Young Adult Book Reviews
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Thorn
Name: Linda Brown
24 March 2020;Genre: Fantasy
Wow, what a great read, couldn't put it down as it's full of drama and the twists and turns of a great fantasy world.Princess Alyrra is betrothed to Prince Kestrin, but believes that he will be cruel and uncaring as her brother. Alyrra longs to escape her life as a princess as it c...
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Name: Lucy Georgeson
05 March 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I read the prologue of this beautifully written verse novel, Run, Rebel, and was instantly hooked. Amber Rai wants to be an athlete, she feels truly at home on the track, completely free and totally at peace with everything around her when she's running.Running is...
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A Treason of Thorns
Name: Linda Brown
27 February 2020;Genre: Adventure
Violet is taught by her father from an early age that Burleigh House, her ancestral home, is always to come first, it is everything. He tells her that she will be its next caretaker and she must devote herself to keep it happy and then the countryside will thrive and prosper. This is no problem f...
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What Momma Left Me
Name: Tanja Jennings
26 February 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Serenity rises / through adversity to break / free of secret griefs./The reader journeys / through trials and tribulations / with Serenity,Confiding her thoughts / to her journal lets her tell / her story in versePoetry ignites / the soul as Serenity / disco...
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Finale
Name: Linda Brown
20 February 2020;Genre: Fantasy
Finale picks up two months after the end of book 2, Legendary. The Fates have been roaming the streets of the city causing distress and disorder. Legend has claimed the throne of the city as his own and is awaiting his coronation. Tella is conflicted; who does she trust, who d...
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The Undefeated
Name: Susan Wilsher
20 February 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
This beautiful picture book is an emotional tribute to the history and experiences of African Americans, both past and present. Kwame Alexander's poetry takes the reader on a journey through the little known - the left-out history of those who are unforgettable, unflappable, undeniable and una...
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This Book is Anti-Racist
Name: Joanna Hewish
16 February 2020;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
This Book is Anti-Racist is an inspirational book with a striking message. In today's modern world it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist. Through 20 chapters, this book highlights the importance of learning who we are, where our identity comes from and how...
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Here be Wizards: The Snowdonia Chronicles (Book Three)
Name: Linda Brown
06 February 2020;Genre: Fantasy
Here Be Wizards is the final part to the Snowdonia Chronicles trilogy. Four months have passed since the adventure of the first book, Here be Dragons. It is now Midsummer's Eve, the time w...
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A Throne of Swans
Name: Tanja Jennings
02 February 2020;Genre: Fantasy
From the elegant cover featuring a 3D model of a specially designed throne and a lone feather to its pages filled with Machiavellian machinations, teen angst, secrets, love, betrayal, sacrifice and intricate world building involving avian transformation, 'A Throne of Swans' delivers a rich YA tre...
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A Throne of Swans
Name: Linda Brown
01 February 2020;Genre: Fantasy
This wonderful story takes place in the fantasy kingdom of Solanum, ( beautifully illustrated map and family tree at the beginning, always a plus!) where the nobles can transform into birds and the lower class are defined as 'flightless'. Aderyn, the main protagonist of this story lives in Atraty...
