ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell 144 pp. Penguin Group. £8.99. (Ages 13 and up) ISBN 9780141182704 Rating: ? Stars This book is set in a future when animals are much cleverer than now. And because of their cleverness, the pigs started a revolution against the humans. Pigs could speak fluently in English unlike the other animals, and that gave them the power to be leaders. But, the story that follows only happened a few years after that... Their first leader, Old Major, was kind and fair who knew animals should be equal. But when Napoleon became the leader it was very unpleasant. He made a rule that allowed the pigs to have better food and that forced all of the other animals to work crazily hard every day and night. That wasn’t enough, Napoleon wanted more power. He decided to kill his brother, Snowball, so that he would be the only leader. Snowball was admired because he came up with a clever idea to build windmill. Sn...
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
By Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
208 pp. Puffin. £6.99. (Ages 8 and up)
ISBN
9780141322711
Rating: ? Stars
Charlie Bucket lives in a small wooden house with Grandpa Jo, Grandma Josephene, Grandpa George and Grandma Georgena, Mr and Mrs Bucket. He is a young, kind little boy with yellow hair and blue eyes. He is 4 foot 10 inches and he is 6 stone. He passes the chocolate factory on the way to school. His hobbie is eating chocolate. He has butter and toast for breakfast, he has baked potatoes and cabbage for lunch and cabbage soup for supper. He only had a chocolate bar once a year, which was on his birthday. He always dreampt about going in the factory. once, on his birthday, he opened his wonka bar and found a golden ticket to the chocolate factory.
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