Teenagers Book Reviews
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Cuckoo Summer
Name: Elen Green
07 July 2022;Genre: Historical Fiction
Cuckoo Summer is one of those books that you know is going to find a natural place alongside books like Goodnight Mr Tom (Michelle Magorian) and The Valley Of Lost Secrets (Lesley Parr); there is so much to recommend about it. Jonathan Tulloch's writing takes you straig...
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A Beginner's Guide to Ruling the Galaxy
Name: Elen Green
07 July 2022;Genre: Funny Stories
A Beginner's Guide to Ruling the Galaxy is a fabulous read and children looking for a book packed with adventure and laughs - and a spaceship or two - will love it. Gavin is an ordinary child who attracts unwanted attention in the form of Niki, his new neighbour, who ta...
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The Asparagus Bunch
Name: Elen Green
07 July 2022;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
The Asparagus Bunch sees teenage Leon starting his seventh school, safe in the knowledge that, sooner or later, he will be starting a different school after he leaves this one under some cloud or another. Leon has what people see as an 'attitude problem' and this has landed hi...
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Coming Up For Air
Name: Morgan
07 July 2022;Genre: Friends and family
15-year-old Coco and her mother Min move from Soho back to her mothers home town. Coco is anxious but excited too. The idea of making new friends and developing her skills in making films excites her, however she is labelled with terms created by her parents. This encourages Coco to break thes...
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Nura and the Immortal Palace
Name: Jenny Caddick
05 July 2022;Genre: Magical Realism
The most gloriously, richly illustrated cover of this book opens and takes the reader into a darkly intriguing and imaginative fantasy adventure that blends perfectly with a very real, central theme of child labour and the culture of exploitation of the poor by the wealthy. Set in India...
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Nura and the Immortal Palace
Name: Donna Burkert
05 July 2022;Genre: Magical Realism
Nura wants what she can't have: money, wealth and power. Her days are long and difficult, mining for mica; it's a dirty and dangerous job but she does it to help her mum, to bring some extra money into the family, to help give her younger siblings a little extra. But what she really wants is t...
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This Wicked Fate
Name: Tanja Jennings
01 July 2022;Genre: Fantasy
Kalynn Bayron reinvented the myth of Cinderella shattering the patriarchal construct of the tortuous glass slipper into fragments in Cinderella Is Dead which was recently banned in Texas because of the power of its representation. She p...
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Tsunami Girl
Name: Julie
01 July 2022;Genre: Personal Growth
Tsunami Girl is a coming-of-age story about a 15-year-old girl Yuki. She lives in England with her parents and is struggling to cope with school. She has very little confidence and suffers with anxiety. Her parents decide that she should stay with her beloved grandfather in Ja...
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The Reluctant Vampire Queen
Name: Lorraine Ansell
01 July 2022;Genre: Supernatural
Mo Merrydrew has her life all mapped out when suddenly, one Tuesday evening, a 600-year-old vampire offers her the chance to be a Queen. The only problem is the role includes being turned into a vampire. Mo must juggle friends, family, schoolwork, and vampires; will she manage to keep everyon...
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Song of the River
Name: Donna Burkert
30 June 2022;Genre: Environment & Nature
In Song of the River, we learn that Cari's father is dead. Her mum has moved them to another place, a place that Cari never wanted to go, and all she has left to remind her of him is his warm red jumper and his camera. And now her mum's dreams of starting afresh have been ruin...
