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...
GEORGE'S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE
By Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
128 pp. Puffin. £5.99. (Ages 8 and up)
ISBN
9780141322735
Rating: ? Stars
George's grandmother has a small puckered up mouth like a dogs bottom. She has pale brown teth as if shes only been eating sugar all of her life and never brushes her teeth.
George's grandmother's not a very nice person. She always bosses George about making him do everything for her. George's grandmother loves to eat bugs. Her favourites are beetles. She says your lucky if you get one in a stick of celary.
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