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Heist Royale: The enemies-to-lovers sequel to Thieves' Gambit
Name: Linda Brown
12 November 2024;Genre: Adventure
Heist Royale is the sequel to the action-packed Thieves' Gambit and once again this super YA author has filled the pages with yet another fast-paced and dynamic plot. The story picks up six months late...
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Play
Name: Edward Rouse
12 November 2024;Genre: Personal Growth
After reading Luke Palmer’s debut novel for young adults, Grow, I was immediately eager to order his second book Play as soon as I could. Play tells the story of four boys at school - Matt, Mark, Luc, and Johnny. The biblical names seem to be deliber...
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The Moss
Name: Clair Age 14
07 November 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
This book is phenomenal; an eerie, atmospheric ghost story that slowly but surely builds up the tension. Emma's mother disappeared, followed by her sister a year ago, and Emma could be next. Emma returns to their house which is next to a sprawling bog called 'The Moss'. <p...
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When It's Your Turn For Midnight
Name: Ruth Cornish
07 November 2024;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
When It's Your Turn For Midnight by award-winning author Blessing Musariri is a real life novel about a family based in Zimbabwe. After the shock of discovering a life-changing family secret, Chianti, the eldest daughter, leaves her home and heads for a community of wise elder...
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The Twelve
Name: Ruth Cornish
04 November 2024;Genre: Myths & Legends
The Twelve by Liz Hyde is a beautifully crafted middle grade book with an enticing, atmospheric cover illustrated by Tom de Freston. Although this novel is a mixture of adventure, fantasy, magic and mystery, I agree with author, Hannah Gold, in her own review soundbite, that t...
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Old Wounds
Name: Stephen Leitch
30 October 2024;Genre: LBGTQ+
Set in small-town America, Old Wounds is a creepy, thrilling and thought-provoking novel following trans teens Erin and Max who are trying to get to California. Erin isn't quite sure why she's here as she's not spoken to Max in the two years since they broke up, but Max needs...
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How to Survive a Horror Movie
Name: Lorraine ansell
29 October 2024;Genre: Horror
Charley is starting over in a new boarding school on a remote island. Luckily her roommate shares her love of horror movies, and they bond over Slasher Saturday movie nights. Tormented by the popular and rich girls, and trying to reinvent her shady past, things take a rapid turn for the worse...
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The Ghost of Us
Name: Eileen Armstrong
28 October 2024;Genre: LBGTQ+
Haunted by her own cyberbullying incident years ago, aspiring ghosthunter Cara is determined to throw off her social outcast status by proving ghosts exist via her YouTube channel, Caranormal Activity. Stumbling across the spirit of Aiden, a popular student who lost his life a year ago, she s...
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Let's Split Up
Name: Clare Wilkins
28 October 2024;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Let's Split Up is a fun (and frightening!) teen slasher story with a knowing nod to classic eighties and nineties horror. Think Goosebumps and Scream with a bit of Mike Myers thrown in! Shelley and Brad are the poster couple at school – the cheerleader and Jock about to...
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Now, Conjurers
Name: Ruth Cornish
25 October 2024;Genre: Horror
Now, Conjurers is an enjoyable read, part horror fantasy, part relatable older teen reality, incorporating mystery and crime into its 400+ thrilling pages. The quirky title, strap line ('welcome to the coven') and the perspective of the cover illustration (by Sam Schechter) of...
