Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: Abieyuwa Age 13
25 November 2021;

Genre: Personal Growth

This book guides on how to live your life as a black British girl. It incorporates everything that makes us who we are. Growing up you don’t really see people that look sound or represent us on tv. We were always seen as the 'black ducklings' of society.  This book advises you on how to deal w...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
24 November 2021;

Genre: Myths & Legends

Born into a family of West African witches, Sheba has long known of her family’s magical powers and the consequent distrust of the other villagers. Living in fear of her shapeshifting and capricious mother, Sheba seeks solace with her grandmothers and a kindly aunt. When she meets the enigmati...

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Name: Sharon Bolton
19 November 2021;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Imagine a world where everyone wears a gun, by law, even children. This is the everyday life for 14-year-old Bluebonnet Andrews, living in the independent Republic of Texas. Her father is the deputy, but he is also an alcoholic, a reality Blue deals with all by herself. She has not seen or hea...

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Name: Linda Brown
12 November 2021;

Genre: Fantasy

Well, this wonderful new author has done it once again, as she has turned out another epic adventure in this sequel book to The Harm Tree... After the drama and traumatic events of book one (which I highly recommend you read first) our two strong female protagonists, Ebba and Torny are back to...

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Name: Linda Brown
01 November 2021;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

This new title by the wonderful Stephanie Garber is a spin off from her amazing fantasy series Caraval. Believe me when I say, that this too leaves you wanting more. Loved it, couldn't put it down! Evangeline Fox has always believed in having a 'happy ever after'. However, life doesn't always...

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Name: Linda Brown
24 October 2021;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

It's been a while since I picked one of Marissa Meyer's wonderful reimaginings of our famous fairytales, (if you haven't already, you need to check our her Lunar Chronicle series). In Gilded she does the Grimm Brothers really proud as it's full of all the dark, otherworldly, n...

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Name: Stephen Leitch
21 October 2021;

Genre: LBGTQ+

"Love is easy and it's hard," as Ari and Dane find out in Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World, the incredible sequel to Aristotle and D...

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Name: Catherine Purcell
21 October 2021;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Ghost Bird is a cultural tour de force from First Nations Australian author Lisa Fuller; drawing on her culture, customs and beliefs, Lisa delivers an incredible YA story with a dark heart that has so many elements to it. In brief: Laney has gone missing. At first she's...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
16 October 2021;

Genre: Non Fiction

Shackleton's Endurance: An Antarctic Survival Story is an excellent narrative book rich in historical fact and harrowing in detail about the fated polar expedition to Antarctica where Shackleton and his team of 27 men hoped to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. <p...

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Name: Stephen Leitch
15 October 2021;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

'If you are reading this now, it means something dreadful has happened to me'... Mysteries, messages, cryptic clues, family, kidnap and corruption all feature in this thrilling teen novel by Anthony Kessel. When thirteen year old Edie finds a note in her jacket she quickly realises it’s...

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