Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: M.E.S Age 11
10 May 2024;

Genre: Real life

This book is incredible! I have always been a feminist, and this book highlights so many important issues! I do not actually know if there is a word to describe how good this book is. I'm a Moxie girl and I'm proud of it. Join the fight!

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Name: Lily Bond
09 May 2024;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

The Mercury In Me follows a British Indian girl as she starts to rebel from her parents and experience many new things with music, friends and relationships. The novel is funny and witty and easy to read. The characters are all very likeable and it was so easy to relate to a t...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
08 May 2024;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

'Iris Green is Grey'. The graffiti proves everything that Iris believes about herself - boring, inconsequential, invisible. How has she hooked the delectable Theo - resident school heartthrob? How has she managed to snare two amazing best friends? When will she be found out? The unravelling ha...

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Name: Clair Bossons
07 May 2024;

Genre: Supernatural

Written by Nigerian-German author Efua Traore, Sister Spirit is her first novel for older readers. This supernatural mystery/thriller will appeal to those that enjoy stories set in other countries, mysteries, myths and romance. The main character Tara is a 16-year-old a...

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Name: Emelia Helliwell
07 May 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Murder, mystery and one amazing, never expected twist at the end... It All Started with a Lie follows Pearl and her three friends on a journey to find the truth. Pearl unexpectedly uncovers a family secret during a game of hide and seek with her twin brothers. Pearl shows her...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
06 May 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

EchoStar: is always listening is an excellent thriller that builds the tension until the very end and (spoiler coming…) with a great final twist! For a book of only 129 pages, Melinda Salisbury manages to create an elaborate narrative full of suspense and foreboding yet centre...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
04 May 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

This slick, sparky read from Sarah Naughton is full of recognisable characters and familiar teen angst scenarios. Flitting between a real-time exam and the preceding weeks, the tension steadily builds as falling outs, secrets and exam anxiety threaten to overwhelm the cohort of Franklin Academ...

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Name: Ayva Age 14
03 May 2024;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Best book ever!!!

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Name: Ruth Cornish
02 May 2024;

Genre: Dystopian

The much anticipated follow up to Happy Head does not disappoint! I was delighted to review Dead Happy, which continues the story of Sebastian and the other youngsters trapped in a wellbeing facility. We rejoin Manning, the maniacal director of...

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Name: Rachael Cooper-Evans
01 May 2024;

Genre: LBGTQ+

Hollis Beckwith needs to find her people. As she begins her last year of school, Hollis isn't sure if she even likes her friends - but she wants to try to fit in better with them. Banned from her boyfriend's Secrets & Sorcery games due to the 'no-girlfriend rule', anxious Hollis bites the...

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