We Come Apart

By

Sarah Crossan and Brian Conaghan

These two authors have combined to produce an amazingly powerful work of young adult fiction.  The dual perspectives, given by two narrators, give authenticity to each of the characters. Jess...
Teen, Teen Fiction, Young Adult
No Virgin

By

Anne Cassidy

No Virgin should be essential reading for teenagers regardless of their gender, as it highlights social issues that happen all too often, but very seldom see the light of day,...
Teen, Teen Fiction, Young Adult
Trollhunters

By

Guillermo Del Toro, Daniel Kraus illustrated by Sean Murray

Although Trollhunters was been released on Netflix late in 2016, the written word is far more gruesome that anything you could possibly see on the screen. As you read page...
Teen, Teen Fiction, Young Adult
Capital

By

Alfonso Cruz

Stories without words are always fascinating, as they leave the imagination free to move about to interpret the message being promoted as it will. In Capital this is totally the...
Childrens, Teen
The Bombs That Brought Us Together

By

Brian Conaghan

Just looking at the cover of this book shows that it is not going to be a comfortable read. The teenage /dystopian genre is very popular, and began by showing...
Fiction, Young Adult
The Greatest Show of All

By

Jane Eagland

In England, back when long skirts and bodices were worn by girls, a circus came to town. Kitty was able to get to the High Street to see the passing...
Childrens, Fiction, Young Adult
Lisette’s Paris Notebook

By

Catherine Bateson

In this lovely highhearted look at growing up, Catherine Bateson has used the wonderfully romantic backdrop of Paris, a place all artists, would be artist and romantics wish to go...
Fiction, Young Adult
Stealing Snow

By

Danielle Paige

Stealing Snow is a fantasy novel for young adults. Snow is the name of the leading character, and she is found to be a princess. However, when the story begins,...
Fiction, Young Adult
Forgetting Foster

By

Dianne Touchell

‘He could no longer remember the first thing his father forgot. It came on slowly; his dad’s forgetting. Like a spider building its web in a doorway.’ are the words...
Health, Teen, Teen Fiction, Young Adult
Girl v’s Boy Band – The Right Track

By

Harmony Jones

When Lark’s Mum signs up what she considers to be  the next big pop success , the boy band Abby Road, Lark is horrified to find out that not only...
Teen, Teen Fiction