Teenagers Book Reviews

Name: Clair Bossons
30 June 2022;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Why is Nobody Laughing? is a powerful book which tackles the subject of teenage mental health in boys; a subject that should be talked about more openly so it is great to find a book written about mental health with male characters that students can relate to. Ibrahim M...

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Name: Janet Fisher
28 June 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Midnighters follows the story of Ema who lives in Prague in an unspecified time, the youngest of a very scientific family, all of whom specialise in something different. Ema knows that the number 12 means something to her, that she seems to know things will happen before t...

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Name: Louise Baker
25 June 2022;

Genre: Supernatural

The very last thing Mo Merrydew expects on a wet Tuesday evening is to be accosted by a 600-year vampire and chosen to be Britain's Vampire Queen - but that's exactly what happens. The trouble is that vegetarian Mo has far more pressing matters on her mind, including a carefully crafted plan f...

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Name: Lennox Age 12
13 June 2022;

Genre: Adventure

I recently read S.T.E.A.L.T.H.: Access Denied and I really enjoyed it! It is an engaging book that you won't want to put down. The book has key and challenging vocabulary needed to add depth to what is going on, but it is still a fun read. The book will keep you occupied, with...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
12 June 2022;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Vinnie Fyfe is 12 years old and lives with her mother in London. Her mother makes fine hats for rich ladies, hats designed by Vinnie, who is a talented artist. The year is 1877 and unexpectedly, Vinnie is taken by her mother to stay with an aunt in Brighton. Her mother than promptly disappears...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
09 June 2022;

Genre: Environment

Inspired by Eva Ibbotson’s classic, Escape to the River Sea opens with the story of Rosa Sweetman, a young girl who arrived in England as part of the Kinderstransport and who finds herself in the care of Sir Clovis and living at Westwood Estate, initially in the company of oth...

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Name: Lisa Watkins
07 June 2022;

Genre: Friends and family

This is the second book I have read by Maisie Chan and it is just as brilliant as the first, Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths!  Keep Dancing, Lizzie Chu is a heart-warming story of 12-year-old Lizzie-Chu who lives with he...

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Name: Jo Clarke
06 June 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

How To Be True is the second adventure set amongst the School of the Good Sisters and it reunites the reader with familiar characters, Edie, Hanna and Calla. Just like its predecessor, How to Be Brave, it is narrated by Good Sister June, a...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
01 June 2022;

Genre: Adventure

Onyeka has always felt conscious about her hair, which is exuberant and often difficult to manage. She feels it draws unwanted attention which enhances her feeling that she does not quite fit in. She and her mother left Nigeria to come to England and her mother, although loving, is overprotect...

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Name: Falak Age 11
01 June 2022;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

For me the book was boring at first but as you read on you kind of get the image of what the book is about! It took me about 3 days to read but I loved it! Defo recommend

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