The reluctant assassin is Riley, a Victorian boy who is suddenly plucked from his own time and whisked into the twenty-first century, accused of murder and on the run. Riley has been pulled into the FBI’s covert W.A.R.P. operation (Witness Anonymous Relocation Program). He and young FBI Agent Chevie Savano are forced to flee terrifying assassin-for-hire Albert Garrick, who pursues Riley through time and will not stop until he has hunted him down. Barely staying one step ahead, Riley and Chevie must stay alive and stop Garrick returning to his own time with knowledge and power that could change the world forever.
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made by Stephan Pastis is the funniest book you’ll read this year. If you like the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books you’re sure to love Timmy Failure. This book should come with a guarantee – “If you don’t laugh out loud at least once we’ll give you your money back!” It’s due out in March and you can watch these very funny videos below to meet Timmy Failure, his friends and his enemies. There is also a really cool Timmy Failure website you can visit to find out more about the book and the author – www.timmyfailure.com
The day after twelve-year-old Jack McKinley is told he has six months to live, he awakens on a mysterious island, where a secret organization promises to save his life – but with one condition. With his three friends, Jack must lead a mission to retrieve seven lost magical orbs, which, only when combined together, can save their lives. The challenge: the orbs have been missing for a thousand years, lost among the ruins and relics of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. With no one else to turn to and no escape in sight, the four friends have no choice but to undertake the quest. First stop: The Colossus of Rhodes … where they realise that there’s way more at stake than just their lives.
The final Artemis Fowl adventure from Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl and The Last Guardian, comes out this month. If you want to find out how the series ends and what happens to Artemis, reserve your copy at the library now.
Six Days by Philip Webb is a very cool book that I’m reading at the moment. It’s set in a future London where the city is being torn down to hunt for a mysterious ‘artefact’ that is incredibly valuable. If you like books like The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld then Six Days is the book for you.
Next Monday on the blog we’re going to be joined by Lara Morgan, the author The Rosie Black Chronicles, an action-packed science fiction series for older readers, set 500 years in the future. We’ll be helping Lara celebrate the release of the second book in The Rosie Black Chronicles, Equinox. If you haven’t read the first book, Genesis, you can read the first few chapters here on the blog and watch the very cool book trailers for Genesis and Equinox.
We hope you’ve enjoyed Seriously Spooky Month here on the Christchurch Kids Blog. Thanks to our seriously spooky authors, Joseph Delaney and Barry Hutchison for joining us on the blog.
If you love stories that are creepy and action-packed, with brave characters that fight to protect humans from monsters that live in the dark, then you’ll love the Spook’s Apprentice series.
If you’ve read the Clarice Bean books by Lauren Child you’ll know who Ruby Redfort is. If you haven’t, she’s Clarice Bean’s favourite book character and is an undercover agent and mystery solver. Ruby Redfort: Look Into My Eyes is the first book in the new series and it looks great.
Skulduggery Pleasant is one of my favourite book characters and I always look forward to his latest battle against the forces of evil. Luckily I only have to wait a few more weeks as the sixth book, Death Bringer is due out in New Zealand on September 1. I can’t wait to be reunited with Skulduggery, Valkyrie, Ghastly and Tanith.
If you haven’t read any of the Skulduggery Pleasant books by Derek Landy I highly recommend them. They’re filled with action, mystery, thrills, chills, brilliant characters and perfectly-timed humour. If you want a taste of this awesome series, here’s the book trailer:
You can reserve your copy of Death Bringer at your local library now.
Keep your eye on the blog for your chance to WIN a copy of Death Bringer!
First there was Eragon, then Eldest, Brisingr, and now the series comes to an end with Inheritance. It’s released on 9 November 2011 and you can reserve your copy at the library now. While you wait you could read the first three books in the series.
The reluctant assassin is Riley, a Victorian boy who is suddenly plucked from his own time and whisked into the twenty-first century, accused of murder and on the run. Riley has been pulled into the FBI’s covert W.A.R.P. operation (Witness Anonymous Relocation Program). He and young FBI Agent Chevie Savano are forced to flee terrifying assassin-for-hire Albert Garrick, who pursues Riley through time and will not stop until he has hunted him down. Barely staying one step ahead, Riley and Chevie must stay alive and stop Garrick returning to his own time with knowledge and power that could change the world forever.
