Teenagers Book Reviews

Name: Stephen Leitch
13 September 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

Inspiring Inventors Who Are Changing Our Future gives a fascinating insight into inventors and their inventions that are having an impact on millions of lives throughout the world today. Many were unknown to me - both inventor and invention - and that's what made this a really...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
11 September 2023;

Genre: Poetry

And I Climbed and I Climbed is a remarkable collection of poems, focusing on Cosmo, a young boy whose life changed forever when he fell out of a tree in his garden.  Having a great deal to come to terms with, these poems explore his experiences.  Poet, Simon Lightbrown has dra...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 September 2023;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Caro Monday lives in a pub in Waterloo with her two mothers. One of her mothers runs the pub while the other is a famous whistling star, who travels the world. One day Caro is forced to go and stay with her great aunt who lives in Hampstead. Her whistling mother has disappeared, and Caro has n...

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Name: Emelia Helliwell
08 September 2023;

Genre: Horror

Welcome to Camp Killer is set in the north of England and is about a group of teenagers who start their summer looking to earn money and have fun helping to run a new American-style residential camp called 'Camp Miller' in the grounds of a stately home. When opening 'Ca...

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Name: Amanda Shipton
03 September 2023;

Genre: Animals

There are so many books available about dogs but there are none like A World of Dogs: A Celebration of Fascinating Facts and Amazing Real-Life Stories for Dog Lovers. Bestselling children's author (and accidental American Dingo-owner) Carlie Sorosiak has written this unique tr...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
03 September 2023;

Genre: Adventure

This, the fifth and final trip to Eerie-on-Sea, concludes Herbie and Violet's adventures and, like others I'm sure, I read Mermedusa with mixed feelings - delight at another visit to one of my favourite fictional places and great sadness that there would be no...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
03 September 2023;

Genre: Animals

This beautifully illustrated book would make the perfect gift for any dog lover. Carlie Sorosiak's passion for pooches is evident on every page as she shares a wealth of fascinating facts and amazing tales (or should that be tails!) about our canine companions. Having unwittingly adopte...

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Name: Stephen Leitch
01 September 2023;

Genre: Adventure

Welcome back to Eerie -on-Sea, where everyone knows not to go out on the beach at night, especially when it's almost midwinter. But that isn't going to stop the members of Anomalous Phenomena podcast group, who are in Eerie on a monster tour, hunting down evidence of the fabled Malamander! Whi...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
31 August 2023;

Genre: Non Fiction

In this fascinating book, the reader discovers the stories of twenty extraordinary inventors from across the world. Coming from very different backgrounds and locations, each of the people featured has seen a need, identified the problem and set about finding a solution, using their skill to m...

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Name: Jo Clarke
23 August 2023;

Genre: Historical Fiction

In an era when young ladies were expected to take pleasure in needlepoint and were instructed in the art of the perfect curtsey, Winnie Weatherby is unique. Uninterested in deportment or poetry, Winnie is preoccupied with inventing; her desire is to win the prestigious 'Petit Prix' at the Worl...

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