Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: Linda brown
26 August 2018;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Holly Bourne has done it once again. This author is the Queen of tackling mental health issues for YA readers. Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes is a work of fiction but she handles various mental health issues in an informative and humorous way. The story revolves aro...

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Name: Tanja Jennings
23 August 2018;

Genre: Fantasy

In an interview for the Northern YA literary festival Melvin Burgess was asked to describe his new novel in five words. He decided upon 'adventures in the spirit world' but The Lost Witch has fathomless depths. Burgess is an extraordinarily sensory writer. Reading this book is like a mindfulness...

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Name: Lucy Georgeson
13 August 2018;

Genre: Friends and family

How far would you go for someone you love? What would you do if they asked? When Bobby Seed's mum asks him the Impossible Question, how will he answer? From the beautiful front cover to the very last word, this bold, irreverent and tender novel explores the struggles of Bobby Seed, youn...

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Name: Linda Brown
03 August 2018;

Genre: Fantasy

This debut YA novel has breathless pacing, wonderful worldbuilding that lets your imagination run wild and a strong heroine that the reader roots for. Children of Blood and Bone is told through four different points of view, but their lives are all woven around the main charac...

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Name: Carol Williams
24 July 2018;

Genre: Social Issues

The third novel in Alex Wheatle's Crongton series turns its attention to 15 year old Mo, at odds with her mother and Mum's boyfriend Lloyd. Mo's dinner money is taken from her by Lloyd, and their escalating friction has led to him hitting her hard enough to knock her on the floor. She is determin...

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Name: Joanna Hewish
17 May 2018;

Genre: Friends and family

Wow! Powerful, engaging and a hard-hitting. Sara Barnard (author) once again has created an incredible tale that feels so real, I thought I was reading the real account. Goodbye, Perfect tells the tale of Eden and her best friend Bonnie. Eden (narrator) has her life com...

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Name: Clair Bossons
30 April 2018;

Genre: Adventure

Think Buffy the Vampire slayer meets The Vamps. A fantastic blend of fantasy fiction and contemporary teen. This is light-hearted demon slaying peppered with witty one-liners with a few music references thrown in. The cover is eye catching and I have already had students asking to borrow it ha...

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Name: Ruby B
23 April 2018;

Genre: Science Fiction

Amy is too young to die. When danger calls, Amy is scared. I don't blame her. Especially when aliens are abducting teenagers from all over the world. She is one of them. Will Amy have to face the threat before it is to late? Join Amy as she embarks on a thrilling journey through space. Read her...

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Name: Ellen King
18 April 2018;

Genre: Horror

This is a thrilling, action-packed horror story that steadily ratchets up the tension as a group of teenagers try to make it through a deadly geocaching challenge on a remote island. Savage Island a perfect addition to Stripes' Red Eye horror series and will be devoured by 14+ readers who love ho...

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Name: Eileen Armstrong
08 March 2018;

Genre: Real life

Everyone has A LOT to say about Alice, and none of it good, but how much of it true? If the rumours flying around her High School and her tiny, claustrophobic, everyone-knows- everyone-else's-business, town are to be believed, then popular girl Alice not only slept with two guys at one party b...

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