Young Adult Book Reviews
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Stardust in their Veins
Name: Linda Brown
03 April 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Stardust in their Veins is the second book in the Castles in Their Bones trilogy, by the wonderful YA author Laura Sebastian. In this book, she once again fills the pages with the same secrets, scheming, politics and lies. It's a fa...
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The Language of Seabirds
Name: Stephen Leitch
30 March 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
Spending two weeks with his dad during the summer at Rosemont, Oregon wasn't how Jeremy thought his summer would be. Envisaging long lonely walks, reading and time alone, a chance meeting with confident and charming Evan changes the course of his summer. As the days pass and Evan and Jeremy sp...
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Let's Play Murder
Name: Clair
29 March 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Let's Play Murder is a compelling read. It opens with a rumour of a high stakes, hidden game in the VR world. A door that might appear, one that doesn't quite fit. If it's THE game, you'll know it by the snow... We meet the main character, Veronica, in hospital where it...
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The Door of No Return
Name: Eileen Armstrong
20 March 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Door of No Return is, according to Alexander himself, "the hardest book I've ever written" and it is, undoubtedly, a masterpiece. Ambitious and accomplished in scale and in scope, it works on three levels: as the story of one boy and his family growing up in a small West A...
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Different For Boys
Name: Stephen Leitch
17 March 2023;Genre: LBGTQ+
Ant Stevenson is a teenager with questions, questions about friendships and virginity, and this will be a week like no other for Ant and his friends, in this bold, powerful and insightful novel from Patrick Ness. As the new Year 11 starts at St Michael's School, Ant and his friend Charl...
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HappyHead
Name: Ruth Cornish
10 March 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
HappyHead is a fantastic YA dystopian debut fiction book from Josh Silver about a group of unhappy teenagers who are selected to attend a residential community, 'HappyHead', which promotes wellbeing. Or does it.....? Sebastian begins the retreat with a mixture of emotio...
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Stateless
Name: Beverley Somerset
10 March 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
It is 1937, and Europe is on the brink of war. In an effort to promote peace in Europe, a youth air race has been arranged. Stella North is the only female among the 12 participants, and as such she has much to prove. On the very first leg of the race, Stella witnesses one of the other planes...
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Stateless
Name: Clare Wilkins
27 February 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
An air race across Europe, with the continent's finest young aviators, is the brain child of Lady Frith - an attempt at unity and peace at a time of simmering tensions. As the Spanish Civil War continues to rage and the ghosts of the Great War have barely been laid to rest, the Circuit of Nati...
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Tell Me No Lies
Name: Linda Brown
23 February 2023;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
Nora and Sophie are sisters but not friends as they now lead very different lives. Nora has Ivy League ambitions, with her straight A results, whereas, Sophie lives to dance and party with her friends. The only thing they seem to have in common is Sophie's boyfriend Garrett, who she saw Nora w...
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The Door of No Return
Name: Stephen Leitch
22 February 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander is a powerful and stunning verse novel set in the heart of the Ashanti Kingdom in Africa in 1860. The story follows Kofi Offin, an 11-year-old boy who has an affinity with water, and especially swimming in the Offin River - his friend...
