A good book is...

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) said "All good books have one thing in common – they are truer than if they really happened and after you have finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you".
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What do YOU think makes a good book?

MACLIC Book club recommends "The Recruit", first book of the CHERUB serie by Robert Muchamore

Put on the melody of "Mission impossible" in your head, and read on... We recommend this book to all medium level readers, who like adventure and spies stories.

What we really liked in "The Recruit":

• The hero does not know where he goes, nor what happens when CHERUB recruits him
• The story could be real
• It is quite deep
• It is sometimes funny too
• The illegal activities of the Mum are surprising

The down points of the book:

• There was no strong climax
• We are disturbed by the fact that the hero is not bad, not good, does he become good?

We should read the second book! We would like to find out:

• What does Cherub stand for
• The hero gets to use his computer skills, his maths abilities
• What happened to his Mum, to him in the past

There could be a film or a video game made from the book.

MACLIC book club news

We have been busy:

• Designing a logo and finding a motto, making bookmarks with it
  
• Deciding on a book we all agree to read, and starting to read it... We chose the first of the Cherub series, The Recruit, by Robert Muchamore, not original, but really cool...


• Creating a new display for the library. FANTASY is our first theme, because it is a great genre and fairly easy to illustrate. We gathered the materials we needed and designed it, with lots of glitter!
  

Favourite books for Girls

When students are asked what is their Favourite book, here are the girls answers:

Girls aged 11 and 12

Finding Father, by Pauline Cartwright
Fiddlesticks, by Alan Fraser
The Priests of Ferris, by Maurice Gee
Mother Stone, by Maurice Gee
Once, by Morris Gleitzman
With Lots of Love From Georgia, by Brigid Lowry
"Tomorrow" series, by John Marsden
Aldophus Tips, by Michael Morpurgo
Ways to Live Forever, by Sally Nicholls
"Goosebumps", by R. L. Stine
Candyfloss, by Jacqueline Wilson

For Girls aged 13 and 14

Chinese Cinderella, by Adeline Yen Mah
Shearwater Bell , by Margareth Beames
Tiger Eyes, by Judy Blume
Dear Mr. Sprouts, by Errol Broome
Missing Judy
Love letters, by Anne Cassidy
Across the Nightingale Floor, by Lian Hearn
Pip: The Story of Olive, by Kim Kane
Good Night Mr. Tom, by Marjorie Magorian
Peter Pan in Scarlet, by Geraldine McCaughrean
Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer
Hunted, by Chris Ryan
A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket
The Polar Express, by Chris van Allsburg
The Diamond Girls, by Jacqueline Wilson

For Girls aged 15 and +

A child called “It”, by Dave Pelzer
Bent Not Broken, by Lauren Roche
Ravens Gate, by Anthony Horowitz
The Thin line, by V. R. Joseph
Plain Truth, by Jodi Picoult
Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone, by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince, by J. K. Rowling
Third Degree, by Tania Roxborough
Fairest, by Gail Carson Levene

(You can find the list of Favourite books for boys on this blog, published in February 2009)

Is YOUR favourite book not listed? Leave a comment to add it...

Bookworm favourite books for Boys

In 2008, students were invited to fill in a "favourite book form". Each form was a segment added to our bookworm on the library window. These books are recommended by your mates, they must be good!

Here is what our Bookworm says:

“Favourite books for boys aged 11 or 12 are:”
Paul Jenning's Funniest Stories, by Paul Jennings - JEN
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling - ROW
Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig Neild, by Diana - NEI /P
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, by J. K. Rowling - ROW
The Thin Line, by V. R. Joseph - JOS
To the Max, by Mark Inglis - 796.6

“Favourite books for boys aged 13 and 14 are:”
Mort, by Terry Pratchett - PRA
The Navigator, by Eion McNamee - not yet in Maclic

Tomorrow When The War Began, by John Marsden - MAR
Holes, by Louis Sachar - SAC
101 Cool Science Experiments, by Glen Singleton - 507.8
Through the Rings, by Ruben Sanchez - 796.90
One Shot, by Lee Child - CHI

“Favourite books for boys aged 15 and older are:”
Murder in Orbit, by Bruce Colville - COL
Area 7, by Matthew Reilly - REI
Lord of Snow and Shadows, by Sarah Ash - Not yet in Maclic
Why Dick Fosbury Flopped, by Damian Farrow Justin Kemp - 796
Tenth man down, by Chris Ryan - RYA
Catch 22, by Joseph Heller - HEL

Hey! YOUR Favourite book is not listed?!. Send a comment to recommend your favourite book. You can even write why you like it (and please, mention your age).