24 May 2016

THE LITTLE PRINCESS



AUTHOR : FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
   GENRE :  CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
NUMBER OF PAGES: 266

' I am a princess.  All girls are. Even if they live in old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren't pretty,or smart , or young.They're still princesses.'

WHEN SARAH CREWE'S FATHER BECAME INSOLVENT AND DIED, SARAH WAS FOSTERED BY MISS MINCHIN, HEADMISTRESS OF THE GIRLS SEMINARY IN LONDON. SARAH WAS FORCED TO WORK FOR MISS MINCHIN AND LIVED IN THE ATTIC, BUT SHE KNEW SHE WAS A PRINCESS FROM THE INSIDE. SARAH HAD MASTERED HER IMAGINATION SKILLS AND EVEN THROUGH HER TIRING AND BORING LIFE SARAH IMAGINED STORIES AND BEFRIENDED A RAT. ONE DAY, A SICK INDIAN GENTLEMAN CAME IN THE SEARCH OF SARAH. SARAH WAS FOUND AND SHE WAS ONCE AGAIN WEALTHY.

23 May 2016

THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH

                   



                                                


                                                                                                          

                                                 AUTHOR:NORTON JUSTER  
                                                   GENRE : FANTASY
                                                  NUMBER OF PAGES : 256
 ' So many things are possible just as long  as you don't know they're impossible '

MILO IS A VERY BORED KID, HE THINKS THAT THE WORLD IS FULL WITH BOREDOM AND LONELINESS.BUT ONE DAY HE RECIEVED THE MOST PECULIAR GIFT, A BIG TOLLBOOTH. WITH THE TOLLBOOTH MILO ENTERS ANOTHER WORLD FULLL OF IMAGINATION WITH MANY IMAGINARY CREATURES. MILO MEETS MANY PEOPLE AND MAKES MANY FRIENDS. HE ENTERS THE LAND BEYONDS IN THE KINGDOM OF WISDOM AND GOES THROUGH ALOT OF ADVENTURE. HE IS GIVEN THE MISSION TO SAVE THE TWO PRINCESSES OF THE KINGDOM. WILL MILO SUCCEED IN THE MISSION? CAN HE SAVE THE KINGDOM OF WISDOM? READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT.

18 May 2016

ROBINSON CRUSOE

                         

                                                    AUTHOR: DANIEL DEFOE
                                                     GENRE  : HISTORICAL FICTION
                               NUMBER OF PAGES : 320
                                         'It is never too late to be wise.'

ROBINSON CRUSOE AT THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN HATED HIS LIFE. HIS DREAM WAS TO BE RICH. EVEN AFTER A STERN LECTURE FROM HIS FATHER ,THAT THE MIDDLE CLASS IS ALWAYS THE BEST WITH LESS PROBLEMS, ROBINSON CRUSOE LEFT HIS FAMILY AND BEGIN HIS SEARCH FOR FAME AND WEALTH ,BUT BEFORE BEING WEALTHY ,HIS SHIP SUNK AND HE WITH SOME OTHER SURVIVORS WAS STRANDED ON AN ISLAND. HE WAS RESCUED AND HE AGAIN STARTED HIS JOURNEY WHICH ENDED IN DISASTER TOO, WHEN RAIDED BY SÁLE PIRATES.HE IS CAPTURED AND IS FORCED TO WORK FOR THEM. TWO YEARS LATER, HE ESCAPES WITH A BOY NAMED XURY.HE SELLS XURY TO A CAPTAIN AND AFTER MANY JOURNEYS, HE REACHES BRAZIL WHERE HE OBTAINS A PLANTATION.
     AFTER YEARS OF SUCCESS HE IS CHOSEN BY HIS PARTNERS TO CAPTURE AFRICAN SLAVES. ON THE WAY HIS SHIP WRECKS AND HE IS THE ONLY SURVIVOR. HE IS STRANDED ON AN ISLAND WHICH HE CALLS THE ISLAND OF DISPAIR. HE LIVES THERE FOR TWENTY SEVEN YEARS AND CREATES A TOWN ALL FOR HIMSELF. HIS DREAM OF BIENG FAMOUS AND RICH HAD COME TRUE , BUT NOW ALL HE WANTED WAS HIS FAMILY AND PEOPLE TO TALK TO...



            

17 May 2016

ARTEMIS FOWL (BOOK 1)


                                                      AUTHOR:EOIN COLFER
                                                        GENRE : FANTASY
                                 NUMBER OF PAGES : 277

12 YEAR-OLD ,ARTEMIS FOWL, A MILLIONAIRE  A CRIMINAL MASTERMIND, AND A GENIUS KIDNAPS CAPTAIN HOLLY SHORT OF LEPRECON.THE COUNCIL HAS TO GIVE FAIRY GOLD IN ORDER TO FREE CAPTAIN SHORT. THE FAIRIES ARE FURIOUS AND ARTEMIS' LIFE IS IN DANGER.....

13 May 2016

THE TRIALS OF APOLLO

        

 

                          AUTHOR: RICK RIORDAN  
                                                GENRE : GREEK MYTHOLOGY
                                                     NUMBER OF PAGES : 376
                          ' Return to Percy Jackson's world '  

IT ALL STARTED WHEN APOLLO, THE GREEK GOD OF ARCHERY,WAS CAST DOWN FROM OLYMPUS AND CRASHED IN A NEW YORK DUMPSTER. WITH THE AID OF PERCY JACKSON , APOLLO REACHED CAMP HALF-BLOOD ,BUT THINGS WERE NOT OKAY THERE TOO. DEMIGODS WERE MISSING AND THE ORACLE WAS NOT WORKING. APOLLO HAS TO PROTECT THE FOUR ORACLES FROM A PERSON KNOWN AS 'THE BEAST'...