Teenagers Book Reviews

Name: Donna Burkert
27 October 2021;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

If you want to know what really happened to Hansel and Gretel, how they ended up in that forest and what happened to them after they survived that first trial, then this is the book for you. The dark and gruesomely twisted stories of Hansel and Gretel will keep readers turning pages in disgust...

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Name: Rhiannon Cook
27 October 2021;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Trapped in a Parisian orphanage, mysterious circumstances surrounding his parent's deaths, Bastien Bonlivre follows in their footsteps as a writer and is determined to discover what really happened to his mother and father. Monsieur Xavier, appointed as the new director of the orphanage under...

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Name: Donna Burkert
26 October 2021;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Almost overnight, Anna and her family decide to flee their home. She has to leave behind her friends, all her things (including her beloved pink rabbit) and the life that she knew and loved. The dangers she faces and the difficulties her family endure as they fled Germany for Switzerland, Fran...

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Name: Linda Brown
24 October 2021;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

It's been a while since I picked one of Marissa Meyer's wonderful reimaginings of our famous fairytales, (if you haven't already, you need to check our her Lunar Chronicle series). In Gilded she does the Grimm Brothers really proud as it's full of all the dark, otherworldly, n...

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Name: KELLY Buxton
22 October 2021;

Genre: Non Fiction

Pack your bags and get ready for a globe-trotting tour of the world! The World Book is jam-packed with fun and interesting facts about the countries (199) that make up our world. Discover the history, geography, wildlife, culture and cuisine from each country without leaving y...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
22 October 2021;

Genre: Supernatural

Maya awakes one morning with a strange feeling that something bad is going to happen. At school, she meets her friends Carla, Jason and Tomas and all four children say that they had experienced bad nightmares the previous night. In class, Maya sits next to a mysterious new girl. She has white...

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Name: Joanna Hewish
21 October 2021;

Genre: Magical Realism

Shadow Town is an exciting new fantasy novel with many twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat. It tells the story of Toby, a young man living in London with his parents. One day a mysterious shadow appears from another world, causing disruption in Toby's life. T...

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Name: Catherine Purcell
21 October 2021;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Ghost Bird is a cultural tour de force from First Nations Australian author Lisa Fuller; drawing on her culture, customs and beliefs, Lisa delivers an incredible YA story with a dark heart that has so many elements to it. In brief: Laney has gone missing. At first she's...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
16 October 2021;

Genre: Non Fiction

Shackleton's Endurance: An Antarctic Survival Story is an excellent narrative book rich in historical fact and harrowing in detail about the fated polar expedition to Antarctica where Shackleton and his team of 27 men hoped to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. <p...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
15 October 2021;

Genre: Friends and family

A year has passed since Peter parted from Pax and although each has moved on with their lives, neither has forgotten the other. Now living with Vola, Peter has built his own cabin and plans to join the Junior Water Warriors, but he is deeply scarred by the loss of his parents and his separatio...

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