Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: Clare Wilkins
22 August 2022;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Deina is a thief. She is also a soul severer, one of Hades' representatives on earth, guiding the dead to the threshold of the Underworld. Contracted to serve Hades she can only reduce her tenure through successful severing, gradually diminishing the length of her service. But when the all-pow...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
21 August 2022;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Deina is a Severer; one of many taken from their families as children once marked by the Gods with a Sigil. Under the Order of Hades, she is tasked with assisting the dying into the Underworld and trapped by a Torc placed around her neck, only to be removed after she has served for 40 years, u...

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Name: Chomo Chomo
20 August 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

The cover of this book promises something frightening and the book delivers in spades. Opening in a butterfly centre, the action starts right from the off. Ivy is a sympathetic heroine, with a sad background, who likes people and works hard. The writing style is fast paced and there is...

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Name: Jane Welby
16 August 2022;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

15-year-old Muzna feels frumpy. The daughter of first generation immigrants from Pakistan, she is caught between two cultures and struggling with low self-esteem and the changes that adolescence brings. She has been brought up to respect her parents and do as they say; they want her to be a do...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
15 August 2022;

Genre: Friends and family

Hector is the class clown and sometimes, just sometimes, the class bully. One day he causes an accident and suddenly his one true friend and life are no longer the same. Full of anger and a sense of injustice, Hector is offered an unusual deal by a strange old lady and her dog. Offering to mak...

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Name: Linda Brown
15 August 2022;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Six Crimson Cranes is a magical story that will immerse you into the author's stunning world of beautiful, believable characters, enchanting places, traditions, mythology, dragons and magical objects. Princess Shiori has a secret: forbidden magic is in her blood. On the...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
06 August 2022;

Genre: Fantasy

After growing up in foster homes, Ivy's search for her mother might finally be over. But just when she has a lead and a plan to find her, strange events start following Ivy and her friend Tom.  Will they be able to find Ivy's mother and what else might they find along the way? W...

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Name: Lorraine Ansell
04 August 2022;

Genre: Dystopian

Marti, a teenage trans girl from mixed parentage, cares about no one but herself, or so she says. Living in England whilst it is being forcefully taken over by supremacist religious fanatics, she is struggling to survive with her family on rations and in dire living conditions. When the bombin...

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Name: Clair Bossons
04 August 2022;

Genre: Environment & Nature

Abi's involvement in Earth Crisis as a climate activist has led to her being excluded from school. Deciding she needs a holiday, Abi's dad takes her across the North Sea to a remote Norwegian Island to see her grandma and cousins. Much to Abi's dismay, there is no internet connection on the is...

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Name: Jane Rew
04 August 2022;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Before fleeing their home, Dad tells 14-year-old Alex "this isn't a war for the brave, it's a war for the clever. Because we are up against an enemy who won't let us tell anyone what is happening". He has been gathering evidence so that the world will know the truth about his country's treatme...

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