Young Adult Book Reviews
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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...
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Game Over Girl
Name: Emelia Helliwell
10 February 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Game Over Girl is a story about a girl, Dolores, and her twin sister Alex, who were raised by an uncaring mother in two different ways. One girl, the eldest, was treated well, was brought new things and had lovely food. The other was only given hand me downs, would have leftov...
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This Time It’s Real
Name: Linda Brown
09 February 2023;Genre: Romance & Relationships
When 17 year old Eliza's personal essay about meeting the love of her life goes viral, her life changes overnight. However, will this make her life better? For in the back of her mind, she can't help believing this is going to go wrong. This is because her essay is all lies, she's never had a...
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This Is How You Fall In Love
Name: Morgan Harkin
09 February 2023;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Zara loves all kinds of romance stories in novels and movies, yet she is still longing for her very own. She is surrounded by her Desi family and friends, including her childhood best friend Adnan, but when they move from best friends to fake dating, the pair need to keep up the act even aroun...
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The Stolen Heir: A Novel of Elfhame
Name: Diao Sury
04 February 2023;Genre: Fantasy
The Stolen Heir: A Novel of Elfhame written by Holly Black is absolutely amazing. Most preferable to read The Cruel Prince, The Wicked King and The Queen of Nothing before reading this one because it is the continuation of the series. The only difference is that the narrator i...
