Gone by Michael Grant

"It isn't until the world collapses around you that you find out what kind of person you really are."  Looking for something exciting to read over the summer holidays? Check out the "Gone" series.

Review of Gone: In a town in southern California suddenly all the people over the age of 15 disappear and the town gets sealed off from the rest of the world. The town falls into disarray so it is up to our hero Sam to restore order to the town but fear starts to spread when some of the survivors get powers.

I think everyone should read this book because it is loads of fun to read and it has got lots of action and some very good characters.

By heat man 06    

Review of the series: The Gone series is by author Michael Grant. It is about a small town where all the adults have vanished and the kids are trapped in a small town. Every kid under 15 stays in a dome. The kids must learn how to survive. Eventually other kids come and a battle starts. The books in the series are: “Gone”, which is about kids getting used to the new world; “Hunger”, which is about the kids starving; “Lies” which is about a psychopath who died in a fire, but is back for revenge;” Plague” which is about a disease inside the Dome, which the kids must fight off; “Fear” about a monster that has been hiding in the cage out to kill every last kid; and “Light” which is about Sam the main character fighting off the monster and Drake. Everyone should read this series because it is an award winning series and some of the best books I have ever read.

By Pedro13 

 Check out the book trailer and more information about the Gone series on the Michael Grant website. If you enjoyed 'Gone', then you should  read the next books in the series: "Hunger", "Lies", "Plague", "Fear" and "Light".

The Dare Game by Jacqueline Wilson

"The Dare Game” is a stunning story. It’s about a girl called Tracy Beaker who stays in a children’s home while her glamorous mum is away modelling. Later Tracy gets a foster mum called Cam.

Throughout the book Tracy doesn't like Cam because she’s not fashionable - she wants her real mum, not a foster mum. Tracy does really badly at school and decides to run away.

Tracy finds an old abandoned house and meets Alexander who makes lots of stuff out cardboard and is very shy. Later on she finds a boy called Football in the street. Before they know it, they are playing a dare game in the abandoned house.............THEY ARE TAKING RISKS WITH THEIR LIVES!!! Later on she finally gets her mum back  but is it really what she wants?

 If I were you, I would grab this book. I DARE YOU!!!!

By  animal girl 2000