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...
THE PEARL By John Steinbeck 96 pp. Penguin Books. $10.00. (Ages 18 and up) ISBN 9780140177374 Rating: ? Stars I found this book when rummaging through the old books of my grandfather's house. Even though it was quite a good book and I managed to understand the main point of the story, it was still quite hard for me to understand it because I am only nine and it was a book written for adults. Readers of all ages should read this book but younger readers should have an adult at hand to explain it. When you read the book you should not just flip through the pages for the story but you should really think about what your reading and most of all what it means to you. As usual I am going to tell you the story of this book which is… Once upon a time there lived a poor man, his wife and their little baby. One day a scorpion crawled down their wall and stung the baby. Because they were poor they could not pay for treatment for their baby so the mother pr...
