This novel by Cameron Nunn, tells the story of two young men who both attend Hamilton College in Sydney. David Pollifrone is a year 11 student at Redmont (the boarding school).  David does what is expected and does it well. He likes being first in his studies and prides himself in being in the 1st […]

RATING: 4/5 REVIEW: I believe that the serpents tooth by Alex Rutherford is a great read for all boys in year 7-10. It is historical fiction and covers the wars, betrayal and dangers faced by the leader of the Moghul Empire, Shah Jahan. Shah Jahan ordered the building the Taj Mahal in honour of his dead […]

Ice station by Matthew Reilly is the finest example of a full-on 100% action packed book. Aimed at a young adult audience, it is full of action and certainly hit the mark. This book is about a station in Antarctica that is being used for research. When things go wrong a military group go to stabilize it, […]

This book, as the title suggests, is about video games. Without giving away the plot too much; the book is set in a futuristic world people spend most of their time on a computer system called “OASIS.” It allows the person to control another person using virtual reality. The book is about a competition and […]

 This book is about a boy named Ram who wakes up in a dark corridor, with no memory and finds a dying man. The man has said something to the boy that other people need to know. He is then on the run as the prime suspect to the man’s death. While on the run […]

The book  is the story of how former world number 1 tennis player, Rafael Nadal, came to glory. The book takes you through his lifestyle in his hometown of Mallorca, his training and the hard work he had to do to get where he is now. The ebook focuses on his second grand slam in […]

Sixteen-year-old Robin lives with his father in the Victorian Alps. His dad runs a snowmobile hire business. His mother left them when Robin was only a baby. Robin lives in fear of his bullying father who hates Robin and blames him for the disappearance of his mother. As events unfold he runs from his father, […]

Fight Club is a text which attempts to depict issues of masculine identity in a capitalist consumer society where the class/wealth hierarchy is extremely divided and unequal. The narrator, unnamed in the novel, experiences a ‘rebirth’ in masculinity caused by the manifestation of Tyler Durden, a personality that embodies the narrator’s subconscious desire for essentialist […]

CHERUB: Class A is the second book in series “CHERUB” This series focus’ around James Adams. A thirteen year old who is a undercover agent for the British Intelligence branch of “CHERUB” a Spy organisation for kids aged 10-17 that doesn’t ‘exist’ to the ‘real world’. In this mission, “Class A” is when James, his […]

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone is a magical tale of self-discovery that transports the reader into a fantasy world full of spells, broomsticks and Quidditch. The story follows the tale of Harry, an eleven year old boy, who discovers he is a wizard. He then begins a magical education at Hogwarts, where he encounters trolls, three-headed […]