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=__Book Reveiws__=

[|Google Books: An Idiot Abroad]
__Synopsis:__ This book was set on a television series in England, on Sky 1. It is about a typical English man that doesn't travel and explore the world much. Just goes to the same place each time (thats not that far from home) and stays in an English hotel. Karl's friends Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant decide to prank him, by sending him on a trip to see the seven wonders of the world (The Great Pyrimids, the Taj Mahal, The Great Wall of China, Christ the Redeemer, Petra, Chichen Itza and Machu Picchu) by himself and a film crew, so that it can go on television. But they wont send him to the nicest hotels and take it easy, they will make it though for him so it will be funny on television. As Karl goes along his journey he will also need to write about what he did.

__Genre:__ Adventure/Diary

__Rating:__ 9 out of 10

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**Paul Jennings**


[|Google Books: Weirdest Stories]

__Synopsis:__ This book is a collecttion of stories by author Paul Jennings. These stories are put into a weird context, but that's what makes this book a good read. The stories in this book have been written by Paul Jennings, not written for this book, but basically meant for this book. Paul decided that these short stories would make a good book. There is another version of this book called 'Funniest Stories'.

__Genre:__ Short Stories/Kids Novel

__Rating:__ 8 out of 10

**Andy Griffiths**


[|Google Books: Mascot Madness]

__Synopsis:__ This book is about a school that is not that good at sports, but trying a diiferent way to find their way to beat the other school. There are two schools that have their annual interschool sports, with track and feild events. At the usual losing school there is an ex-olympian as their sports teacher that pushes his school as hard as he can to try and win the interschool sports. But there is also a palin teacher that really cares for these kids, who saves the sports day.

__Genre:__ School Sports/Kids Novel

__Rating:__ 7 out of 10

**Anthony Horowitz**


[|Google Books: Stormbreaker]

__Synopsis:__ This book is about a late teenage boy called Alex Rider who's uncle (also his guardian) had just died. Alex was pushed into doing his dads job and finish that mission. He goes through camps and gets cool gadgets to attack from the inside the company. Alex does this work all for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6, he has had unknown training from his uncle to for fill his position. There is also the movie Stormbreaker (good movie) on the same story.

__Genre:__ Action/Spy/Teen

__Rating:__ 7 out of 10

**Chris Morphew**


[|Google Books: The Phoenix Files: The Arrival]

__Synopsis:__ This book is about a teenage boy called Luke. His parents separate and his mum drags him out to Phoenix, a brand new town in the middle of nowhere. In Phoenix there are no cars just bikes, the roads aren't even big enough for cars. There isn't even any phones or internet to contact the outside world (Luke is upset about this because it means he can't talk to his dad). Luke thinks that this is as weird as the world can get, until he finds out that Phoenix is the safest and most dangerous place in the world. It is the safest because there is someone in Phoenix planing to wipe out the human race, the clock has already started ticking leaving one hundred days left until the end of the world. This is the first book of the series (I haven't read the others).

__Genre:__ Teen/Action

__Rating:__ 7 out of 10

**John Marsden**
[|Google Books: The Dead of the Night]

__Synopsis:__ This book is a follow up from 'Tomorrow When the War Began'. It is about how a group of six go to save and find two others. John Marsden has written this book from the point of view as Ellie (a girl in the six) writing this to help others understand what they went through during an invasion of Australia. Ellie uses all of her thoughts to make the story more realistic and makes you more involved.

__Genre:__ Teen/Action

__Rating:__ 7 out of 10