Teenagers Book Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
20 February 2026;

Genre: Non Fiction

The first title in a new series, How To Speak and Be Heard! focuses on oracy, using speaking and listening skills to express yourself. Written in collaboration with the English-Speaking Union, it introduces some of the key skills needed to speak confidently, actively listen to...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
18 February 2026;

Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Shorelines, a melancholy and thought-provoking verse novel, follows the story of Muireann, the mermaid, grieving for her lost twin and full of naïve curiosity about humans. To save her ocean home where fish stocks are dwindling and the merfolk are beginning to starve, she make...

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Name: Julie broadbent
16 February 2026;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Podcaster and writer Emma Slade Edmondson's latest book Mixed: Explore and Celebrate Your Mixed Identity, has been written as an inspirational guide for mixed race children, their parents and carers to help them discover, explore and celebrate their identity. The book has been...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
16 February 2026;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Whilst enjoying a holiday in Rome, Sim, Jeopardy and Nelson are shocked when they hear about the disappearance of a famous illusionist called Kinetic. Having found a newly added line in an old copy of poems, Kinetic's sister, Soraya, is convinced that it is a message from Kinetic, trapped in a...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
16 February 2026;

Genre: Dystopian

New You For Ever is a hugely engaging book which takes the reader on an adventure into a potential future. Described by the publishers as a dystopian, cli-fi thriller, author Steve Cole has crafted a terrifying vision of a world suffering increasingly from the...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
13 February 2026;

Genre: Science Fiction

Anya's mum works alone on a small boat but she is always home by nine - until one stormy evening she doesn't return. Anya rows out to look for her and above the waves she sees a strange window of light which she feels compelled to touch. Suddenly, the storm falls eerily silent. Anya gets home...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
13 February 2026;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Meredith and Macy live at the Ivy Hotel in Dublin, a much loved institution with a friendly staff, where their mum is the general manager. The girls love living here and enjoy plenty of perks and fun. However, when new owners more interested in profit than tradition appear, it seems as through...

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Name: Margaret Pemberton
12 February 2026;

Genre: Historical Fiction

What a wonderfully different look at the lives of young people during the Second World War. Author Judith Eagle gives us a chronological tour through the lives of three sisters, beginning with the outbreak of war and finishing in 1948, when the world is trying to regain some normality. The thr...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
09 February 2026;

Genre: Adventure

In Moonhaven, Jax and his twin sister, Jovi, with their friends, Esau and Forth enjoy breaking curfew and roaming the streets. Calling themselves the 'Moonlighters', they feel safe as there have been no werewolf attacks for years. However, when an attack happens, the friends find themselves pr...

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Name: Linda Brown
09 February 2026;

Genre: Science Fiction

Anya's mum still hasn't returned home from her top-secret experimental work, so she impulsively sets out on her boat to search for her. Anya is drawn to a strange light hovering above the ocean and reaches out to touch it . . . She wakes to a strangely calm sea and makes her way back home. How...

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