Teenagers Book Reviews
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The Storm Keeper's Battle
Name: Linda Brown
09 February 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
The Storm Keeper's Battle is the last book in the wonderful Storm Keepers Trilogy and it doesn't disappoint. The author, through her wonderful writing, transports the younger reader into this magical, windswept fantasy.Fionn has one last battle with the evil Morrig...
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Name: Cheldane Age 9
08 February 2021;Genre: Fantasy
I liked this book. I feel like it is a little bit sad because Vega's family are very much apart compared to other families. There are some words I don't understand yet. There is like a cliffhanger at the end of each chapter. I like it because it is in the first person. Before, I did not like t...
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Name: Clair Bossons
05 February 2021;Genre: Adventure
The Shark Caller is an outstanding, spell-binding story. The author, Zillah Bethell, was born and raised for most of her childhood in Papua New Guinea. Sharks are very special in Papua New Guinea. They are considered beautiful, dangerous and otherworldly. By reading this book...
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Name: Kelly Buxton
04 February 2021;Genre: Adventure
Nirana Farook, author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant, dishes up a dazzling Sri Lanka-set adventure featuring a mysterious shipwreck, an overzealous child and a big, blue whale.Razi, a fisherman's son, stares wide eyed in paralysed fear as a mysterious boat appears on the sparkli...
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Name: Beverley Somerset
04 February 2021;Genre: Magical Realism
The Widdershins sisters go from strength to strength in this wonderful book by Michelle Harrison!In A Tangle of Spells, Fliss, Betty and Charlie Widdershins move from Crowstone with their Granny and their father Barney. They are hoping for a new start in the pretty...
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Magpie
Name: Janet Fisher
04 February 2021;Genre: Family & Home
This deceptively slight book tells a story I sincerely hope that most children will never encounter. Alice and her family are on the run from an abusive man whom her mother became involved with, and returned to several times, until he hit Alice which was the wake- up call for her mother. They...
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The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh
Name: Janet Fisher
04 February 2021;Genre: Funny Stories
Telling a story about someone who has a problem does not always work, often making the reader feel sorry for him/her, which does not always make for a good read. Helen Rutter has overcome this in The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh by making Billy Plimpton into a real hero, who ov...
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Amber Under Cover
Name: Jenny Caddick
03 February 2021;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Amber Under Cover is an exciting, engaging super sleuthing spy adventure! Teenage Amber is already reeling from the 'trauma' of finding out she is going to be a big sister after 14 years as an only child when this becomes the very least of her problems... A victory in...
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Emmy Levels Up
Name: Jenny Caddick
03 February 2021;Genre: Bullying
Emmy Levels Up is a brilliantly styled story focusing on bullying , friendship, fitting in and finding your own personal power . The story is updated for the digital age of gaming and feels fresh, relevant and very relatable with; it's almost dual narrative on characters' onli...
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Name: Eileen Armstrong
02 February 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
2020 will be remembered for many reasons - but especially because it was the year in which the urgent need for putting Black British history back in the curriculum was finally recognised, and the drive to make it both mainstream and mandatory gathered huge momentum as a result of the Black Lives...
