Group reviews: a selection

Another selection of the best books around from The Book Munchers!

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney – review

Cherrybomb: 'This is a humour book gone wrong'

Reader reviews roundup

Tales of adventure, secrets and magic enchanted our reviewers in this week's roundup!

The library: beating heart of the school

The school library is a refuge and a place of discovery, says author Alan Gibbons

Annabel Pitcher wins Waterstones children’s book prize

Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher wins the teen category and the overall prize in the awards judged by booksellers

The Paradise Trap by Catherine Jinks – review

Pushka Piranha: 'I liked it because it was strange. But good strange, not bad strange'

Entries open for Foyle young poets of the year award

Young poets aged 11-17 from all over the world are invited to enter this year's competition with a poem on any theme

Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov – review

Theo Wolf Tiger: 'Though not as exciting as the others, it is still very fast-paced and thrilling'

Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior by Chris Bradford – review

owzthatcricket: 'a slice of brilliance!'

Five Go Adventuring Again by Enid Blyton – review

strawberry5555: 'I have always loved these books but I think this is one of the best ones I have ever read'

Michael Scott’s top 10 Doctor Who creatures

Michael Scott, the writer of the second in a new series of Doctor Who stories chooses his favourite Whovian creatures, from Giant Maggots and Cybermen to the Tardis

In a Class of her Own by Kathleen Gould Lundy – review

Amber: 'This enchanting true story is about a young black child, Ruby Bridges, the first black child to go to an all-white school in New Orleans'

The Hetty Feather trilogy by Jacqueline Wilson – review

chocolatechipcookie: Hetty Feather, Sapphire Battersea and Emerald Star: 'These books are three in a million'

Stick Dog by Tom Watson – review

Emerald Girl: 'I found this book very funny, entertaining and hard to stop reading'