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Tag: YA fiction

Review of ‘The Chronicles of Prydain’ by Lloyd Alexander

07/02/2020 nsford 11 Comments

Do you like The Lord of the Rings but wish it was easier to read and had more humour? Then…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, fantasy, fiction, Lloyd Alexander, reviews, YA fiction

Review of ‘Sofa Surfer’ by Malcolm Duffy

03/02/2020 nsford Leave a comment

‘You never forget the day you lose your home.’ This is a story with a heart and a message. There…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: blog tour, books, Malcolm Duffy, reviews, YA fiction

The time-travelling bookworm: ‘Northern Lights’ by Philip Pullman

01/02/2020 nsford 9 Comments

His Dark Materials is a fantastic series full of big ideas, amazing settings and interesting characters. The first book, Northern…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, children's fiction, fantasy, Philip Pullman, reading, YA fiction

Review of ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ by Ransom Riggs

19/01/2020 nsford 13 Comments

Vintage ‘found’ photos of weird children were the inspiration for this book. It’s unusual for a novel to include photographs.…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Ransom Riggs, reviews, YA fiction

Review of ‘Station Zero’ by Philip Reeve

03/10/2019 nsford 4 Comments

This is a fantastic conclusion to the Railhead trilogy. It was exciting to be back in Reeve’s world of sentient…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, Philip Reeve, reviews, science fiction, YA fiction

The time-travelling bookworm: ‘Red Velvet’ by Carol Hedges

01/10/2019 nsford 6 Comments

I have absolutely no recollection of reading this book. Mind you, I’ve read a lot of books since I completed…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, Carol Hedges, reading, YA fiction

Film of the book: ‘Stormbreaker’ (2006)

09/09/2019 nsford 2 Comments

I’ve always been a fan of Anthony Horowitz’s YA book Stormbreaker, first published in 2000. I never wanted to watch…

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Posted in: Film & TV Filed under: Anthony Horowitz, books, films, reviews, YA fiction

The time-travelling bookworm: ‘The Yearbook’ by Peter Lerangis

01/09/2019 nsford 2 Comments

Point Horror. Two words which, for a certain generation of readers, conjure up memories of browsing libraries and bookshops for…

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Posted in: Reading Filed under: books, horror, reading, YA fiction

Review of ‘A Monster Calls’ by Patrick Ness

22/05/2019 nsford 2 Comments

This is an extraordinary and unforgettable novel. Although it has won children’s book awards and been adapted for the screen,…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: books, children's fiction, Patrick Ness, reading, reviews, Siobhan Dowd, YA fiction

First chapter review of ‘After the Green Withered’ by Kristin Ward

04/04/2019 nsford 3 Comments

We’ve all heard the stories of how it began, but no one really knows the truth because no one ever…

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Posted in: Book Reviews Filed under: blog tour, books, Kristin Ward, reviews, YA fiction

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