It must have been awful seeing your friends get hurt - and sometimes killed. Hans, 10 'There is a whistling sound behind us. Shells pass overhead and explode in a sheet of flame a hundred metres away.' When Paul Bäumer and his classmates join the army, nothing has prepared them for the death and destruction that they witness. Machine guns, huge artillery shells and poison gas create a nightmare world for these young men and their older comrades. For months and years attack is followed by counter-attack. W

It was really exciting when Hannay was shut in a storeroom and found a cupboard full of explosives. Max, 10 'It wouldn't be pleasant sharing my flat with a dead body, but there was nothing else I could do.' Richard Hannay is bored with life in London. Then he discovers a horrible crime, and finds himself in the middle of a clever and frightening plot. Can he find the proof he needs to save his country from disaster? When Hannay hides out on the wild Scottish moors, will he escape from the dangerous gang wh

It was scary when the giant wasps tried to sting Gulliver, so I'm glad he escaped. Eleanor, 11 An amazing sight met my eyes. All around me were dozens of human creatures a little less than six inches high, chattering together in high-pitched voices in a strange language. When Lemuel Gulliver is shipwrecked in the Indian Ocean, it's the start of a series of adventures stranger than he could possibly have imagined. After the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput become suspicious of Gulliver, they plan to kill their

I don't understand why the three brothers can't just be a bit nicer to each other. Ben, 14 As Dimitry struck him Grigory screamed and fell back, the blood streaming horribly from his head. Dimitry bent over him, trying to stop the flow with his handkerchief which turned soaking red in an instant. Alexey, Ivan and Dimitry Karamazov were sent away by their father Fyodor when they were very young, and never knew a father's love. Now what will Dimitry's bitter quarrel with Fyodor lead to? Dimitry and his fathe

I really liked the map, and the secret signs. Toby the tracker dog is very clever to help Sherlock Holmes. Mehtan, 10 'I find myself in a very strange and mysterious situation.' When Miss Mary Morstan is invited to meet a secretive stranger, she asks Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to help her. Captain Morstan has disappeared from his hotel without a trace. Should Miss Morstan dare to hope that her father is still alive? What horrible scene awaits the famous detective and his friend when they break down t