Teenagers Book Reviews

Name: Donna Burkert
10 October 2023;

Genre: Adventure

When Rosie is plucked from the life she knows and thrown into the strange world of Heverbridge School on Bloodstone Island, she doesn't know who she can trust. Nobody will tell her what happened to her mum, and how she died, and the one piece of the puzzle that could tell her has been taken fr...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
10 October 2023;

Genre: Fantasy

Podkin and the Singing Spear is book 7 of this stunning, epic series and was a joy to read. I am such a huge fan of this fantastically written exciting adventure quest series featuring heroic rabbits Podkin, Paz and littlest sibling Paz and their comrades, friends and allies u...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
06 October 2023;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Man-Man lives with his mother, father and sister in London and is preparing for carnival. He loves dancing and is very excited about carnival. His mother, however, is ill with a mysterious illness that doctors cannot diagnose or cure. Man-Man's grandmother comes from Jamaica to look after her....

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Name: Linda Brown
06 October 2023;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Of Dreams and Destiny follows Daphne Elizabeth 'DE' McKinley's senior year at Rosetta Academy - and things are not going as smoothly as she had hoped... DE is still getting over a painful break up, there is a mysterious storm raging around the Academy that is causing its stude...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
05 October 2023;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Case of the Haunted Wardrobe, the second book in this fresh, lively new series Di' Island Crew, features the same group of engaging, inquisitive and diverse young characters from their first mystery, The Case of the Lig...

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Name: Nathan Cox
05 October 2023;

Genre: Science Fiction

21% Monster, Ice Giant by P J Canning is another 5-star, high-action adventure story following the journey of Darren and Marek. After reading the first 21% Monster, I was very excited to open the second adventure from this talented author!...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
04 October 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

In her follow up to Run Like a Girl, Dannielle Brown introduces fifty incredible 'women who changed the world'. The selection of women is diverse in every sense but all the women have one thing in common: they had...

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Name: Bethany Age 13
04 October 2023;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

The Soul Prophecy is the second book of a trilogy following the protagonist Genna, who is a First Ascendant. Genna returns home and has therapy. The therapist convinces Genna that she just made everything up as coping mechanism after she was traumatised by Tanas. That is, unti...

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Name: Clair Bossons
02 October 2023;

Genre: Family & Home

Foxlight tells the story of 11-year-old twin girls who were found as babies at the edge of the wilderness. They are taken in and cared for by Lissa and they live at the Light House with other looked-after children. Each Sunday, the children are encouraged to write letters to t...

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Name: Sam
02 October 2023;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Calling the Whales by Jasbinder Bilan is written specifically for readers aged 8+ who struggle with longer texts or unfamiliar words. Part of Barrington Stoke's HiLo reader, dyslexia friendly series, this book is a simple yet touching tale of two young children who try to save...

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