Night of the Party by Tracey Mathias, published by Scholastic When a secret threatens your very existence, how do you protect the ones you love? With the loss of his sister Sophie preying heavily on his mind, Ash struggles to share his grief, preferring to keep it hidden to avoid dealing with the trauma of…
The Goose Road by Rowena House, published by Walker Books World War One has begun and 14 year-old Angelique finds herself with only one option if she is to save the farm, the only home she has ever known. With her father and brother off to fight in the bloody war, and convinced they will…
Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom is the sensational debut fantasy adventure from PM Freestone. In her desert home away from the hustle and bustle of the city of Aphorai, Rakel is running out of time to save her father. In a world where scent is key, her impressive scentlore skills are no match for the disease that…
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert is a slow-burning, gripping and very original spooky fairy-tale mashup tale for YA readers. It’s the kind of book you read and think – halfway through – yes, this story is very clever…why has no one done it like this before? It’s about a girl called Alice (what else would…
Gosh. This book! It had me feeling ALL the emotions – and that’s what I absolutely adored about it. Start to finish… what a journey. We’ve all seen those reality TV programmes, about various people who for various reasons, well, things get too much at home and one thing leads to another. The dishes get…
What I love about Rosie Loves Jack are the twists, the turns and the unfolding drama that had me hooked from beginning to end.
A modern coming-of-age novel with a voice that pops off the page Things I’m Seeing Without You by Peter Bognanni is an engaging read led by the strong voice of seventeen-year-old Tess Fowler. She pops off the page and I was surprised, when I read in Peter’s acknowledgements, that he said it took years to…
Donna David’s fantastic young adult story, Bruised, centres on a boy who has had to change everything he knows for his own safety and of those around him. Losing contact with his friends has made him isolated and lonely, a predicament many young people find themselves in today. Dean and Finn are best friends. They…
Liz MacWhirter’s debut Young Adult historical novel, Black Snow Falling, will entrance you as soon as you open the beautiful embossed cover and begin Ruth’s incredible story. With only a trinket around her neck to remind her of her father as he travels far and wide, Ruth is left in the company of her malevolent…
“Every generation has its flashbulb moments… Flash-click. But can you remember where you were a week last Monday? A month ago? A year? Can you recall details about an ordinary day? I can. For me, every waking moment is a flashbulb moment.” Jess may only be seventeen-years-old but her head is already full of memories…
Woohoo! It’s the next installment of Noah’s adventures. Simon James Green‘s debut novel, Noah Can’t Even, had us giggling in all the right places. Such a joy to delve back in to the life of Noah once again. Green takes us further in to the life of Noah – in this second novel we seem…
Bullet Catcher, by Joaquin Lowe, is one of the coolest books I’ve read for ages – it’s a YA genre-mash of wild west, steampunk and sci-fi and brings a really original twist to the old gunslinger legends. About a young down-on-her-luck girl called Imma, this desert-based tale is about how Imma decides to leave her hometown…
Emily Barr’s The Truth and Lies of Ella Black is an incredibly good, tense, page-turner of a book! I was sucked straight into Ella Black’s world of paranoia, anxiety and confusion. The way Emily wrote this, Ella’s tumultuous and frantic thought processes didn’t let go right until the end of the story; the experience of reading this…
Based on actual events in Anne Green’s life, Mary Hooper’s Newes from the Dead, is a fantastic, enthralling upper-MG / YA book based in and around 17th Century Oxford. It’s the grizzly tale of how one young woman came to survive the hangman’s noose. Told from two points-of-view – Anne herself and a young scholar…
This sumptuous, epic Young Adult novel is firmly rooted – with its glorious prose and tone – in the Deep South of 1838. It’s a nuanced, wonderful Gone-With-The-Wind type adventure that conjures up sticky, humid nights laced with fear and fun. The Floating Theatre is, in fact, a Jane Austen novel set in America and…
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Great review, thanks for posting the pictures. Really makes a difference with picture book reviews. Will order for the store…
I often hope to find interviews with Margaret Wild who fascinates me and whose work I adore. Thoroughly enjoyed this…