Weald of Kent Tonbridge

The Final Year
I loved this book, I found it easy to read but still moving and emotional. My favourite character was Dylan as he was so small and sweet; he definitely felt like Nate loved him and was worried about him. I'd give this book 5 stars and recommend it to my friends or anyone from year 5 to 8 as it felt like a real and accurate retelling of what year 6 is like. As someone who hasn't read a verse novel before it definitely inspired me to read another although I don't think I fully understood all the meaning in the poems.

Elise

King of Nothing
I loved King of Nothing! The way that Anton goes from being class bully and being respected because of his dad, to being respected for being a good person. My favourite character was probably his nanna because she is always there for Anton and was with him and his mum when the tragedy struck the family. How he grew up in such a depressing and poor area of the town and still had it in him to be a good person shows us that we do sometimes discriminate people for coming from a different background to us. It is really funny but still has some meaning in it that teaches us to be true to ourselves and use our voices not be spoken for or acted for. SPOILER ALERT! At the end when Anton goes and saves Matthew is my favourite part because you really feel the empathy for him when he saves Caleb and Kehinde from the fire. He is good at heart and knows what is right in the end! I would give this book 5 stars and definitely will recommend to my friends.

Imogen