Young Adult Book Reviews
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All Fall Down
Name: Erena Age 14
20 September 2019;Genre: Historical Fiction
Personally I did not particularly enjoy this book as I found it very sad and depressing, it is not the sort of book that I would typically enjoy. However it was a well written book with well developed characters that you become attached to throughout, meaning that when misfortune happens you feel...
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All Fall Down
Name: jo Age 13
20 September 2019;Genre: Historical Fiction
It was gripping until the end
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All Fall Down
Name: Callum Age 13
13 September 2019;Genre: Historical Fiction
I would recommend this book as it's a thrilling novel for most teenagers about tragedies as it has it shows many emotions on how they try and fight the black death.
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DOGS
Name: Lorraine Ansell
08 August 2019;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Greer MacDonald is back at S.T.A.G.S for her final year and trying to accept that the events of the previous year really happened. With a new temporary Abbot in charge of the school and a play to direct to ensure her place at Oxford, she is floundering to find a suitable script until the first...
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Carry On
Name: Linda Brown
11 July 2019;Genre: LBGTQ+
Carry On is the first book in the Simon Snow series. Simon is a magician; not just any magician, he's the Chosen One! However, things are not that simple as Simon is not a confident magician and he's not very good with words, which is a bit of a problem when c...
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Rebel: Book 3 The Extinction Trials
Name: Linda Brown
14 June 2019;Genre: Dystopian
Rebel is the concluding book of the excellent Extinction Trials. Once again, the author has cleverly written a pacy, rollercoaster ride of an adventure that will engage all levels of readers, including adults. Approximately Six months have passed since the end of book 2, Exile. Things didn't tur...
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Exile (The Extinction Trials)
Name: Linda Brown
09 June 2019;Genre: Dystopian
Just like book 1 of this amazing series by SM Wilson, Exile grabs you right from the first page and doesn't let you go until the end and then it leaves you wanting more... The stakes are now even higher for our two main characters, Stormchaser and Lincoln. Due to unfolding events Stormchaser end...
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The Extinction Trials
Name: Linda Brown
04 June 2019;Genre: Dystopian
This book grabbed my attention even before I started to read it... it has a mysterious reptilian cover that wills you to open the pages to begin and then, before you get to the first chapter the reader is greeted with a map, (love a map, of a new unexplored fantasy world) it may be a basic one, b...
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Fierce Fragile Hearts
Name: Sharon Bolton
08 May 2019;Genre: Friends and family
Another fantastic title from Sara Barnard, Fierce Fragile Hearts is the follow-up to Beautiful Broken Things. It picks up the story two years after Suzanne leaves Brighton and this time is told from her perspective. After re...
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Apple and Rain
Name: Lynn
02 May 2019;Genre: Family & Home
Apple's mother left when she was a toddler, leaving her with her grandmother. Eleven years later she returns with another daughter, Rain, and turns Apple's world upside down. Apple and Rain is beautifully written and the characters are believable. Written in the first p...
