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Tony
The Blackthorn Key by Kevin Sands
Here you will find a fine historical thriller, with lots of bang for your buck. Christopher Rowe is apprenticed to the alchemist Benedict...
Margaret
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
Amani's spent her whole life in the dead-end desert town of Dustwalk, where girls are expected to do as they're told, keep their mouths...
Mark
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
“For those people who might be hearing this who think that children’s and YA fiction is not their thing, please do come and...
Tony, Margaret & Mark
Books of the Year 2015: Teen
Lottery Boy by Michael Byrne Bully has no one except his dog Jack, and every day they fight to survive. It seems there's no hope and no...
Mark
Halloween Approaches... pt. 2 junior to young adult
...And so continues our Halloween roundup, with more seriously scary books for junior to teen and young adult readers. For picturebooks...
Tony
Madame Tussaud's Apprentice Kathleen Benner Duble
This I know of La Revolution Française: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, le Petit Trianon, Versailles, The Bastille, Mirabeau, Marat, Madame...
Sam
Am I Normal Yet? by Holly Bourne
How do we, as a society, define 'Normal'? For sixteen-year old Evie, normal is everything which any other college kid would take for...
Mark
Foulsham
With which do you identify most: a cup, a leaky tap, or a ball of string? Clod Iremonger was born into Heap House, an ancient abode...
Tony, Margaret, Mark
Summer Reading '15: Teen & Y.A
Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan: Apple's mother crashes back into her life after an absence of eleven years, bringing disorder and more...
Isy Hawes & Izzie Collie-Cousins
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
Special guest review by readers Isy Hawes & Izzy Collie-Cousins A young adult disaster novel not told from the point of view of those at...