Book reviews:

Book review 1
Book title:Jumper
By:Steven Gould
Summary of book:At seventeen the world is at your feet;especially if you can teleport.David Rice barely remembers his mother.She left his alcoholic father when Davy(David) was very young.Since then William Rice 's drunken anger has been focused on his young teenager son.One evening,as he is about to receive another brutal beating,Davy shuts his eyes and wishes to be safe.When he opens them again,he finds himself in his small town's library.Slowly,he realises that he is very special:he can teleport.Armed with his new power,Davy sets out with fresh purpose:he will leave his abusive home and find his long lost mother.Davy's confidence grows as his skills do,but they also draw unwanted attention,and soon Davy finds that he is being hunted...

Reflections:Basically the book is quite exciting,talking about David having the ability to "jump",in other words it means to teleport.He gains this ability unknowingly after being abused by his father.I think that having the ability to teleport would be fantastic as I can go anywhere I want,anytime I like.But there is one disadvantage,David can only teleport to a place where he has been before.If there is teleportation in real life,that would make travelling more easier.Imagine teleporting back home straight away after school or work rather than having to squeeze with oher commuters on trains and buses.You could do almost anything fast and effectively and be in many places in a matter of seconds,that would be very cool.But nevertheless the ability to teleport should not be used as a tool to commit ccrimes like robbing,shoplifting and others.

Book review 2
Book title:Henry and Ribsy
By:Louis Darling
Summary of book:At last.Henry Huggin's father promised to take him fishing,on one condition.Henry's dog,Ribsy,has been in all sorts of trouble lately,from running off with the neighbour's barbecue roast to stealing a policeman's lunch.To go on the fishing rip,Henry must keep Ribsy out of trouble-no cahsing cats,no digging up lawns and no getting anywhere near little ramona Quimby,the pest of Klickitat Street.But nevertheless Henry and Ribsy still managed to get out of trouble and their father finally allowed them to go fishing with him.In the end,Henry managed to catch a twenty-nine pound salmon with his bare hands.

Reflections:I personally think that this book is a very good example of a strong friendship between a human and a dog.This book's male lead,Henry Huggins,have dreamed of going with his father on a fishing trip.But his father wanted him to keep Ribsy out of all sorts of trouble before letting Henry tag along with him on a fishing trip.Upon hearing this,Henry immediately tried his best to keep Ribsy out of trouble as his father's offer comes just once in a blue moon.Ribsy just can't keep itself out of troubles and his owner got to help him out of all the mess it has created and keep it from his father.This was not an easy task,but Ribsy and Henry still managed to get their father's approval to follow him on a fishing trip.This story shows teamwork and dedication between the two of them and there are a lot of things which we can learn from them that might be useful in our daliy lifes.

By:Jia Hao=)