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|title=Bloodtide
|summary=A few years after Iris's death, her twin sister Bluebell is still getting used to life without her. She's also having to cope with her parents' frequent absences, the new au pair, and the cute boy who's just moved in next door. Can she solve all her problems? And are the rest of her family coping with Iris being gone any better than she is?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0571278213</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Jon For Short
|author=Malorie Blackman and Vladimir Stankovic
|rating=5
|genre=Dyslexia Friendly
|summary=The book begins with a horrible dream of dark footsteps and the flash of knife blade plunging down again and again. Waking up brings no respite to the terror or pain for Jon, because his waking world is even more frightening than the nightmare. He wakes up in a darkened hospital room. There are now windows to the outside, only a small frosted glass window to the hall which lets in a tiny bit of light. The nurses seem cruel and angry. They insist on calling him Joe, No matter how often he tells them his name is Jonathan - Jon for short. The nightmare comes again and again. It starts out exactly the same, but each time it goes on just a little longer and Jon sees a bit more. The dream is not the only cause of his terror. Each time when he wakes up, another part of his body has been removed. Piece by piece he is being dismembered. Soon there will be nothing left of him - and no one will tell him why.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781121958</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=All The Truth That's In Me
|author=Julie Berry
|rating=3.5
|genre=Teens
|summary=Four years ago, Judith and another girl disappeared. Two years ago, Judith came back alone, and unable to speak. Shunned by most of the people in her close-knit community, can she find her voice to save those around her, and herself?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0670786152</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=The Rithmatist
|author=Brandon Sanderson
|rating=4.5
|genre=teens
|summary=Rithmatists - those with special talents who defend ordinary people against wild chalklings - must study and train hard at school to create the defenses , lines, and chalklings they'll use when they get to Nebrask, the frontline. Joel, a pupil at one such school, Armedius, studies harder than anyone else. He has a superb grasp of the strategies involved and knows he would be an asset out at the front. But Joel isn't a Rithmatist at all. They're chosen in a special ceremony, and Joel was passed by. Now, as just an ordinary student at Armedius, he sneaks in to join the Rithmatics students whenever possible. That seems like all he can do - until Rithmatics students start disappearing. Could Joel's lack of ability keep him safe, and therefore allow him to help solve the mystery?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444009532</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Heart-shaped
|author=Siobhan Parkinson
|rating=5
|genre=Teens
|summary=Ok. Before I even start reviewing, I need to explain just how much I loved this book. It's the companion to an earlier story from Siobhan Parkinson, ''Bruised'', over the same timeframe, and following a supporting character whose story is intimately connected. Before I'd read to the end of the first chapter of ''Heart-shaped'', which is all of two-and-a-half pages long, I'd fallen in love with Annie. And I knew I couldn't bear to read her story without reading Jono's, in ''Bruised'', first. So I rushed orff to Amazon and downloaded it to my Kindle. You might not find that particularly surprising, but it is. I review books. I hardly ever buy books because I have a pile of advance copies shouting ''My turn! My turn!'' whenever I look their way.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1444903608</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Dangerous Girls
|author=Abigail Haas
|rating=4
|genre=Teens
|summary=Anna and her friends went to Aruba for the Spring Break of all Spring Breaks. These are privileged kids from an exclusive private school. They have plenty of money and they intend to party hard before college beckons. It's a tight group, but no-one is tighter than Anna and Elise. They have been inseparable since Elise rescued Anna from a high school bully. But now Anna also has Tate and this is a first love affair that consumes all, like a fire. Anna is beginning to find it difficult to balance these two intense relationships and she is hoping that this holiday will make everything great again.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1471119149</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=The Mirror Chronicles: the Bell Between Worlds
|author=Ian Johnstone
|rating=4.5
|genre=Fantasy
|summary=The hero of this long and engrossing book is a boy of twelve, orphaned, lonely and unloved. He spends the little free time he has in creating beautiful kites covered in complicated, colourful designs until the day he meets a strange old man who sets him on the path to his destiny as a saviour of not one but two worlds. But in line with the traditions of the genre, this path will be fraught with fear, danger and loss.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0007491220</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Brooklyn Girls
|author=Gemma Burgess
|rating=4.5
|genre=Women's Fiction
|summary=22-year-old Pia Keller has screwed up again. She should be living the dream, sharing a Brooklyn townhouse with her four best friends - but one too many drunken escapades leads to her getting sacked from her new job. After hearing this, her parents are ready to summon her to live with them abroad. They clearly don't think she's mature enough to look after herself - can she prove them wrong?
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782067337</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Carnaby
|author=Cate Sampson
|rating=5
|genre=Teens
|summary=Sarah's mother was murdered and Sarah found the body. Agonisingly, she didn't even realise she'd found the body at first - Sarah thought her mother was asleep on the sofa. But she wasn't. Borys - Sarah's sister Jude's boyfriend - has been accused of the murder and the trial is coming up, with Sarah as a key witness. A school counsellor, a lawyer and a police officer are all trying to prepare her, but Sarah can't think about that. It's too dangerous. And she has more than a court case on her plate
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>147111581X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Ghost Stadium
|author=Tom Palmer
|rating=5
|genre=Teens
|summary=I usually buy Barrington Stoke books for my son to read on his own. He loves the short but exciting stories, and the easy-to-read text. With this book though, the temptation to turn out the lights and read this out loud by torch light was simply too much to resist. It begins as a boy's own adventure. Three boys, Lucas, Irfan and Jack have come up with the perfect plan to start their summer holidays on a high note. Their local football club has been closed for years, but the boys have a scheme to get into the stadium one last time and spend a night camping on the pitch. My son immediately realised the football pitch would be the perfect place to camp out. It is difficult to get into, but once there, it would be like being in a wilderness. The high walls would block out everything, leaving the boys completely alone in the dark. There is only one problem. Places that are very difficult to get into can also be very difficult to get out of...
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>178112227X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Brock
|author=Anthony McGowan
|rating=5
|genre=Teens
|summary=The events of the badger bait are horrifying. Thankfully the author does not feel the need to give us all the gory detail, but in a sense, he has made it more terrifying but what is left unsaid. Everything about this book is extremely realistic. I am an adult, and this book had my stomach in knots. It isn't just what happens to the animals, but the psychological terror directed at the boys as well. This is made more intense by the level of character development in this book. McGowan has created characters with such depth I can't help wondering if he has based any of this on real children. Perhaps not the badger baiting part, but the inner turmoil created by poverty, shattered families, and the responsibility of being a caretaker at an early age as well many other personality traits which are so true to life it is difficult to believe you are reading fiction. The characters in this book are so genuine, I feel as if I know them. My son also commented on how much he liked certain characters, a sure sign that the author has succeeded in making the characters real to the reader.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781122083</amazonuk>
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