Teenagers Book Reviews
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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...
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Safiyyah's War
Name: Julie Broadbent
01 August 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Set in Paris at the beginning of WWII, we are introduced to our protagonist and narrator, Safiyyah. Tensions are rising across the city as people are nervous and worried about the imminent invasion of France by Nazi Germany. Saffiyah is a bright, happy girl who enjoys playing with her friends...
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Rebel Fire
Name: Jacqueline Harris
01 August 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Rebel Fire is the sequel to Rebel Skies, a much lauded fantasy book. Kurara and her brother Haru have escaped from the power-hungry princess Tsukimi and they are looking for the most powerful of all the shikigami, a phoenix. Kurara hopes it wi...
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Nowhere Island
Name: Donna Chadwick
31 July 2023;Genre: Family & Home
Nowhere Island is a fast-paced story which focuses on how to survive in the wilderness. It follows four unlikely friends and a trusty dog from different backgrounds through a variety of situations. The story begins when Gil tries to evade another Foster home and ends up living...
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Old Gods New Tricks
Name: Hayley Summerfield
27 July 2023;Genre: Myths & Legends
Old Gods New Tricks by Thiago De Moraes is a feast of a mythological adventure that enlightens the reader on epic myths from cultures across the world. We are first introduced to Trixie when the world is plunged into darkness; she has been called into the head...
