Books For Children, Reviewed By Children

Silver Fin by Charlie Higson

Ok, so some of you may know of William,  a boy I know, because he wrote a review a little while ago on my blog.  He really wanted a blog of his own, but settled for writing reviews on mine.  Here's his second review!  (:

Series: Young Bond, Book One

Publisher: Puffin

Format: Paperback

Published: This Edition: 2008

Originally: 3^rd March 2005

Number of Pages: 400

Book: Bought

Genre: Action, Spy, Adventure, Children-Young Adult Crossover

Recommended Age: Preteen: 9+

Contains Mild Violence and Swearing, Death, Suspense
Read By: William, Age 9!

Before the name became a legend.

Before the boy became the man.

Meet Bond.  James Bond.

There’s something in the water at Loch Silverfin.  Something deadly.  Something that must be kept secret...

It’s James Bond’s first day at Eton, and already he’s met his first enemy.  This is the start of an adventure that will take him from the school playing fields to the remote shores of Loch Silverfin and a terrifying discovery that threatens to unleash a new breed of warfare.

Review:

I started reading this the minute I finished Jimmy Coates (see my review: here), and it was unputdownable!  It took a while to set the scene, but then it got to the action and I was addicted.

When the term at Eton finishes, James Bond goes on the train and makes an enemy, George Hellebore and a new friend Red Kelly.  When he gets to Scotland, he goes to his uncle’s cottage and his friend Kelly is in the same village.  The two boys go to Lord Hellebore’s castle and discover that the Lord is evil...

James was a good character, because he was cool, smart, brave and focused on discovering the truth.  He was brave like the grown-up Bond, but he wasn’t as aggressive.

Red Kelly was a good fighter, and taught James how to sneak into places, as he’d done it before and even burgled a little bit!  He was the one that did all the swearing, because he did it quite a lot, which I found amusing.

Lord Hellebore was good at being a villain, and was very secretive.  He pretended to be good, but was actually evil!

Silverfin had a brilliant plot and story.  It was epic!  I’m definitely reading the next story in the series soon!

William Out For Now...

Star Rating:5 Out of 5

Read this book if you liked:

Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz

Jimmy Coates (Revenge, reviewed by me, William!) by Joe Craig

James Bond the Movies

Weekly Round-Up (#1)

So, I've decided to create a little meme to show all reviews I've done this week, all memes posted, reviews coming up, etc.  I hope it's useful or makes everything easier to find.  :)

Book Reviews:

Mockingjay (The Hunger Games Trilogy, Book Three) by Suzanne Collins

The Iron Witch (The Iron Witch, Book One) by Karen Mahoney

Portal (The Portal Chronicles, Book One) by Imogen Rose

Memes:

Teaser Tuesday #7: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Waiting on Wednesday #9

Follow Friday #5

On My Wishlist # 7

In My Mailbox # 9

Extras:

Books For Children, Reviewed by Children: Silver Fin by Charlie Higson, Reviewed by William

Upcoming Review:

Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider, Book Eight) by Anthony Horowitz

So, that's what I've been up to. 

How's your week been?

Books For Children, Reviewed By Children

Jimmy Coates – Revenge by Joe Craig

This is a review written by a little boy I know, William.  He really wanted a blog of his own, but settled for writing reviews on mine.  (:

Series: Jimmy Coates, Book Three

Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books

Format: Paperback

Published: 2007

Number of Pages: 314

Book: Borrowed From Library

Genre: Action, Adventure, Children-Young Adult Crossover

Recommended Age: Preteen: 9+

Contains: Violence, Suspense

Read By: William, Nearly 9!

Warning: Could Contain Spoilers From Previous Books

Jimmy Coates seems like an ordinary boy, but he’s not.  He’s genetically engineered to grow into the perfect government assassin.  Speed, strength and deadly instinct – it’s all in his blood.  He has to fight not to kill... while his government fights to kill him.

With his family torn apart and his life in danger, Jimmy seeks refuge in the USA.  But this time the enemy is inside his head...

Review:

This was an action-packed book, filled with battles that start after the first couple of pages!  I couldn’t put the book down, even when I got given a drink!

The third book in the Jimmy Coates series, it starts by setting the scene a little, before going straight into a battle.  Jimmy has left the country, on the run from the evil NJ7: the organisation that genetically programmed him to be the perfect assassin.  He keeps on having images in his head, and pains in his ears for a few seconds.  And, slowly, Jimmy can feel himself turning into the assassin he was made to be.  Revenge is about Jimmy’s struggle to survive...

Jimmy was a cool, great fighting character!  When his programming takes over, he was about to do some unusual things, but he was good underneath it all.

One of the baddies in the book, Miss Bennett, was mean and evil.  I didn’t like her very much, because she was just plain creepy.  Another bad guy was Mitchell, who was another genetically programmed assassin.  He was a good fighter, but he’d let his programming take over him.

The other characters were all great, but my favourite was Felix.  Felix was sometimes funny, and very loyal to Jimmy.  I liked him because of his sense of humour and because he always agreed with Jimmy.

The last genetically engineered assassin was Zafi, the only French and only girl assassin.  She was super fast and put a lot of power into her strikes. 

Revenge was unputdownable and was an amazing book.  It was completely epic and I really want to read the rest of the series.

(The only reason it lost ¼ was because it left it at a really bad place!)

William Out For Now...

Star Rating:
4¾ Out of 5

Read this book if you liked:

Jimmy Coates: Killer, Target or Sabotage by Joe Craig

Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz
Young Bond by Charlie Higson