All posts tagged "young adult"
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3.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Upper World, by Femi Fadugba
THRILLER: A startling original thriller from major new talent Femi Fadugba, The Upper World is as mind-blowing as a Christopher Nolan epic.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Lakesedge, by Lyndall Clipstone
YOUNG ADULT: When Violeta Graceling arrives at haunted Lakesedge estate, she expects to find a monster. She knows the terrifying rumours about Rowan Sylvanan, who drowned his entire family when he was a boy. But neither the estate nor the monster are what they seem.
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1.8KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Trouble is my Business, by Lisa Walker
YA: Lisa Walker's second Olivia Grace novel is another rip-roaring excursion into madcap sunshine noir, with nods to Nancy Drew and Sherlock Holmes, and a flavour of Veronica Mars meets Elmore Leonard.
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1.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Tokyo Ever After, by Emiko Jean
YA: Izumi Tanaka has lived an uneventful 17 years in her small, mostly white, northern California town, keenly aware of all the ways in which her family is different from most of her classmates’. But then Izumi discovers that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan ...
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: You Have A Match, by Emma Lord
YOUNG ADULT: When A DNA service reveals Abby has a secret sister, shimmery-haired Instagram star Savannah Tully, it’s hard to believe they’re from the same planet, never mind the same parents.
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1.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Sunburnt Veils, by Sara Haghdoosti
YOUNG ADULT: Girl meets boy, ghosts his text messages, then convinces him to help her run for the student union. Just your typical love story with a hijabi twist.
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1.6KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Four Dead Queens, by Astrid Scholte
Four Queens. A divided nation. A ruthless pickpocket. A noble messenger. And the murders that unite them all.
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2.0KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Quiet at the End of the World, by Lauren James
A sci-fi mystery adventure for young adults about the last surviving members of the human race.
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5.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Catch a Falling Star, by Meg McKinlay
It’s 1979 and the world’s first space station, Skylab, is falling to Earth, bringing back forgotten memories of a 12-year old's father.
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3.2KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Folk of the Air Book 2: The Wicked King, by Holly Black
The second novel in the The Folk of the Air young adult fantasy trilogy sees the cruel prince now become a wicked king.
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2.8KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Vardaesia: The Medoran Chronicles Book 5, by Lynette Noni
Alex and her friends attempt to unite the races in one last stand against the undefeatable Aven.
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2.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Legacy of Orïsha 1: Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi
Zélie Adebola has been chosen by the Sky Mother to bring back magic in the country of Orïsha and restore the majji to their former glory.
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3.3KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Dry, by Neal & Jarrod Shusterman
In a future California, the residents watch their world fall apart as life’s most important resource disappears, causing a catastrophic fallout.
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2.4KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars, by Jaclyn Moriarty
This is the second novel for younger readers by Jaclyn Moriarty and, due to its nature, has me seeking out her previous book, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone. From the beginning this tale is based on teamwork and magic, giving an underlying message of compromise to enable harmony. It is easy to read […]
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1.5KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Somnium, by Kristy Kamin
In a future where people age twice as fast due to the effects of climate change, wheelchair-bound Claudia escapes into the popular virtual reality world of Somnium but when someone hacks the system, it's up to her to save it... and the world.
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1.7KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: I Had Such Friends, by Meg Gatland-Veness
Hamish is a passenger in life, unable to do much more than watch or walk away. His world is quiet and reflective until he is pulled into the complicated lives of the people left behind after the death of Charlie Parker.
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1.7KBooks & LiteratureA Landmark New LGBTQIA+ short story collection set for 2019
Walker Books Australia has announced a ground-breaking collection of Young Adult (YA) short stories by LGBTQIA+ Australian authors.
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1.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Sword of Rhiannon Book 2: War of the Gypsy, by Melissa E Beckwith
The second book of this fantasy series begins where the first ended, with Rhiannon in training to be Empress of Ventra and working at establishing herself as an authority figure.
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940Books & LiteratureBook Review: Sword of Rhiannon Book 1: Tree of Bone and Mist, by Melissa E Beckwith
Book 1 of the Sword of Rhiannon series introduces Rhiannon, a young woman ripped from a modern Montana ranch and thrust into a medieval-style world where good and evil are literally fighting for ownership of the world.
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3.1KBooks & LiteratureBook Review: Graevale: The Medoran Chronicles Book 4 by Lynette Noni
As evil Prince Aven expands his control, Alex finds herself at the whim of a mystifying new mentor and attempts to get all the players in place before a war between the races breaks out.
