Teenagers Book Reviews

Name: Catherine Purcell
18 May 2021;

Genre: Historical Fiction

Can we take a moment here to look at that fabulous cover illustration for When the Sky Falls? The magnificence of the silverback gorilla, Adonis, sat on his haunches, standing sentry. In amidst fire and brimstone, flames and destruction; searchlights picking out Hitler's bombe...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
17 May 2021;

Genre: Environment

Laurie Larksie is 12 and lives with her mum, dad and younger sister Fern. The whole family are keen environmentalists, and want to save the planet. Laurie and Fern enjoy making their own eco-friendly beauty products from the foods their parents grow at home. The family even go so far as to loo...

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Name: daisy Age 13
16 May 2021;

Genre: Friends and family

I thought it was quite a tricky read so wouldn't suggest it to younger readers. But the illustrations were beautiful and helped the book flow more. I also found it really unique so would recommend to people who like different and more deep, meaningful stories.

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Name: Maddie Age 13
12 May 2021;

Genre: Real life

After being home schooled by his inspirational mothers for many years, Wilbur has very few social skills and friends so when he first joins a secondary school he gets picked on by the school bully almost immediately. An embarrassing letter gets posted onto social media and Wilbur becomes the t...

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Name: Kerenza Age 13
11 May 2021;

Genre: Real life

Tremendous things is a book about falling in love and finding yourself as a teenager in the modern world. I really liked this book because it was really funny and made me laugh, while also dealing with difficult topics like bullying, homophobia and not fitting in as well as including lots of r...

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Name: Kristen Hopwood
11 May 2021;

Genre: Animals

In Digger and Me we meet James who is in Year 6 and muddling his way through a confusing time in his life. His mum and dad are separated so he spends his time between two houses - mum and her boyfriend, Dave and Dad and his girlfriend, Kathy. James isn't sure whether he likes...

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Name: Katrina Waldron
10 May 2021;

Genre: Real life

Wilbur writes an embarrassing letter to his future self and Tyler (a school bully) finds it and puts it on Social Media. Wilbur becomes a laughing stock at school. Forever labelled a freak, he begins to write poetry and befriends his elderly neighbour, Sal. With few other friends, Wilbur hopes...

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Name: Alison Kelly
09 May 2021;

Genre: Poetry

Three gifted children's poets have contributed to Being Me, Poems about Thoughts, Worries and Feelings, an important collection of poems that directly address children's mental health and well-being.  As Kay Tew says in the preface to the teaching resource that accompanies the...

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Name: Nathan Cox
07 May 2021;

Genre: Funny Stories

Something I Said is a joke-filled story from beginning to end. Carmichael Taylor, Car, is a 13-year-old boy with hidden comic skills and sarcasm. His perception of the world is one big joke but often people don't find things as funny as he does - 'If life is a joke, make it a...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
07 May 2021;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Pete, Krish and Nancy are off on a school trip to Heathland Camp, where they are expecting to have a great time. There are derelict Ministry of Defence buildings nearby which they have been told are out of bounds, but Pete decides that they must go and investigate them. They discover that the...

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