Teenagers Book Reviews

Name: Wesley Age 12
20 September 2016;

Genre: Adventure

It is an amazing thriller and the suspense that builds up is amazingly done by Allan Gibbons. A real page turner.

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Name: Stef A
20 September 2016;

Genre: Friends and family

Jessie Jefferson is a typical teenager until she loses her mum in sudden and tragic circumstances. Wracked with pain and feelings of guilt she takes it out on the people closest to her and rebels. She ditches her best friend and hangs out with the wrong crowd - they don't ask questions or offe...

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Name: Jane Welby
05 September 2016;

Genre: Friends and family

Maybe every teenage girl's fantasy...to be suddenly catapulted into the lives of the rich and famous. Jessie is a fairly typical teenager, coping with the sudden and traumatic death of her mother and lashing out at those closest to her as a way of coping with the pain. The mystery about who her b...

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Name: Jonny
11 August 2016;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

I didn't really like the story it was way too long it wasn't intresting. It wasn't descriptive enough.

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Name: Paula Hazlehurst
07 July 2016;

Genre: Real life

The main narrator of Follow Me Back is Aiden, a good looking, sporty, intelligent boy with temper issues. Other voices in the book are Lizzy (the missing girl), Marnie (her best friend) and Scobie (Aiden's best friend). The story is this: Lizzy goes missing in London. The police get involved. Aid...

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Name: Kate M
06 May 2016;

Genre: Adventure

This book was well written and overall - the parts I read - very descriptive. However I found it very hard to connect with the characters and at times I struggles with the story line. Especially the first paragraph of each chapter which was referring to a separate story line all together. This...

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Name: Melanie Chadwick
21 April 2016;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

Harriet Manners is back with a fresh set of problems and a fresh set of lists and bizzare facts. In her own unique way she sets about helping Wilbur with his bankruptcy problems, her dad with his jobless situation, the tooth-achingly cute Japanese Rin with her love life and all her friends to...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
24 March 2016;

Genre: Books set in the past

Young Toby is down on his luck. His parents have died and he has been trying to survive on the streets of Tudor London. A resourceful youth, he seeks out Moll Cut-Purse in a bid to become a member of her gang of nippers, dippers and cut-purses. It's a dangerous life, but better than being alone!...

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Name: Caroline Downie
02 March 2016;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

'More of Me' is a gripping thriller. It opens with the description of a new being bursting out of another person and becoming her. But this is not some fantasy set in outer space; this is happening her in Britain and now. Teva is the new being and she is the latest in a long line of Tev...

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Name: Zach
09 February 2016;

Genre: Adventure

Terror Kid is a book that looks with many issues in modern British society, particularly governmental - type ones. The story focuses on Rico Federico, a 15 year old from Birmingham with very strong political views on how government should deal with issues in today's society, such as NHS funding a...

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