Teenagers Book Reviews
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Flock Horror (Dread Wood, Book 3)
Name: Beverley Somerset
20 March 2023;Genre: Horror
When Angelo is woken in the middle of the night and hears something hammering at his bedroom window, along with a strange tune being whistled, it's the start of another scary adventure for Club Loser. Angelo and his friends Colette, Gus, Naira and Hallie come face to face with their arch enemi...
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The Nowhere Thief
Name: Jennifer Caddick
18 March 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
This is an exciting, colourful sci-fi adventure that whisks the reader into parallel multi-universes (called Spheres), through an incredible kaleidoscopic portal. 12-year-old Elsbeth has, astonishingly, found that she can step through these portals and she does so for the most important of rea...
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Circus Maximus: Rider of the Storm
Name: Jacqueline Harris
17 March 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Dido is back in her third adventure set in Roman times. As with the previous two books, she is training and racing horses for the chariot races. Still at her uncle's house, she meets a man from her mother's past and learns more about her parents. When her cousin Abibaal is in deadly danger, Di...
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The Nowhere Thief
Name: Sue Wilsher
08 March 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
Elsbeth lives in the quiet seaside town of Lewesby with her mother. Their antique shop is failing and, with the landlord demanding rent money which they don't have, Elsbeth has started to use her extraordinary power to solve their problems. Elsbeth can travel to parallel worlds and has been br...
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The Time Tider
Name: Sue Wilsher
06 March 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
In The Time Tider, Mara and her father, Gabriel, live in their van and are constantly on the move. Her father is forever tinkering with watches, completely absorbed in his work, plotting the next stop on their never-ending journey. Mara has never questioned their way of life u...
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Glitter Boy
Name: Stephen Leitch
06 March 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
For 11 year old James dancing, singing, writing poetry and Mariah Carey (he plans to write songs for her) are the things he loves doing. He also enjoys spending time with his besties Harriet and Joel and with his Nan who he visits regularly after school. With a new school year just starting, J...
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Crookhaven: The School for Thieves
Name: Jennifer Caddick
06 March 2023;Genre: Adventure
Crookhaven: The School for Thieves is a superb start to a great new fantasy adventure series. Crookhaven features a boarding school cast of 'criminals in training' but this "bad education" is all about learning how to fake, deceive, hack and pickpocket your way to becoming a...
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Where The River Takes Us
Name: Beverley Somerset
28 February 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Since the death of their parents in an accident, 13-year-old Jason has been looked after by his older brother Richie in a small village in Wales. It's 1974, the country is in the midst of the miner's strikes; power cuts are in force so working-class families are forced to work a three-day-week...
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The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair
Name: Jenny Caddick
27 February 2023;Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing
The Tiger Who Sleeps Under My Chair is a powerfully written dual narrative story that follows the lives and emotional journeys of several members of the same family, several generations apart. It is a story that explores mental health in the most unique and moving manner throu...
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Swimming on the Moon
Name: Louisa Farrow
26 February 2023;Genre: Family & Home
Anna remembers happy holidays with her family in the past and dreams about more in the future. But, right now, there is the much more awkward present to negotiate. Her parents seem to be arguing constantly and when she and her twin, Anto, eavesdrop at the top of the stairs, Anna's worries only...
