The Word Hunters Book 2 The Lost Hunters

Author: Nick Earls


One day, Lexi and Al find the "& more" button glowing on the page of the dictionary. Once more, they are transported into the past. But this time they are looking for the lost word hunter, Alan Hunter, Lexi and Al's grandfather, who mysteriously disappeared into the past. With the help of Will Hunter, another lost word hunter, the word hunters are determined to find the lost hunter.

The Word Hunters Book 1 The Curious Dictionary

Author: Nick Earls


Lexi and Al Hunter come from a family of word hunters, although they don't know it. Then they find a dictionary hidden in their school library. Al and Lexi get transported to the past by the dictionary and find out that in order to make their way back home they have to travel further into the past, hunting a word, until they can come back to their own time in the 21st century.

The composer is dead

Author: Lemony Snicket


A murder has taken place at the concert hall. The composer is dead. The Inspecter is called in to interview the sections of the orchestra one by one. But he finds that none of the orchestra members are guilty. Then the Inspector realises that he has forgotten one more person...
I like the illustrations in this book. This picture book comes with the CD with music written by Nathaniel Stooky and narrated by Lemony Snicket.

The Composer Is Dead Concert Video narrated by Lemony Snicket

The illustrator of this book is the same illustrator of Wildwood and Under Wildwood

Greylands

Author: Isobelle Carmody


One night, Jack gets sucked into his own bathroom mirror and finds himself in a world without any colour or scent. Then Jack finds that he is being chased by wolvers. Alice, a girl who lives in the mysterious world, comes and goes to guide Jack through the grey world. But Jack is curious about her. What does she carry in her mysterious glowing bundle, what else is she hiding from him and does she have wings beneath her cloak? What had Jack's dead mother said about having wings and will Jack ever escape the Greylands?

 I like the way that the worlds and characters in this book are related.

A Hat Full of Sky

Author: Terry Pratchett


Tiffany Aching, a witch in training, leaves Chalk to go and work for Miss Level (a witch with two bodies) doing chores around the village. Petulia, a pig witch in training takes Tiffany to a small group of witches in training, led by Annagramma, a bossy witch in training who is disliked by most of the group. Tiffany tells the group about the imaginary hat she has but the girls don't believe her. Tiffany goes back to Miss Level's cottage and shuts herself in her room. Shut in her room, the hiver attacks Tiffany and takes her over. The hiver steals Mr Weavall's money, kills one of Miss Levels bodies and scares Annagramma. The Nac Mac Feegle start a mission to kill the hiver. The Feegles go inside Tiffany's head and find out that they must find three particular objects to wake the real Tiffany up: sheep's wool, turpentine and Jolly Sailor tobacco. Tiffany fights the hiver out of her head but the hiver is not dead...

The hiver is a creature that goes into the head of powerful people and takes over them. Everyone the hiver takes over becomes part of the hiver itself. When the hiver left Tiffany's head a bit of another of the hivers victim was stuck in Tiffany's head. The hiver cannot be killed.

I like Oswald, a spirit that helps around the house.

The Wee Free Men

Author: Terry Pratchett


 The Queen of Faires has stolen Tiffany Aching's younger brother Wentwell. Helped by The Nac Mac Feegle / Wee Free Men / pictsies, she has to travel to the land of fairies where she meets dromes that take her through several nightmares to get her brother. On the way, she meets Miss Tick the witch finder who chooses her to be a witch. And on the way back she meets the most famous witch, Misstress Weatherwax.

My favourite characters in this book are Daft Wully Feegle, Rob Anybody Feegle, Hamish and Not as Big as Medium Sized Jock but Bigger than Wee Jock Jock.

Liar And Spy

Author: Rebecca Stead


7th grader Georges has moved to an apartment where he meets Safer and Candy. Safer tells Georges about Mr X, a mysterious man who always wears black. Together, they spy on him, trying to find out as much they can. As they get closer, it turns out Safer was lying...











                                       
                                          Both Georges parents
                                           liked the painter
                                           Georges Seurat and
                                          named their son after
                                          him. This is a picture
                                          by Seurat.
                                         
                                     
                                         
                                           



                                                                                   A Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande
                                                                                   Jatte.

Under Wildwood

Author: Colin Meloy


Prue McKeel returns to Wildwood where Curtis is a bandit in training. She goes to a meeting where she finds that a new danger has arrived in Wildwood. Prue finds that somebody is trying to assassinate her. She and Curtis join up to go on a quest to unite a divided country. In order to do that, they must go under Wildwood. Meanwhile, a titan of industry , Joffrey Unthank gets children from his orphanage to work for him so he can industrialize Wildwood.

Who could that be at this hour?

Author: Daniel Handler/ Lemony Snicket

<----- Bombinating Beast Statue

Lemony Snicket has been hired to investigate the theft of the Bombinating Beast. Snicket and his chaperone investigate the theft to discover that the statue wasn't stolen in the first place and Snicket finds himself getting into trouble that he wasn't meant to. Hangfire will do anything to get the statue, tying people up and kidnapping the  father of Snicket's friend, Ellington Feint. But Snicket still doesn't get why...

The Aviary

Author: Kathleen O' Dell

Clara Dooley lives in the Glendoveer mansion with her mother, Ruby and Mrs. Glendoveer who keeps an Aviary. When Mrs. Glendoveer dies, Clara starts to discover the Glendoveer's dark history. Then the birds in the Aviary start to squawk like crazy until one day when one of the birds talks...

Where the mountain meets the moon

Author: Grace Lin

In the valley of fruitless mountain, young Minli and her parents work hour after hour in the fields. During dinner, Minli's father tells her stories. One day, a goldfish man comes to the valley of fruitless mountain and tells Minli that a goldfish will bring good fortune to their family. Minli buys a goldfish with the only money left in the house. The goldfish tells Minli how to bring good fortune to her family. Minli sets out to find the Old Man of the Moon to ask him about her fortune. On the way, she meets a dragon who can't fly. But when Minli finds the Old Man of the Moon, she asks a different question that still brings the valley of fruitless mountain good fortune. 

My favourite character is Dragon the dragon.

The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Unseen Guest (Book 3)

Author: Maryrose Wood



Lord Frederick Ashton's mother, The Widow Ashton, has come to Ashton Place to see Frederick. She brings along Admiral Faucet who introduces the Incorrigibles to a wild ostrich hunt in the wood. Penelope Lumley goes with them but is worried that the children will go back to their wolfish ways. The Incorrigibles show Penelope the most peculiar cave and introduce her to Mama Woof the wolf. The Widow Ashton seeks an answer from the dead Edward Ashton and the fortune teller from London is called in.
This book really drew me into it. I love how you never know what happens next and how the end of each chapter leaves you puzzling over another mystery. I recommend this book to anyone who loves Lemony Snicket's books.

The Outlaw Varjak Paw

Author: S F Said


Varjak and his friends have solved the Vanishings and have formed a gang. Varjak must destroy Sally Bones and her gang before she can control all the cats. Varjak, Holly, Tam, Jess, Ginger, The Scratch Sisters and Cludge the dog destroy Sally Bones's gang and find her weakness.

Varjak Paw

Author: S F Said



Varjak paw is a Mesopotamian blue cat who lives in the countessa's house. When the countessa dies a man and his black cats come and look after Varjak's family but Varjak doesn't trust them. Elder Paw tells him he must go outside into the city to find a dog to save his family from the black cats and the man. In his dreams Varjak is taught the Way, a martial art for cats by Jalal. He makes friends with cats Holly and Tam to help him solve the mystery of the Vanishings that are happening in the city.

The Silver Donkey

Author: Sonya Hartnett



One day, Coco and Marcelle find a lost soldier who is blind from the war in the woods. They bring food to the soldier and he shows them a little silver donkey. He tells them story, each relating to the donkey.  Marcelle shows Pascal, her and Coco's brother who then tells his friend, Fabrice who can help the soldier go home to his sick brother.

Moon over Manifest

Author: Clare Vanderpool



Abilene Tucker has been sent to Manifest by her father. She makes friends with two girls at her school, Lettie and Ruthane. Abilene stays at Shady's house and finds letters. She shares them with Lettie and Ruthane and starts a hunt for the Rattler. Soon Abilene starts working for Miss Sadie who tells her wonderful stories about Abilene's father in the past. Lettie, Ruthane and Abilene find the Rattler and by the end of the holidays Abilene is brought back home.

45+47 Stella Street and everything that happened

Author: Elizabeth Honey



When Auntie Lillie dies, the Phonies move into Auntie Lillie's house in 45 Stella Street. The Phonies, who are mean and nasty, send letters to the kind family in 47 Stella Street, complaining about their dog. Henni researches about money and, with Danielle, Frank, Zev and herself, chase the Phonies in the airport. She writes a journal, recording everything that happened.

The Children of the King

Author: Sonya Hartnett


Cecily and Jeremy Lockwood are living through a war in London. One day, Cecily's father tells her that Cecily, Jeremy and their mother are escaping to the countryside while Cecily's father stays in London. At first, Jeremy doesn't want to but his mother makes him go. Cecily, Jeremy and their mother stay at Heron Hall with their Uncle Peregrine. At the country station, Cecily takes home an evacuee called May Bright. At Heron Hall, May and Cecily make friends. Soon May discovers a ruined castle across from a river. May discovers a secret in it and shows Cecily. The girls ask Peregrine more questions about the castle and find out it's called Snow Castle. Peregrine tells the three children the story of Snow Castle. Then Jeremy runs away to do something to help the war in London. When he comes back 
he has his own story to tell.

The Midnight Zoo

Author: Sonya Hartnett

Andrej, Tomas and baby Wilma are three siblings running away from the war. They come across many wrecked towns but the most interesting town is the one with the zoo. Inside the zoo, a lioness, a wolf, chamois, lama, bear, seal, monkey, eagle, kangaroo and the boar are locked up in cages. The animals tell the siblings the story of Alice, the daughter of the zoo keeper who ran away. Andrej and Tomas give them food and help them escape.

I like the wolf, kangaroo and the chamois.

The Lump of Coal

Author: Lemony Snicket (Daniel Handler)



The lump of coal had always wanted to make great art, or at least be useful for people to cook meat on him. One day, a fake Santa Claus meets the lump of coal on the street and shows him a way to be useful. But the way he was meant to be useful failed and he finds himself being useful in a different way.