Teenagers Book Reviews
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Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism
Name: Louisa Farrow
10 August 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Stand Up and Speak Out Against Racism is an ambitious book: it sets out to help make the world a fairer place for everyone by investigating racism. Words from Yasmin Abdul-Magied and pictures from Aleesha Nandra work effectively together to explore three key questions: why rac...
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The Treasure Hunters
Name: Janet Fisher
10 August 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Poor Vincent skulks around at school trying not to be noticed or have anyone notice he is alone. But teachers have noticed he seems to have no friends and put him forward for an adventuring weekend away, involving tents and lots of walking! He is joined by Lena who has an ulterior motive for j...
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The Light Thieves: Search for the Black Mirror
Name: Jenny Caddick
03 August 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
The Light Thieves: Search for the Black Mirror is book 2 in The Light Thieves series and is a hugely ingenious, futuristic sci-fi fantasy adventure by Helena Duggan, author of the sinisterly brilliant <a href="/books/a-place-called-perfe...
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Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic
Name: Beverley Somerset
02 August 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
12-year-old Alice Townsend is looking forward to the most exciting summer of her life. Her father is the Staff Captain on board the luxury ship Queen Mary, and Alice is joining him on a voyage across the Atlantic to New York. The ship's crew are aiming to cross the ocean in the fastest time to...
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Far From Perfect (The Valentines, Book 2)
Name: Arnalina Age 12
02 August 2023;Genre: Friends and family
I love this book, because it is not only romantic, but also has other factors of feeling like sadness, anger, and loneliness. I simply adore the quotes in the book, and the way it raises your spirit. Far From Perfect can teach that the lives of stars are not so sugar sweet, an...
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Meesh the Bad Demon
Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 August 2023;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Meesh the Bad Demon is a totally fantastic fantasy graphic novel featuring 12-year-old schoolgirl demon Meesh. Although a demon, Meesh is a huge fan of all things fairy like - especially TV fairy Princess Nouna and her life in Plumeria City. This is not the usual habit for an...
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Rosie Raja: Mission to Cairo
Name: Hayley Summerfield
01 August 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Sufiya Ahmed has delighted us with another thrill-seeking spy adventure, Rosie Raja: Mission to Cairo. This story is filled with adventure, culture and history. It enables the reader to read about war in a different way - through the eyes of a child spy. When Rosie and...
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Meesh the Bad Dragon
Name: Emily Age 8
01 August 2023;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Meesh the Bad Demon is about Meesh wanting to be a fairy and then everyone in Mount Magma turns to stone and Meesh meets fairy Nouna. Nouna is a fairy who can't fly without her ruby and then Meesh finds out that the fang she has around her neck also gives her powers. Nouna lea...
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Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic
Name: Donna Chadwick
01 August 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic is a nautical adventure full of twists, turns and surprises. When Alice travels across the Atlantic from Southampton to New York on a with her father, she thinks it is going to be boring but little does she know that this is not going to...
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Nowhere Island
Name: Louisa Farrow
01 August 2023;Genre: Family & Home
"Gil escaped just after his twelfth birthday in the middle of the afternoon." I was gripped from the opening line of this original and compelling story - who wouldn't need to read on? Not to spoil the story, soon Gil slips into a forgotten space, an island of trees and a meadow encircled by mo...
