Young Adult Book Reviews

Name: Clare Wilkins
10 March 2025;

Genre: LBGTQ+

Post-hurricane, the town of Mercy is beset by rising waters and a red algae bloom that suffocates and distorts wildlife. Mutant creatures lurk in the depths as a semblance of life is maintained on the partially submerged land. Noon and her mother are shrimpers, good at their work but up to the...

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Name: Clair Bossons
10 March 2025;

Genre: Romance & Relationships

While We're Young is a contemporary road-trip romance, inspired by the classic 80s film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Grace plans to skip school with her best friend Isa and Isa's ex-boyfriend, Everett. The three friends used to be inseparable but since Everett ra...

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Name: Clair Bossons
10 March 2025;

Genre: Dystopian

Shortlisted for The Carnegie Award 2025 and the UKLA Book Award, The Things We Leave Behind by Clare Furniss is a stunning and thought-provoking dystopian novel. It is set in the near future, where London is teetering on the edge of collapse. Amid a refugee cr...

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Name: Lorraine ansell
07 March 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Sariyah is not an ordinary teenager; her special gift means she senses what a person needs. Overwhelmed by the noise this creates, she tries to fulfil the requests, one day with devastating and unpredictable consequences. Shortly after one of her best friends disappears and a frantic search be...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
07 March 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

Starting the new school year has been a challenge for Kara. Her best friend, Eden, has a new boyfriend and has completely cut her off, leaving her friendless. When the year 'freak', Romilly, comes to her aid, Kara finds herself drawn into a friendship which she is unsure about and when unsettl...

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Name: Sam
07 March 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

In All Better Now, a virus is spreading, but this one is different: first there's a fever, and then utter contentment. Those that survive the Crown Royale virus find the stress, depression, greed, and other negative feelings that used to weigh them down are gone. This all soun...

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Name: Lorraine ansell
25 February 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

A new virus infects people across the world, but survivors are left feeling total contentment, devoid of any want or desire. When consumers stop spending money and the world’s richest people give their fortunes away, the search for a cure begins. Three very different teenagers find their lives...

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Name: Stephen Leitch
17 February 2025;

Genre: Mental Health & Wellbeing

Pieces of Us by Stewart Foster is a powerful novel about secrets hidden, secrets shared, loss and the incredible power of friendship. 17-year-old Jonus has a secret he is hiding; he suffers with bulimia which even his best friends don't know about and he feels...

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Name: Clair Bossons
10 February 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

If you're a fan of The Hunger Games and would enjoy exploring the darker side of fame on social media, Island of Influencers is the perfect book for you! This YA novel merges reality TV, with the pressures of internet fame. Island of In...

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Name: Sue Wilsher
03 February 2025;

Genre: Suspense & Thrillers

After the death of her friend, Ivy, Kay thought she had left Longrove for good. However, when her parents go on a cruse to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary, she finds herself sent back there, 'dumped' on her Uncle Dara and her cousin, Nikki. Just as she thinks things can't get any wors...

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