Teenagers Book Reviews

Name: Linda Canning
12 June 2025;

Genre: Adventure

As an Upper Key Stage 2 teacher, I am always on the lookout for books that not only captivate my students, but also challenge them to think critically and empathetically. Peter Burns' Shadow Thieves is a standout addition to our classroom library. From the very first p...

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Name: Margaret Pemberton
12 June 2025;

Genre: Science Fiction

Augmented is a totally absorbing crossover between a science fiction and dystopian world. It is set in a version of Britain, specifically London, where food is at a premium and people can only stay outside for very short times, without wearing specialised suits. The pre...

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Name: Jennifer CADDICK
09 June 2025;

Genre: Science Fiction

Escape Room: Game Zero is a fantastically futuristic, modern and thought-provoking sci-fi adventure quest and battle for survival story, from an author who seamlessly blends classic adventure style with thoroughly contemporary settings. Christoper Edge incorporates the intrigu...

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Name: Linda Brown
06 June 2025;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

The next book in this series now, please… From the very first page, The Glittering Edge swept me off my feet and dropped me into the small, enchanting town of IdleWood. The author's writing is so immersive that you can almost feel the magic in the air. The story quickly unfold...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
05 June 2025;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Nate Riley is an amateur myrmecologist and has his own ant farm, ruled by Queen Elizabeth III - or Betsy as she is affectionately known. With his mums, he has recently moved to Liverpool and unlike him, the 'parentals' (as he calls them) are very keen for him to take...

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Name: Clare Wilkins
04 June 2025;

Genre: Dystopian

When Xavier Oak wakes up on his weekend away with his father and heavily pregnant step-mother he expects his usual vista; the clear water of the lake and the harbour. Instead their entire cottage seems to have been transported to a farm, replete with bleating goats demanding to be milked. Stun...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
02 June 2025;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

Quinn has two mums and a younger brother, Olly. Both children share a donor - not a dad - but have different mums. Although surrounded by a loving, supportive family, Quinn always feels like the odd one out, not fitting in with the outdoorsy, adventurous rest. When their mums announce that Qui...

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Name: Ruth Cornish
19 May 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

The third super-readable book from Melinda Salisbury in her artificial intelligence/technology driven fictional thriller series does not disappoint. Here we meet Ivy who has been sent to a specialist summer camp to wean her from her addiction to gaming. Ivy is soon under the spell of Conrad O'...

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Name: Jenny CADDICK
16 May 2025;

Genre: Representation & Inclusion

A gently charming and warm-hearted family-focused debut story which features the summer holiday of 12-year-old Quinn, her two mothers and half-sibling, Olly. The Doughnut Club centres around Quinn's exploration of what to means to be a donor-conceived child bu...

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Name: Linda Brown
12 May 2025;

Genre: Supernatural

The Binding Spell is a dark, enchanting YA novel that weaves witchcraft, family secrets, and ancient superstition into a compelling story set in the mist-shrouded village of Weir Hinny. 19-year-old Morgan, long haunted by nightmares, believes she has finally outgrown her terri...

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