Young Adult Book Reviews
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When Mr Dog Bites
Name: Carol Williams
22 March 2015;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
When Mr Dog Bites is a Carnegie-shortlisted book, with Dylan, a Tourette's sufferer, as the main character. Dylan struggles all the time to keep the 'bad stuff' inside, with varying success; when 'Mr Dog' comes out, at moments of stress, he loses control, growls and swears, bu...
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Gone
Name: Jaime Age 12
17 March 2015;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
I liked it because it's strange and random and my friend is random.
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Black Dove, White Raven
Name: Melanie Chadwick
10 March 2015;Genre: Historical Fiction
Teo and Emilia's lives change for ever when Teo's mother dies in a flying accident and they are brought up as siblings by Emilia's mother, who moves the family from the USA to Haile Selassie's Ethiopia (the only country in Africa to have never been colonised). The children's close bond...
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Code Name Verity
Name: Joy
26 February 2015;Genre: Historical Fiction
Growing up near Norwich, the home of Nurse Edith Cavell, I have always been susceptible to tales of heroic women in wartime and Code Name Verity is an absolute gem! Brilliantly researched and detailed this gives us a very real insight into active service for women during the W...
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The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
Name: Rabiah Age 13
22 January 2015;Genre: Romance & Relationships
I'd recommend this book because the opening grabs your attention with the story of her past and there are loads of murders in it! My favourite character is Ava because even though she is different, she still has the courage to try and fit in. I think this book is more for teenages because of the...
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the fault in out stars
Name: Mollie Age 11
16 January 2015;Genre: Romance & Relationships
its a good book, it's funny sad.
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More Than This
Name: Holly Davies
09 January 2015;Genre: Mystery & Detective
Patrick Ness' book More Than This is about a boy, Seth, who dies and wakes up in what he thinks is an afterlife. But the reality is, he woke up in England. A place where he and his family ran away from after a terrible problem that Seth and his family blame him for. He is in a wasteland with only...
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Respect
Name: Sarah Age 12
08 December 2014;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I personally like the book because it discusses war which I find very interesting.
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Respect. The Walter Tull Story
Name: Kate Kenward
18 November 2014;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I think it is fantastic that Walter Tull's story has been written about for young people, he really was an inspiring man. I am glad that more books for struggling readers are telling true stories and I enjoyed learning about Walter's. My first point is that this book is printed on dyslexia frien...
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Lies We Tell Ourselves
Name: Melanie Chadwick
30 September 2014;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
I found Lies We Tell Ourselves very difficult to put down. It's the first day at school and Sarah's understandably nervous. She's met at the gates by crowds of angry faces swearing, shouting and spitting at her telling her she's not wanted and she should go back to her old sch...
