Bu,Chiristy Brown'ın kendi yaşam öyküsüdür.Brown,çocukluğunda okumayı,yazmayı,resim yapmayı ve nihayet daktilo kullanmayı öğrenmek için verdiği mücadeleyi ve bütün bunları sol ayağını kullanarak nasıl yaptığını anlatıyor

This is one of my favourite books, I really like this book because it is able to take you to a wonderful imaginary world, the centre of the Earth, which is an incredible place remote from reality and full of mysterious discoveries with prehistoric creatures. I recommend this book especially for young people that enjoy adventure and fiction stories. It is the least scientific but the most fantastic book by Verne. If you like good stories, this is your book. You will have fun with Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel’s adventures!

(By Riccardo)

It was so gripping and I cryed, in particular when I read the part where the boy said he was ill again. It was so interesting and unpredictable. So the final scene was a bit strange, for me. I want teenagers to read this if they want something original.

By Ohmar (EOI Coruña)

I’ve been reading IT for a few months. IT is a horrol novel written by the American author Stephen King. I’m in love with horror and thriller books and films. The plot is about a group of children who are terrorized by a dark evil. As the story goes on, the little kids will have to overcome their fears and phobias. I’d describe the novel as spine-chilling and breath-taking. I can’t wait to finish the book! 

Santiago (the main character) is an old fisherman who hasn't been able to catch a fish for 84 days. During the first 40 days he was helped by a boy named Manolin, until Manolin's parents forced their son not to fish with Santiago anymore because they considered him unlucky. One day Santiago, having gone out to fish in the ocean alone, manages to capture a giant marlin, a particular species of fish which drags his boat for three days and three nights, until the old man manages to kill him. On the way back to the port, the prey is devoured by sharks, and Santiago returns home discouraged by this adventure. Manolin rushes to his rescue and promises the old sailor that he will start fishing with him again

In the novel, Great Britain has become a province of a superstate named Oceania. Oceania is ruled by the "Party". The Party's leader is Big Brother, who controls every aspect of people’s lives. It has invented the language ‘Newspeak’ in an attempt to completely eliminate political rebellion; created ‘Throughtcrimes’ to stop people even thinking of things considered rebellious. The party controls what people read, speak, say and do with the threat that if they disobey, they will be sent to the dreaded Room 101 as a looming punishment.

The protagonist, Winston Smith, begins a  rebellion against the party by keeping a diary of his secret thoughts, which is a deadly thoughtcrime. With his lover Julia, he begins a fight for freedom and justice, in a world where no one else appears to see, or dislike, the oppression the protagonist opposes.

In my opinion the most powerful, effective and frightening notion of 1984 is that the complete control of an entire nation under a totalitarian state is perfectly possible. It makes you wonder about different themes. At the beginning of the book, these words are presented as the official motto of the nation of Oceania:

War is Peace 

Freedom is Slavery

Ignorance is Strength 

War allows states to keep the population poor and ignorant, so under their control.

I think everyone should read this best-seller for its topic, but also because is gripping and brilliant.