Title: All Of This Is True Author: Lygia Day Peñaflor Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury UK Summary: from Amazon MIRI loves the novel Undertow like it's a living being. So when she and her friends get the chance to meet the author, Fatima Ro, they plot a way to get closer to her. As for … Continue reading All Of This Is True by Lygia Day Peñaflor – Review
Tag: Young adult
Tradition by Brendan Kiely – Review
Title: Tradition Author: Brendan Kiely Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Penguin Random House UK Summary: from Goodreads Prestigious. Powerful. Privileged. This is Fullbrook Academy, an elite prep school where history looms in the leafy branches over its brick walkways. But some traditions upheld in its hallowed halls are profoundly dangerous. Jules Devereux just wants to keep … Continue reading Tradition by Brendan Kiely – Review
Ember Burning by Jennifer Alsever – Review
Title: Ember Burning Author: Jennifer Alsever Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Sawatch Publishing Summary: from Goodreads Senior year was supposed to be great--that's what Ember's friend Maddie promised at the beginning of the year. Instead, Ember TrouvE spends the year drifting in and out of life like a ghost, haunted by her parents' recent, tragic death. … Continue reading Ember Burning by Jennifer Alsever – Review
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw – Review
Title: The Wicked Deep Author: Shea Ernshaw Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK Summary: from Goodreads Welcome to the cursed town of Sparrow… Where, two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced to death for witchery. Stones were tied to their ankles and they were drowned in the deep waters surrounding the town. Now, … Continue reading The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw – Review
In Search Of Us by Ava Dellaira – Review
Title: In Search Of Us Author: Ava Dellaira Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Hot Key Books Summary: from Goodreads The author of the beloved Love Letters to the Dead returns with a parallel story of a mother and daughter each at age seventeen. Marilyn's tale recounts the summer she fell in love and set out on … Continue reading In Search Of Us by Ava Dellaira – Review
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater – Review
Title: The 57 Bus Author: Dashka Slater Genre: YA, Non-Fiction Published: Hachette Children's Group, May 2018 Summary: from Goodreads One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high … Continue reading The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater – Review
A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews – Review
Title : A Thousand Perfect Notes Author : C.G. Drews Genre : YA Fiction Publisher : Orchard Books, Hachette Children's Group in June 2018 Summary : An emotionally charged story of music, abuse and, ultimately, hope. Beck hates his life. He hates his violent mother. He hates his home. Most of all, he hates the … Continue reading A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews – Review
The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven – Review
Title: The Exact Opposite of Okay Author: Laura Steven Genre: Young Adult Publisher: Electric Monkey, Egmont UK in March 2018 Summary: From Amazon Izzy O'Neill here! Impoverished orphan, aspiring comedian and Slut Extraordinaire, if the gossip sites are anything to go by . . . Izzy never expected to be eighteen and internationally reviled. But … Continue reading The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven – Review
Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed Review
Title: Love, Hate & Other Filters Author: Samira Ahmed Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: Hot Key Books in 2018 Summary: Love, Hate and Other Filters is the story of a young Muslim woman growing up in America. Maya is a clever and ambitious 17 year old who has a passion for film-making. She struggles to … Continue reading Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed Review
