Young Adult Book Reviews
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Name: Linda Brown
06 August 2021;Genre: Supernatural
Midnight Sun is the companion book to Stephanie Meyer's Twilight. This unforgettable tale as told through Edward's eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years a...
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Every Line of You
Name: Natalie J. McChrystal Plimmer
05 August 2021;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
With her debut novel for young adults, Every Line of You, Gibson has created a captivating, thought-provoking, tense thriller of a page-turner. Grieving for the loss of her family, her brother's death, dad's abandonment, and mum's breakdown, Lydia buries herself in her talent...
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Cruel Castle
Name: Lorraine Ansell
02 August 2021;Genre: Horror
Grady survived the Iron Teen challenge and now finds himself trapped working for ruthless boss Marcus Gold. Unknown to Gold, Grady saved two of his peers from the island and is working with them to find a way to take Marcus down. Unfortunately, unknown to Grady, Gold has been watching the whol...
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This Poison Heart
Name: Eileen Armstrong
31 July 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Briseis Greene, an adopted Brooklyn teenager with a unique and uncanny ability to control plants, can make seeds grow and flowers blossom just with a touch. But being this green-fingered is both a blessing and a curse; useful for generating income to keep her adopted parents' flower shop afloa...
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Savage Island
Name: Lorraine
30 July 2021;Genre: Horror
Five friends decide to enter the Iron Teen - a problem solving, endurance test on a remote island in the Shetlands, hosted by the Gold Foundation. The teams task is to collect all the geocaches along the way and finish in the fastest time against their competitors. With a prize of one million...
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Any Way The Wind Blows
Name: Linda Brown
30 July 2021;Genre: LBGTQ+
Any Way The Wind Blows is the final book of the Simon Snow series from the author, Rainbow Rowell. This book is a finale; it tells secrets, and answers questions, and lays ghosts to rest. Simon may not have any magic left but he has inherited the Mage's fortune, even th...
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The Outrage
Name: Tanja Jennings
28 July 2021;Genre: LBGTQ+
Hussey’s thought provoking dystopian YA novel The Outrage shines a spotlight on the injustice of man's inhumanity to man. Sadly, his chilling portrait of a fragmented country, whose government resolves to stamp out what it perceives as difference, is not so improbable with the...
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The Forevers
Name: Clare Wilkins
21 July 2021;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Gripping from the outset, Chris Whittaker's first book for young adults is a compulsive dystopian page-turner that charts the devastation, fear and disillusionment of a generation doomed to die by their 18th birthdays. When seven-year old Mae hears a news report of an asteroid destined...
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Raising Hell
Name: Kerenza Age 14
21 July 2021;Genre: Horror
I really enjoyed Raising Hell because I liked the theme of black magic. This book helps to imagine what would happen if magic was actually real and people were able to summon and control it, especially teenagers. I enjoyed how the plot deepened and you discovered more and more...
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The Last Paper Crane
Name: lorraine Ansell
16 July 2021;Genre: Historical Fiction
Mizuki is troubled. Her grandfather does not seem like the man she once knew and one day he reveals a secret that has been burdening him for many years. Mizuki wonders if she can find a resolution to finally give him peace. The Last Paper Crane is an outstanding, evocat...
