Young Adult Book Reviews
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Play
Name: Eileen Armstrong
10 October 2023;Genre: Personal Growth
Play brilliantly captures the voices and stories of four very different teenage boys. Bored of their small town life and what little it seems to offer, the friends invent their own games to pass the time until they can get away, scoring points against each other. When one of t...
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Of Dreams and Destiny
Name: Linda Brown
06 October 2023;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Of Dreams and Destiny follows Daphne Elizabeth 'DE' McKinley's senior year at Rosetta Academy - and things are not going as smoothly as she had hoped... DE is still getting over a painful break up, there is a mysterious storm raging around the Academy that is causing its stude...
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Scare Me
Name: Linda Brown
05 October 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Scare Me is the new supernatural thriller from the award winning YA author, Teri Terry and trust me when I say, this author's imagination will have you on the edge of your seat once again... 16-year-old Liv has a secret, the ghost of her twin sister, Molly, who died at...
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Her Radiant Curse
Name: Linda Brown
25 September 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Her Radiant Curse is the prequel story to the wonderful fantasy tale, Six Crimson Cranes. However, it can easily be read as a stand alone as it's a complete story within itself, b...
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At the Speed of Lies
Name: Bethany Age 13
25 September 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
At the Speed of Lies is about a girl called Quinn. Quinn is in a wheelchair and finds not everyone is accepting as others but tries to use her Instagram account, called The Whine, to try and help find two children called Annalice and her brother Jenson, who have apparently gon...
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Yours from the Tower
Name: Eileen Armstrong
25 September 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Yours from the Tower is set in 1896: a time of great hope, social change and scientific excitement. An exciting year too for three best friends leaving boarding school, full of hopes, dreams and big ambitions. But despite their newfound freedom, the trio must head home to very...
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Getting Away with Murder
Name: Clair Bossons
22 September 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Getting Away with Murder is a gripping page turner. It is set in a high-tech escape room experience in an abandoned bunker. The contestants must solve the games and complete the rooms to escape in what turns out to be a fight for survival. Not only has the AI taken over and tr...
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Ancient Love Stories: The Most Remarkable Romances in History
Name: Sue Wilsher
20 September 2023;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Ancient Love Stories retells some of the greatest romances in history, showing that love is a familiar theme across time and culture. The book starts by introducing Sappho, who knew 'how to write about love'. Acknowledging we know little of her, the author explores her life an...
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Queen of Gods (House of Shadows 2)
Name: Clare Wilkins
08 September 2023;Genre: Myths & Legends
Feisty Deina is no fan of the duplicitous Gods. Nor is she a fan of the war-mongering Aristaeus but, bound by the seeds Thanatos commanded her to swallow in order to save her friends, she is tied to the Underworld. Hades wants her daughter to join her and become a God but despite conflicting e...
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The Witches of Pendle
Name: Lorraine ansell
01 September 2023;Genre: Supernatural
A team of ghost hunters investigate mysterious events in the town of Pendle. Several residents have been affected and do not seem themselves, but are they connected in some way? Before long, the team uncover shocking historical events and set out to lay the ghosts of the past to rest. <...
