By Cathy Hopkins
It is 8th and last of the series of the Truth Dare Kiss Promise written by a best selling auther Cathy Hopkins.Everything is about to change for this girl named Cat. She is moving to a new house and will have her own room at last. Her dads about to marry Jen, which means a trip to london (which is a little far of from cornwell where she lived.)to shop for a wedding dress and a chance to meet up with her mates in london as well as her love interst Jamie.But soon everything falls apart Jamie does a disappearing act , Cat's room seems to end up with pale blue walls instead of deep morrocan colours she wanted and not to mansion the wedding falling apart and Cat has a secrect she promises to revial to her friends but finds her self doubting to do so. Will Cat find away to solve all these problems and enjoy her summer vacction.By Jacinta
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Blind Beauty
By Lucy Christopher
While visiting her father in hospital, thirteen-year-old Isla meets Harry, the first boy to understand her and her love of the outdoors. But Harry is ill, and as his health fails, Isla is determined to help him in the only way she knows how. Together they watch a lone swan struggling to fly on the lake outside Harry's window. Isla believes that if she can help the damaged swan, somehow she can help Harry. And in doing so, she embarks upon a breathtakingly magical journey of her own. With Isla and Harry throughout the book is a lone swan that has become detached from its flock. It might not be able to talk or interact like a human can, but it's just as important as the other characters. It has the ability to guide and offer comfort when it's needed most.
By Sophie
scatterheart
by Lilli Wilkinson
Set in 1814: 14 year old Hannah Cheshire was a lady of quality, her father was a gentleman. She had only two man in her live , her father Author Cheshire and her tutor Thomas Bher. Thomas was not a man of quality. Her father forbid Thomas to teach her to much just enough so shes not a pumpkin, but Thomas taught her everything like geometry, mathematics, history and astrology. He also told fairytales, Hannah's favourite one was aabout the story of scatterheat and the whitebear in th land east o' the sun and west o' the moon.Soon cause of that Thomas was fired after 4 years. Next thing you know Hannah found herself in a cell and stays there until called to court. She is found guilty to stealing sliver and Sapphire earrings sentence to banishment overs seas to new south wales. On the ship she and cell mates long Meg a women with no self respect and tabby a crazy old lady who eats flies experience troubles of brotle Dr ulthrone and the canning ways to hurt meg and later kills her. Hannah sees new things she hasn't seen before. When she gets to new south wales she is sent to a near by island called parramatta she was then sent to work in a female factory.Once a week on a sunday all the single man would come and vist the factory and drop the hankichief in front of the woman they liked and if the woman wanted to she was to pick up the hankichief . James came for Hannah and she rejected and James told her thomas came to the land and died . The next day Tabby died. The next sunday James came again and Hannah had no choice to except. Hannah found out that James lied to her about Thomas being dead but he did come to the country. Molly a little girl from the ship came and told her were Mr.Bher (or as molly says Mr Bear as Hannah told her the story of scatterheart and the white bear.) is and after a long jounary he was found. But James found them and treatned to kill Hannah. Molly jumped on him biting and scratching him. James threw her on the ground and Thomas held James gun to his head and told James to go away . James turned to Hannah and cursed at her. Thomas had no choice but to kill her. Thomas thought that Hannah was not save with him since he killed two people but Hannah told him she killed a Dr Ulthrone and was not a lady of Qulity at all. Thomas smiled and said what about that story ? They laughed. scatterheart and the white bear and the little wax child picked these treasures and lived happily ever after!!!By Jacinta
Black beauty
by Anna Seawell
Black Beauty is a beautiful horse that grew up living in a pleasant meadow with his mother, the master and the plow boy Dick . Dick sometimes hurt the horses.Black beauty(or darkie as the master called him for he was dark and dull)was the smallest colt out of all seven of them.Soon Dick was caught hurting the horses and was fired. Black beauty saw his first brook(hunt) there where dogs and hunter's slaying some horses. black beauty was then led to live with a new family and got his break in (that's when a horse that gets ready to race for the first time). he experience adventure bad and good, and ends up moving a lot lately feeling unstable and unwanted. All he wants now is the love and a great family that will help him do his job as a horse.
scatterheart
by Lilli Wilkinson
Set in 1814: 14 year old Hannah Cheshire was a lady of quality, her father was a gentleman. She had only two man in her live , her father Author Cheshire and her tutor Thomas Bher. Thomas was not a man of quality. Her father forbid Thomas to teach her to much just enough so shes not a pumpkin, but Thomas taught her everything like geometry, mathematics, history and astrology. He also told fairytales, Hannah's favourite one was aabout the story of scatterheat and the whitebear in th land east o' the sun and west o' the moon.Soon cause of that Thomas was fired after 4 years. Next thing you know Hannah found herself in a cell and stays there until called to court. She is found guilty to stealing sliver and Sapphire earrings sentence to banishment overs seas to new south wales. On the ship she and cell mates long Meg a women with no self respect and tabby a crazy old lady who eats flies experience troubles of brotle Dr ulthrone and the canning ways to hurt meg and later kills her. Hannah sees new things she hasn't seen before. When she gets to new south wales she is sent to a near by island called parramatta she was then sent to work in a female factory.Once a week on a sunday all the single man would come and vist the factory and drop the hankichief in front of the woman they liked and if the woman wanted to she was to pick up the hankichief . James came for Hannah and she rejected and James told her thomas came to the land and died . The next day Tabby died. The next sunday James came again and Hannah had no choice to except. Hannah found out that James lied to her about Thomas being dead but he did come to the country. Molly a little girl from the ship came and told her were Mr.Bher (or as molly says Mr Bear as Hannah told her the story of scatterheart and the white bear.) is and after a long jounary he was found. But James found them and treatned to kill Hannah. Molly jumped on him biting and scratching him. James threw her on the ground and Thomas held James gun to his head and told James to go away . James turned to Hannah and cursed at her. Thomas had no choice but to kill her. Thomas thought that Hannah was not save with him since he killed two people but Hannah told him she killed a Dr Ulthrone and was not a lady of Qulity at all. Thomas smiled and said what about that story ? They laughed. scatterheart and the white bear and the little wax child picked these treasures and lived happily ever after!!!Black beauty
by Anna Seawell
Black Beauty is a beautiful horse that grew up living in a pleasant meadow with his mother, the master and the plow boy Dick . Dick sometimes hurt the horses.Black beauty(or darkie as the master called him for he was dark and dull)was the smallest colt out of all seven of them.Soon Dick was caught hurting the horses and was fired. Black beauty saw his first brook(hunt) there where dogs and hunter's slaying some horses. black beauty was then led to live with a new family and got his break in (that's when a horse that gets ready to race for the first time). he experience adventure bad and good, and ends up moving a lot lately feeling unstable and unwanted. All he wants now is the love and a great family that will help him do his job as a horse.By Jacinta
CHINESE CINDERELLA (AND THE MYSTERY OF THE SONG DYNADTY PAINTING)
BY ADELINE YEN MAH
FALLING A SERIOUS FALL at the town of fengjie 12 year old CC iswhoosedaway to hospital. She seems to be unconscious and is having night mares. the doctor decides to put her in theory. through her sessions the doctor seems to solve the mysteries of her sudden obsession of the song dynasty painting.As for in her dreams she recalls the live of Mei Lan Zhang and brother Gege and a boy servant Ah lai who later carries the name of the emperor Zhao as Ah Zhao. She explains the life of the girl and says she is Mei Lan herself and quotes her every word from years ago. Everything is so realistic that when she heard her self on the recording of the doctor she couldn't believe it was her.Durning the sessions she talks about thebarbarian orphan boy(Ah Lai or Ah zhao)and there painting lessons and even though Ah lai does not know how to read they think his the smartest person ever,How he carved a Jade dog for the Emporer (and that is how he got the name Ah Zhao), the cricket fights,there visit to the capital (Bian Laing), her foot binding, AhZhao's past the incident at the Qing Ming river the prime minster and his son Cai jing and Cai ye and how gege goes to the university and becomes friends with Cai Ye and Mei Lan's fathers birthday and the bad relationship of her and her stepmom (Niang).This seems to be an historical story inspired by China's most famous painting.
By Jacinta
OLD BONES
BY Bill Nagelkerke
CHINESE CINDERELLA (AND THE MYSTERY OF THE SONG DYNADTY PAINTING)
BY ADELINE YEN MAH
FALLING A SERIOUS FALL at the town of fengjie 12 year old CC iswhoosedaway to hospital. She seems to be unconscious and is having night mares. the doctor decides to put her in theory. through her sessions the doctor seems to solve the mysteries of her sudden obsession of the song dynasty painting.As for in her dreams she recalls the live of Mei Lan Zhang and brother Gege and a boy servant Ah lai who later carries the name of the emperor Zhao as Ah Zhao. She explains the life of the girl and says she is Mei Lan herself and quotes her every word from years ago. Everything is so realistic that when she heard her self on the recording of the doctor she couldn't believe it was her.Durning the sessions she talks about thebarbarian orphan boy(Ah Lai or Ah zhao)and there painting lessons and even though Ah lai does not know how to read they think his the smartest person ever,How he carved a Jade dog for the Emporer (and that is how he got the name Ah Zhao), the cricket fights,there visit to the capital (Bian Laing), her foot binding, AhZhao's past the incident at the Qing Ming river the prime minster and his son Cai jing and Cai ye and how gege goes to the university and becomes friends with Cai Ye and Mei Lan's fathers birthday and the bad relationship of her and her stepmom (Niang).This seems to be an historical story inspired by China's most famous painting.By Jacinta
OLD BONES
BY Bill Nagelkerke
Jamie moves from the farm to a house in the city called clovery. The house is old is going to take a long time to fix it up. Jamie hates the place cause he feels he left his mom at the farm, since she died giving birth to Jamie he never new her. except the time he saw her spirit on his 1st day of school.he also hates the house cause sue his dads pregnant girlfriend chose it ,he expects a ghost in the house,and not to Manson the flat renter in the back yard Simon.he feels that sue and the baby is that all dad cares about lately.he meets a girl who he accidentally tells his secret of seeing his moms ghost.she tells him that Marion wanted to see him(Marion is a lady of 93years of age who lives next door).he walks over and she offers him some scones and tells him about the colverly ghost and that it was the love of her life Charlie who was it.he had died drowning in the river trying to get the long lost bones of George vennels.his body was never found and that's why his spirit is free.she told him the history of clovery and asks him to please help her find Charlie's body by talking to him so that he could rest in peace and be with Marion when she dies. he manges to talk to Charlie and Charlie is asking him to help finds his bones to.will Charlie and Jamie find his body and would he finally rest in peace.by Jacinta
