Young Adult Book Reviews
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After Life
Name: Sue Wilsher
17 January 2025;Genre: Bereavement
Cycling home after school one day, Amber Crane notices a few things are different; however, nothing prepares her for the shock of her mother screaming in horror when she sees her. Amber should be dead. Victim of a hit-and-run seven years ago. Her death sent shockwaves of grief through her fami...
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Girl, Ultra-Processed: A bold, body-positive YA about friendship, dating and self-love.
Name: Linda Brown
16 January 2025;Genre: Personal Growth
Girl, Ultra-Processed is a 'no holds barred' look at diet culture and how it can affect your mind, and how young girls compare themselves to the 'perfect' images they find online. The book also looks at the negative consequences of social media, especially dating apps… ...
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Saint-Seducing Gold: The second book in the swashbuckling YA historical fantasy series
Name: Linda Brown
15 January 2025;Genre: Fantasy
Saint-Seducing Gold is the second book of the stunning YA historical fantasy, The Forge and Fracture Saga series by bestselling author Ayana Gray - beginning with That Self-Same Metal - and which has been called 'noth...
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The Legendary Scarlett and Browne
Name: Clare Wilkins
14 January 2025;Genre: Dystopian
The Legendary Scarlett and Browne, the final instalment of the rollicking Scarlett and Browne series, is another feast of high adventure and biting wit. Our daring duo have seemingly dispatched the evil Brothers of the Hand but the Faith House...
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Twenty-Four Seconds From Now: A Regular Love Story
Name: Eileen Armstrong
13 January 2025;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Twenty four seconds into Twenty-Four Seconds From Now, you know you're reading something very special, refreshingly different and something with real teen appeal. Twenty four seconds from now, 17-year -old Neon will take a huge step forward in his relationship with his girlfri...
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Let the Light In
Name: Eileen Armstrong
13 January 2025;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
When 17-year-old Leah finds herself holding her family together after the death of her dad, she finds escape in a risky and secretive love affair with a married man who makes her feel like a goddess. Her younger brother, Charlie, tries to escape his grief and solve his problem...
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The Party: The New York Times best-selling YA thriller
Name: Sue Wilsher
10 January 2025;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
When Bessie and her friends decide to attend a secret party at a remote and desolate castle, they are looking forward to a brilliant weekend. However, things quickly start to go wrong and as the weather worsens, one of their number dies…followed by another…and another… Left suspecting everyone...
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The Restaurant at the Edge of the World
Name: Linda Brown
10 January 2025;Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
17-year-old Soup has always lived at The Brazen Manticore, a restaurant where she was abandoned many years ago. She has grown up in the kitchen and has been taught by those around her. Soup now lives and breathes food, and dreams of being a chef as good as her boss, the elven Trysil Heldritch,...
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The Wilderness of Girls
Name: Sam
09 January 2025;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
At first glance, this debut YA novel appears to be a fantastical fairytale but is in fact a rather dark and emotionally fraught story of the wild girls. The Wilderness of Girls' themes are hard hitting and include PTSD, suicide, eating disorders, family and domestic violence,...
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The Legendary Scarlett and Browne
Name: Stephen Leitch
08 January 2025;Genre: Dystopian
The Legendary Scarlett and Browne is the third and final instalment of this incredible series following the exploits of the now most wanted Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne, who are in a doggedly determined and driven mood. Two years since escaping death at the hands of the H...
