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** Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. **  Google books link: [] Hatchet is a book about a boy named Brian who has lived in the city his whole life. One day he was on a small plane when the pilot had a heart attack. Brian tried to pilot the plane he couldn’t. He crashed into the Canadian wilderness. With only a hatchet, he has to survive starvation, thunder storms and wild animals. Hatchet fits into a survival genre. I thought it was a great book that told the story very well. I was eager to read about what would happen to poor Brian next, and like all good stories it finishes with a happy and comedic ending. I give this book a nine out of ten.
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Book review: Tomorrow when the war began by john Marsten [] Tomorrow when the war began is a book about a group of teens who are out camping while a foreign country invades Australia and uses their town as a dock for all their ships. They have to survive constant fire from the foreign army and also have to survive homesickness. Will the teens hide, or fight. Tomorrow when the war began fits into the adventure genre. I liked this book very much. I felt like I was in the book because I could relate to many characters as they were all teens. I definitely would like to finish the series. I definitely recommend this book.

I give this book a 8.5 out of 10.

Book Review: Leviathan By scott westerfeld [] Leviathan is a book that is set in the times of world war two. In the book the Germans are called the clankers and the British are called Darwinists. The Clankers build machines and engines. The Darwinists on the other hand use animals and they use the life threads of animals to combine animals together. The book is about a boy and a girl who have joined the army on opposing sides. Leviathan is an adventure novel. I thought leviathan was a great book. I liked how it switched to opposite sides of the war so that I understood each of the characters. I recommend this book. I give Leviathan a seven out of ten.

This is a book about a boy named Peter and his two Brothers and three Sisters. One day Peter discovered a small Antique shop. He has a look in the window when he spots a small wooden boat. He Buys it and shows it to all his Brothers and sisters, but one day he found that when he spoke to it grew to a size that they could all fit into it. They could tell it to fly anywhere or go to any place in time. The Ship that flew fits into an adventure genre.
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 * The Ship that Flew By Hilda Lewis **
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I thought that it was a great book. At the end of each chapter they had a little trail of where they would go next on their adventures. It is a very old book and was first printed in 1939. I give this book an 8 out of 10.

When Professor Pierre Aronnax hears about the notorious monster that is ramming ships he feels that he has to go and see it for himself. When he finds the monster the crew try to fire harpoon it but it bounces off. Then it rams their ship. While in the water the professor sees that it is not a monster because it is made out of metal and it is a submarine. The crew of the submarine capture him as a prisoner, but ends up discovering some on the most amazing ocean secrets. This book fits into a classic adventure genre. I think that this was a good book, especially because I am already interested in the sea. It also describes some weird deep sea creatures. I really enjoyed this book. I give this book a 7 out of 10 **The Da Vinci Code By Dan Brown**. Google books link: [] The Da Vinci Code is about a man called Robert Langdon, who is a teacher at Harved. He while in Paris he gets a urgent call in the night to come to the Louvre and help the police investigate a murder there, but he gets framed and the police are after him. Luckily he meets agent Neveu, a coder that works with the French police, and she know he is innocent. This book involves many puzzles that get labelled “The Da Vinci Code” This book is an action, puzzle book. I thought this was a great book because I always came back to read it more and more to find out the end to their puzzles. I give this book a ten out of ten and I definitely recommend this book.
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 * 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, by Jules Verne **
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 * The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury **

Illustrated man is a novel about a man that is covered in tattoos. A young boy meets him and start to talk to him. the boy discovers that the mans tattoos start to move and tell storys. most storys are set in the future and they all have a clear writers message. the storys are very strange and usually have a deeper meaning. I liked some storys from this book but it wasn't great. If you want a story with not too much action but really makes you think, then i reccomend this book i give this book a six out of ten