Author Anagrams Competition

How many of these can you solve? Post your answers below. There will be a prize for the first person to get them all correct.

Can you come up with your own author anagram? Share it with us and see who gets the answer first.

Example-  LUPA NINGSNEJ is PAUL JENNINGS.

1) HIPLIP NAPMULL
 
2) CLIQUEJEAN NOWLIS

3) MOT LARPEM

4) DINE LOBYTN

5) FFEJ ENKINY

6) NENA NEIF

7) ERKED DANLY

8) IJUAL SADLONDON

9) LOAMIER CALMBANK

10) REDRAN NASH

11) AVE BINBOOTS

12) LACEHIM RUGPROMO

1001 Cool Freaky Facts by Glen SIngleton

Reviewed by Olivia Grace Richardson

The truth is often stranger than fiction. Need proof? In England, in the 1880's, pants was considered a dirty word. Statistically, you are more likely to be attacked by a cow than a shark. They are just a few of the weird and wonderest of the 1001 cool freaky facts!

This book is very interesting for any kid! You might look at the front cover and say this looks boring, however once you start to read you'll find out is was definitely right to buy this book

The Clumsies by Sorrel Anderson

Reviewer: Olivia Grace Richardson

When Howard Armitage finds talking mice under his desk, his life, his belonging and, most of all, his biscuit  packets are turned upside down. The Clumsies do mean well, of course. But although they went to help Howard get out of trouble with his nasty boss, they're only really good for one thing.........and that is MAKING A MESS!

The two mice, which are called Mickey Thompson and Purvis, are the main characters as they get Howard into trouble with his mean boss, Mr Bullerton, and are always causing mischief!

I would rate this book 8 out of 10 stars because I really enjoyed it and it made me laugh a lot! I would definitely recommend this book to everyone who has a good sense of humour!

Yu-Gi-Oh Manga

Reviewed by Haiden.

 

My brother brought Yu-Gi-Oh Volume 1 and The Record Of A Fallen Vampire home from City Academy and he told me to do a review of them on the WEJS bookblog. I started to read a few pages of it, at first I thought it would be a boring manga book, but I was completely wrong. It was an amazing story of Yu-Gi-Oh. After that he showed me The Record Of A Fallen Vampire, I thought the same as the Yu-Gi-Oh book, but I was wrong yet again! It was magnificent once you got into it and hooked into the story.
 

 

Red House Children's Book Award

The three finalists for this prize (Young Readers) were announced today. They are:

Gangsta Granny by David Walliams

The World Of Norm by Jonathan Meres

Operation Eiffel Tower by Elen Caldicott

Have you read any of them? Why not see if they are in the library and read one over half-term? If you read all three, you can then vote for your favourite and help to decide which one wins the award.

Find out more on the competition website, http://www.redhousechildrensbookaward.co.uk/

Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce

Reviewed by Mr Biddle.

I got about 40 pages into this before I realised that I had already seen the film, directed by Danny Boyle (who did the Olympics opening ceremony). The film is fine, the book is fantastic.

It is about two brothers, Damian and Anthony, who live with their father. Their mother has died and they have just moved house.  If they are ever in an awkward situation with anyone, one of them simply says "My mum's died." This usually leads to the person feeling sorry for them and giving them a chocolate biscuit.

The younger brother, Damian, is obsessed with saints and sainthood, often trying to imitate the behaviour of saints he admires (at one point he stuffs his school shirt fully of prickly holly leaves). Anthony wants to be a property developer, and make his fortune from buying and selling houses.

One night, an enormous bag of money appears (I won't tell you how). However, the boys have only a few days to spend it all before it all becomes worthless. They try buying junk objects from their friends at £10 per item which very quickly leads to every child in the school having a wad of money. The brothers then realise that they need to spend the money faster- much faster!

At school,  the boys meet a character called Dorothy who works for Water Aid. This is a charity that provides clean and safe water for countries around the world. She becomes a very important character in their lives.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's easy to read and there are some really funny incidents. The style is quite unusual, but the relationship between the two brothers is very real. Highly recommended.

Dead Ball by Tom Palmer

Reviewed by Reece.

This is a great book! I have read it, and the first one which was called Dead Ball. They are really interesting and fun to read. I would definitely recommend this book to you. If you like lots of kidnapping, you will certainly love this book. Tom Palmer is a brilliant author and his books are always exciting. So why not try them out over half-term?