Justin Christopher

We've all heard the saying 'never meet your heroes, ' but what if you do and that means saving them?Max Stripe is 13 years old.He loves a little risk.And he's not thinking straight.Not when the security team for his favorite band, The California Ghouls, leaves their tour bus wide open. Convinced the lead singer wants to marry him, Max drags his little brother aboard, a moment of madness that is a mere opening act for the troubles that lay ahead. The boys are about to go from homeless to household names on a crazy bus ride to stardom.For ages 10+

Hi, I'm Toby and I want to get something straight. What you're about to read is NOT a diary. Diaries smell like strawberry bubblegum and have stupid little locks that are easy to open. This is a logbook, the sort sea captains and pilots and astronauts write. Someone will probably find it in a pirate's chest in a hundred years.It's NOT a diary. Remember that.Anyway, there are some other things you need to know. I love sport and I hate school. My sister is the most annoying person in the world and my friends Jonesy and Hughsey are the coolest. I also think the GameBox V3 is the best video game EVER. Guess what? Dad has agreed to buy me one - but there's a catch: I have to get 20 wickets and 10 tries by the end of the season. Shot But then a new kid arrives at my school. His name is Malcolm McGarvy and he's got legs that look like they were stolen from a gorilla. He lives with his uncle and is allowed to stay up ALL night Here's the problem. McGarvy is also good at sport, but he doesn't care about winning. He just wants to stop ME from getting the Gamebox V3.Welcome to MY BEST, WORST YEAR.REVIEWS: In the interests of instilling a love of reading in our children we read to them. A lot What is crucial is that the books we read grab their attention and keep them riveted. And if it can keep the parents who have to read it entertained as well its a welcome bonus. And finally, if there is a lesson or two in there, subtle enough not be be seen as lessons, then great The whole family enjoyed this book. My wife and I read some each night with the kids always begging for more, no matter how much we read. We had to learn to stop early, then agree to 'one more chapter'. The adults enjoyed the book as much as the kids because it took us back to what it felt like to be young, and the challenges and issues we faced. When Jill was reading I also wanted 'just one more chapter'. I got the distinct impression the author has not grown up himself, which is just what's needed in a children's book author. Justin captured what it was like to be a kid as if he was still living it.Richard HowesOver all I rate this fantastic book 9 out of 10. When your mum or dad says go to bed and stop reading you sneakily keep reading because your on a cliff-hanger, then suddenly you're already done, then you start having a melt down. Well the only downs in this book are probably...nothing so I should probably rate this 10 out of 10 but I don't want to be too nice. Once again it was totally awesome. This book is about if Toby gets 20 wickets and 10 tries by the end of the season he gets a gameboxv3 but this big bully called mcGravy try's to stop him from getting that game box so will Toby get those wickets and tries before its to late? And this book is very funny.By Finn

Journee Blake hates the way she looks, despises her brother, and is tired of moving house due to her father constantly losing his job. But now she has a new problem. She is convinced there are strange beings living beneath her house. As Journee struggles to fit into her new school her father keeps blaming her for messing up the house, even though she knows it was clean before she leaves each morning. But Journee's no fool. She finds out that the people messing with her house are white, glowing 'strange beings' called Underers. She knows this because late one night she discovers their magical world 101 steps beneath her bed. Journee's life is perfect, until she receives a most unreasonable request from the Underers. If she doesn't meet her new family's demands, they'll be gone forever.

10-year-old Leo Wriggly lives with his mum and dad who are Professional Competition Winners. In one particularly lucky week, they win a trip for themselves and a trip for Leo to visit a brand new theme park called Friendly Island. As his parents depart, Leo's Aunt Margo arrives to babysit, but unlike his parents, she is a stickler for fine print and happily sends her nephew to Friendly Island 'where chronically misbehaving children are sent to correct their disgusting habits'. Leo arrives on the island with four other children. At first, it seems like Disneyland, there are dolphin rides and monkey safaris But there's a catch. Each mealtime, the children are tricked into drinking a potion that transforms them. The girl who chewed her hair has grown a bird's nest on her head. The boy who picked his nose has had his brain fall out. Another child who swore too much can now only squawk like a parrot and another girl who stole money now has hands made of glue. And poor Leo Wriggly, whose only crime was to swallow gum, has MASSIVE pink bubbles coming out of his butt. Can this young boy save his friends before the island's Komodo dragon eats them all for supper?