Young Adult Book Reviews
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More Of Me
Name: Caroline Downie
02 March 2016;Genre: Suspense & Thrillers
'More of Me' is a gripping thriller. It opens with the description of a new being bursting out of another person and becoming her. But this is not some fantasy set in outer space; this is happening her in Britain and now. Teva is the new being and she is the latest in a long line of Tev...
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Say Her Name
Name: Mia
09 February 2016;Genre: Supernatural
'bloody Mary, bloody Mary, bloody Mary!' Would you dare say this three times in a mirror? Find out what happens when you do. This book is a ghost thrilling adventure through the mysteryies of the past, it will make you shiver and shriek. This is my favourite book as it twists and turns in unexpec...
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Here Be Dragons: The Snowdonia Chronicles
Name: Karen Poolton
20 October 2015;Genre: Fantasy
Ellie Morgan lives with her mother in a remote farmhouse on Mount Snowdon. We meet Ellie on Christmas Day with Snowdon in the grip of a severe snowstorm. There is no power and Ellie and her Mum are called out by the Mountain Rescue team to help rescue a girl who has gone missing on the mountai...
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One
Name: Dawn Woods
10 August 2015;Genre: Friends and family
Grace and Tippi are conjoined twins, something most people would dread. Living in America, they have been home educated by tutors and with that and hospital fees, finances are stretched. When their Father loses his job because of health issues, their Mother refuses to stop the counselling, so...
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The Last Ever After (The School for Good and Evil, Book 3)
Name: Linda Brown
21 July 2015;Genre: Fantasy
I will never look at a fairy tale the same way ever again! The Last Ever After is the third book in the wonderful The School For Good and Evil series. It's darker and a little more menacing...
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Name: Amanda Allen
15 July 2015;Genre: Family & Home
I didn't really expect too much from this book. I thought it would be quite a light read but I ended up enjoying it. Iris has grown up thinking that her father, Ernest, abandoned her and her mother; the truth is something quite different. When Iris and her money-grabbing mother return t...
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Summoner: The Novice
Name: Lorraine Ansell
22 April 2015;Genre: Fantasy
This debut fantasy novel takes us on a journey to the distant village of Pelt where Fletcher lives with his adoptive father, the Blacksmith. Undercurrants run through the village with the mainly poor community struggling to avoid problems with the guards or visiting Pinkertons - lawmakers from th...
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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...
