Reading Crusader: Joe Maddock
Position: Wing
Likes Reading: Kid’s stories to his daughter
Favourite Authors: Bryce Courtenay (Power of One, Tandia)
Favourite Types of Books:
- Thrillers
- Sports Books
- True Stories
Magazines:
- Rugby magazines
- Woman’s Day
- New Idea
- FHM
If Joe’s books sound like your sort of books, try these:
Younger Fiction
Child, Lauren
Utterly me, Clarice Bean
Clarice Bean, at school and having problems concentrating and not annoying Mrs Wilburton, the teacher.
Gleeson, Libby
Hannah and the tomorrow room
Hannah's new bedroom is almost ready. Tomorrow, she can move out of the room she shares with her sisters and into a special place of her own. But in a family, things don't always go as planned, and suddenly, someone else needs Hannah's room.
Pilkey, Dav
Captain Underpants and the attack of the talking toilets: another epic novel
This time George and Harold have created (accidentally, of course) an army of evil, vicious talking toilets, intent on taking over the world! Can Captain Underpants save the day?
Older Fiction
Courtenay, Bryce
The power of one
Children’s edition
Peekay sets his heart on becoming the welterweight champion of the world after learning that small can beat big, and that the determination to be true to yourself is the power of one.
Hanbury-Tenison, Robin
Jake’s escape
Jake is kidnapped by South American terrorists in a case of mistaken identity. Alone in the rainforest and armed only with a Swiss Army knife, Jake must survive long enough to reach civilisation.
Hill, David
The sleeper wakes
Mt Taranaki is known locally as “the sleeper”. But when the volcano begins to stir for the first time in 250 years, Corey and his father fight to save the area from disaster.
Honey, Elizabeth
Don’t pat the wombat
School camp - usually the best part of school, but this time Mr Brian Cromwell aka The Bomb is going too, and even the parents don’t like him.
Morpurgo, Michael
Out of the ashes
Becky Morley’s new diary records the changes that shatter her world as the dreaded foot and mouth disease epidemic engulfs her family’s farm.
Russo, Marisabina
House of sports
Life isn’t easy when you’re a short basket-ball player. And when Jim has to miss practice to spend time with his grandmother, he begins to worry about whether he’ll keep his place on the team.
Non-Fiction
Aston, Claire
Wild West
Fast forward in time to find out the true story of the Wild West, before and after the cowboys.
Dowswell, Paul
Tales of real adventure
Great escapes, struggles for survival, and tales of incredible heroism - all combined in one fantastic volume.
Fleischman, John
Phineas Gage: a gruesome but true story about brain science
Phineas was blasting rock on a railway construction site in 1848 when an iron rod was blown through his head. He lived another eleven years, giving doctors the chance to study his brain, and the personality changes which took place in him.
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