Title：Emil and the Detectives
Author : Erich Kastner
Publisher(level) : PENGUIN 3
Summary :
Main character , Emil , who is a school boy goes to the city because he is asked to carry much money to his grandmother by his mother. He needs to keep money safely and give it his grandmother.
When he is in a train , Emil meets a mysterious man. This man gives him a mysterious candy which makes him fall asleep and dream vivid dreams. When he wakes up, the money and the man are gone. Emil gets off the train in a different part where he intended to go , and he finds the man so he follows him. Emil does not call the police for help.
When Emil follows the man , a local boy offers to help him . He assembles 24 local children who call themselves "the detectives".
Emil gets his money back when the mysterious man goes to a bank and tries to exchange the money for smaller bills. One of the boy detectives follows him into the bank and tells the bank teller that the money is stolen. Emil comes in and tries to tell the bank teller his story. He proves that the money was his by describing the holes left by the needle he used to pin the bills in the lining of his jacket.
The mysterious man is arrested. Emil receives the reward. Emil becomes famous because the story of Emil is in the news paper.
Evaluation : 3stars This book is not so boring and not so difficult to read. Children also will be able to read this book. But I think there will be some same stories. Author should make this story more interesting. For example , describe battle of the detectives and the mysterious man in detail.

Title: BRAVEHEART
Author: RANDALL WALLACE
Publisher (level): PENGUIN 3
Summary:
Main character, William Wallace, was lost his all family because of the first cruel King Edward who is the king of England.
Murron who is the childhood friend grows up beautifully, and Wallace and Murron fall in love. But Murron is murdered in front of his eyes by an English soldier. Wallace is promising revenge , organizes freedom and the resistance force aiming at liberation with people suffering from misgovernment. People gathered for his charisma and leadership one after another. The first Edward sends several thousand big armies to confine the resistance force. But Wallace overwhelmed it in an original strategy. He becomes a national hero.
The first Edward spends Princess Isabel for the cause of Wallace as a messenger of cease-fire negotiations. She was charmed at a glance by Wallace.
Wallace who fell into a predicament demanded reinforcement from Scottish nobles and particularly young noble Robert trusted the blues and asked for cooperation. The first Edward launches an all-out attack, but the Scottish nobles who ran about for self-interest are bribed by an enemy, and Wallace force suffers a complete defeat without even Robert appearing in the battlefield. But Wallace prepared for a comeback.
The first Edward spends Isabel for cease-fire negotiations again, but she who came to love Wallace more shares single night with him.
On the other hand, in what Robert suffered from the sense of guilt that I betrayed, but Wallace is arrested by the trap which his father set, and is judged as an anti-traditionalist. He was sentenced to the maximum penalty in front of a crowd while continuing demanding freedom till the last.

Evaluation 5 stars:
This book is very interesting. When I chose this book, I did not know that this story became the movie. As I read this book, I was attracted. I think Wallace just has brave heart. I was greatly touched by this book. Author describes Wallace as the real hero. I think the author is really good novelist. I want to see the movie soon.

Title: THE GREAT DISCOVERY
Author: MANDY LOADER
Publisher (level): PENGUIN READERS (3)
Summary:
Tim Saunders was an archaeologist. He got on a train from Cairo to Alexandria. In a train, he met Felix and Maria. She was very beautiful and she wore ancient Egyptian pharaoh’s bracelet. Tim talked to them and went their house. There were many ancient jewelries. Tim went back to London and made them public. Tim became famous but when he went Cairo again, he was arrested for Tomb-robbing. The truth was that Felix and Maria was the best-known team of tomb robbers. Thanks to Tom they could sell ancient jewelries for high price.
Evaluation: 4stars
This story is interesting I did not think that Maria is tomb robber. Author had the idea for this story in the back streets of Alexandria. In this story, there is the curse that people, who take the pharaoh’s treasure away from tomb, will die of cobra’s venom. In the last of this story, Tim and Maria ride a car together and they find white cobra in the car. This story is end in this scene. I think they will die soon.

Title: STORIES FROM THE FIVE TOWNS
Author: ARNOLD BENNETT
Publisher (level): OXFORD (2)
Summary:
This book has 4 stories about the people who live in the Five Towns.
The people who live there are slow and silent. But sometimes they do some very strange things.
In the first story, Philip, main character, has some important news to tell his mother. But he also gets a big surprise from her.
In the second story, Sir Jee hates his portrait and he plans to get rid of it by unbelievable way.
In the third story, Toby Hall suddenly visits his old town and meets his old wife.
In the fourth story, John and Robert are brothers. They live in the same house, they eat meals together but neither has said a single word to the other for 10 years. They love same woman and it is because they has said nothing.
Evaluation: 5 stars All people in the stories are interesting. Especially, I was astonished at 4th story,” THE SILENT BROTHERS”. As the story is going, the reason of quarrel is found and the last of the story is incredible. The author describes humanity and ugliness well.

Title: SHERLOCK HOLMES SHORT STORIES
Author: SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Publisher (level): OXFORD (2)
Summary:
This book has 3 short stories about Sherlock Holmes.
In the first story, Sherlock Holmes solved the murder of snakes’ poison.
In the second story, Sherlock Holmes tried to get back a photograph from one beautiful woman, but he failed. She was cleverer than Sherlock Holmes.
Third story is about a series of murder. K.K.K. which is a very secret group of Americans from the South killed Sherlock Holmes’ client. Finally, the members of K.K.K.who killed the clien died because the ship they rode was lost in the storm.
Evaluation: 5 stars
All three stories were interesting because I have not read stories of Sherlock Holmes.
Stories are not so difficult that everyone can enjoy this book. Even now, Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of all. Why don’t you read Sherlock Holmes stories?