Teenagers Book Reviews
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Where The River Takes Us
Name: Jacqueline Harris
24 March 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
There is a wild beast, possibly a big cat, that has been sighted in the mountains, and there is a reward promised for a photograph. Jason and his friends set off in search of the beast - and the reward. The year is 1974 and the country is in the grip of the miners' strikes and the three-day we...
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Where The River Takes Us
Name: Ella Louise Hopley Age 12
23 March 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
It was a very good and exciting book, I would suggest to read it when you have time.
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Flock Horror (Dread Wood, Book 3)
Name: Linda Canning
21 March 2023;Genre: Horror
Anyone who has read my previous reviews of the Dread Wood series knows by now that I am a walking contradiction: I'm a self-confessed wimp, whilst simultaneously being a massive Jennifer Killick buff. I've found myself in the awkward quandary of being a horror fan, who hates h...
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The Door of No Return
Name: Eileen Armstrong
20 March 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Door of No Return is, according to Alexander himself, "the hardest book I've ever written" and it is, undoubtedly, a masterpiece. Ambitious and accomplished in scale and in scope, it works on three levels: as the story of one boy and his family growing up in a small West A...
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Flock Horror (Dread Wood, Book 3)
Name: Beverley Somerset
20 March 2023;Genre: Horror
When Angelo is woken in the middle of the night and hears something hammering at his bedroom window, along with a strange tune being whistled, it's the start of another scary adventure for Club Loser. Angelo and his friends Colette, Gus, Naira and Hallie come face to face with their arch enemi...
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The Nowhere Thief
Name: Jennifer Caddick
18 March 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
This is an exciting, colourful sci-fi adventure that whisks the reader into parallel multi-universes (called Spheres), through an incredible kaleidoscopic portal. 12-year-old Elsbeth has, astonishingly, found that she can step through these portals and she does so for the most important of rea...
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Circus Maximus: Rider of the Storm
Name: Jacqueline Harris
17 March 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Dido is back in her third adventure set in Roman times. As with the previous two books, she is training and racing horses for the chariot races. Still at her uncle's house, she meets a man from her mother's past and learns more about her parents. When her cousin Abibaal is in deadly danger, Di...
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The Nowhere Thief
Name: Sue Wilsher
08 March 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
Elsbeth lives in the quiet seaside town of Lewesby with her mother. Their antique shop is failing and, with the landlord demanding rent money which they don't have, Elsbeth has started to use her extraordinary power to solve their problems. Elsbeth can travel to parallel worlds and has been br...
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The Time Tider
Name: Sue Wilsher
06 March 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
In The Time Tider, Mara and her father, Gabriel, live in their van and are constantly on the move. Her father is forever tinkering with watches, completely absorbed in his work, plotting the next stop on their never-ending journey. Mara has never questioned their way of life u...
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Glitter Boy
Name: Stephen Leitch
06 March 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
For 11 year old James dancing, singing, writing poetry and Mariah Carey (he plans to write songs for her) are the things he loves doing. He also enjoys spending time with his besties Harriet and Joel and with his Nan who he visits regularly after school. With a new school year just starting, J...
