Teenagers Book Reviews
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Shades of Scarlet
Name: Eileen Armstrong
10 February 2022;Genre: Friends and family
In Shades of Scarlet, Scarlet's world implodes when her parents' relationship falls apart and her mum leaves her dad, taking Scarlet with her. To add insult to injury, her mum has a boyfriend who Scarlet only finds out about on the school grapevine as, embarrassingly, he's the...
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Kemosha of the Caribbean
Name: Ruth Cornish
10 February 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
Kemosha of the Caribbean is an adventure spanning the period in Kemosha's life between enslavement and liberty. Alex Wheatle has created a strong female main character fighting for her family and for their freedom, along with a fascinating cast of supporting characters who hel...
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Sabotage on the Solar Express
Name: Kelly Buxton
10 February 2022;Genre: Adventure
Award-winning authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman bring us another wheel-grinding, thrill-seeking adventure, this time across the Australian outback. The fifth epic Adventure on Trains instalment, Sabotage on the Solar Express, sees Hal and his Uncle Nat reunited with August...
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A Storm of Sisters
Name: Sue Wilsher
07 February 2022;Genre: Magical Realism
At the start of A Storm of Sisters, cousin Clarissa needs looking after so the Widdershins sisters and their Granny set off for the Wilderness to look after her. The girls are excited to find that there is not enough room for them all to stay at cousin Clarissa's house and the...
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Escape Room
Name: Susan Wilsher
06 February 2022;Genre: Science Fiction
When Ami arrives at the Escape, she thinks her dad has arranged a treat for her - the ultimate escape room challenge. Along with team mates Adjoa, Ibrahim, Oscar and Min, Ami learns that their challenge is to save the world, working together to find the Answer. However, from the first challeng...
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A Storm of Sisters
Name: Beverley Somerset
06 February 2022;Genre: Magical Realism
In A Storm of Sisters, Fliss, Betty and Charlie Widdershins are called away from the sleepy village of Penderwick when their father's cousin Clarissa breaks her ankle and needs their help. Along with Granny Widdershins, they journey to the far North to Wilderness, a remote, co...
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Back Home
Name: Sitha Age 11
05 February 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
Back Home is an amazing and emotive book based on a girl returning from evacuation because of the war. It is a very beautiful story that represents how tight the bond is between them. She cant remember her mum much but eventually she realises that it doesn't matter if she has changed, as lon...
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Escape Room
Name: Louisa Farrow
05 February 2022;Genre: Science Fiction
Ami's reward for working hard is an evening at The Escape. It's meant to be the ultimate locked-room adventure, perfect for someone like her who likes solving puzzles. But, as the Host locks Ami and four team mates in the first room, it becomes clear that this is far from an ordinary game....
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Have Pride
Name: Eileen Armstrong
04 February 2022;Genre: LBGTQ+
Never has a book lived up to its title, or been as deserving of so many accolades, as Have Pride. The 2021 Winner of the School Library Association’s Information Book Award (13-16 category) is, as its subtitle suggests, "an inspirational history of the LGBTQ+movement" but it i...
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Into the Sideways World
Name: Tracy Parvin
03 February 2022;Genre: Science Fiction
I am a big fan of Ross Welford's stories. They are imaginative, inventive, beautifully crafted, filled with believable characters, thought provoking, yet very funny. By weaving philosophical questions and scientific concepts through his works, Welford ensures that his readers are informed and...
