Then by Morris Gleitzman

Then is the sequel of Once, which is about a Jewish boy, Felix and a girl named Zelda.
Then is a story of relationships and conflict, a child's book and a horrific tale. Then is very strange as a result of this. Morris Gleitzman has captured the terrible picture of war whilst also writing a tale of families and friends.
It is amazing how it can be the most light hearted children's book at one moment but in an instant it can change to
a book of revenge and horror.
Felix and Zelda are taken in to hiding by a women named Genia who is a very kind person.
I think that the Guardians review, " Haunting...dangerous and desperate but also full of courage and hope" really says it all. This book is not really an action book but it is a must read book. I usually read action books but I think this book has changed the way I will read.Quite simply it is my favorite book and everyone must read it.

Across The Nightingale Floor

Across the nightingale floor is a book by Lian Hearn.It is about a child called Tomasu.It does not directly refer to the time but it seems asthough it is set during the 1500's in Japan.The book starts with Tomasu going out to the forest looking for food etc and when he comes back he finds his whole clan(The Hidden) has been slaughtered by the Tohan .When he enters the village Lord Iida approaches him and lunges at tomasu with his sword.Tomasu Dives awayu and Lord Iida falls to the ground.Infuriated he orders two of his men to chase and kill tomasu.When he gets into the forest he is grabbed by a man. He thinks that he is about to be killed The man defends him killing one and taking the arm of the other. Tomasu finds out the man is called Lord Otori.He takes tomasu home and renames him Takeo because it is not a Hidden name.Takeo does not speak for a while because of shock but in this time he finds out a lot of things about himself,such as the fact that he is a member of a clan of assasins.Near the end of the book lord Otori goes with takeo on a quest of some sort to take revenge on lord Iida.During this time there are twists that you don't expect wich makes it an exciting read.It is a long book and it took me a while to get into it but when you do get far in the book is a very exciting powerful book and I would give it 9/10

Nothing but the truth - by AVI

Nothing but the truth is a novel about a boy called Philip Malloy, is a ninth-grader at Harrison High School in Harrison, New Hampshire who is obsessed by the Track.  He has a long-standing grudge with his english teacher Miss Narwin (Margaret Narwin to her friends).  His grades are average generally, when he gets a D in english for rude and obnoxious behaviour, he cannot make the track team, but he decides not to tell his parents as he thinks they may be angry.  Shortly after this he gets moved to Miss Narwin's homeroom, where at the start of the day when the national anthem is being played he hums along, upon this he is asked to stop, and when he does not he is sent to the Principal's office, the same thing happens for a number of days before Philip is suspended.  His parents only hearing about the situation when Philip is suspended,  Philips father takes this very seriously and talks to their neighbour Ted Griffin, who is on the school board, when they go over there is a journalist there who asks if she can print the story and does.  From this point the situation escalates and escalates until it becomes a national issue.
I really liked this book because although a very simple plot was actually quite detailed and gave lots of opinions, but can show how by you doing something wrong and telling someone it  can get out of hand.

JH

Not the end of the world by grenadine McCaughrean

This book recreates the story telling of Noah's ark, it also explains some of the probLlems that they could of had and tells it in a way that they do have these problems and how they solve they.one of these examples were how the boat was made of wood sO how and where did the keep termites.
I found this book very confusing and I didn't understand it at first. One of of the things I ask myself is where did Noah keep the woodpecker on the wooden boat??
Couple of odd thing happen like weirdos hanging on to the back of the boat or in another small boat getting pulled by the big one.
With in the family there are problems like how some people like other people and they hide the people who the think are there friends.

W.U

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The Morning Gift

The Morning Gift is written by Eva Ibbotson and is about a girl called Ruth Berger who lives with her family in Austria. Her family is partly Jewish and decide to flee Austria, and escape to England. They send Ruth on ahead, but leave her behind when they flee and do not realise that she has not been allowed out of Austria.
       Her only hope rests in an old family friend, Quinton Somerville. Her only way of earning a visa to escape Austria and be reunited with her fiance Heini, is to marry Quin and earn a joint passport and divorce as soon as she gains British Citizenship. But when the annulment takes longer than expected, and Ruth ends up at the university with Quin as her lecturer, her feelings for him take her by surprise and she begins to think that maybe Heini isn't her beloved one afterall.
       I did not enjoy this book as it wasn't my type of thing and all of her books are the same. I would recommend it to older girls, who are girly girls.


By Matilda Martin

Bloodline

Bloodline is a good book based in the years when England was still in seperate Kingdoms and is about a boy who is the son of a travler. When the kingdom they live in is unxder attact and Essa has to stop it!

  It is good for ages above 5 I would say and for both genders.

The Resistance by Gemma Malley

     If you are planning to read The Declaration do not read this post.

     After the death of Anna's parents she and her baby Ben become legal, through the life for a life law, soon after that they discover that Anna's rescuer, Peter mother has killed his Farther. They are now all no longer surpluses but Legals, Anna and Peter immediately join the Underground who fight the use of Longevity saying it's unnatural. The Underground is led by a mysterious man named Pip who is very paranoid about being found by the Authorities.

2140 Britain is not a democracy, it is run by the Civil Service, called "The Authorities".

Peter's Grandfather as they soon dicover is the head of the worlds biggest Longetivity company called Pincet Pharma. The Underground learning this tell Peter to accept the job that is offerd to him, to get an inside view of Pincet Pharma. Peter discovers that somthing dark is going on in the heart of Pincet Pharma, can he find it and stop it before it's too late?

CH