Young Adult Book Reviews
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Ember Queen
Name: Linda Brown
04 April 2020;Genre: Fantasy
Ember Queen is the concluding book to the wonderful Ash Princess series, and what an amazing, well written conclusion it has been. This book continues with all the magic, romance, power battles and friendships from the previous books, along w...
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The M Word
Name: Eileen Armstrong
04 April 2020;Genre: Bereavement
Characters in a Brian Conaghan novel never have it easy. 17 year old Maggie Yates is struggling to maintain a relationship with someone once pivotal to her life who has chosen to leave her. She talks to her every day, tells her everything. Her best friend. She tells her when her dinner lady mu...
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Viper's Daughter
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 April 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
Two summers have passed and Torak and Renn are now living together in the Forest with Wolf, his mate, Darkfur, and the cubs. But their pack is torn apart when Renn, fearing she is a danger to Torak, leaves. Desperate to find her, Torak and Wolf follow, leaving the Forest they love, and heading...
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The M Word
Name: Julie Broadbent
02 April 2020;Genre: Bereavement
Maggie Yates is 17 years old and has just started art college. She has worked hard at school to get there and this is the next important chapter in her life. However, this new chapter in Maggie's life is beginning to unravel. Her mum is a single parent and after she loses her job, she spirals...
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Fig Swims the World
Name: Sue Wilsher
02 April 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Lemony Fitzsherbert, commonly known as Fig, is very good at making lists, maths and playing the piano. She is also very good at worrying. Every New Year, her high-powered mother sets her a resolution. This year, it's acting classes, but Fig has decided to set her own goal. She's going to swim...
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Fig Swims the World
Name: Jacqueline Harris
02 April 2020;Genre: Friends and family
Fifteen-year-old Fig Fitzsherbet is good at a lot of things; maths and making lists being top of those achievements. Fig's mother, however, does not think she is good at anything and is constantly pushing and bullying her into things Fig does not want to do. Setting Fig the New Year's resoluti...
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Song Beneath the Tides
Name: Clare Wilkins
02 April 2020;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Ally is on the holiday of a lifetime with her brothers in Africa. With her Aunt distracted by her workload as a doctor, Ally and her brothers can run free along the wild and stunning coastline. They quickly make friends with some local children and soon find themselves drawn in by the local fo...
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The Austen Girls
Name: Jessica Locke
02 April 2020;Genre: Historical Fiction
This is a really enjoyable historical fiction book from Lucy Worsley that follows Fanny and her cousin, Anna, as they make their debut onto the marriage market watched closely by their mysterious and unusual Aunt Jane. This is a witty and lighthearted look at some of the issues girls faces in...
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Wink
Name: Dan Katz
31 March 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Ross Maloy wants nothing more than to be normal - to hang out with his friends and play computer games. But his world is rocked when he wakes one morning with a massively swollen eye, which turns out to be an incredibly rare form a cancer.Wink follows Ross's journe...
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Wink
Name: Rhiannon Cook
29 March 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
All Ross wants is to live a 'normal' life; hang out with his best friends Abby and Isaac; go to school; crush on popular girl Sarah Kennedy and avoid school bully Jimmy. However, a rare form of cancer puts an end to any kind of normal Ross had and, as his life begins to change, so do the perce...
