Teenagers Book Reviews
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Fireborn
Name: Louisa Farrow
02 September 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Twelve has given up her name and her previous life to take an oath of allegiance to the Hunting Lodge. She has sworn she will, "never lower her weapons in the face of darkness nor allow tyranny to rise". Now she is learning to hunt dark creatures so she can earn a new name and graduate from hu...
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Name: Hayley Summerfield
02 September 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Circus Maximus: Race to the Death is a thrilling new historical adventure story by debut children's author Annelise Gray. This powerful story is immersed with revenge, redemption, survival, and hope. It is set in the Ancient sporting world of Rome, which is a world dominated b...
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Feast Your Eyes on Food
Name: Hayley Summerfield
02 September 2021;Genre: Non Fiction
Feast Your Eyes on Food by Laura Gladwin, is a food encyclopaedia of more than 1000 delicious things to eat. This beautiful book stipulates that eating is more than just tasting the food we eat; it explains how food feeds the soul and allows us to experience new cultures and t...
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Green Rising
Name: Linda Brown
02 September 2021;Genre: Dystopian
Hester is the daughter of the owner of Dalex, a huge company with huge earth damaging emissions, but she is also a 'Greenfinger', a person who can grow plants from within their body. When her dad asks her to head up a project using 'Greenfinger' teenagers, she meets, for the first time, with...
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Be Resilient: How to Build a Strong Teenage Mind for Tough Times
Name: Clair Bossons
01 September 2021;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Nicola Morgan has a Diploma in Youth Counselling, has written over 100 books and won many awards including the School Library Association's Outstanding Contribution to Information books. I already have several of her other books on our Self Help Shelf in the library, so was thrilled to receive...
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Don't Doubt The Rainbow - The Five Clues
Name: Ruth Cornish
01 September 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Five Clues is a page turning mystery which immerses the reader in the world of ethics and science. Edie is secretly left a set of clues by her activist mother in the event of (what turns out to be) her suspicious death. She uses her natural intelligence and her close relat...
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Fireborn: Twelve and the Frozen Forest
Name: Beverley Somerset
01 September 2021;Genre: Fantasy
Twelve has pledged her life to the Hunting Lodge. She has given up her name and is now a Huntling, training in the art of fighting monsters and keeping the peace in the land of Ember. Once she has earned the right to be a Hunter she will be able to choose a new name. Until then, she is a numbe...
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All American Boys
Name: Shirley Munn
29 August 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
All American Boys is written from the perspective of two different boys interlinked by circumstances yet divided by completely different cultures. Rashad, a black 17 year old who is attacked by a white policeman, when a woman trips and falls in front of him and the policeman a...
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The Ash House
Name: Louisa Farrow
28 August 2021;Genre: Friends and family
A new boy arrives at Ash House, thinking he's going to be cured of his agonising back pains. Soon he can't even remember his name and he's given a new one, Solitude, Sol for short. Then he battles to find his place in a strange community of children all called after 'Nicenesses' and apparently...
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Crowfall
Name: Kelly Buxton
27 August 2021;Genre: Adventure
Vashti Hardy has a way with words that draws the reader in from beginning to end. Hardy's latest novel: Crowfall is an epic adventure that delves into the complicated relationship between nature and humans, illuminating the need for harmony and a reciprocal approach. Or...
