When Finn comes across a car accident, little does he realize that his life is about to change forever. The huge, injured animal he discovers is no dog – but a wolf, escaped from the circus that he went to with his Dad. Finn knows that he must save the wolf, Lupa, and prevent her from returning to the circus and the sinister circus clown, Cackles, who torments her.
Finn takes her to the vet and they patch her up, but then he has to figure out how he will pay the vet bill. Where will he hide her and how will he feed her? When Finn’s Nana discovers Lupa in the wardrobe, he thinks he’ll be in big trouble, but his Nana thinks Lupa is her old dog Molly and she only wants to keep her safe. Meanwhile, Cackles the Clown is hot on their trail and will stop at nothing to get Lupa back. But Cackles doesn’t even like wolves though so why is he so determined to get her?
The Wolf in the Wardrobe is a great story about a boy who will do whatever he can to protect his animal friend. Finn gives up the things that he loves so that he can earn extra money to help Lupa and learns all that he can about wolves to help take care of her. Finn’s Nana was my favourite character, because she made me laugh and even though she would forget who Finn was sometimes, she’d help him to care for Lupa. I also liked the character of Cackles because he was so sinister and creepy. If you like books about animals or just a story with great characters, you’ll love Wolf in the Wardrobe by Susan Brocker. Recommended for 9+ 8 out of 10
Cam likes to explore the forest behind his house. He feels like it might change and move around when he’s not looking because there’s always something new to explore. One day, he decides to check out the pond to see if the tadpoles have legs yet, but he falls down a bank and finds himself in a gully surrounded by steep cliffs. One of the cliffs is covered in vines, but he notices that there is a large, red button behind the vines, with the words DO NOT PUSH written underneath. Cam doesn’t think anyone will notice if he pushes the button and he doesn’t think anything has happened. As he turns to leave he sees a green lever that says PLEASE PULL, but he leaves it and runs home. When he gets home, he realises that something strange has happened, all because he pushed the button. Suddenly there are no rules and everyone is acting really weird.
Wings is the sequel to Sting, the action-packed, adventure story about a young honey bee called Ziggy. In Wings, Ziggy and his bee family travel to Tokyo with their human, Sparkles, to investigate the disappearance of bees all over the city. In Tokyo they meet Mitsu who shows them around the city and takes Ziggy and his family to try and find out what happened to her sisters. Along the way they make new friends and have to escape spiders, hornets and humans who want to destroy them. Will they figure out why the bees are dying and save the day?
Department 19 is a book about vampires, werewolves and all the supernatural creatures that live in the dark. These are no sparkly vampires though, they’re vicious, blood-suckers who you don’t want to bump into in the dark.
Jelly has just moved into a new house, in a new neighborhood that’s far away from all her friends. If that wasn’t bad enough, she’s having to spend Christmas eve looking after her cousins. There are only two things she likes about her new home: the old apricot tree and the creek at the back of the house. Jelly dares her cousins to go down to the creek and it’s in the creek’s dark waters that they discover a baby angel with a broken wing. They decide to keep it in a shed at the school and nurse it back to health.
In the land of Fontania magic has been outlawed. Ever since The Great Accident, even uttering the word ‘with five letters that began with ‘m’, had a ‘g’ in the middle and ended with ‘c’ was completely and utterly forbidden.’ The land is ruled by the Provisional Monarch, Lady Gall who keeps herself beautiful by injecting a special fluid called Beauteen into her wrinkles. Jasper’s father, Dr Ludlow, is the inventor of Beauteen and works for Lady Gall, but when Jasper discovers that his sister, Sibilla was poisoned by Lady Gall, the family must escape. When Jasper falls asleep on the docks, his family leave him behind. While he’s looking for their ship he finds the Travelling Restaurant, a colourful ship run by Polly and Dr Rocket. On the Travelling Restaurant, Jasper embarks on a wild adventure across lakes and oceans. He faces raging rapids, troublesome monkeys and hungry pirates in the search for his baby sister, who might just be the key to saving Fontania.
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