The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson

I love all of Eva Ibbotson's books, including this one, because they are all very adventurous, exciting and the ending is extremely difficult to guess, when you think the story might be finished but actually it isn't. I dislike Raymond Trottle for he is a very greedy and fat boy. Oppositely, I like Ben (the main character in this story) because he is honest, intelligent and really hardworking. I also like Odge.

Eventually, at the end, the Queen's long lost son is Ben and not the greedy and fat boy- Raymond Trottle. This book is really exciting and adventurous. I give it a ten out of ten rating. I recommend everyone in the whole class to read it.

The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson

This book is simply just excellent from the beginning to the last word! It is certainly very exciting and memorising, indeed! I cannot put it down until every word is read and the last page turned, amazing! This book is filled with exciting adventure and you feel that you are just the main character while you are reading it, it just makes you keep wanting to read on!

I especially love the opening of the book because she started the story with something you might think it was useless to the story, but later on you can always see the connection between things and figure out the story, when you figure it out, the feeling is like when you see all the lights on the Christmas Tree all linked up and you feel really amazed and happy about how they are all linked up!!

Eva Ibbotson's books nearly always ends up with the same people or the same thing and, according to the teacher in my old school, you have to be very skillful and plan them to do that.

I also found out that when I finished this book, I thought about it for the rest of the day because it is so good that it makes you just keep thinking about it and I discovered that the more you think about the book, the more you think it is interesting!!

This book is certainly a thrilling adventure that you cannot miss!!

Journey to the River Sea By Eva Ibbotson

Journey to the River Sea was written by Eva Ibbotson. I really like this book because it is full of wonderful events and it also have a very happy ending. I think Maia is a brave girl to get in the Amazon to live with her distant relatives. I also think it is very brave for Maia (the main character) to leave the boarding school that she is used to and go to unknown wildness and dangerous of the Amazon.
I think the story is kind of connected to me of the part when Maia has to leave her school to go to a completely unknown place and felt sad, because I felt the same with Maia, too, when I came to B.I.S!! I really dislike Beatrice and Gwendolyn (Maia' cousins) because they were so bad to Maia that they even sank their nails into Maia's skin when they shake hands!! When I first read it I really can't believe that anyone would actually do something so awful to a person they never met!!
The moral of this book is that don't be bad to another person because if you were the one that is treated badly, you wouldn't feel very happy.
I really like Eva Ibbotson's books because they were all adventurous, exciting, heartwarming and always have a moral in her books. She is also my favourite author!!
I give this book ten out of ten and I recommend it to everyone who loves adventure stories!! You certainly can't miss this book!!

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

This is a truly heartwarming classic about a horse whose name is Black Beauty that was really well- cared by his master, but his life was suddenly turned upside down when his master's wife fell ill in bed and he was sold to a man who treats him with complete ignorance and cruelty, he must do his best to survive in this horrible situation and at the same time, find his way back to his kind old master. But will he be able to do that..... I will leave it for you to find out!

Woof! by Allan Ahlberg

I really like this book because it is a mysterious and interesting story. I think Roy was absolutely right because he said that when Eric -the main character changed in a dog, somewhere in the universe, there might be a little dog which changes into Eric instead . The whole story was nicely planned out, with some exciting and interesting parts too. I especially loved the opening because it really attracts your attention by having Eric changing into a dog at the very beginning of the book, because you will want to know exactly what happened to him, was he under a curse? But I will leave the answer for you to find out!!

It is not too long, so if you happen to want to read a short story, this is the right book for you!! I recommend this book to everyone.

I like Allan Ahlberg's style of writing because it really attracts your attention, I am still trying to get some of his books on the internet, if I can!! Have fun reading and enjoy it!!