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Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy
Name: Julie Broadbent
01 July 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
Emmanual Acho is a Nigerian-American former NFL player whose series Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man was made in response to the death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement. During 2020 this movement created the largest mass protests in history. Subsequently his YouTu...
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The Nature of Witches
Name: Linda Brown
01 July 2021;Genre: Fantasy
This is a thought provoking , unique debut story that involves the real changes in our climate, mixed with the fantasy of magical witches - and trust me, it works. 17 year old Clara is an Ever witch, which means that her rare magic is tied to the four seasons of nature. Normally witches are on...
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This Poison Heart
Name: Tanja Jennings
01 July 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
After having successfully flipped the Cinderella myth and shattered the glass slipper into smithereens in Cinderella is Dead, Kalynn Bayron is back with another intriguing reimagining, This Poison Heart. Fans of YA contemporary fantasy...
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The Outrage
Name: Eileen Armstrong
23 June 2021;Genre: LBGTQ+
A book billed as 'The Handmaid’s Tale for LGBTQ+ YA' was never going to be a comfortable read but nothing can quite prepare the reader for the harsh and shocking reality of The Outrage. The very best speculative fiction works because it creates a world we believe to...
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The Yearbook
Name: Maddie Age 14
22 June 2021;Genre: Bullying
Paige tries to live her life under the radar; unnoticed by anyone at school, at home and at the one club she attends. Her best - and only - friend is her Alexa, and she only comes out of her shell one afternoon a week at her Aunt Polly's house. At home, Paige is shoved aside and labelled a nui...
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You're The One That I Want
Name: Dan Katz
21 June 2021;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Freddie is an average, unremarkable, fall-between-the cracks kind of guy. As he enters sixth form, his classmates and teachers of five years barely know who he is, he is a constant disappointment to his TV producer mother, and his nervous awkwardness leaves him feeling completely undateable (n...
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The Crossing
Name: Sharon Bolton
10 June 2021;Genre: Representation & Inclusion
On the face of it who would think that Natalie in Dover, and Sammy in Eritrea, have any common ground? Certainly not the right wing groups protesting about the refugees landing on the Kent coast. The Crossing is a well-crafted verse novel which explores the many facets of the...
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Not My Problem
Name: Emelia
10 June 2021;Genre: Real life
This is a story of new friendships, love, alcohol and trust. It is filled with emotion and has some references of a sexual nature. Set in Ireland, Aideen finds that she is rather good at helping everyone else fix their problems but she can't fix the issues she faces at home. Aideen feel...
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Everyone Dies Famous In A Small Town
Name: Maddie Age 14
02 June 2021;Genre: Real life
This book was a different style from what I usually read. It was a collection of stories from teenagers' lives, but all of them are linked somehow as I read through snippets of their lives. It follows different people through Alaska, starting with Gina's life being flipped upside down when her...
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Raising Hell
Name: Emelia Helliwell
29 May 2021;Genre: Horror
Raising Hell is based in London and is a story with magic, love, friendship and trying to right the wrongs. It begins with Ivy Mann in her late teens working at a school with Matilda on her hip. It throws you right in to the mix, making you wonder how they got to this point in the first place....
