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Five reasons to love My Heart and Other Breakables by Alex Barclay

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Jun 2
4 min

Five reasons to love My Heart and Other Breakables by Alex Barclay

I have so much love for this fabulous new young adult novel. It's about an Irish teen trying to figure out who her father is, and...

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Feb 12
2 min

The Secrets Act by Alison Weatherby

January 2022, Chicken House There's something about WWII spy stories that I find irresistible, especially if the main characters are...

Take a thrilling tour through haunted Ireland with Banshee Rising by Riley Cain

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Sep 17, 2021
2 min

Take a thrilling tour through haunted Ireland with Banshee Rising by Riley Cain

An atmospheric new novel for teens... I'm finally getting around to blogging about one of the books I brought on holidays last month! An...

Sensational summer reads for young adults

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Jun 4, 2021
2 min

Sensational summer reads for young adults

A roundup of excellent books for teens which are also ideal for grown-ups who have found themselves in a reading rut! Parents often...

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Jun 3, 2021
3 min

Dancing to the end of love

Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon, Penguin Last summer, I read Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon and was blown away by her...

Book Match Monday: a Past and Future London

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Apr 26, 2021
1 min

Book Match Monday: a Past and Future London

The Dark Lady by Akala and The Outlaws Scarlett & Browne by Jonathan Stroud Here are two absolutely brilliant young adult novels recently...

An opportunity to learn, grow and bring about change

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Mar 22, 2021
5 min

An opportunity to learn, grow and bring about change

The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person by Frederick Joseph "While this book is meant to be a guide for white people to...

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Mar 7, 2021
3 min

The Enchanted Lake

Classic Irish fairy tales by Sinéad de Valera, illustrated by Alexis Sierra The Enchanted Lake is a wonderful collection of stories that...

Enchanted Castles and Warrior Princesses

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Feb 25, 2021
3 min

Enchanted Castles and Warrior Princesses

The Cursebreakers Series by Brigid Kemmerer, Bloomsbury This isn't so much a review as an ode to an amazing trio of books. I went into...

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Feb 14, 2021
3 min

How to fall in love with yourself

Love is a Revolution by Renée Watson "Self-love is radical love. Self-love is radical love. Self-love is radical love. Today, I've...

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Jan 21, 2021
4 min

A brilliant book can light the way

Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer "What happened in that class is something that none of us have ever talked about to anyone else. Though of course...

Celebrating Extraordinary Storytelling

Five reasons to love My Heart and Other Breakables by Alex Barclay

The Secrets Act by Alison Weatherby

Take a thrilling tour through haunted Ireland with Banshee Rising by Riley Cain

Sensational summer reads for young adults

Dancing to the end of love

Book Match Monday: a Past and Future London

An opportunity to learn, grow and bring about change

The Enchanted Lake

Enchanted Castles and Warrior Princesses

How to fall in love with yourself

A brilliant book can light the way

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