Teenagers Book Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
13 March 2026;

Genre: Fantasy

Tamzin Pook and her friends are on a new mission, heading for the city of Museion to help save it from the predator suburbs which are trapping it in a mountain valley known as the Frying Pan. However, a traitor within the city puts them all in danger, separating Tamzin and the rest of the Fire...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
08 March 2026;

Genre: Fantasy

This gripping adventure story recasts the traditional tales of genies and explores why they might be trapped in lamps and why they might only be able to grant three wishes in a highly inventive and entertaining way. Although it’s the second book in the series, T...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
06 March 2026;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

To begin with, a disclaimer. I am not of mixed identity. I found this a very informative read, though, about a neglected subject. For children whose identity is mixed, it is full of empowering explanation blended with inspirational messages from a variety of successful people whose bac...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
06 March 2026;

Genre: Adventure

Jax, Jovi, Esau and Fourth are the Moonlighters. They love their night time adventures, sneaking out after curfew, when the moon is full, to avoid the Nighthawks and roam the streets of Moonhaven. What could possibly go wrong? There have been no sightings of werewolves for almost 40 years!...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
06 March 2026;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

When a travelling circus arrives in a remote village, everyone is excited. The Circus of Dreams claims to have the 'Monster of Dreams', a creature so terrifying and grotesque it is hardly to be believed. Otto, a young villager, is as excited as everyone else, but when he and h...

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Name: Brinley Age 8
05 March 2026;

Genre: Fantasy

This is a great and mysterious book for kids.

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Name: Ruth Cornish
05 March 2026;

Genre: Science Fiction

Chris Bradford's latest offering is an adventure in space. Nova manages to provoke a range of emotions from terror to happiness, curiosity to celebration. The protagonist, Max Nova, is travelling to Mercury with his trucker father when disaster strikes and Max is released in a...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
05 March 2026;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

In Advice from a 12-Year-Old Nobody, Helen Rutter has written a heartbreakingly realistic story about the break up of a family from the main character, Vinny's, point of view. Vinny is struggling to cope with his feelings about the distance felt between him and his Mum...

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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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