Young Adult Book Reviews
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It All Started With A Lie
Name: Emelia Helliwell
07 May 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Murder, mystery and one amazing, never expected twist at the end... It All Started with a Lie follows Pearl and her three friends on a journey to find the truth. Pearl unexpectedly uncovers a family secret during a game of hide and seek with her twin brothers. Pearl shows her...
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EchoStar: is always listening
Name: Ruth Cornish
06 May 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
EchoStar: is always listening is an excellent thriller that builds the tension until the very end and (spoiler coming…) with a great final twist! For a book of only 129 pages, Melinda Salisbury manages to create an elaborate narrative full of suspense and foreboding yet centre...
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Your Time Is Up
Name: Clare Wilkins
04 May 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
This slick, sparky read from Sarah Naughton is full of recognisable characters and familiar teen angst scenarios. Flitting between a real-time exam and the preceding weeks, the tension steadily builds as falling outs, secrets and exam anxiety threaten to overwhelm the cohort of Franklin Academ...
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The Midnight Game
Name: Ayva Age 14
03 May 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Best book ever!!!
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Dead Happy
Name: Ruth Cornish
02 May 2024;Genre: Dystopian
The much anticipated follow up to Happy Head does not disappoint! I was delighted to review Dead Happy, which continues the story of Sebastian and the other youngsters trapped in a wellbeing facility. We rejoin Manning, the maniacal director of...
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The No-Girlfriend Rule
Name: Rachael Cooper-Evans
01 May 2024;Genre: LBGTQ+
Hollis Beckwith needs to find her people. As she begins her last year of school, Hollis isn't sure if she even likes her friends - but she wants to try to fit in better with them. Banned from her boyfriend's Secrets & Sorcery games due to the 'no-girlfriend rule', anxious Hollis bites the...
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King of Nothing
Name: Clair Age 11
24 April 2024;Genre: Funny Stories
This is a heart-warming, humorous coming-of-age story written by the Yoto Carnegie Medal-shortlisted author of Steady for This. Anton and his gang of friends strike fear into the hearts of the you...
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Looking for Lucie
Name: Clare Wilkins
22 April 2024;Genre: Friends and family
Identity, heritage and belonging are hot topics in YA fiction and Amanda Addison fulsomely addresses them in her new book, Looking for Lucie. Lucie sticks out like a sore thumb in her white family and white-washed town. She’s never met her father, has no information abo...
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Sister Spirit
Name: Clair Bossons
19 April 2024;Genre: Supernatural
Written by Nigerian-German author Efua Traore, Sister Spirit is her first novel for older readers. This supernatural mystery/thriller will appeal to those that enjoy stories set in other countries, mysteries, myths and romance. The main character Tara is a 16-year-old a...
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Mina and the Cult
Name: Clair Bossons
19 April 2024;Genre: Supernatural
Mina and the Cult is the third in the Mina series, and is a YA murder mystery set in New Orleans. In this book we see Mina, her sister Libby, boyfriend Jared and Della take a road trip to Roswell, New Mexico to visit her parents. However, Mina soon rediscovers why she u...
