Teenagers Book Reviews
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Burning Sunlight
Name: Ruth Cornish
03 June 2021;Genre: Environment
Burning Sunlight is a brilliant read on many levels. Firstly, the author has caught the emotional mood swings of a teenager extremely well. As a parent, it almost made for uncomfortable reading but feels authentic and honest and offers the reader a fresh account of a teen stru...
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The Swallows' Flight
Name: Lucy Georgeson
03 June 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Swallows' Flight is a companion novel to The Skylarks' War, which I would urge you to read first if you haven't already done so. The story alternates between Ruby, Kate, Dog (Pax) and friends Erik and Hans in Germany as they navigate the i...
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Hurricane Child
Name: Jane Rew
03 June 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
We begin this story with 12 yr old Caroline Murphy living with her dad on Water Island in the Virgin Islands archipelago. Her mum left home 1 year 3 months ago, without explanation. How is an adolescent supposed to cope with that, how understand it? How can she possibly learn to live without h...
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Sports Legends: 50 Inspiring People
Name: Sam Phillips
03 June 2021;Genre: Personal Growth
What an absolutely fantastic book! Sports Legends, 50 Inspiring People includes a selection of tales from well known athletes who at different stages in their lives have overcome a variety of challenges and issues in order to achieve their goal and ultimate sporting fame. Negative body image,...
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We Played With Fire
Name: Kimberley Lawson
01 June 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
We Played With Fire By Catherine Barter is based on the true story of the Fox sisters - Kate, Maggie and Leah - and it plunges the reader straight into the forbidden cellar of the Fox family's remote old house in New York State, full of bitter cold, brooding shadows and noises...
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Melt
Name: Jo Clarke
01 June 2021;Genre: Environment
In Melt, two lives seemingly poles apart are thrown together in a quest to seek answers and, most importantly to survive. Bea is always the new girl. Her Dad's job means that she is forever moving home, moving schools, losing friends and trying to fit in. Yutu lives a t...
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Jane Austen Investigates: The Abbey Mystery
Name: Hamizah Aziz
01 June 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
A book for young readers but as a 30 something, I enjoyed reading it! The book has everything; adventure, humor, sibling love, and friendship. Jane Austen Investigates - The Abbey Mystery by Julia Golding tells the story of young Jane Austen as a young detective. When an accident in the family...
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Dead or Alive (Skulduggery Pleasant)
Name: Dan Katz
01 June 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
Supreme Mage Creed is looking for The Child of the Faceless Ones - destined to bring the ruthless Faceless Ones back to Earth - and he has a way to find her. Trouble is, it involves the deaths of millions - possibly billions - of people, and will result in the subjugation of mortals. On top of...
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The Secret Detectives
Name: Linda Canning
01 June 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Secret Detectives is a historical mystery, set on a ship sailing from India. When orphan Isobel sets sail on the S.S. Marianna, the last thing she expects is to make new friends... or to solve a murder! Thrust into a world she doesn't understand, Isobel must catch the murd...
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Arctic Star
Name: Beverley Somerset
01 June 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen have been friends since their schooldays. Now they are Royal Navy recruits and, as the story starts, are on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic Convoy and they are on their way to Russia to deliver vital su...
