==Teens==
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{{newreview
|author=Keren David
|title=Almost True
|rating=5
|genre=Teens
|summary=My usual warning when reviewing sequels, there's no way on earth I can avoid some spoilers for the breathtaking [[When I Was Joe by Keren David|When I Was Joe]] so bear that in mind when reading.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847801013</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Lauren Kate
|summary=Like the first four novellas in the Dark Secrets series - previously released in two 'bind-up' editions - this story features a teenage girl returning to Wisteria, Maryland and trying to find closure on past events. In this case, Anna is summoned there by a letter from her uncle asking her to return to the place where her mother died so that he can tell her something important about their family, but by the time she returns her uncle is dead, his body found in the boot of a burnt out car. Her aunt seems crazy, and her first instinct is to get out as quickly as possible, but instead she's drawn into the mystery along with her cute neighbour Zack. The O'Neill women have always been said to be psychic, and Anna starts getting her own flashes which may draw her towards a solution - but also further into danger.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857070347</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Lisi Harrison
|title=Monster High
|rating=5
|genre=Teens
|summary=I don't know about everyone else, but I'm getting a bit fed up of all the vampires, werewolves and other creepies that seem to have popped up since the explosion of hype around [[Twilight by Stephenie Meyer|Twilight]]. So, when this book landed on my doorstep, I can't say I held much hope for it.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907410635</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Clare Chambers
|title=Burning Secrets
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=Daniel, his mother and his sister Louie are escaping the city to spend six months on the isolated island of Wragge. They're all escaping something: Daniel's mother is still getting over a broken marriage; Louie is prone to black depressions and self-harming; Daniel has just been released from a youth offenders institution after a conviction for fire-setting resulting in the death of an old itinerant. There's plenty to leave behind.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007307284</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Kenneth Oppel
|title=Half Brother
|rating=5
|genre=Teens
|summary=Ben's thirteen and an only child. You'd think he was entirely used to being the centre of attention, then, wouldn't you? But this isn't really the case. Ben's parents are academics. His father is a fiercely ambitious behavioural psychologist and his mother is both completing her doctorate and acting as her husband's research assistant. Ben is used to coming second to the advance of science. He can cope with that. Usually. But then his parents up sticks and move him all the way across Canada. Why? Because his father's new university is prepared to underwrite his new project - raising a chimpanzee as human and trying to teach it American Sign Language.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0385618417</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Marie-Louise Jensen
|title=Sigrun's Secret
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=It must have seemed to Sigrun that she had an ideal life in Iceland, breaking and training the colts on the family farm or helping her mother, Thora, who was a healer. Life seemed to be complete when her father's ship returned home and the family was together again. It was not to last though. Sigrun's parents were hiding a dreadful secret and when it caught up with them, Sigrun, her father and Asgrim, her brother were forced into exile in Jorvik for three years. She was completely unused to the busy city life and disliked the violence and cruelty she found around her. But – at the same time – her own skills as a healer and midwife began to blossom.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192728822</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Darren Shan
|title=Birth of a Killer (The Saga of Larten Crepsley)
|rating=4.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=Larten Crepsley leads a hard, hard life. One child amongst many, born during an industrial revolution, he works horrendously long and dangerous hours in a silk factory even though he's yet to see his teens. If the family is to eat, there is little choice. The foreman is a violent bully, issuing regular beatings, and nobody dares challenge him and if it wasn't for his orphan cousin, Vur, Larten's life would be grim indeed. But things never seem quite so dark when you have a true friend, do they?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007315856</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Beate Teresa Hanika
|title=Learning to Scream
|rating=5
|genre=Teens
|summary=Malvina is thirteen years old, the youngest of three children in a dysfunctional family. Her father is a very grumpy teacher, with little understanding of children, whilst her mother seems to suffer permanently from migraine. She has a good friend, Lizzy, and they play together as much as they can, united in their dislike of the 'boys from the estate'. Her grandmother died last year, leaving her granddad on his own and it's Malvina's job to go and visit him and take him his meals. The family think this is a great arrangement because they know how much Granddad loves Malvina and looks forward to her visits. There's a problem though. Malvina doesn't like going, particularly on her own. Granddad kisses her on the mouth.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390606</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=P J Bracegirdle
|title=The Joy of Spooking: Unearthly Asylum
|rating=3.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=The district of Spooking is still a problem for the evil diplomats from Darlington, the city that surrounds it. It was in the way of their waterpark [[The Joy of Spooking: Fiendish Deeds by P J Bracegirdle|last time]], and now puts a stop to a new sewage plant. Actually, chiefly in the way last time was Joy, who still calls it home. A cold, decrepit, run-down and gothic home in her instance, but home nevertheless. But the evil diplomats are still making their plans to redevelop the place. If only Joy could claim historical prestige for it with her beloved author E A Peugeot as a son of Spooking.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847385206</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Leila Rasheed
|title=The World Turned Upside Down
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=Stratford upon Avon 1642 – The English Civil War has come to the town. Mary is a young Catholic at a time when her religion was regarded with deep suspicion. She is drawn to Jack, even though he is a Roundhead soldier with no money, land or status, and he is from an inferior background to her.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0956506402</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Rick Yancey
|title=The Monstrumologist: The Curse of the Wendigo
|rating=4.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=While the celebrated monstrumologist Dr Peregrine Warthrop has spent his life tracking down dark and mysterious creatures, the existence of some of these fiends is too much for him to believe. In fact, there's a split between Warthrop, his former close friend John Chanler, and their mentor Von Helrung over whether
there really are such things as vampires, werewolves, and the terrifying wendigo, rumoured to be the ultimate predator. Warthrop scoffs at the other men's belief in this creature - and at one point in the book gives an interesting lecture on why it's impossible for it to exist - but nevertheless goes in search of Chanler when he disappears searching for it. It's not just friendship that drives him to look for his colleague though, as he's asked by Chanler's wife Muriel - who is Warthrop's former fiancee. The search for Chanler takes the monstrumologist and his young assistant John Henry deep into the Canadian wilderness, but when they return to New York they bring back someone - or something - that can endanger their lives.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847387675</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Celine Kiernan
|title=Moorehawke Trilogy: The Rebel Prince
|rating=5
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=After spending the entire of [[Moorehawke Trilogy: The Crowded Shadows by Celine Kiernan|The Crowded Shadows]], the excellent second book in this series, looking for it, the Protector Lady Wynter Moorehawke has finally discovered the hidden
camp of her childhood friend Prince Alberon. Can she, along with her travelling companions Razi Kingsson - Alberon's brother - and Christopher Garron, persuade the Rebel Prince to make peace with his father, or is their quest to end in bloodshed and failure?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1841498238</amazonuk>
}}