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Book review
This review is by Tim from the cool-reads team
Tim wrote this review when 11 years old
 
Prove Yourself a Hero  

by K.M. Peyton

Oxford University Press, 1999 (first published 1977), 180 pages, ISBN 0 19 271776 6

How easy was it to get stuck into this book?
This book has a bit of a slow start but is a good read.

Who are the main characters?
The main character is Jonathan, the son of a rich businessman and one of his main hobbies is horse-riding.

What's the storyline?
When Jonathan is kidnapped and held to ransom for half a million pounds, he is not sure his parents will pay but they do. Later Jonathan recognises one of the kidnappers at a horse-race. In the drama that follows, Jonathan is shot and ends up in hospital.

How's it written?
There are quite a lot of terms about horses, but apart from that there aren't any hard words.

Other books by the same author that Tim knows about?
The same author wrote the Flambards series, A Midsummer Night's Death and A Pattern of Roses

The overall verdict is
Well worth a look

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Quick Pick
- 08 September 2010 -

This book is written from the point of view of four hamsters - Frank, Mabel, George and Elsie. The book starts with the story of Frank who escapes from his cage, just as he had always dreamed of doing. Later chapters go on to describe the other hamsters who live in Frank's neighbourhood of Bright Street - Mabel, George and Elsie. They all start off in cages in various houses where some are contented with their lives whilst others long for freedom and to see the world … Eventually it is revealed that behind a lot of the troubles the hamsters experience there lurks the Black Hamster of Narkiz. Daniel Vining (10) from Wales has written a brilliant review of this book.


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