The Belly of a Wolf

By

Julianne Negri

To a teenager losing your best friend on your 15th birthday is calamitous but when this lost is the result of a suicide, it is more than disastrous, it is...
The Dark Cove Theatre Society

By

Sierra Marilyn Riley

An unusual and quirky mystery for young adults, The Dark Cove Theatre Society addresses many issues. The setting is on a small island, Dark Cove off the shores of Canada....
The Pull of the Moon

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Pip Smith

The small most northerly external territory of Australia, Christmas Island is the setting of award-winning author, Pip Smith’s latest powerful young adult book.  While this novel centres around the 2010...
Hidden Treasure

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Jessie Burton

Hidden Treasure is an excellent young adult novel. The story is well told and incorporates history, being set in England during the first world war. It also has present day...
Almost Nothing Happened

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Meg Rosoff

Classified as a young adult novel, everything about this book calls out to be read. From the busy cover to the catchy title……..Really….in France…..Nothing happened? This is a charming, delightful...
White Noise

By

Raelke Grimmer

Growing up as a teenager in the twenty first century can be quite challenging, but growing up as a neurodiverse female teenager in a single parent household provides another dimension....
Verdigris

By

Michele Mari. Translated from Italian by Brian Robert Moore.

To say Verdigris is an unusual story would not be an exaggeration. It is set in 1969 on an estate in Nasa near Lake Maggiore. The central character is thirteen-year-old...
Green Witch

By

Kelly McKain

Created for the Teen market with several very good messages within the storyline Green Witch is an interesting concept for the modern Teen reader in the world of today, as...
The Year Without a Summer

By

Arlene Mark

Environmental issues, immigrations, teenage angst and courage have all come together in this inspiring and timely work from Arlene Mark, The Year Without A Summer, which while written for the...
My Brother Ben

By

Peter Carnavas

Beautifully written My Brother Ben from award winning Peter Carnavas is a wonderful, heart-warming story about brotherly love, birds and growing up which is an absolute delight to read from...