Teenagers Book Reviews

Name: Clare Wilkins
08 August 2021;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Ashley is part of the 'in-crowd' at school. Wealthy, glossy kids on the brink of adulthood leading privileged lives with monied parents and no real worries beyond what to wear and when to hit the beach.  Being the only black kid in the their tight-knot group has never been a problem for Ashley...

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Name: Alison Kelly
06 August 2021;

Genre: Poetry

Michael Rosen opens this powerful collection of poems about migration with these words: 'Poetry is the migrant: it travels. / Poetry is the witness: it listens. / Poetry is the survivor: it lasts.//'.  This unique book brings together Rosen's personal memories, family history and contemporary...

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Name: Julie Broadbent
06 August 2021;

Genre: Historical Fiction

I absolutely loved this book, I found it so compelling that I just couldn’t put it down. Lou Kuenzler's historical fiction novel Our Beautiful Game grips you from the very first page. Set toward the end of World War One, we are introduced to our hero and main protagonis...

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Name: Sharon Bolton
06 August 2021;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

16-year-old Becks is the polar opposite to her new step-sister but when their parents go on a belated honeymoon to Japan, the differences become more intriguing. Silva has always been the solitary, quiet member of the family, spending hours isolated in her room by her own choice, not allowing...

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Name: Linda Brown
06 August 2021;

Genre: Supernatural

Midnight Sun is the companion book to Stephanie Meyer's Twilight. This unforgettable tale as told through Edward's eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years a...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
05 August 2021;

Genre: Friendship

Kiki is in Year 7 at Riverside Academy. She's lost touch with her old friends and is now part of the Popular Crew, along with Lola, Zainab and Saffron. Now she's trying desperately to fit in with them. Wes is in the same year, but he doesn't fit in at all. His hair is wrong, his clothes are wr...

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Name: Rhiannon Cook
05 August 2021;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Highlighting the lack of representation in the climate change battle, We Have a Dream focusses on the stories and aspirations of thirty young, indigenous people and people of colour across the globe. Compiled by 'Birdgirl' Dr Mya-Rose Craig, herself a British-Bangladeshi envir...

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Name: Lisa Watkins
01 August 2021;

Genre: Real life

A heart-warming story of Sila who is desperately missing her mother after she is sent away for immigration issues. As weeks turn to months, she becomes withdrawn, sad, and lonely until her father takes her to work with him one day to a farm out of town. Here Sila embraces a friendship with the...

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Name: Jennifer Caddick
01 August 2021;

Genre: Real life

The Elephant in the Room is a beautiful, gentle and moving story of the pain of family separation and of the support in finding new friendships. In the USA, Sila and her father have spent a year living apart from her mother, currently trapped unfairly in Turkey whilst immigrat...

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Name: Donna Ritchie
01 August 2021;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

The Secret Detectives is set upon the mail ship SS Mariana, sailing from India to England. The passengers include three children whose lives are to be forever entwined by events on the journey. 11-year-old Isobel Petty has been brought up by people employed by her mother and f...

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