Teenagers Book Reviews
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Name: Joanne Hewish
30 September 2019;Genre: Historical Fiction
I love a good historical fiction novel and this one did not disappoint. All Fall Down is a gripping narrative that will have you hooked right from the offset; the moment I read the blurb for this novel, I could already think of at least 10 of my students who will be queuing up...
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Name: Lynsey Southern
29 September 2019;Genre: Historical Fiction
All Fall Down opens in the Yorkshire village of Ingleforn with the prophetic account of how that year it rained every day, the sheep died and the crops failed and how as the year progresses, the stories that the travellers to Ingleforn share with the news-hungry villagers chan...
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All Fall Down
Name: Jacob Age 11
28 September 2019;Genre: Historical Fiction
Because it is fantastical and yet shocking about what had happened at the time of King Edward and how many were not immune to the illness.
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All Fall Down
Name: Erena Age 14
20 September 2019;Genre: Historical Fiction
Personally I did not particularly enjoy this book as I found it very sad and depressing, it is not the sort of book that I would typically enjoy. However it was a well written book with well developed characters that you become attached to throughout, meaning that when misfortune happens you feel...
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All Fall Down
Name: jo Age 13
20 September 2019;Genre: Historical Fiction
It was gripping until the end
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All Fall Down
Name: Callum Age 13
13 September 2019;Genre: Historical Fiction
I would recommend this book as it's a thrilling novel for most teenagers about tragedies as it has it shows many emotions on how they try and fight the black death.
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The Afterwards
Name: Emily Marcuccilli
09 September 2019;Genre: Friends and family
The Afterwards is, as I fully expected it to be, a very special story. It tackles the tricky and complex issue of loss and bereavement from a child's perspective, but we are in safe hands with AF Harrold and Emily Gravett. That is not to say that it is in any way simplistic, p...
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A Darkness of Dragons
Name: Clare Wilkins
06 September 2019;Genre: Fantasy
Patch Bridgewater has fled Tiviscan Castle, the home of the Pipers' Council. After absconding in disgrace and failing to complete his training as a piper, he has to eke out a living with travelling musicians, never staying too long in one place. Patch is ashamed; Pipers are revered for their a...
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DOGS
Name: Lorraine Ansell
08 August 2019;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Greer MacDonald is back at S.T.A.G.S for her final year and trying to accept that the events of the previous year really happened. With a new temporary Abbot in charge of the school and a play to direct to ensure her place at Oxford, she is floundering to find a suitable script until the first...
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I, Cosmo
Name: June Hughes
01 August 2019;Genre: Animals
This is the story of family breakdown from the point of view of the family dog. Cosmo, a golden retriever of some 13 years, has lived with Zora and David since the early days of their marriage and was there to welcome their children, Max and Emmaline, into the world.We meet the fam...
