Student:
Tess Haskins
Class:
2 Foyle
Title of Book:
Wilderness By Roddy Doyle
Marks out of ten:
10/10
What is the book about? The book is about two people who get together
and have kids. Then the woman the man was married to before comes back so
the man’s new wife is forced to leave. She tells the children that they are
going on holidays to Finland and that is where their adventure begins.
What did you like about this book? I liked the use of dialogue and the way
the writer described everything in such detail. It was exciting and you would
never guess what would happen next.
Who is your favourite character?
incredible.
I like the dogs because I think that they are
Student:
Dylan Geoghegan
Class:
Ms Crossan’s 2nd Year English
Title of book:
Slam by Nick Hornby
Marks out of ten:
9 /10
What is the book about? This book is about a guy who skateboards. He
meets a girl and she gets pregnant and they are only 16. So the whole book is
basically about how he has to change his way of living so he can be a good
father.
What did you like about this book? I liked the idea of the story because it’s
unlike anything I’ve read before. The storyline is very interesting and it shows
you how much you have to change to be a better person.
Who is your favourite character?
is the main character in the story.
Sam is my favourite character because he
Student:
Pat Sammon
Class:
Ms . Crossan’s 2nd Year English.
Title of Book:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinback
Marks out of Ten:
9/10
What is the book about? The book is about two guys George Milton and
Lennie Small. They share a dream of having land of their own. Lennie
encounters some trouble when he meets the boss’s son curly and his wife who
isn’t named. Along the way they meet good people like Slim, Candy and
Crooks.
What did you like about this book? I liked this book because there was
something going on and you can relate to the characters and their feelings and
the author does a good job of re-creating the America of the past.
Who is your favourite character? My favourite character was George
because he was very caring to everyone.
Student:
Dylan Murphy
Class:
Ms. Crossan’s 2nd Year English
Title of book:
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Marks out of ten:
9/10
What is the book about?
The book is about a giant maze that is constantly
changing every day after the doors are closed. It is made of concrete and is
guarded by creatures with mechanical lego every night . A boy turns up one
day not knowing his name, and everything began to change and strange things
begin to happen.
What did you like about this book? I liked the plot and idea of this story. It
was similar to the Hunger Games as well which drew me to it also. I enjoy
reading books where people have to adopt and evolve to their different ways
of living.
Who is your favourite character?
he’s smart and resourceful.
Minho is my favourite character because
Student:
Lhamo Fitzsimmons
Class:
Ms Crossan’s 2nd Year English
Title of Book:
The Alchemist: Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamed by
Michael Scott
Marks out of Ten:
8.5/10
What is the book about? The book is about the immortal Nicholas Flamed,
an alchemist over 600 yars old. He and his wife Pernal have the ability to
control their aura or what we would call, magic. They have a book with the
secret of the universe in it. There is a prophesy about twins and the fate of the
world. The two that are one must become the one that is all.
What did you like about this book? I liked the imagery and the story. It is
well written and has many facts that are interesting. It is gripping as a series
and shows the moral dilemmas that everyone has. I also enjoyed the character
development throughout the series.
Who is your favourite character?
My favourite character is Nicola
Machiovelli, an Italian Immortal. He is powerful and intelligent and has great
strength. He is known as the master of secrets and lies and first lived in the
court of the Medici in 1448.
Student:
Daniel Rooney
Class:
1 Foyle
Title of book:
Robin Hood by Walter Scott
Marks out of ten:
8/10
What is the book about?
The book is about a young man tricked into killing
the king’s deer and he also killed a man in self-defence. He is now an outlaw.
He meets a group of outlaws and becomes their leader. This band of outlaws
has one purpose - to steal from the rich and give to the poor.
What did you like about this book? This book was full of action, thrills,
shock and romance. It is a book with a good supply of sword fighting and
archery, it is one of my favourite books and hopefully they will carry on the
series.
Who is you favourite characters?
King Richard and Robin Hood are my
favourite characters because they are both fighters.
Student:
Melissa O’ Shea
Class:
1 Slaney
Title of book:
Marks out Ten:
The Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell
8/10
What is the book about? The book is about a girl named Nikki Maxwell.
She’s American and is in Middle School. What makes matters worse is that she
has to deal with having a locker beside the most popular girl in the whole
school. McKenzie Hollister! It’s her diary and tells us what she does every day.
What did you like about this Book? I liked this book because she’s the same
age as me and her view on life is very like mine. Also it always has something
going on in it so it keeps you reading. I’d recommend it to all girls ages 9-15.
Who is your favourite character? Nikki Maxwell because she is the main
character and she is really nice.
Student: Cain Kelly
Class: 1 Slaney
Title of Book:
Marks out of ten:
Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
10/10
Would you recommend this book? Yes. I would recommend it because of
the detail in it and because it is simply a very good book. Even if you don’t
normally read books, I would recommend this.
What is the book about?
A son of the Greek god and his two friends go to a
military school and they go to defeat a doomsday monster and that’s all I am
going tell you before I end up giving the story away!
What did you like about this book? Where they went to the military school
and how it was described and you could just imagine you were in the world of
this story and that’s what I like about books, they bring you into the world of
the book.
Who is favourite characters?
mess with water.
Percy Jackson is my favourite because he can
Name:
Mark Britchfield
Class:
1 liffey
Title of Book:
The Recruit by Robert Muchamore
Marks out of ten: 8
Would you recommend this book? Yes, it’s a great read. This book is about
children who are part of an organisation called CHERUB. This organisation
sends children undercover to infiltrate terrorist organisations. They do this for
one simple reason- even a master criminal doesn’t suspect that their friend’s
kids are undercover agents. These kids have bugged all the rooms in the
criminals houses. Now the police and intelligence services can get the
evidence they need.
What did you like about this book? I liked this book because it was funny; it
was also exciting and full of action. I thought that it had a good story line, and
at the end the whole plot came together. I thought the idea of having children
as undercover agents was good and the author did a good job of writing about
this.
Who is favourite character? My favourite character is James Adam because
he is cool and because he overcomes real criminals.
Student:
Grace Cleary
Class:
1 Bann
Title of Book:
Rosie’s War by Ann Carroll
Marks out of ten:
6/10
What is the book about? It was about a girl (Rosie) who was being
babysitted while her parents were in Paris. She saw an article in an antique
shop about a man who was hanged. It was a friend that she had made when
she has travelled back and try save him. She had to make sure that the
babysitter didn’t find out though.
What did you like about this book? I liked that it told you about how life
was back in Ireland during World War 11. He explained about the hardships
some people were put through.
Who was your favourite character? My favourite character was Rosie
because her ability to time travel is really interesting.
Student :
Class:
Jade Kennedy
1 Bann
Title of Book:
Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo
Marks out of ten:
5
What is the book about? This book is about two best friends in World War
11 and they have to move to the countryside. They get to go and live in the
same house. One night they think they hear a German plane landing. They saw
the army looking for it but couldn’t find anything. So the two boys look
themselves and find two German soldiers and build a relationship with them.
What did you like about this book? This book was okay, the parts I liked
about it were about the war. The relationship they built with the German
soldiers was very interesting.
Who was your favourite character? My favourite characters in the book
was Mr Jackin because he seemed strict but he was really nice.
Student:
Cillian Scott
Class:
1 Barrow
Title of Book:
The Fault in our Stars by John Green
Marks out of ten:
10/10
What is the book about? The book is about a terminally ill girl called Hazel
Grace. She unwillingly joins a cancer support group and meets a boy called
Augustus Waters. It is a romantic, sad and funny in bits, but there is a bad twist
near the end, read the book and you will find out.
What did you like about this book? I like how it wasn’t ridiculously sad or
how everything was so true, even the details are amazing.I like how Hazel is
transformed by Augustus and I really like that she doesn’t just sit in an
armchair and wait for death to come knocking on her door.
Who is your favourite character? My favourite characters are Augustus,
Hazel, Grace and Isaac. They are all different but good.
Student:
Irlanda Lorita
Class:
1 Barrow
Title of Book:
Split Second by Sophie McKenzie
Marks out of ten:
10/10
What is the book about? It’s about Charlie’s life being torn apart by a
terrorist bomb in a London market. Months later, she meets Nat, whose family
has also been left devastated by the same explosion. But as Charlie gets closer
to Nat she discovers secrets and a whole series of shady characters that lead
her to believe that Nat knows more about the attack than he was letting on.
What did you like about this book? This was a really breath-taking thriller. I
liked that it shifted between the perspective of the two main characters as
they encourage each other.
Who is your favourite character? Charlie because she not afraid to
investigate the situations and secrets.
Student:
Class:
Anna Sztenderska
2 Avoca
Title of Book:
Threads by Sophie Bennett
Marks out of ten:
7/10
What is it about? Nonies passion is fashion. Eclie plans to save the world.
Jenny has a part in a Hollywood movie. But the 3 best friends meet a refugee
girl called Crow wearing a pink pair of fairy wings and sketching a dress. They
get to do something wonderful.
What did you like about this book? It was funny and had real narrative verve.
Who is your favourite character? Nonie, because I like her fashion style.
Student:
Ryan Byrne
Class:
2 Avoca
Title of book:
Once by Morris Gleitzman
Marks out of ten: 10/10
What is the book about? Felix is a ten year old boy. When he was a baby his
mum and dad gave him to an orphanage but he escaped and went looking to
find his mum. He gets to meet a lot of nice people and has an amazing
adventure on the way..
What did you like about this book? I liked this book cause it was a very
interesting. They went on an awesome journey.
Who is your favourite character? Felix, because he is a very brave boy.
Student:
Georgia Kingston
Class:
1 Slaney
Title of Book:
Percy Jackson and the Titans’Curse by Rick Riordan
Marks out of Ten: 8/10
What is the book about? This is the third book in the Percy Jackson series. It is
very descriptive and is about Percy and his friends going on a quest and trying
to save the world once again.
What did you like about this book? It is very descriptive, humorous and
exciting, but sad and slightly thrilling at the same time. The plot is very wellplanned and clever.
Who is/are your favourite characters and why? Thalia is my favourite
character because she is smart and cool.
Student:
Owen Gregory
Class:
2 Slaney
Title of book:
Dairy of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever by Jeff Kinney
Marks out of ten:
9/10
What is the book about? This book is about a boy called Greg Heffley trying to
get out of being a prime suspect for damaging the school. But a sudden
blizzard hits his neighbourhood so Grey is stuck inside with his family.
What did you like about this book? I liked everything about this book,
Who is your favourite character? Rowley is my favourite because he is fat,
ginger and funny.
Student:
Gemma Doyle
Class:
2 Erne
Title of book: The Fault in our Stars by John Green
Marks out of ten: 9/10
What is the book about? This book is about two people who have cancer and
they fall in love. Their names are Augustus and Hazel. They both go to a cancer
support group and they fall in love and Hazel really likes Van Houten the
author and they both go to Amsterdam together and while they are there,
Agustus tells Hazel he has cancer all over his body.
What did you like about this book? This book was really good because this
book is about two people with cancer who fell in love with each other and they
go to a cancer support group and the book was really moving.
Name: Nasreen Habibnejad
Class:
2 Foyle
Title of book:
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Marks out of ten: 9/10
What is it about? This book is about a boy whose parents decide to send him
to a boarding school where he meets a girl named Alaska. She is very loud and
bold and attracts the attention of Miles (Pudge) and they soon get very close.
Alaska is killed when she crashes her car from drink driving.
What did you like about this book? What I liked about the book was that
there wasn’t a happy ever after. It was all very real. I also liked the way the
character, Miles (Pudge) was partrayed because he wasn’t a perfect character.
Who is your favourite character?
he is always there for Alaska.
Student:
Leah O’ Brien
Class:
2 Slaney
Title of book:
My favourite character is Miles because
Molly Moon by Georgia Byng
Marks out of ten.
10/10
What is the book about? This book is about Molly Moon moving and making
new friends in her new neighbourhood.
What did you like about this book? I like this book because it’s that kind of
book that’s really funny and exciting and just makes you happy.
Who is your favourite character?
she’s so bubbly.
Molly was my favourite character because
Student: Julie Carey
Class; 2 Erne
Title of book:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Marks out of ten: 10/10
What is it about? This book is about men looking for work in the 1930’s.
They find work on a ranch. The two men are like brothers and they are always
together. A terrible disaster takes place in the book.
What did you like about the book? I liked this book because it is very well
written and it showed what life was like in the 1930s.
What did you like about this book? It was very racist and violent.
Who is your favourite character? Lennie because he is a grown man with a
brain like a child and is very cute.
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Student: Jack Flynn
Class: 2 Liffey
Title of book: Goosebumps by R.L. Stine
Marks out of ten:
8/10
What is about? Two kids, Nathan and Lindy think they are too dumb for
school so they go to their Uncle Frank, a scientist, asking him how could they
become smarter. Frank gives them brain juice pretending that it is brain juice
but some aliens put real brain juice in it.
What did you like about this book? I like this book because it is exciting and
you can’t wait to see what happens next in the book. Goosebumps is my
favourite type of book to read.
Who is your favourite character?
because he is a scientist.
Uncle Frank is my favourite character
Student: Cain Reynolds
Class: 2 Liffey
Title of book: The boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Marks out of ten: 8/10
What is the book about? The book is about the Second World War and a
little boy whose dad is in the German army. They have to move house to the
countryside and his life changes. He goes on adventures and meets a friend.
His friend is a Jew and lives in a concentration camp nearby.
What did you like about this book? I liked this book because there was a lot
of drama in it and I learned a lot from it. This book made me want to read on
after every page and it was a thriller of a book.
Who is your favourite character? My favourite characters where Bruno,
Shmul and Pavel because I thought their roles in the book where very
interesting.
Student:
Class:
Tammie Brown
1 Erne
Title of book:
The Fault in our Stars by John Boyne
Marks out of ten. 10/10
What is the book about? The book is about a girl called Hazel Grace
Lancaster who is age 17 years old. Hazel has lung cancer. She goes to a cancer
support group and meets a guy called Augustus Waters and they become
close.
What did you like about this book? The Fault in our Stars is brilliant,
exploring the fun, thrill and amazing times of being alive and in love.
Who is your favourite character?
and good looking.
Augustus Waters because he is so funny
Student: Cain O’ Brien
Class:
1 Erne
Title of book:
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: ‘The Third Wheel’by Jeff Kinney
Marks out of ten:
7/10
What is it about? This book is about a boy called Greg Heffley who keeps a
diary of his day to day actions. He is looking for a date to the school’s Valentine
Day dance. But of course no one wants to go with him. He ends up going with
his friend Rowley and a girl who he thinks is going with him. But as usual, she
is not.
What did you like about this book? This book gave a great idea of what it
would be like to be in middle school. It started out very funny and kept going
throughout the story. It has a great plotline. I like that the story actually looks
like it’s written by a kid with the funny pictures and cartoons and some little
spelling mistakes.
Who is your favourite character? Greg Heffley is my favourite character
because he is funny and the story is all about him.
Student: Oisin O’ Neill
Class:
1 Erne
Title of book:
Holes by Louis Sacher
Marks out of ten:
8/10
What is the book about? This book is about a boy called Stanley Yelnats who
goes to a place called Camp Green lake were he has to dig a big hole every day
that he is there.
What did you like about this book? I liked this book because it told tales
from the past and the present and because the book was action packed and
you read page after page.
What did you like about this book? I did not like the beginning of this book
because it took a long time to get into it.
Who is your favourite character?
he is very courageous.
My favourite character is Stanley because
Student:
Caolán Mooney
Class:
1 Erne
Title of book:
Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
Marks out of ten: 10/10
What is it about? The book is about a 12 year old boy named Percy who gets
caught in the world of Greek Gods when he is forced to kill his demon teacher.
His guardian/best friend Grover and his mother bring him to camp Half Blood.
There he finds out that his father is Persidian, the God. He then must go on an
adventure to retrieve the lightning bolt which Zeus thinks he stole.
What did you like about this book? I liked the way that the book focuses on
Greek gods and mythology which is something I am very interested in. I also
like the fact that the main character is my age so he thinks almost the same
way I would.
Who is your favourite character? My favourite character is Grover because
he always finds humour in any situation.
Student:
Jack Lally
Class:
2 Bann
Title of book:
Skullduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil by Derek Landy
Marks out of ten:
10/10
What is the book about? A skeleton detective and a teenage girl that can do
magic. When a swarm of evil spirits escape it’s going to be their toughest test
yet.
What did you like about this book? I like the way you never knew what is
going to happen next. It’s like a constant thrill ride from start to finish with
loads happening in between.
Who is your favourite character? I like Skulduggery Pleasant because no
matter what the situation he always makes a good joke.
Student: Gary O’Conner
Class:
2 Erne
Title of book:
Russian Roulette by Anthony Horowitz
Marks out of ten: 10/10
What is the book about? It is about a Russian assassin, Yassin Gregorovil. It
tells you how he went from being a young Russian boy called Yasha Estrov to
becoming the world’s most successful contract killer.
What did you like about the book? I thought the story line was incredible
and the way that the character changed. However, I especially loved the way
that Yassen got out of some extremely challenging obstacles such as the
physical perils he encountered but more the mental barriers he had to
overcome which led to him becoming a callous killer.
Who is your favourite character? My favourite character is John Rider
because after reading the series he was very mysterious and had two separate
lives.
Student: Ben O’ Sullivan
Class: 2 Boyle
Title of book: Roy Keane: Portrait of a Legend by Stafford Hildred
Marks out of ten: 9/10
What is the book about? This book is about how Roy Keane started playing
and what he did to get to the top. The book also shows you from the club’s
point of view when signing or selling him.
What did you like about this book? I liked the book because it was very
interesting and revealed some things I didn’t . It was very detailed and gave
you a really good idea of where he came from and how hard he worked.
Who is your favourite character? Roy Keane, because of his determination
and love for football
Student:
Gerry Leonard
Class:
2 Bann
Title of book:
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Marks out of ten: 9/10
What is the book about? This book is about a dragon rider who is called
Eragon in a land called Alagaesia. It is the second book in the four book series.
It started with Eragon and it all finished in Inheritance. In this second book, the
story is mainly focussed on the dragon rider, Eragan, who had travelled to Du
Welderwarden, domain of the elves.
He travels there because there is an ancient pact between the dwarves, elves
and humans which decrees that the new rider has to travel to Ellesmera to
complete his training. He has delayed his learning because the herd at Varden
had been slain a few days earlier. After the funeral, Ajihad’s daughter Nusuada
had been chosen as the next leader of the Varden through her birth right.
What did you like about this book? The things I liked about this book were
the way that the author has been very creative with all the character names
and also with the place names as well. It is a well written book with the
perfect amount of balance between all parts of the book.
Who is your favourite character?
he is just a great all-rounder.
My favourite character is Eragon because