The boy who loved Anne Frank

Author: Ellen Feldman

Selected by Allan Q. Year 8

Review: The first time I saw this book was at Readings on the Literature Club book buying excursion. At first sight and from the cover, it looked to be a good book. I then read the blurb and flicked through the pages. I thought that this may be a book that shall interest me and others. After consulting others of what they thought of the book I decided to buy it for the Library. I have now reserved the book and am looking forward to a good read .

Hunting and Gathering

Author: Anna Gavalda

Selected by Ms. Morris Librarian

Review: I was immediately attracted to this book after reading the quote on the cover -“ Like the film Amelie but twice as beautiful ” I bought it on our Readings Book buying excursion because I thought it might appeal to other staff and as soon as it arrived in the library Ms.Kamte asked to reserve it.

The Cheap Eats Guide 2006

Author: Edited by Patrick Witton & Emma Miller

Selected by Ms.Kerr Teacher Librarian

Review: A must-have book for any household or library! This 20th anniversary edition of the Cheap Eats guide provides Melbournians with 100's of ideas of where to buy a tasty meal for under $25. Categorised by geographical location and using helpful symbols and a three star rating system, this guide will keep you inundated with eating ideas for at least another year! I selected this book on the most recent Literature Club book-buying excursion.

The quantum prophecy

Author: Michael Carroll

Selected by Andrew E Year 7

Review: I bought this book on the literature club book buying excursion to Readings . I bought it because the first chapter is really engaging.

How to rule the world

Author: Andre De Guillaume

Selected by Simon H Year 7

Review: I chose this book during the recent literature club book buying excursion. I found it in the humour section and thought that people might like to read it. It looked quite interesting, and I thought it could be used for both school projects and leisure reading. It is set out as a step by step guide, with historical information on the world's greatest tyrants and dictators and small sections on failures and successes of other dictators that you can learn from . The book teaches you to rule by fear. This book is not to be taken seriously, it is just a humour book, though there is no mention of any jokes in it.

The Bart book

Author: Bill Morrison

Selected by Simon H Year 7

Review: Another book to add to the Simpson's collection at school that was bought on the second literature club book buying excursion for 2006. I always like reading the comics and other Simpsons books because they are good to take your mind off things. I read them just for fun when there is nothing else to read. I knew people would want to read this book, and there are others in the series that were bought on the excursion. People always read Simpsons books, so I got this one for school.

Crème de la Phlegm : unforgettable Australian Reviews

Author: Angela Bennie

Selected by Ms. Morris Librarian

Review: I saw this book and liked it because the author has the same name as me! A good enough reason to buy it I thought….The book contains some really harsh and biting reviews of Australian literature, music, film and theatre since the 1950's and one quote that caught my eye was written by Shaun Charles about Matthew Reilly's Scarecrow – “the simple truth is this: Scarecrow is crap.” Anyone at Scotch agree with that one??

Other books purchased by literature club boys

Ripleys Believe it or Not

Hippo Eats Dwarf : A field guide to hoaxes and other bullshit Boese, Alex

Rats : crooks who got away with it Silvester, John

The Borowitz Report : the big book of shockers Borowitz, Andy

50 Golden Years of the Chaser

101 things to do before you're old and boring Horne, Richard

The tough guide to fantasy land Jones, Diana Wynne

Eats, shites & leaves : crap English and how to use it
Parody, A.

The funniest thing you never said Jarski, Rosemarie