- The butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo - This book is about a boy, Bertie, whose lived in Africa with is mum for his whole life, home schooled. One day he discovers a white lion cub. He becomes best friends, brothers, with the cub when one day he is sent of to boarding school.The parents decide to sell the white lion cub and for the rest of his life Bertie is determined to find his white lion.
- The dancing bear by Michael Morpurgo - This story is told by a man who lives in small mountain village working as a teacher. He tells his story of a girl who comes back one day with a young bear. They become the best of friends. It's been years since the bear was welcomed to the village. Everyone knows him, all the children love him, but he is more dangerous now.He has become a full grown bear. The village takes matters to their own hands and puts him in a cage. When the young girl is a teenager, a film crew wants to film here in the village and they want a dancing bear.
- An elephant in the garden - A senior, Lizzie, is being hospitalised by Karl's mother. She decides to tell them her story from WW2. The war has come to Germany, the bombings are everywhere, its just a matter of time before it comes to their city, Dresden. Lizzie's mother is a zookeeper, she becomes close to an orphaned young elephant and persuades the zoo director to let her look after her for when the bombings come, as she heard that when the bombs came they would have to shoot all the dangerous/big animals including the elephants. When the bombs come they make their way to their auntie and uncles house further away from the bombings. they arrive to find a Russian solider in their backyard. The pressure is on as they decide to spare him taking him along on their journey.
- The amazing story of Adolphus tips - Bowie can tell that his grandma is upset that that his grandad has passed away, but when she goes on trip somewhere, bowie is surprised. She send him letter with her whole diary of when she was his age. A young girl, Lily, has been living her life in small village with the war in the background for years. When one day all the villages are told to pack up and move out of their neighbourhood. Everyone has moved out including Lily and her family and the soldiers have started their drills. Lily's beloved cat has other ideas and decides to go back to their home, as Lily is worried she follows tips as she she has now disappeared. A young solder catches her and lets her go, but as Lily keeps coming back she is lucky that is the same solider. She tries to trust him to find her cat as he promises that one day he will bring her back.
In this series there are 10 books, So far I have read 5 and the books are in order. In each book it is something completely different, the places, the obstacles and of course the clues.
- The 39 clues series ( 10 books )- This series is an adventure around the world. When Amy and Dans grandmother passed away, they are more upset than ever. She was the only one they had left since their parents had died in the fire. In her Will she has two choices, leave now with 1 million dollars or leave with the first clues to the 39 clues. Dan and Amy become a team and decide to take the first clue for the the 39 clues. Joining a couple other teams who are much richer than they are. The first clue is the easiest of them all though it seems like the hardest. They have no one to look after them, no money, and all the teams trying to get rid of them. Though so far, they are in the lead.
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