I loved shadow forest because of all the creatures and my faverote part was when they killed the changemaker and found out that Isben was henric.Also because i liked it so much i bort the runaway troll.

georgia gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

I thought that this book was a really really good read, I loved the ending. Some parts of the book were really funny and I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.

layla gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Council of Evil.

I love the way the imagination was used to discribe the chartacters and the world and the way it builds up the scene of uncle henrick.

Chloe gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5.

I have not finished this extrodanery book but so far but I wish I could take it home and read it several times though but after that I will have to read it to freind! My favorite charachter is Martha. She is shy but detumined. It was verrrrrrrry funny in the begining when Martha used to sing anything and everything and it sounded like a cat scealing in pain! He He !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lauren gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5.

I havent finished the book yet but so far I am really enjoying it. In the bigining it was a bit boring and I started not to like it but as I got into it I started to really like it. Some of the chapter names were really funny like the brown cheese one. I like the way that there isnt loads of pictures but there is a few and it lets you emagion what they look like but it shows what some of the monsters look like so you dont get to emagion everything. I think the way the norweigen people talk where the v's are pronounced as f's! My faverate character was Marther with at the begining she is always sinning!

Rachel gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

i think the book is fun and good. I like it where samuel goes into the attic and throws the brown cheese at the dog. i really enjoyed it.

Emily gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

This book is FANTASTIC! It was exciting on every page, so mysterious. I couldn't put the book down at night, I just kept on reading it and a few nights I nearly stayed up all night. FAN BLOODY TASTIC

Christopher gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

This book is great!! It is so exciting. I like it because it is so myisterious

Lydia gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

Shadow forest is a book full of adventures and excitement!! It is a book you cannot put down!! Once you start to read you tend to picture it all in your head its as if you are there your self!! The book is set out perfectly set out with pictures every now and again to set the scene!! Matt Haig must have a very big imagination to come up with so many creatures that are so detailed!! The book starts to build up the tension at the I when the parent’s wont listen to the children and so they die and the children survive!! The beginning reminds me of the series of unfortunate events!! I think if the book was made into a film then I would watch it and buy the DVD and enjoy so much I would be glued to the screen!!!! The dialogue is very crisp and the and there is very good tension as they go in to the forest there is no bad points this book should win by far!!!!!!!!

Hannah gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

very interesting

langa gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

This book is the best book I read in my entire life! Matt Haig has really made the scene and the characetrs come alive. The book is real page turner!!!!!!!!!!!! I have many books in my life but none of them can be even slighty compared to this one!!!!!!! I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a fantasy book but wants a twist to the ending. It deserves to win it's catergory as I have read them all in it and this is by far the greatest!!!!!!!! =] :)

Emma gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

WOW!the best i really loved reading shadow forest.It's a very interesting book i've read all the books but shadow forest is the best.Its a very sad but thrilling book i liked the part were martha gots lost in the forest and when samuel gets turned into a rabbit and nearly gets eaten.

naomi gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Awsome! what a great book i realy enjoyed shadow forest. Now i only have nest of vipers to read and i dont think that one could EVER beat shadow forest! I thought the way aunt Eda spoke was realy funny and the name Ibsen for the dog was the funniest name Ive ever heard, but then they are from Norway and they speek a differrent language.

Sarah gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read A Nest of Vipers.

I truley loved this book however it gripped in my mind and i still remember it as being my favourite book so far. I realy fought this book made alot of sense and i would like to say a very big WELL-DONE!!! to the author- Matt Haig!!!

Georgia gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read A Nest of Vipers.

I thought the beggining of this book was really sad and mysterious because samuels parents can't see the logs falling towards them.

Emma gave Shadow Forest 3 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

i liked this book becase the storyline is good and very unexpected

chris gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

I thought shaddow forest was a brill book and i loved it.

Hazel gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5.

*Spoiler Alert* It was a great story with good imagination with it i love the way the author made up the forset folk names. My favorite part was the reunion of Aunt Eda and Uncle Hendirck

Emily gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

I loved this book,I think it will win. The only thing I didn't like was what Samuel got turned into, why couldn't he be turned into a troll or something horrible!

Laura gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read A Nest of Vipers.

I think this book was rubbish because I don't like mystirious books I hate it!

Josh gave Shadow Forest 2 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

I liked it but it kept jumping to different parts but it was mythical and mystirous!x

Charlotte gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

i THINK THIS BOOK WAS GOOD BECAUSE IT HAD MYTHICAL CREATURES AND A GOOD STORY LINE BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.

RORY gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

I thought it was a brilliant book. I would definatly read it again.I thought it was a really good book.

Jodi gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

COOL! It's pretty good but it's not really my type though. I think the writter wants it to come alive, there is a place near me and it reminds me of the story.

Lucy gave Shadow Forest 3 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

a really great book but a little bit of misunderstanding in it but i really liked it :-]

Abigail gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

a real page turner!!!!!!!!!!!

Jack gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

Shadow forest is really really good. I love it all.

Georgia gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

Beware your in for a scare this book wasn’t to my best taste but yet a very good book this book is very spooky and would read it for a bed time story because in the shadows of the forest at night the creatures come ranging from goblins to anything horrible you can imagine I would say the author has a huge range of aimaganation to produce such a book I would recommend this for 12-16 year olds and I would give this a rating of 8/10

christopher gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

Shadow forest is realy good.All the beast are really good.I love it when the trolles lost there eyes.

Georgia gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

I think it is one of the best books in the world,it's very interesting and exiting

daniel gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Council of Evil.

this book was exiting adventurous and thrilling

eleanor gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5.

Woah,this book was a real enjoyable book, every night I nearly read 40 pages.
I would recommend this book to everybody in my school!!
Shadow Forest is my favourite book so far, I would give it 3 smileys :) :) :)
There is a lot of exciting stuff in this book,I just wanted to READ ON READ ON READ ON!
I cannot believe what Isben was!!!

Lucy gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

I think the book is great. I really like the huldre folk and the shadow witch. It is quite scary but not scary enough for me.I loved the part where Uncle Henrik changes back.

Ibrahim gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5.

I think the book is great. It is exciting and fun to read. I think its good at the begining of it because the author writes about the people and all the creatures. The book made me want to read on because it got better and more mysterious like when Samuel went into the forest after Martha and everything started with all the creatures. I think Matt Haig is a great story writer because I loved his book. I have given this book 5 out of 5 because of its quality and amazing bits in it.

Amy gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5.

wooooooooooooow!!!!!!!!!!! It was an excellent book!I absaloutly loved the fantasy charecters and the thougt of what to change uncle Henrik into!!!!!!!!!

Connor gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5 and now plans to read A Nest of Vipers.

Shadow Forest is my favoroite book, it's cover really expresses the story of the book. My favoroite part is when Martha and Samuel say they want to go home and they mean Aunt Eda's house, not their old home. Shadow Forest is a book of mystery that I'd recommend to any reader, you can really get yourself absorbed in the story, I even find myself thinking of different endings, Shadow Forest is the second best book I've ever read!

Louise gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read A Nest of Vipers.

I havent quite finished the book yet im about half way through it. So for the book is realy enjoyable and it makes you want to read more and more. I carnt weight to finish this book and tell all my friends about it!

Georgia gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read A Nest of Vipers.

Shadow forest is a realy exciting book. because,you dont no what is going to happen next aswell as being adventuras it is allso weird and wonderfull as in fairy tale creatures. My best part in this exlusive book is were samuel and his sister they go into the forest .

leanda gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

It was a very interesting book with a really unusual storyline. It was very very well described and was written in an amusing and entertaining way. Even the parts that wouldnt really be funny in any other books made me laugh, like when the parents died. The ending was really satisfying and I really enjoyed it.

Madeline gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

it is a very gooooooooooooooood booooooooooooook amd it has lots of good words and my favourit carictor was the trolls in the house with only one ey bitween them.

james gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

This book was very good and my reading grop helped me through it i liked the cariktors in it and the languige

Cameron gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

This boook is amazing, it has truth pixies,tomtegubb.

Amber gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

I thought Shadow Forest was a very good book. The front cover scared me a bit, but when I finally read the book I found it exciting and funny. I think this could be the winner for the 9-11 category. It had a creative storyline and was thoroughly enjoyable.

Laura gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5.

I think that shadow forest was a really good book because it had a lot of adventure and i like adventure,i think the characters were described really well and it would certainetly be one of the best books i've ever read.if i could i would give it a 100,000.My favourite characters were all the trolls,they made me laugh a lot especially troll to the left and troll to the right.

alex gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Council of Evil.

It was great becaus it was really exciting and my favourite the trolls with one eye

George gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Council of Evil.

I think that this is possibly the best book on the 9-11 shortlist. The chararcters were well described, the plot was twisty, and the monsters were well described and easy to imagine. The ending was a good one too, so this book was overall very good. Parts of it also made me laugh, such as when the parents died (don't ask) and when the troll got his head chopped off. Overall, this was a good book which I might read again- but probably won't.

Rianne gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! One of the best books on the shortlist BY FAR!!!!!!!!!!!! (Words cannot describe.) Totally amazing. Completley twisted- unputdownable! Deserves to win with flying colours- It's definatley got my vote!

Remmy gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5.

i really liked this book because it was exciting adventurous and mysterious. I really liked the characters including Ibsen, Truth Pixie and troll-the-left and troll-the-right.

rachel gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

This is great, one of the best books I've ever read definitely a winner!

Daniel gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5.

Shadow forest is the best book that I have ever read. The ending was great.

Sanjeet gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

This book was amazing! Imagination filled every page and the monsters seemed as if they were going to leap out of the book. Even though it was more of a fantasy adventure, I found it really funny too.My favourite characters was Ibsen and the Tomtegubb( the purple trouser song.) The whole story was brilliant and the extracts from 'The Creatures of Shadow Forest' could be very gory at times. I hope Matt Haig writes another book because if he does I will definitely buy it!

Lydia gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

I found Shadow Forest entertaining.
I gave it 5 out of 5.
My favourite characters were Troll the Left and Troll the Right.
They were very funny and humerous.
I would love to read this book again.

Sanjeet gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

I liked Shadow Forest because it was quite funny but it was serious as well. I liked Professor Horatio Tanglewood although he was the baddie. I also liked the truth pixie and his inability to lie was good because otherwise Samuel would have died a very messy death. A great book!

Georgia gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

This isn't the sort of book that I would normally pick up but I read it all in one sitting in a car journey from Leeds to London. I thought the book was lots of fun and I loved all the different creatures. I especailly liked the way that the author gave lots of background information particularly when he described what made Professor Tanglewood evil. I would not hesitate recommending this book and indeed I did, to my sister when I was visiting her in London!

Alison gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

I LOVED this book!I liked it so much because it is fast moving yet with fantasy characters! I found it funny when the author makes 'rude' interruptions . My favourite character was the truth pixie because you could easily get all sorts out of him!

Hannah gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

It was a good book but it was hard to remember what was what monster.the rest of it was good because i liked how the author told you what was his favourate character and parts you could skip.

Annie gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5 and now plans to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

it was briliant and i thought that it draged you in and it did not let you get draged out and if there was a nover one after i would my it.

Elizabeth gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

It is the second best book I have read.
Quite scary and exiting but on top of all it was reeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaly great!!

Niamh gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read The London Eye Mystery.

I liked Shadow Forest because it was really intresting.

Kate gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5 and now plans to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

I thought this book was great, it really kept you reading on.My favourate charactor was Samuel and my favourate part was when the forest goes back to normal and aunt saves the day!

Stephen gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

I gave this book a 3 out of 5 because half of it you wouldnt get.It is a very facanating book of horror but still was so boring.My favorate character was samuel because his parts was the facanating bits.But i still would recomend it to other people even though i gave it a 3 (three)

Bailey gave Shadow Forest 3 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

i think the book is very intresting and fasinating , ita a very high quality book an i read it in 2 days i could not get my head out of this. children from the age of 8 to about 15 would enjoy reading this book!i've read nearly all of them im on the 5 th book NEST OF VIPERS i've only got VILLAIN . NET to go and im done!

Kyha gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

I loved this book. My favourite character was Samuel because he was a very interesting character and relates to someone i know.

Emily gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read A Nest of Vipers.

i found trhis book very good and i want to get into it it gets really exciting

Olivia gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5 and now plans to read Cosmic.

The book is so good, it provides an excllent read with great ideas spread the throughout the book, it was excellent, the ending provided what was the only perfect ending so far that I've read and the charcter's personalities were amazingly complex. It had a simple plot which I think works so well.

Darren gave Shadow Forest 4 out of 5.

I would give this fantastic combination of horror and comedy a, as the Truth Pixi would say, trinkinion out of trinkinion but, unfortunately, I can't. It can only be a five out of five. (Bottomsquelches) Anyway I think Matt Haig is an extremely good author and any book I here he has written will be in my arms as soon as possible!

Holly gave Shadow Forest 5 out of 5.