Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: Sharon Bolton
22 April 2022;

Genre: Personal Growth

Imagine having to go live with your dad and his new girlfriend, miles away from the rest of your family, and then her son is released from the Young Offenders Institution he has spent time in. Ryan is dealing with his mum and dad's divorce and a move to London. Then when Tommy is released, he...

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Name: Lucy Georgeson
14 April 2022;

Genre: Friends and family

Tara is from Derry, Faith is from Armagh; their lives are very different, but they look exactly the same - they just don't know why... Two teens from very different backgrounds - Tara, the Catholic daughter of a two generation single parent family, and Faith, the daughter of strict Evangelical...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
07 April 2022;

Genre: Friends and family

Tara is the catholic daughter of a single mother, raised in a tight family of women in Derry. Faith is the daughter of strict evangelical protestant parents and brought up in Armagh. Wildly different in temperament, the girls are astounded - when meeting on a youth trip - to realise that they...

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Name: Stephen Leitch
01 April 2022;

Genre: Friends and family

Wolves, Lynx, friendships, the rugged Scottish landscape, and a case of feline misidentification all come together in The Rewilders, a most enjoyable novel with a twist by Lindsay Littleson. Set in rural Scotland, the story follows Esme who, rather than getting to atten...

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Name: Catherine Purcell
25 March 2022;

Genre: Science Fiction

The fate of the universe is once more in peril; welcome back to The Infinity Guardians! The second in S.M.Wilson's enjoyable duology, it works as a stand alone but really you do need to circle back and read The Infinity Files, the first book, to fully benefit. That way you can...

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Name: Nicola Jenkin
18 March 2022;

Genre: Environment

Having thoroughly enjoyed Floodland, I was excited to read Sedgewick’s latest offering from publisher Barrington Stoke, whose books I am often recommending to reluctant or struggling readers. Wrath did not disappoint; I was hooked from the first paragraph and finished the book...

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Name: Nicola Jenkin
17 March 2022;

Genre: Friends and family

Set in the 1960s, before sex education in schools was the norm, a time when unmarried mothers were pitied and shamed and teen pregnancies were hidden from society - girls often left with little support from family and authorities and had no choice but to give up their babies - the story follow...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
15 March 2022;

Genre: Science Fiction

Ash Yang is the youngest ever Guardian of the Infinity Files and is responsible for the most powerful and dangerous artefacts in the universe. They are stored in the Library, and Ash, along with her friends Ezra, Trik and Amara, are charged with visiting different planets to retrieve, protect...

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Name: Linda Brown
03 March 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

What a debut novel, I loved every word of Only a Monster and possibly, even though it's still early into the new year, the best read of 2022... 16-year-old Joan has led a perfectly normal life until she is sent to spend the summer in London with her late mother's quirky family...

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Name: Morgan Harkin
01 March 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

The Balloon Thief follows the story of two unlikely friends. Khadija, a Ghadaean girl, and Jacob, a hari boy and a glassmaker's apprentice, both leading separate lives until Khadija fleas from an arranged marriage and lands in Jacob's home town. The Hareef, a terrorist group,...

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