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Title: Wild Magic Author: Cat Weatherill Date: 12/04/11 Genre: Adventuress Rating:

Plot Summary: This is a book about two children called Jakob and Mari who are trapped in a world of wild magic. Elvendale is a very beautiful place indeed but, it is also a very dangerous, and cruel place. Finn, the town's rat catcher has led all the children of Hamelin into a magic door which leads to the inside of Hamelin hill, otherwise known as Elvendale. But before they can return home they must brave the enchantments of the dark, Whispering Forest, where even the elves are forbidden to enter. Finn is a half elf and trespassed through the Whispering Forest and from that day he held a curse that, every full moon he would turn into the most fearsome beast that even he was unable to control. Finn needs one of the children to break this centuries-old curse. But, the price of breaking the curse is a terrible one...

Personal Response: Wild Magic is an exciting book filled with unexpected surprises. It captures your full attention and you never want to stop reading. Wild Magic allows you to use your visualization and picture what all the different characters look like, smell like and what their emotions are. This book encounters characters that are around my age, which makes the story more interesting and relevant to me.

Title:Esio Trot Author: Roald Dahl Genre: Comedy Romance Date: 12/04/11 Rating:

Plot Summary: Mr Hoppy, a retired mechanic, has a secret passion for his neighbour, the lovely Mrs Silver. Unfortunately for him, Mrs Silver gives all her attention to another, Alfie, her pet tortoise. However, Mrs Silver has been waiting and waiting for her little Alfie to grow, but he hasn't. Not one little bit. But, luckily for him, Mr Hoppy creates a secret plan to make Alfie grow, which might just capture some of Mrs Silver's attention.

Personal Response: Mr Hoppy's ingenious plot to win the heart of Mrs Silver is very cunning. This story is a delightful book to read if you like funny stories which involve a bit of romance. It is a very exciting book. It captures your thoughts and you can just picture Mr Hoppy, Alfie and Mrs Silver all living together in a flat.



Title: The Alchemyst(book one) Author: Micheal Scott Genre: Fantasy/Magic Date:02/08/11 Rating: 9/10

Plot Summary Sophie and Josh Newman(twins) are 2 ordinary teenagers working across the street from each other, when a mysterious man called John Dee, supposedly dead, returns for a book called the codex. Sophie and her twin witness Perry(Nick's wife) and Nick perform magic. They then discover that Nick is the immortal Nicholas Flamel. Being kept alive by the the exlir of life(secret in the codex). Without it they will age a year for every day that goes by without it. When Nicholas finds out that they are twins he begins to think that they are the twins legend. The two that are one. What will happen to these 2 ordinary teenagers when magic-something that they didn't believe in begins to be their life?

Personal Response: I really enjoyed this book especially how he makes the characters relate to each other. Also the language that he uses is easy to understand so I was able to understand really thouroghly. I like how he uses a range of different names for the deadly species and I have fun trying to pronounce them. This book definitely caputured my attention so much that I never wanted to put it down. It is really great read and I would recomend it to children between 12-14.