Niam V’s Book Reviews

The Merchant of Venice (A Shakespeare Story)

by Andrew Mathew

 

Setting – This story takes place in Venice

 

Main Characters – 1. The first main character is Antonio he is a venetian merchant.   2. The second character is Bassino he is Antonio young friend.  3. The third character is Portia. A noblewoman from Belmont.

 

Summery – Antonio was speaking to Bassino but he was thinking of Portia. he was in love. Portia was the richest lady in Belmont she wanted a husband. So she told the prince of Argon and the prince of Morocco to come and meet her at her palace. Basin also turned up and they all had to chose a casket. Basin choses the right one and marries Portia.

 

Moral of the story – The moral of the story is to not be greedy and not everything is what it seems on the outside.

 

Conclusion – Shylok a moneylender and Antonio nearly die but Portia saves them.

 

Would you recommend this book? – Yes and it teaches you a lesson.

 

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Romeo and Juliet (A Shakespeare Story)

by Andrew Mathew

 

Setting – This story takes place in Verona

 

Main Characters – 1. The first character is Romeo. He is son of Lord Montague   2. The second character is Juliet. She is the daughter of Lord Capulet.  3. The last character is Tybalt. He is cousin to Juliet.

 

Summery – In this book the Capulet and the Monague are enemy’s. But the prince of Verona wants it to stop. Romeo and Juliet fall in love. Romeo was still fighting so he gets sent away from Verona. He comes back in disgise to see Juliet. He sees Juliet in a tomb and thinks she is dead. He drinks poison. When Juliet woke up she saw Romeo dead so she kills herself.

 

Moral of the story – Fighting doesn’t solve the problem

 

Conclusion – Both of the main characters die.

 

Would you recommend this book? – I would defently recommend this book a friend because it teaches a lesson.

 

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Julius Caesar (A Shakespeare Story)

by Andrew Mathew

 

Setting – It took place on Rome

 

Main Characters – 1. Julius Caesar was a Victorious Roman general and a senator.  2. Brutus was a well respected nobleman and a friend to Caesar.  3. Mark Anthony was a close friend to Caesar.

 

Summery – Julius Caesar was a great general everybody wanted him to be king. But Casius Brutus friend didn’t agree. He would say everyone is going to be my slave. So they killed him the last stab came from Brutus.

 

Moral of the story – Be nice and treat people well and don’t be a ruler be normal and you will feel special.

 

Conclusion – The story ended up with Caesar and Brutus dead.

 

Would you recommend this book? – I would because it makes you think what you should and what you shouldn’t do.

 

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The Chocolate Touch

by Patrick Skene Catling

 

Setting – This story takes place in Hampstead in London

 

Main Characters – 1. John Midas was a avrage boy healthy and was quite nice.  2. Susan Buttercup was Johns best friend and she was kind  3. The shopkeeper was the one that gave the chocolate to John.

 

Summery – John finds a coin on the floor that he wants to keep but instead he bought some chocolates when he opened it there was one he ate it. The next day he realises that it is magical everything he touches and eat turns into chocolate.

 

Moral of the story – Don’t be greedy or something bad could happen.

 

Conclusion – He turns his mum into chocolate than the shopkeeper turns his mum back and the chocolate touch is dead.

 

Would you recommend this book? – Yes because it is suitable for 8 year old children and chocolate lovers.

by Niam V

 

 

 

 

Theo’s Review

I have read a really good book called ‘How to train your dragon: How to Steal a Dragon’s Sword’ by Cressida Cowell.

 The story is about Hiccup’s father who is the King and Hiccup, who can speak dragonese. He is also a Viking and a hero. Hiccup has read all Flashburns books about sword fighting and is now on a quest to find him.

Hiccup finds a witch in a castle . The witch tells him there is a sword fighting competition to decide who will be the King of the Wilderwest. Hiccup’s father has disappeared and he knows the witch had something to do with it.

Hiccup finds himself in a mine where Flashburn is chained up. The crown is guarded by a dragon called the Wodensfang. Hiccup takes the crown but as he leaves the cave, the witch took it and locked them up with Flashburn.

They both managed to escape and trapped the witch in a cupboard. Hiccup won the sword fighting competition against his Dad. The witch escaped and told everybody that hiccup had the slave mark and could not be king.

Alvin, the witches son, who came third in the competition, became king and declared war on the dragons. The dragon rebellion started. The Vikings where losing the war. Hiccup saved the day by finding a fake jewell that stopped the rebellion and all of the dragons followed him. Hiccup eventually found the map that led to the real jewel.

I liked the book because I love thrilling stories and I love long books.

By Theo

 

 

 

Well done, boys! Fantastic book reviews…

Well done for completing so many book reviews!  This is a fantastic effort.  I hope you enjoyed your holiday reading and I am looking forward to discussing them with you today.  We will read some of the reviews in class today and tomorrow.  To read the reviews, you need to look under, ‘Mrs Turk Recommends……’.  You will see there are over 20 posts waiting to be read.  Why not write a comment?

From Mrs Turk