sharing views and reviews on books in East Renfrewshire
Blackman: Knife Edge
Knife Edge
By Malorie Blackman
Knife Edge is the second novel in a series of four written by Malorie Blackman. The book is written in two views at the beginning, Sephy, daughter of the most powerful cross in the country, is an eighteen year old girl who has a baby called Callie Rose. Callie was [...]
MacPhail: Nemesis Into the Shadows
Into the Shadows
By Catherine MacPhail
“Nemesis” was a very enjoyable book and it has made me enjoy reading again. The book is about a boy who has no memory and he wakes up in a high flat in the middle of Glasgow. He finds a dying man in the lift and as [...]
Duncan: I Know What You Did Last Summer
I enjoyed “I know what you did last summer” because it was very interesting and you didn’t know what was goin to happen next.
It was about a group of 4 people Julie, Helen, Barry and Ray who were out on the road driving when they crashed into a [...]
Forde: Fat Boy Swim
Fatboy swim by Catherine Forde
Fatboy swim was a very enjoyable book about a boy called Jim Kelly who gets bullied very badly by everyone in his school because he is lardy and fat. He has a hard time at the start of the book because every one in the school say things [...]
Zephaniah: Face
”Face“
by Benjamin Zephaniah
”Face“ by Benjamin Zephaniah is an adventure/action. The book is about a teenage boy called Martin Turner and he is the coolest guy in his school. Martin is a leader of a gang and he has the most popular girlfriend. Everything was going great; he was going to parties, hanging out with [...]
Blackman: Double Cross
Double Cross Malorie Blackman
A book I read recently which I enjoyed was “Double Cross” by Malorie Blackman. Double Cross is the fourth book in the series of “Noughts and Crosses”. I enjoyed this book because it was exciting and there was always something interesting happening.
The main characters in the book are Callie Rose and [...]
Malley: The Declaration
The Declaration
A book I recently read was “The Declaration” written by Gemma Malley. I really enjoyed this book because the author uses great language to describe people’s thoughts and feelings. It also has an interesting storyline and is happy in some places and sad in others.
This book is told in the future and [...]
Thompson: Creature of the Night
Creature of the Night
Creature of the night by Kate Thompson is a fantasy/thriller. It has twists and turns which you will never suspect. It makes you feel happy, angry and sad. The story is told from a teenage boy called Bobby. His perspective is interesting because he is always getting into [...]
Blackman: Checkmate
Checkmate
By “Malorie Blackman”
I really enjoyed Checkmate by Malorie Blackman. It is the third book in a four book series. I found it very interesting and I couldn’t put it down at some points. It is written in both past and present tense and shows how the past has influenced the present for many people. [...]
Things are never dull in the O’Connell family. Still, Fiona, squeezed between her quite brother and her mischievous line-dancing twin sisters, thinks life in their tenement flat is far less interesting than Emily Bronte’s.
But tragedy is not confined to Victorian novels. And life for Fiona in this happy domestic set-up is about to change forever. Following [...]