Teenagers Book Reviews

Name: Lorraine ansell
30 August 2024;

Genre: Myths & Legends

A retired fisherman finds a strange creature one night and, realising it is hurt, brings it to Sasha who works at the local sea life sanctuary. Very quickly they realise this is no ordinary fish or mammal, and soon the director of the sanctuary is talking about using it as an exhibit. Sasha te...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
30 August 2024;

Genre: Adventure

13-year-old Iona Patterson lives with her mum and stepdad on the Kestrel estate. Mum runs a pony trekking centre from the stables, and they have a happy life there, although money is tight.  Iona loves horses, especially Jinks, her dressage horse, and when a local dressage star, Jessica, offer...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
30 August 2024;

Genre: Family & Home

Ghostlines, the latest lyrically beautiful story from Katya Balen, celebrates the wonder of the natural world, the difficulty of accepting change and the importance of human connections. Tilda has lived all her life on the island of Ayrie and she adores everything about...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
29 August 2024;

Genre: Funny Stories

The Girl Who Couldn't Lie is a light-hearted and original story based on real life that will encourage empathy and understanding as well as raise a chuckle. Meet Priya Shah, outstanding teen gymnast and A grade student who thinks the way to keep everyone happy is to pretend ev...

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Name: Sam
21 August 2024;

Genre: Adventure

Wintour's Game is one of the best Young Adult books I have read in a while! This fast-paced, all-action read is certainly one to get young readers hooked. An excellent tale of friendship, loss and resilience. Alex Wintour is an orphan and a thief. She's survived this lo...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
20 August 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Dream Hunters, a colourful adventure story set in a fantasy version of India, invites young readers to imagine...  Imagine a world where dreams could be caught and bottled.  Imagine if slivers of dreams could be threaded together to make new dreams, personalis...

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Name: Jenny Caddick
20 August 2024;

Genre: Fantasy

Amazing Amari is back again and her third adventure, Amari and the Despicable Wonders, is utterly gripping from start to finish. Teenage magician Amari now faces adversaries, distrust and outright hatred from all sides; the new Prime Minister of the Bureau of Supernatural Inve...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
20 August 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Storm of Lies, the latest edge-of-your-seat thriller from Sophie Mackenzie, explores what might happen if a tsunami struck the south coast of England. . .  Following her father's sudden departure from the family home, Hollie Norris is angry - and the anger makes her - by her o...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
19 August 2024;

Genre: LBGTQ+

Jesse has recently come out as non-binary and is finding it hard to feel they belong and are accepted in school, despite staunch support from their best friend, Simran, and their parents. They also need to find a good subject for a history project to impress their inspiring new teacher, Mrs Gr...

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Name: Hayley Summerfield
16 August 2024;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Thiago De Moraes has brought us another brilliant instalment of Trixie De Santos in Let Sleeping Gods Lie. This hugely entertaining story celebrates different cultures and highlights the importance of family bonds. Trixie is back, and just when she thou...

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