Teenagers Book Reviews

Name: Sue Wilsher
12 March 2025;

Genre: Adventure

Although Henry, Frances and Lukas are no longer best friends, they meet up for the funeral of their pet gerbil. Whilst digging the grave, they make an amazing discovery - a radio which allows them to communicate with another group of three children who live in the very same place, only 80 year...

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Name: Clair Bossons
10 March 2025;

Genre: Dystopian

Shortlisted for The Carnegie Award 2025 and the UKLA Book Award, The Things We Leave Behind by Clare Furniss is a stunning and thought-provoking dystopian novel. It is set in the near future, where London is teetering on the edge of collapse. Amid a refugee cr...

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Name: Sam
07 March 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

In All Better Now, a virus is spreading, but this one is different: first there's a fever, and then utter contentment. Those that survive the Crown Royale virus find the stress, depression, greed, and other negative feelings that used to weigh them down are gone. This all soun...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
07 March 2025;

Genre: Adventure

Cassia Thorne lives in the Fleet with her father, who is in prison for debt. She does what she can to support them by selling ballads in the streets and giving music lessons. When the younger brother of her friend goes missing, Cassia is determined to find him and with the hel...

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Name: Louisa Farrow
06 March 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

In Vanya and the Wild Hunt, fantastical creatures and frightening figures from Indian mythology and European folklore inhabit a vibrant fantasy world, spreading out around a single safe haven: a magical library of talking books hidden in the mountains of India. Taking c...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
04 March 2025;

Genre: Dystopian

Jen and Father are in a world that is almost empty of people. This is the time after 'The Flood', when people and machines were mostly destroyed. They come across a small, friendly community and Jen finds she wants to stay. But Father is not what he seems; he is a human appearing AI and people...

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Name: Jacqueline Harris
03 March 2025;

Genre: Fantasy

One day Vanya's family is attacked by a terrifying monster. When she fights it off, her parents are forced to tell her about a magical world she knew nothing about. Vanya travels to the enchanted school in Auramere and learns about this world and the dangerous creatures that are trying to dest...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
03 March 2025;

Genre: Historical Fiction

In 1645, England is a country torn by war, with families and friends divided as they fight either on the side of the King or Parliament. While Merriweather Price's father is away fighting for King Charles I, her home, Compton Blaize, is besieged by Cromwell's men. Fearful that her step-mother...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
25 February 2025;

Genre: Mystery & Detective

Mary is reluctantly leaving Bletchley Park, following orders which take her to Bedford and top-secret lessons in Japanese. The only girl in the group, she finds herself befriended by her American study partner, Spencer. Suddenly summoned back to Bletchley, Mary finds herself heading off on ass...

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Name: Lorraine ansell
25 February 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

A new virus infects people across the world, but survivors are left feeling total contentment, devoid of any want or desire. When consumers stop spending money and the world’s richest people give their fortunes away, the search for a cure begins. Three very different teenagers find their lives...

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