October 2013 archive

Forgive me Leonard Peacock

Forgive me Leonard Peacock is defiantly aimed at the older YA readers, because of the type of content covered including suicide and violence. Written in the first person narrative the book starts with the beginning of Leonards day, his 18th birthday, and he is thinking about the day. A day when he will kill his …

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Student Bodies

Great read, good plot, with some humour and characters that you can relate to. Julie the main character is a witch with powers inherited from her father now dead Her boyfriend is Marcus, he does not have an ounce of magic in him, and friends and family feel their relationship puts him in danger. The …

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The Woken Gods

The storyline content is quite good. Kyra a 17 year old lives in Washington, but one that is a bit different to the Washington that we know, because it is also full of Gods, and prophets and prophecies, as well as vaults full of magical relics. They live side by side fairly peacefully with humans. …

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Noble Conflict

Malorie Blackman writes brilliant books and she does not let us down with this book. Noble Conflict is very much a dystopian YA novel, a popular genre at the moment. The main characters Kaspar a guardian and Rhea an Insurgent. I especially like the character of Rhea, believable and strong, but one that we really …

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