Holly's review of North of Nowhere...

North of Nowhere is a book by Liz Kessler. This is an amazing book about the past and the present.

Mia is trying to find the truth about her Grandad’s disappearance. Mia and her mum are going to Porthaven to support her Gran. Will Mia find her Grandad before it’s too late?

I loved this book so much I could read it over and over again.

By Holly

My Bone Quill Update

I have been reading Bone Quill and so far I can't wait to read it all. I may have only read a small bit but I know the Malcolm (Matt and Em's dad) is evil and he has been bound to a painting (read to find out what that means) because he tried to get into Hollow Earth. The worse thing is he made the children go into a painting to get a key when they were all three!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Sam B

Ollie's rating for The Considine Curse...

When Mariel goes to England for her grandma's funeral (who she only met once or twice) she meets her six cousins (she didn't know she had). But can she find out why her cousins keep telling her that she shouldn't have come? And can she fine out their secret?
Ollie's rating: 9/10

Jonny's review of Little Manfred!

Jonny has submitted this review of Little Manfred by Michael Morpurgo, using our book review Google Form!

Little Manfred is a heart-warming story that you can't put down. Every night before I go to bed I read it. The main character is Charlie and her little brother Alex they meet some old men who hold a secret and Charlie and Alex want to find out what is so special about their mum's toy Little Manfred.

Score: 8/10

Edith Frank's Diary - by Lillie:

What Anne Frank's real diary looked like!

Lillie has been reading The Diary of Anne Frank and has used it to write this wonderful series of diary entries from the point of view of Edith Frank, Anne's mother:

The Diary of Edith:

May 10th 1940:
Dear diary,
I’ve been writing my diary for a while now.  But now my life is turning upside down.  I woke to a dreadful sound, it was a frightening thunderous noise, I looked out the window to see hundreds of aeroplanes flying past my house. To be exact Luftwaffe bombers. I turned on the radio and the news was everywhere, Rotterdam had been attacked; this is a complete surprise!  The Nazis had invaded the Netherlands.  It’s been seven years since we fled Germany, I know I’ve told you hundreds of times that I am a Jew but when I look out the window I still remember helpless Jews being beaten by the Nazis.  I am very worried for me and my family that the Nazis are coming to Amsterdam to beat me, Otto and our daughters Margot and Anne.
                                           
May 11th 1940:
Dear diary,
We’ve all been glued to our radio, the news is getting worse our navy and air  force are slowly being defeated and the Nazis are advancing.  Paratroopers took an airfield and a bridge.  If you are wondering why I am so worried about the bridge, it is that the tanks can now come over from Germany.  We are all praying for this terrible war to be over soon.
                                           
May 14th 1940:
Dear diary,
Thirty thousand people have been killed in Rotterdam when bombers smashed the city, we could be next! The government in Utrecht is saying they surrender; it seems the war is over, but how terrible, we have lost to the nasty Nazis.
                                           
May 16th 1940:
Dear diary,
The Nazis enter Amsterdam.  Our neighbour Jacob said some people were cheering when they entered the city in their tanks, but then they are not Jews and have not fled them before like us.  Otto is very scared and has been making a secret annex on the top floor for us to hide in at his work, I think we will flee there soon.
                                           
June 10th 1942:
Dear diary,
Oh I’m so sorry that I’ve stranded you for a whole two years. My worries are going backwards and forwards, I’m not sure if I should be happy for my daughter, Anne, because her birthday is in two days, or be worried because Margot might be going to Germany to work in a factory.  I hope Anne likes the Diary I got her.  I wonder, I know it may sound weird, but I’ve got this feeling that my brave daughter Anne Frank’s diary may be famous, I just hope we all survive this terrible war...

By Lillie.

Dylan's reading update!

A book report for The Hobbit:

I have only read A small part of The Hobbit, but I really like it: it is very descriptive, very interesting.

My favourite part so far is when they find two giants and Bilbo gets caught, but the giants were arguing, they got so mad one of them made the other turn into stone and when he went to sleep Bilbo and Gandalf, the dwarves, go into the hut and steal swords, ale (what they called beer) and food.

That's where I'm at the moment, I'm really enjoying it.

By Dylan.

Alex's Favourite books...

My favourite book: Big Nate!
Big Nate is my favourite book mainly because it's so funny!
It’s not too hard and there’s only about two hundred pages in it.
Big Nate is a series of books all written by the author who wrote Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Jeff Kinney.

By Alex

Hollow Earth Book Reveiw

This is a great book. But not for the faint hearted. This book has Animares ,people that can make their drawings come to life, Gurdains ,they protect Animares. In this book to twins Matt and Em go on a adventure to get their mum back from evil forces. But people also what the twins to unlock hollow earth. Will they find their mum? Read it to find out.

The best part in the book for me was the last part of the blurb:
If Hollow Earth is breached the twins are as good as DEAD!

By Sam B

My top ten favourite books

1. Percy Jackson and the last Olympian.
2. Considine Curse.
3. Harry and the wrinkles.
4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets.
5. Percy Jackson and the Titans curse.
6. Famous Five,Five go to smuggles top.
7. Just stupid
8. Diary of a Wimpy kid, the third wheel.
9. Diary of a Wimpy kid, cabin fever.
10. The Lion the Which and the Wardrobe.

Trailer for Wonder!

Trailer for The One and Only Ivan!

Here's a trailer for one of our books, The One and Only Ivan - I think it looks great!
Mr K :-)

My favourite book ever!

MY favorite book ever! 

My favorite book  the Percy Jackson and the lightning thief .  Percy Jackson is a demigod. He has fought many monsters like Minotaurs, Hydras and Cyclops. Percy is half boy half god, Percy can survive under water for over 7 minutes. Percy's mother (Sally Jackson) got captured by the Minotaur in the first book/film. By Ollie =) 

Our new books:

Our new books:

• Wonder- by R.J. Palacio
• Unhooking the moon -by Gregory Hughes
• Twelve minutes to midnight - Christopher Edge 
• I am NOT a loser -Barry Loser
• Tom Gates/Excellent Excuses - L.Pichon
• Tom Gates/Genius Ideas -L. Pichon
• North of Nowhere - Liz Kessler
• Far Rock Away - Charlie Fletcher 
• Hollow Earth - John and Carole E. Barrowman
• Bone Quill - John and Carole E. Barrowman
• Gold of the gods -Bear Grylls
• The one and only Ivan - Katherine Applegate
• Cool -Michael Morpurgo
• Goblins -philip Reeve
• The Conside Curse -Gareth p.Jones
• Dear Scarlet - Fleur Hitchcock

Why Jade likes Dork diaries:

Why Jade likes Dork Diaries:  
I like Dork Days because it describes the characters feelings and how it was in a diary style so it was like she was talking to someone and making the characters do things, that would be impossible to do ,and making them seem slightly easy.

Why I chose Hollow Earth - by Cayla:

Why I chose Hollow Earth:

I chose Hollow Earth because the first page of the book drew me in and its very mysterious and it makes you feel like you are there in the action.I think Hollow Earth is a ideal story for year 5/6 they will love the imagination. The best line in the first page is :The old monk yawned , his chin dropped on his chest,and his eyes fluttered shut. 

  

Why I chose Wonder - by Ella:

Why I chose Wonder:
I chose Wonder because it has a very catchy first page.It hooks the reader in.The best line in the first page is -whatever your thinking it's probably worse.This line is very catchy and tells us about himself.The thing about this line is the way this person is expressing himself. This book looks really good for year 5/6 !

Welcome to our book blog!

Hello and welcome to the Chapter 5-6 book blog! We are Ash Class - a year 5-6 class at Greenfields School in Shrewsbury. We recently did research in class to find out about new books that we'd like to read. We then voted for the ones we'd like to read the most. Now we've bought some of the books and we are going to be reading them, sharing them and reviewing them! At the end of the year, we'll vote as a class for our favourite book out of all those we've read!

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