Teenagers Book Reviews
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The Soul Survivor
Name: Bethany Age 13
13 October 2023;Genre: Adventure
The Soul Survivor is the third book of a trilogy following the protagonist Genna, who is a First Ascendant. After Genna and Phoenix finally find Haven, where all the other First Ascendant's are hiding, Tanas locates them, forcing everyone to flee to different parts of the worl...
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The Final Year
Name: Rachel Bolton
13 October 2023;Genre: Poetry
Nate is 10. He lives with his loud, bingo playing, chaotic mum and his two younger brothers who he spends a lot of time caring for. At school he is a bit of an outsider, especially once he moves into Y6 and his best friend forms other friendships. Sometimes, when things get too much, "The beas...
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Solve Your Own Mystery: The Transylvanian Express
Name: Jennifer Caddick
13 October 2023;Genre: Mystery & Detective
The Solve Your Own Mystery series is such a great, fun, interactive detective genre set of books for younger, independent readers. The latest in the series, The Transylvanian Express, is a lively, quick-moving and extremely fun adventure. You, the reader, alon...
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The Witchstone Ghosts
Name: Beverley Somerset
12 October 2023;Genre: Friends and family
Twelve-year-old Autumn Albert just wishes she could be like everyone else. But Autumn can see, and talk to, ghosts. Living in London, she sees lots of them, and sometimes it all gets a bit too much to cope with. When Autumn’s father dies in very strange circumstances, her whole life changes. D...
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The October Witches
Name: Clare Wilkins
12 October 2023;Genre: Fantasy
In The October Witches, the Merlyns and the Morgans have been locked in an unhappy alliance for as long as any of them can remember. Forced to come together each October to unlock their month of magic, simmering tensions underplay the ancient ritual. Gifted with power from the...
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Scareground
Name: Louisa Farrow
11 October 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Nancy isn’t especially privileged but she has a happy and comfortable life in with expert bakers Ma and Pa Crumpet. Even so, there are things about her that are different. She is never happier than when leaping over rooftops and she seems to be able to communicate with the sky (which is a bett...
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Rosie Frost & the Falcon Queen
Name: Donna Burkert
10 October 2023;Genre: Adventure
When Rosie is plucked from the life she knows and thrown into the strange world of Heverbridge School on Bloodstone Island, she doesn't know who she can trust. Nobody will tell her what happened to her mum, and how she died, and the one piece of the puzzle that could tell her has been taken fr...
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Podkin and the Singing Spear
Name: Jennifer Caddick
10 October 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Podkin and the Singing Spear is book 7 of this stunning, epic series and was a joy to read. I am such a huge fan of this fantastically written exciting adventure quest series featuring heroic rabbits Podkin, Paz and littlest sibling Paz and their comrades, friends and allies u...
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Man-Man and the Tree of Memories
Name: Jacqueline Harris
06 October 2023;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Man-Man lives with his mother, father and sister in London and is preparing for carnival. He loves dancing and is very excited about carnival. His mother, however, is ill with a mysterious illness that doctors cannot diagnose or cure. Man-Man's grandmother comes from Jamaica to look after her....
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Of Dreams and Destiny
Name: Linda Brown
06 October 2023;Genre: Fairy Tales & Folk Tales
Of Dreams and Destiny follows Daphne Elizabeth 'DE' McKinley's senior year at Rosetta Academy - and things are not going as smoothly as she had hoped... DE is still getting over a painful break up, there is a mysterious storm raging around the Academy that is causing its stude...
