Ren Miller has died aged seventeen and yet her consciousness lives on, inhabiting her memorial bench by the River Thames in London. Ren longs to be reunited with her boyfriend, Gabe, but soon discovers why he has failed to visit. Devastated, she must learn to break through and talk to the living so she can […]
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says […]
The Kite Runner at Wyndham’s Theatre
Since its publication in 2003, ‘The Kite Runner’ by Khaled Housseini has sold 31.5 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for both the big screen and the theatre. I am sure anyone who has seen it will agree that the film is terrrrible! I’m talking: dreadful, abominable, appallling, shameful, *insert any other synoynms you […]
Holding up the Universe by Jennifer Niven
Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, but no one’s ever looked past her weight to see who she really is. Since her mum’s death, Libby’s been hiding, but now she’s ready for high school. I want to be the girl who can do anything. Everyone thinks they know Jack Masselin too – sexy, aloof and […]
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Intelligence. Integrity. Courage. Wisdom. These are the qualities a Receiver of Memory must have. And one more, but not described. The Capacity to See Beyond. Jonas lives safely within the community, a place where there is no war, no hunger and no pain. But when he is selected as the Receiver of Memory, he […]
Flawed by Celia Ahern
I received this copy from the publishers for an open and honest review. Like many people I know, I am a huge fan of Celia Ahern’s writing and read every book she releases. So when I heard she was writing her first book for the YA community I was eager to get my hands […]
Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
Audrey can’t leave the house. She can’t even take off her dark glasses inside the house. Then her brother’s friend Linus stumbles into her life. With his friendly orange-sliced smile, and his funny notes, he starts to entice Audrey out again – well, Starbucks is a start. And with Linus at her side, Audrey feels […]
If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch
For almost as long as she can remember, Carey has lived in the heart of the woods with her drug-addicted mother and six-year-old sister, Jenessa. Their mother roughly disappears for weeks at a time, leaving the girls to cope alone. Survival is Carey’s only priority – until strangers arrive and everything changes… Let me […]