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==Teens==
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{{newreview
|author=Judy Bartkowiak
|title=NLP For Teens
|rating=4
|genre=Home and Family
|summary=
NLP For Teens is part of the Engaging NLP series and is a follow-on from NLP for Children. Many a parent has been tempted to leave home when their children are teenagers; difficult as it is for the parents it's a traumatic time for the teens and anything which makes it a little easier is to be applauded particularly when the changes will come from the teens rather than being imposed by the parent.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1907685901</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|summary=After turning from horror comic geek to a cloned Witchfinder and saviour of humanity in the space of a few short weeks, Jake Harker's magic is understandably depleted. Try as he might, the blue light fails to ingite in his hand. But Jake has no time for recuperation or for coming to terms with the loss of his mother. His father is dying, hexed by the evil witch Marcus Crowden. And the Demon Father is at large, summoning a universal coven that will threaten everything Jake has already fought to save.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192731912</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jonathan Maberry
|title=Rot & Ruin
|rating=5
|genre=Teens
|summary=It's been fourteen years since First Night and the zombie apocalypse. Those humans who survived the disease that created the undead live in pocket communities, fenced off from the horrors of the outside world. Resources are scarce and all citizens must find a job as soon as they turn fifteen, else their rations are cut in half. Benny Imura has just turned fifteen and so he needs work badly. He tries out as a locksmith, a fence technician, a portraitist and a carpet coat salesman. Nothing works out and so Benny has no option but the last resort - an apprenticeship in the family business of zombie hunting, under the tutelage of his older brother Tom.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857070959</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Rhiannon Lassiter
|title=Ghost of a Chance
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=Eva Chance is used to being ignored by her family, apart from her frail grandfather, who she adores. So she's barely even surprised when they don't set a place for her at a dinner party. But when nearly everyone is ignoring her she grows increasingly concerned – and that's when she realises she's dead. Can she solve the mystery of her murder before either malevolent ghosts or human criminals can do any more damage to her family, aided only by Kyra, who bullied her when she was alive, Kyra's brother Kyle, and a ghost called Maggie she may or may not be able to trust?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0192755625</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Richmal Crompton
|title=Just William
|rating=5
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Whether it's a trip to the cinema, babysitting a youngster, being a page boy at a wedding, or running away from home to take a job below stairs, the 11-year old William Brown can always be relied on to create chaos and havoc wherever he goes. This short story collection (the first of 38 books) is a wonderful introduction to a classic character.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330507451</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jason Wallace
|title=Out of Shadows
|rating=5
|genre=Teens
|summary=Robert Jacklin arrives at his new boarding school as a very reluctant pupil. He's a reluctant African, too - his family has just moved to Zimbabwe after his father has been given a diplomatic placing there. More than anything else, Robert wants to return to England.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849390487</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Heather Brewer
|title=The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=High school is hard enough for most kids, but for half vampire Vlad, it really bites. First there's his blood cravings – how exactly do you sneak a pint of O neg into your lunchbox? Then there's his enlarged fangs, his ever developing powers that Vlad doesn't know the extent of and the fact that his crush seems to have a thing for his best mate.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0142411876</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Jandy Nelson
|title=The Sky is Everywhere
|rating=5
|genre=Teens
|summary='There were once two sisters who were not afraid of the dark because the dark was full of the others voice around the room...'
 
But now there's only one, because 19 year old Bailey has died and her
17 year old sister Lennie is left alone in her grief, apart from her
Gram and Uncle Big.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1406326305</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Irfan Master
|title=A Beautiful Lie
|rating=4.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=Bedridden with cancer, Bilal's bapuji, or father, doesn't realise how far the plan for the Partition of India has progressed. Bilal has kept the news from him as he was worried that it would kill him – but when he accepts that death is imminent, Bilal swears to at least save him the pain of having his heart broken before he passes away. Along with his friends Chota, Manjeet and Saleem, Bilal swears to stop him from ever finding out. 1947 India, though, is a dangerous place for everyone, and there are people in their town who don't think that Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus should be doing anything together.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1408805758</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=J P Buxton
|title=I Am The Blade
|rating=3.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=In the Dark Ages, Tog is brought up by a woodcutter. Strangely, he's being taught rather more than you'd expect a woodcutter's apprentice to be learning, including how to read and write Latin. Why?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340970057</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Katherine Rundell
|title=The Girl Savage
|rating=3
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=In Zimbabwe, Nice Will Silver has lived all her life with her father Nice William Silver, his employer Nice Captain Browne, and her friend Nice Simon. But when Nice Captain Browne falls in love with Nasty Cynthia Vincy, Nice Will is uprooted from her roots and sent to an English boarding school, run by Nice Miss Blake and her assistant Nasty Mrs Robinson. How will she cope?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571254314</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Julie Kagawa
|title=The Iron Fey: The Iron King
|rating=4.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=Meghan Chase has always found her life slightly odd. She's never fitted in at school, where bullies relentlessly target her, nor at home, where her family always seem slightly surprised to find her there – except her little brother, Ethan, they barely remember her as soon as she leaves the room. Her only friend in the world is Robbie, her happy-go-lucky next door neighbour, who can always make her laugh. Meghan thinks turning sixteen will signal a change in their fortunes – she'll be able to drive, get them out of hickville once in a while.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0778304345</amazonuk>
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