Teenagers Book Reviews

Name: Ruth Cornish
22 November 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Murder at Snowfall, the latest murder mystery from Fleur Hitchcock, is an exciting middle grade book featuring realistic characters with real life issues in addition to a thrilling sideline in detective work. The atmosphere created by the author is as chilling as the season as...

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Name: Rikayla Age 13
18 November 2022;

Genre: Friendship

I Love the Terri Libenson Series, it is the best book I ever read. I give this book a 5 out of 5 that is how good it is.

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Name: Clare Wilkins
16 November 2022;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Acclaimed poet Joseph Coelho seamlessly binds myth and reality in this spellbinding new verse novel. A poetic retelling of the story of Theseus and the Minotaur, and Theseus's quest to find his father, runs parallel with a contemporary story of a teenage boy and his absent father. In An...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
15 November 2022;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Piaf (Sparrow) is a chestnut roaster in Paris in the 1800s whilst The Eiffel Tower is just being built. Piaf is blessed (or is it cursed?) with total recall of every event in her life. There is something dangerous lurking in the background; 20 gifted children have disappeared, and Piaf's own b...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
11 November 2022;

Genre: Non Fiction

Bursting with ideas for engaging activities, this is a book designed to build confidence and skill in using a range of tools. With plenty of practical advice and words of caution about safe and responsible usage and storage of tools, it is obviously written by someone with a great passion for...

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Name: Kelly Buxton
10 November 2022;

Genre: Historical Fiction

A book that leaves you breathless. If I could give this more than 5*, I would!  The ancient clans seek peace, but at what cost? A choked howl gives way to a deafening silence that echoes around the forest. Pack brother Torak and his mage mate Renn answer the call, but will they be too late? An...

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Name: Jan Blagden
09 November 2022;

Genre: Bereavement

If You Read This is the second middle grade novel by Kereen Getten, as she skilfully whisks the reader off to the Caribbean. The warmth of the interfering family and friends, the light touch of local dialect and description of place bring to the reader the experience of an aut...

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Name: Jane Rew
07 November 2022;

Genre: Historical Fiction

I have no hesitancy in giving this book a 5 star rating. The author is adept at using language in keeping with Elizabethan times, when London hummed to the sights, smells and sounds of human life in all its gruesome, gorgeous reality. Honesty and Lies, told alternately...

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Name: Clair Bossons
04 November 2022;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Murder at Snowfall hooked me in from the very first page. Fleur Hitchcock's books are very popular in our school library and now I can see why! This murder mystery launched straight into the action and kept me guessing until the end with lots of twists and turns along t...

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Name: Mia Davidson
03 November 2022;

Genre: Historical Fiction

This book is amazing! I love the way M. A. Bennett talked about the past and the future. The idea is a great one!  I suggest everyone to read this book.

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