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, he runs from the girl he loves, he runs into trouble, he runs from himself. His suspicions about his mother’s disappearance grow. Could this be a murder mystery, or is this all part of his tortured mind?

As Robin starts to piece things together towards a dramatic climax, so too builds the intensity of everything else going on in his life: his fears and confusions; his unwanted images; his hopeless relationships; and the desire of his first love. The Nest will have you guessing to the very end.

Paul Jennings has written a great novel. This novel has many different aspects of the story and he tells a very realistic and interesting story.

I rate it 8.5/10 and I recommend it to all teenagers.

Reviewed by Isaac Riley

Available in BLRC at F JEN

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 notions of a masculine identity. The ‘body’ has strong significance throughout Fight Club, and is portrayed as a site of both power and resistance through the mode of destruction.

Reviewed by Geoffrey Abdallah

Available in BLRC at F PAL

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 friends Kerry and Kyle and a newbie Nicole go on a undercover mission to uncover the biggest underworld drug empire in British history run by Keith Moore. This story has a horrific twist at the ending that will make you shout out “pancakes!”. Will James Survive? Is this the end for his freshly started Cherub career?  I’m defiantly not going to tell you. You will have to read it for yourself!  
‘Class A keeps the saga of Cherub going strong.

I would rate this book 9.99999/10’
You can buy this book from any good book store or borrow it from the resources centre: F MUC 
Reviewed by Nick Cusack

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 dogs and what really happened to his parents all those years ago, all while making friends and learning a lot about himself along the way. You’ve probably been living under a rock if you haven’t read it, but if you haven’t, you definitely should.

I rate it 10/10.

This book is available in the BLRC library at: F ROW

I just finished reading ‘Just a Dog’ by Michael Gerard Bauer. I think it was a great book because it had many great stories about a dog called  Mister Mosely who ended out bringing the family together. The stories are written by the eldest child, Corey. It tells how Mister Mosely was the thing that completed their family. The dog stopped them from fighting and when ever they were in need he was there. Mister Mosely was very patient when people teased him or did things to him. He just waited until they stopped. Mister Mosely made the whole family happy. That is what’s important.

9 out of 10

Reviewed by Aaron Murrant

This book is available in the BLRC at: F BAU

Sam is a quite boy who lives In Perdido Beach California. He is always surfing with his mate Quinn, going to school, and he lives an average life for a teenager. But then one day, everyone over the age of fifteen disappears without warning and they are trapped inside a dome shaped wall surrounding them and that’s not all that is happening as they begin to develop weird powers. But not everyone uses their power for goodness and as war erupts they are trapped in what is known to them as The Fayz.  What can Sam do to protect his friends with his strange power?

Reviewed by Ben Corrigan

This book is available in BLRC at: F GRA

The book The Medici Seal  is a gripping historical thriller and a touching story of a relationship between a man and a boy. It is one of many mischievous tales by Theresa Breslin. This book is about a young man named Mateo who is being chased by a man named Lorenzo. Lorenzo is trying to get something back that is worth killing for. Along the way Mateo runs into the genius Leonardo Da Vinci. He and his crew set off only to encounter many more mysteries. An excellent and inspiring feature of 15^th century Italy, where many of histories masterminds grew up. This book also includes the amazing characters of Cesare and Rodrigo Borgia. This book is definitely worth a read.

Reviewed by Nicholas Rupolo

This book is available in BLRC at: F BRE

The recruit is a book about these amazing kids who are spies. They go on cool secret missions and hard-core training exercises and help stop the bad guys. They work for a secret government agency called CHERUB.

What I loved about this book was that the story felt realistic, not just the concept of spies, but the characters as well. Yes, these kids are spies, on secret missions for the government, but they still act like kids. James hates school, and just wants to just play on his PlayStation, eats way too many Mars bars and gets distracted by a cute girls all the time. I definitely felt I was reading about real kids, and the author got the balance between trained spies and normal 12-year-old behavior just right.

In conclusion this is a great book and encourage everybody to have a go and read it. The author has done a really great job in all the parts of the book, he has used great language, and he used lots of descriptive language and has lots of emotive language to give the reader a great picture. It is a very short read and a very interesting storyline. You should LOVE it.

I Recommended Reading Age: 11+

8.5/10

Book Reviewed by Isaac Riley

This book is available in BLRC at: F MUC

Review 2:

CHERUB: The Recruit book is the opening book of a series of books called “CHERUB” This series focus’ around James Onions (James Adams). A ten year old who is a constant Arsenal FC fan, has a raging temper, lives to be the ‘hard guy’ and wants to be accepted with everyone. One day everything goes pear shaped when James arrives home from school to find his mum dead. After a few weeks of shifting a few children’s homes. James arrives at a place called “CHERUB” which does not actually exist. Is this a new start for James? What will happen next? YOU have to read this book find out.
‘The Recruit is a great start for the CHERUB series with young teenagers wanting more, I would rate this book 9.99999/10’

You can buy this book from any good book store or borrow it from the resources centre.

Reviewed by Nick Cusack

This is the last book in the first series of CHERUB by Robert Muchamore.

In this series James Adams is 17 years old and about to finish his CHERUB career when former agent and James best friend, Kyle Blueman offers James an un-authorised and highly dangerous mission that could get James expelled from CHERUB. Will James accept the mission? What will happen after James leaves? Is this the end of CHERUB?

I would rate this book 9.999/10
This book is a very good read with twists and turns all the time and a shocking ending.
I would recommend this book to anyone.

Reviewed by Nick Cusack.

This book is available in BLRC at: F MUC

Robert Muchamore, author of the highly successful CHERUB series of books, has written a new series which details the origin of CHERUB, a British intelligence organisation that uses children for its operations, under the logic that no criminal will ever expect the child to be a threat. The Escape details how the original idea came into place, as a British operative, paired with an unlikely ally, a French youngster, are forced to survive in German occupied France. This book is recommended for any fan of the CHERUB series, as well as any espionage fan.

 Reviewed by Joshua Khoury

 This book is available in BLRC at: F MUC