Young Adult Book Reviews
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Different For Boys
Name: Stephen Leitch
17 March 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
Ant Stevenson is a teenager with questions, questions about friendships and virginity, and this will be a week like no other for Ant and his friends, in this bold, powerful and insightful novel from Patrick Ness. As the new Year 11 starts at St Michael's School, Ant and his friend Charl...
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HappyHead
Name: Ruth Cornish
10 March 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
HappyHead is a fantastic YA dystopian debut fiction book from Josh Silver about a group of unhappy teenagers who are selected to attend a residential community, 'HappyHead', which promotes wellbeing. Or does it.....? Sebastian begins the retreat with a mixture of emotio...
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Stateless
Name: Beverley Somerset
10 March 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
It is 1937, and Europe is on the brink of war. In an effort to promote peace in Europe, a youth air race has been arranged. Stella North is the only female among the 12 participants, and as such she has much to prove. On the very first leg of the race, Stella witnesses one of the other planes...
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Stateless
Name: Clare Wilkins
27 February 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
An air race across Europe, with the continent's finest young aviators, is the brain child of Lady Frith - an attempt at unity and peace at a time of simmering tensions. As the Spanish Civil War continues to rage and the ghosts of the Great War have barely been laid to rest, the Circuit of Nati...
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Tell Me No Lies
Name: Linda Brown
23 February 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Nora and Sophie are sisters but not friends as they now lead very different lives. Nora has Ivy League ambitions, with her straight A results, whereas, Sophie lives to dance and party with her friends. The only thing they seem to have in common is Sophie's boyfriend Garrett, who she saw Nora w...
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The Door of No Return
Name: Stephen Leitch
22 February 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander is a powerful and stunning verse novel set in the heart of the Ashanti Kingdom in Africa in 1860. The story follows Kofi Offin, an 11-year-old boy who has an affinity with water, and especially swimming in the Offin River - his friend...
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Influential
Name: Ruth Cornish
21 February 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
Influential is a fantastically on-trend story featuring @thereal_almondbrown, a teenage girl who lives out her apparently perfect life in a carefully stage managed way. This book will appeal to all social media savvy students whose own lives inhabit the world of TikTok, Insta,...
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What the World Doesn't See
Name: Clare Wilkins
21 February 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
This poignant, sensitive read is a story of familial love tested to its limits. Maudie and Jake have been left devastated by their father's recent death; their mother, sinking into depression and barely able to fulfil parental responsibilities. As a family already living with the complications...
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You Think You Know Me
Name: Clair Bossons
15 February 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
This book is a real page turner and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it; You Think You know Me is a stunning debut novel. Hanan, the main character, is from Somalia. She is a practicing Muslim and has been raised to work hard at her studies and not to draw any attention to...
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City of Nightmares
Name: Emelia Helliwell
15 February 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
City of Nightmares is set on an island where the inhabitants don't want to dream. Why? because dreams can lead to nightmares, and people can turn into their worst nightmares. The only way to stop this from happening is if they take medicine to stop them from dreaming. For those who are already...
