the fun begins. There are shades of literary classics in this book – a Fagin like character is indebted to Charles Dickens and the “switch” idea has some echoes of The Prince and the Pauper. But the similarities end there. This is a very modern crime adventure which includes a lot of clever humour. Both my son (seven years old) and I enjoyed it as bed time reading. Perhaps wishing you were someone else is not a good idea! (Mr. Fleming)

The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
You’ve just won the lottery. There are only twenty four winners. You will be given weapons and survival training. You will be sent into the wild. You will be on film all the time. People will be voting for their favourites. There is only one rule. Kill, or be killed. Last one alive wins. Suzanne makes this futuristic fantasy very plausible. Reality-entertainment has been taken to an extreme. Of course, the Roman Empire has already been here with their gladiators, but could “fight clubs” return? In this great book we cheer her heroine on every step of the way and somehow accept the terrible decisions she must make to “stay in the game.” Top read! (Mr. Fleming)

Maus: A Survivor’s Tale (Art Spiegelman)
In this graphic novel, the mice are the Jews, the Cats are the Germans, the Pigs are the Polish and the Frogs are the French. But this is not a children’s picture book! Maus is German for “mouse”, and is a reference to the fact that the Germans (cats) hunted the Jews like vermin. Art has written the story of his father’s (Vladek’s) amazing survival as a Jew during World War II. It describes his courage, cunning, luck and betrayal during years of hiding and imprisonment. It also describes the affect all this had on him and his family after the war. A gripping true story to open your eyes and your heart. (Mr. Fleming)

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment (James Patterson)
Six children aged 14 down to 6, have escaped from an experimental institute. They have been bred as human/bird mutants. They also have various other powers. They are being chased by human/wolf mutants called “Erasers.” This is one hell of a page turning ride! There are four books in the series. They don’t all match the promise of this first one, but it’s a cracker. (Mr. Fleming)

The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
This book touched every emotion in me! Fear, love, affection, sorrow, disgust, relief! It gets under your skin, into your mind, and ploughs through your heart. The world is dying. Civilization has disappeared and humans wander the earth as scavengers. In this desolate disaster zone travel a father and a son; stoic, pragmatic, resilient, and totally committed to each other and to bearing “the light” that they know. It is all they have. No. They also have a gun with only two bullets left. And they must keep them for use on themselves. Just in case. Because the alternative is so much worse! This book had a scene of such horror, it stayed with me for days. Yet it is a wise book, and reflects upon the deepest aspects of life, death, meaning and purpose. For older readers, and those who want a book that is not only a tense “page turner” but a meditation on humanity and its values. This is a philosophical thriller and I hope it becomes an HSC text at some stage. (Mr. Fleming)