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Goodbye, Perfect
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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Love, Hate and Other Filters
Name: Molly Age 14
15 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
It is good for readers who like romance with a real life twist.
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Ash Princess
Name: Linda Brown
06 May 2018;Genre: Adventure
This great debut novel is a Game of Thrones for YA readers ( sorry no dragons!). As an older reader, I have come across this theme many times before but Ash Princess really stands out and is well worth a read. Theo, who is a very strong female lead character, watched he...
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The Truth About Alice
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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Name: Clair Bossons
08 March 2018;Genre: Real life
Bluebelle, aka Big Bones, loves food. Every chapter of Big Bones has a food theme, starting with one of my personal favourites - crumpets! This is the food diary that Bluebelle was encouraged to keep following the appointment with the nurse that her mum dragged her to.<b...
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Things a Bright Girl Can Do
Name: Lucy Georgeson
01 February 2018;Genre: Historical Fiction
This wonderfully atmospheric historical novel captures perfectly the fight for women's suffrage through the eyes of three very different and opinionated young women. 17-year-old rich and clever Evelyn is furious that she is expected to marry and have children when she would rather go to univer...
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Things a Bright Girl Can Do
Name: Eileen Armstrong
01 February 2018;Genre: Historical Fiction
Some novels are written to be read and not reviewed and this is most definitely one of them! Essentially a book about suffragettes aimed at young adults, Things a Bright Girl Can Do is so very much more than charting as it follows the stories of three very different girls from...
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Bog Child
Name: Francesca Age 14
22 November 2017;Genre: Historical Fiction
It's a good book and a quick read
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Charlotte Says
Name: Lorraine Ansell
03 November 2017;Genre: Horror
Miss Black, a recently orphaned 17 year old, arrives at Dunvegan School for Girls to take up her post as assistant schoolmistress. Unwelcomed by the staff and horrified at the punishments meted out to the frightened pupils, she is determined to make their life better and help Estella, a suppos...
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It Only Happens in the Movies
Name: Linda Brown
15 October 2017;Genre: Romance & Relationships
Yet again, It Only Happens in the Movies is another awesome book from this author. Holly Bourne just knows how to delve in teenage issues that are normally ignored and keeps the YA reader engrossed with her wonderful, emotional, funny and thought provoking writing. This...
