Teenagers Book Reviews

Name: Kelly Buxton
15 April 2021;

Genre: Adventure

A fast-paced, immersive adventure story that delves into harrowing issues that plague the world. Thunderbolt, sequel to Cloudburst, does not disappoint. Join Jack, Xander and Amelia on another adventure set in the rich, deep seas off the coast of Zanzibar. Recovering from their latest o...

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Name: Lucy Georgeson
15 April 2021;

Genre: Friends and family

Cardboard Cowboys is the first middle grade book from author Brian Conaghan and it absolutely does not disappoint. Lenny blames his size for everything. He thinks his mum and dad don't love him anymore and that they blame him for what happened to his older brother, Frankie. He...

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Name: Maddie Age 13
13 April 2021;

Genre: Dystopian

When I first read the blurb, I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy The Outlaws Scarlett & Brown because of the setting, but when I started reading it I began to really enjoy it! It is about a very aggressive girl called Scarlett who lives in the dangerous, wilderness-fille...

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Name: Linda Brown
08 April 2021;

Genre: Fantasy

Vulture is the concluding book of the Isles of Storm and Sorrow series and once again the author has written a breathtaking story full of twists and turns that will totally engage any reader of fantasy adventures. Marianne emerges from the captivity and...

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Name: Beverley Somerset
07 April 2021;

Genre: Friends and family

When seven-year-old Kirsten Bramble made a film to find her Dad a new girlfriend, it went viral and the Brambles are now reality TV stars. They live in a big house and have plenty of money. Starboard begins when Kirsten is 11 and her show is not doing so well; audience figures...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
07 April 2021;

Genre: Friends and family

Starboard follows Kirsten Brambles, a child reality TV star who is apparently happy and successful with everything she could have dreamt for. Except that everything is pretty much a façade and a concoction by the TV company. On a school trip to the SS Great Britain in B...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
07 April 2021;

Genre: Friends and family

An emotional story which makes it the perfect empathy read for children. Lucas is a lonely boy who appears to have everything, but we read on to discover that material possessions are no substitute for a loving happy family. During the holidays, he is placed by his remote and emotionally unava...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
05 April 2021;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Waiting for Murder is a page-turning middle grade thriller suitable for lower secondary school students. The main characters Dan and Florence, both bored during the school holidays, meet up during one long hot summer. But boredom quickly turns to adventure when they get caught...

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Name: Jo Clarke
02 April 2021;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Murderously good! Fleur Hitchcock always manages to immerse the reader within her settings and Waiting for Murder is no exception. It is a long, hot and dry summer and the heat radiates from every page. Swelteringly, detailed descriptions of record-breaking temperatures...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
02 April 2021;

Genre: Friends and family

Sofia lives with her mother and little brother, Ermin, and their pet crow, Corvith, on the outskirts of Sienna. Their home, set in the grounds of a ruined monastery, is a charnel house made of bones, and her mother is a bone-binder, famed throughout the city for her work. Smallpox has ravaged...

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