I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

Title: I Am Number Four

Author: Pittacus Lore

Series: Lorien Legacies #1

Genre: Science Fiction

Summary: Lorien is an alien planet that was destroyed by the Mogadorians because of their resources. 18 people escaped, 9 young children and their protectors. The kids have special powers and when they all develop they will all come together to destroy the Mogadorians. Three are dead already and John (who’s had three names to protect his identity), is next. Will he survive?

What’s Good About It: Everything is so good. There’s suspense, unexpected events, a story of love and great sadness and happiness. This book has absolutely everything you can name.

What Wasn’t So Good: I can’t think of anything.

Rating: *****

Further Reading Suggestions

The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore

Review by Peter McCarthy, 8JU

The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson

Title:The Adoration of Jenna Fox

Author: Mary E. Pearson

Series: Jenna Fox Chronicles #1

Genre: Science Fiction

Summary: This is about a girl, Jenna, who was in a car accident but has forgotten everything about her old life. However she can remember advanced history and maths yet not her middle name. She then cuts herself trying to rescue her old laptop and finds she has a blue substance inside her. Jenna thinks she is a monster and can’t understand what has happened to her.

What’s Good About It: This book was good because she didn’t remember anything it explained everything very well. Also the storyline was very good and convincing.

What Wasn’t So Good: It wasn’t very good because it would hint that something would happen then it didn’t. This meant your imagination started to tell the story but then it didn’t happen.

Rating: ****

Further Reading Suggestions

Forgotten by Cat Patrick
Impossible by Nancy Werlin

Review by Rachel Flather

Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams

Title: Life, the Universe and Everything

Author: Douglas Adams

Series: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy #3

Genre: Science Fiction

Summary:  Arthur, Zaphod, Tirllian and Marvin have just seen a car so black that their eyes can’t even make out the shape of it. They decide to take it for a ride, and that’s where their problems start. In this book there is a spaceship with the worst people from a certain planet, a red chesterfield style sofa, prehistoric earth and Lords Cricket Ground.

What’s Good About It: The randomness of it. It’s so bonkers, it’s great!

What Wasn’t So Good: Nothing, it’s amazing!

Rating: *****

Further Reading Suggestions

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker’s Guide #2) by Douglas Adams

Review by Zachary Salmon, 8BW

The Death Cure by James Dashner

Title:  The Death Cure

Author: James Dashner

Series: Maze Runner #3

Genre: Science Fiction

Summary: After a long series of trials, WICKED is finally prepared to give the gladers their memories back. But can WICKED by trusted? Can anyone be trusted?

What’s Good About  It: After the events of the first two books, this book ties up lots of loose ends, and still manages to bring in fresh new elements, whilst still keeping a sarcastic sense of humour and the themes from the previous books.

What Wasn’t So Good: *SPOILER ALERT*

In The Scorch Trials, Tome got really annoyed with Teresa because WICKED forced her to do stuff. Even though she had no choice, Tom still carries this disdain for Teresa through to The Death Cure, and I find that the grudge, although and interesting plot element, is petty…

Rating: *****

Further Reading Suggestions: The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins

The Maze Runner by James Dashner
The Maze Runner 2: Scorch Trials by James Dashner

Review by Luca Stone, 9JB

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

Title: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Author: Douglas Adams

Series: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy #2

Genre: Science Fiction

Summary: What is the answer to life, the universe and everything? That is the queation that has plagued the minds of the greatest philosophers in the galaxy until they finally decided that enough was enough and they needed the answer now. So they decided to build a super computer that was more powerful than any other in existence, but there was a flaw in the great plan; the answer was meaningless. They needed to find out what the question was. So the Earth was created.

What’s Good About It: The craziness of it and the intricity of the plot. Along with the new characters which had a lot of depth to them and the storyline.

What Wasn’t So Good: Some bits in it are hard to keep track of but apart from that it was great.

Rating: ****

Further Reading Suggestions

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish by Douglas Adams

Review by Zachary Salmon, 8BW

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Title: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Author: Douglas Adams

Series: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy #1

Genre: Science Fiction

Summary: Arthur Dent is about to have his house bulldozered down. He’s not a happy bunny. So when his friend Ford Prefect takes him down to the pub and tells him that some alien creatures called Vogons are about to destroy the planet, he loses it completely. Furthermore, his friend Ford, who he’s known for twelve years, tells him he’s actually from a planet called Beetleguese and not from Guilford…

What’s Good About It: The characters were funny and the storyline was imaginative and well thought out. The book even makes you contemplate whether what you know about the planet is true or not and whether there are other lifeforms out there.

What Wasn’t So Good: There were no bad bits!

Rating: *****

Further Reading Suggestions

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
The Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett

Review by Zachary Salmon, 8JU