Teenagers Book Reviews
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Children of Blood and Bone
Name: Linda Brown
03 August 2018;Genre: Fantasy
This debut YA novel has breathless pacing, wonderful worldbuilding that lets your imagination run wild and a strong heroine that the reader roots for. Children of Blood and Bone is told through four different points of view, but their lives are all woven around the main charac...
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Name: Susan Wilsher
02 August 2018;Genre: Adventure
Living high in the mountains of the Philippines in 1899, Samkad's world is his tribe, his village. Now he is about the have the Cut and become a man. He is desperate to play his part in keeping the tribe safe from their enemy, the head-hunting Mangili, even if it means he will no longer be abl...
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The Storm Keeper's Island: Storm Keeper Trilogy 1
Name: Linda Brown
14 July 2018;Genre: Magical Realism
This enchanting story is set on the real Arranmore island in Ireland, which must be a truly wonderous place to have inspired the imagination of the author in creating such a magical, fantasy adventure. From the moment that you step on the island with Fionn you are swept away on a wonderful jou...
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Stunt double
Name: Max Age 10
02 July 2018;Genre: Adventure
I loved the amount of adventure they put into this book while being balance with a bit of comedy and mystery, making me read on to see how the main character would escape and fix the new problem that happens on set. Meanwhile a dark mystery is being discovered as the director may not be what she...
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Kat Wolfe Investigates
Name: Lola Age 10
01 July 2018;Genre: Mystery & Detective
I love animals and mysteries so this book is the perfect combination! Kat needs to save Raman while looking after a horse, a bird, a cat and a dog. Read the best book you have ever read, times it's awesomeness by the biggest number you know and-poof!-you have Kat Wolfe investigates!
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The 1000 year old boy
Name: Lola Age 10
01 July 2018;Genre: Friends and family
In this book two people want a pearl to make them start growing again. Biffa the cat and Alfie Monk want to live their lives, and it made me proud of myself for who I am.
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Kat Wolfe Investigates
Name: Emily Age 10
11 June 2018;Genre: Mystery & Detective
I liked this book because it is very mysterious... When Kat and her mum move to Bluebell Bay ,Kat starts up a pet-sitting agency. But something feels strange when she goes to feed Bailey, Ramon Corazon's yellow-crowned Amazon parrot. Something mysterious...
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Kat Wolfe Investigates
Name: Fiona Dalu-Chandu
23 May 2018;Genre: Mystery & Detective
This is the first Lauren St John book I have ever read as I am not normally into mysteries, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Kat and her Mum move to Bluebell Bay on the Jurassic Coast from London, in search of a better life. Her Mum takes over the local vet surgery and Kat decides to start pet sitt...
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Goodbye, Perfect
Name: Joanna Hewish
17 May 2018;Genre: Friends and family
Wow! Powerful, engaging and a hard-hitting. Sara Barnard (author) once again has created an incredible tale that feels so real, I thought I was reading the real account. Goodbye, Perfect tells the tale of Eden and her best friend Bonnie. Eden (narrator) has her life com...
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Name: Aidan Severs
03 May 2018;Genre: Environment
Children's publishing seems to be experiencing a time of growth; the shelves of book shops are bursting with newly-published books for kids - so much so that it can be hard to choose which books to read. Some seem to garner much attention whilst others arrive quietly, waiting to be picked up a...
