Elouise Farndon, 7
Bo’ness Library
‘Puppy Place - Shadow’ –
Ellen Miles
I like this book because it is a
good story. I am interested in
this book because I have a dog.
Logan Johnstone, 8
Bo’ness Library
‘Children’s Atlas of the Universe’
Amie, 4
Bo’ness Library
‘The Princess and the Wizard’
– Julia Donaldson
Matthew Farndon, 5
Bo’ness Library
‘The King of the Ghosts’
Gabriella Gordon, 9
Airth Childminding Group
‘The Story of Tracy Beaker’ –
Jaqueline Wilson
The story of Tracy Beaker is a
great and also very funny book.
The main character Tracy is
tough and usually in the quiet
room for misbehaving. She lives
in a children’s home but wishes
for a real family.
Reagan Smith, 11
Airth Childminding Group
‘Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone’ – J.K.
Rowling
Harry thinks he is a normal boy
but it turns out his parents were
killed by a dark wizard and Harry
is invited to learn at Hogwarts
Witchcraft and Wizardry!
Joelle Gordon, 11
Airth Childminding Group
‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The
Third Wheel’ – Jeff Kinney
This book is about a boy called
Greg Heffley and he is a normal
middle school boy. He has a diary
that his mum bought for him and
he writes down everything that
happens every day.
Tegan Clark, 11
St Margaret’s Primary School
‘Kitten Kaboodle’ – Anna
Wilson
In this book there is a girl called
Bertie Fletcher and her friend
Jazz. Unfortunately Bertie’s mum
died a few years ago so she only
has her dad to live with. Bertie
has got really lonely over the past
years (as her dad has been busy
in his office) and she only want’s
one thing a pet but her dad won’t
let her because he doesn’t
believe that she will look after it
and he will not have time for it. So
immediately Bertie goes upstairs
and calls her friend Jazz and
together they secretly set up a pet
sitting business. That Is how they
meet Kaboodle – the kitten across
the road whose tongue is sharper
than his claws.
This is a funny and heartwarming
book that is slightly cat-astrophic.
Chloe Milne, 11
St Margaret’s Primary School
‘Sleepovers’ – Jacqueline
Wilson
Sleepovers is a heart warming
and touching book about a little
girl Daisy. Daisy wants to have
sleepover but she would have to
let her friends Amy, Bella, Chloe
and Emily meet her disabled sister
Lilly. They are the Alphabet Girls.
Everyone else is having a
sleepover. What will Daisy do? I
would recommend this book to
others because it’s highly
entertaining, girls from 10 and up
will enjoy this book.
Maria Cairney, 10
St Joseph’s Primary School
‘Neville the Devil’ – Michael
Lawrence
Kayleigh Stewart, 10
Kinneil Primary School
‘The Twits’ – Roald Dahl
David Millar, 8
Kinneil Primary School
‘Gangsta Granny’ – David
Walliams
My favourite character if Jiggy
because he is very funny. This is
my favourite book because it is
very funny and it is for all ages!
Makho Mlilo, 10
St Joseph’s Primary School
‘Horrible Science Space, Stars
and Slimy Aliens’ – Nick Arnold
The Twits are about two old
people and they go and buy a
gun to kill birds for a bird pie.
Thomas Maclachlan, 10
Kinneil Primary School
‘The Phoenix Files’ – Chris
Morphew
Calum, 8
Kinneil Primary School
‘Undead Pets’ – Sam Hay
Haillie, 11
Kinneil Primary School
‘The Firework Maker’s
Daughter’ – Philip Pullman
The Phoenix Files is about three
kids find out the town of Phoenix
is not as it seems… Oh and that
THE WORLD IS ENDING!
Lily Morris-Cromie, 10
Kinneil Primary School
‘The Adventures of the
Wishing Chair’ – Enid Blyton
Jordan, 11
Kinneil Primary School
‘Laugh Your Square Pants Off’
– Stephen Killmbare
This is my favourite book as it
makes you feel like you’re in the
book! Enid Blyton is great for
adventures!
Paige Manby, 9
Kinneil Primary School
‘The Dare Game’ – Jacqueline
Wilson
Shantell Cunningham, 10
Kinneil Primary School
‘Oor Wullie’
Annie Rodger, 8
Kinneil Primary School
‘Horrid Henry and the
Abominable Snowman’ –
Francesca Simon
Caitlyn Bell, 8
Kinneil Primary School
‘Cliff Hanger’ – Jacqueline
Wilson
Zoe Paterson, 8
Kinneil Primary School
‘Moshi Monsters Rooms
Handbook’
My favourite character is Tracey.
She is evil and wicked.
Hannah Waugh, 7
Kinneil Primary School
‘Good Idea Amelia Jane’ – Enid
Blyton
Ellis, 7
Kinneil Primary School
‘The Enormous Crocodile’ –
Roald Dahl
The Enormous Crocodile is
about a hungry crocodile that
travels through the forest looking
for children to eat. On the way
through the forest the enormous
crocodile meets different animals
who try to stop him from eating
the children. Then an elephant
threw the bad croc into the sun.
Kyle Wilkie, 6
Kinneil Primary School
‘Hamish McHaggis and the
Search for the Lock Ness
Monster’ – Linda Strachan
Katie Adam McIntyre, 6
Kinneil Primary School
‘The Folk of the Faraway Tree’
– Enid Blyton
I like the rabbits and pixies
digging secret holes. At the top
of the tree a different land comes
every week. My favourite land
was the land of secrets. My least
favourite land was the land of
punishment and the land of
Dame Snap. The girl in the story
was called Connie, she started
off nasty but turned out nice.
Lauren Morrison, 5
Kinneil Primary School
‘Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone’ – J.K.
Rowling
Chloe Morrison, 5
Kinneil Primary School
‘The Day Louis Got Eaten’ –
John Fardell
Chloe Cheung, 8
Carronshore Primary School
‘Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory’ – Roald Dahl
John Henderson, 8
Carronshore Primary School
‘The Rover Adventures’ –
Roddy Doyle
I liked the story where Mr Mac is
going to stand in poo because he
hasn’t been nice to his children.
The chapters all have funny
names and the book is very
funny. Rover is a very clever
dog.
Aimee Wojcik, 8
Carronshore Primary School
‘Gran’s Gang go to Spain’ –
Adrian Townsend
Gran’s Gang go to Spain is one
of my favourite books because it
is funny and unpredictable. You
never know what is coming next.
The characters are all funny,
especially Ethel who tries to play
basketball with young boys. My
favourite scene is Ethel’s double
buggy race. She is pushing a
buggy with Basil in it and the
grans get so excited they fall
through a garage roof.
Dione Turpin, 11
Bankier Primary School, 11
‘Sleepovers’ – Jacqueline
Wilson
All of Daisy’s friends in the
Alphabet Club Amy, Bella, Chloe
and Emily have sleepovers for
their birthdays. Daisy has a
dilemma. She’d love to have a
sleepover but all her friends
would have to meet Daisy’s
sister.
Graeme Christie, 7
St Mary’s RC Primary School
‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of
the Dark’ – Jill Tomlinson
Connor B, 7
St Mary’s RC Primary School
‘Beast Quest’ – Adam Blade
Emma Finlay, 11
Easter Carmuirs Primary
School
‘Outlaw’ – Michael Morpurgo
Homeless after a storm young
Robin is rescued by a group of
misfits. He becomes the leader
and seeks to avenge his father
while finding love on the way.
They are now the leaders of
Sherwood, stealing from the rich
and helping the poor. Trouble
soon stirs up when the Sheriff
finds out what he is doing. A
thrilling tale of action and
adventure, love, loss, life and
death. A book I’d recommend to
anyone.
Rene Johnston, 11
Easter Carmuirs Primary
School
‘Daisy and the Trouble with
Coconuts’ – Kes Gray
Macy Dale, 5
Kinnaird Primary School
‘The Very Sleepy Sloth’ – Jack
Tickle
Lexi, 6
Kinnaird Primary School
‘The Gruffalo’ – Julia
Donaldson
Eilidh Burke, 5
Kinnaird Primary School
‘Issy the Rainbow Fairy’ –
Daisy Meadows
I love this book.
Mac Gavigon, 9
Kinnaird Primary School, 9
‘Secret Seven’ – Enid Blyton
I enjoyed this book because it
had a good story to it. It had
good guys and bad guys. My
favourite character is Peter,
leader of the Secret Seven. He
was very keen to make sure no
one knew what they were doing
together. He was very friendly
as well, it all ended well but you
will have to read to find out
what happens.
Abby Dickson, 11
Kinnaird Primary School
‘My Story War Nurse’ – Sue
Reid
War Nurse is the fictional diary
of Kitty Langley. From 1939-40
she was a VAD (Voluntary Aid
Detachment) who worked in a
military war hospital in England.
I liked this book because it is
very interesting and it makes
Kitty’s experience feel so real
and it’s easy to understand. I
would strongly recommend this
book to anyone learning about
World War 2.
Sarah Arnott, 11
Kinnaird Primary School
‘Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory’ – Roald Dahl
My favourite book is Jessica the
Jazz fairy because it is magical.
It has got lots of fairies in it and
my favourite character is
Jessica.
Harry Campbell, 7
Stenhousemuir Primary
School
‘Uneversaus’ – Professor Potts
I like my book because it is
quite strange
Cara Laird, 7
Stenhousemuir Primary
School
‘Hoglet the Spineless
Hedgehog’ – Allyson Marnoch
It’s about a hedgehog who goes
on adventures. He meets a
mouse and also he meets a
butter fly and my favourite
character in the butterfly.
Lauren Monaghan, 11
St. Margaret’s Primary
School
‘Oops, I lost my best friends’
– Indie Kidd
In this book there is a girl called
Indie and her step bother
Dylan. And when Indie finds
out that Dylan has no friends,
it’s time for Indie to take action
and sort it out. Indie tries to
find Dylan some friends but
while she was doing that her
two bestest friends Soph and
Fee felt neglected by indie and
don’t want to be her friend
anymore but Indie doesn’t give
up and keeps trying her best to
find Dylan some friends. Indie
had success in doing so and
Divided city is a dark book. It’s
all about two boys called
Graham and Joe. They both
love football but support different
teams. But! When an asylum
seeker called Kyoul gets
stabbed Grahams life gets
turned around and to add to that
Graham’s Grandad wants him to
join the orange walk…
James Brown, 10
Kinnaird Primary School
‘A Hundred Mile An Hour Dog’
– Jeremy Strong
Riona Alison Rebecca Clifford, 10
Kinnaird Primary School
‘Divided City’ – Theresa Breslin
This is Kyoul he got stabbed in
the street for no reason. I was
shocked when I came to this part,
all I wanted to do was read more
to see what actually happened.
Divided City is a great book but is
probably not for people that hate
blood!! You should buy it, It’s
sooooo exciting. Thank you for
reading my book review.
Jennifer Anne Shaw, 10
Kinnaird Primary School
‘Divided City’ – Theresa Breslin
Favourite character – Graham,
because he was prepared to do
anything to keep Kyoul and
Leanne’s friendship going even if
it risked his life.
Graham lives in Glasgow. He
supports Rangers and really like
football. Graham has very
protective parents and they worry
a lot about him.
Iona, 11
St. Margaret’s Primary School
‘The Boy in the Striped
Pyjamas’ – John Boyne
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Jessica Scott, 6
Stenhousemuir Primary
School
‘Jessica the Jazz Fairy’ –
Daisy Meadows
managed to get Dlyan some and
eventually Indie made up with
her friends.
I would recommend this book to
readers because it tickles your
heart as the author has written
the book you are a part of it
Ross Livingston, 11
St. Margaret’s Primary School
‘The Hobbit’ – J. R. R. Tolkien
My favourite book is The Hobbit
because it is an enchanting tale
of a hobbit called Bilbo Baggins
who lives in the shire, until one
day a great and powerful wizard
called Gandalf who comes with a
gang of 13 Dwarves. Soon the
Dwarves with Bilbo embark on an
epic journey to recover the
Dwarvish treasure in the halls of
the lonely mountain.
Unfortunately, Smog, a fearsome
dragon is guarding it. On the
journey they are endangered by:
Trolls, Goblins, Wargs, Giant
Spiders and of course Smog.
They are assisted by: Elves,
Were-bears and humans. I would
recommend it to the age group of
10+ due to the extremely difficult
vocabulary capacity. It’s full of
adventure, mystery, happiness
and suspense. I would give 10
out of 10! It’s a great read.
Iona Allford, 10
Kinnaird Primary School
‘Divided City – Theresa Breslin
Josh Hale, 11
Kinnaird Primary School
‘Middle School Get Me Out of
Here’ – James Patterson
and Chris Tebbets
Ben, 10
St. Margaret’s Primary School
‘I Believe in Unicorns’ –
Michael Morpurgo
Rachel, 9
St. Margaret’s Primary School
‘Saddlebottom’ – Dick King-
Streaker is a mad dog who does
not care what trouble he gets into
and does a lot of mischief. I think
it is so funny and a lot of people
will like it. They try to train
Streaker but does it work?
Streaker is a mad dog. She sees
a dog called mouse who is trevor’s
friend’s dog. It is well behaved.
Oh yeh Trevor is Streaker’s owner
and he’ll get £30 pounds if he
trains Streaker. But it goes… Find
out for yourself.
Smith
Charlotte, 6
St. Margaret’s Primary School
‘Misty’s Story’ – Jane Clark
Jakub Wiatrowski, 6
Kinneil Primary School
‘The Amazing Spiderman’
Ollie Stephenson, 10
Kinnaird Primary School
‘The World of Norm’ –
Jonathan Meres
to the 2013 edition of our Good Read Guide. This
year’s entries have been great and we have really
enjoyed looking at them all. The guide features some
old favourites by authors such as Roald Dahl,
Jacqueline Wilson and Enid Blyton as well as some
more recent creations in Moshi Monsters, Horrid Henry
and Sponge Bob Squarepants.
Thank you for all of the contributions, but especially from
Airth Childminding Group, Bo’ness Library and Kinneil,
Kinnaird, St. Josephs, St. Marys, Bankier, Carronshore,
Stenhousmuir and Easter Carmuirs primary schools.
Remember that to produce this guide we depend on
local libraries, schools, groups and individuals
submitting entries so please make sure your area is
represented!
Entry forms for a Good Read 19 will be available from
local libraries, schools and on the Falkirk Community
Trust website at www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org
Completed entries can be returned to your local library
or to The Good Read Editor, Victoria Buildings, Queen
Street, Falkirk, FK 2 7AF
Enjoy the reviews and pictures and we hope they will
encourage you to search out some of the books at your
local library.
Kai Smith, 4
Kinnaird Primary School
‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’
– Judith Kerr
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