Tag: Ya Book Review
Posted on January 3, 2017
by Sarah Fairbairn
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The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is cynical and loyal, and she doesn’t think she’s the prettiest of her friends by a long shot. She’s also way too smart to fall for the charms of man-slut and slimy school…
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, Book Reviews: YA & MGTags: book review, book reviews, Brittney Joy, cowboys, cowgirls, Designated Ugly Fat Friend, fiction book review, Girl Power, horses, Kody Keplinger, Lucy's Chance, Lucy's Chance (Red Rock Ranch #1) by Brittney Joy, Red Rock Ranch, The DUFF, The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend by Kody Keplinger, Ya Book Review, YA Fiction, Young Adult, Young Adult Book Review
Posted on October 22, 2016
by Sarah Fairbairn
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We’re sitting there with matching milkshakes, Sasha and me, and somehow, things aren’t going like I always thought they would. We’re face to face under 24-hour fluorescents with the thoroughly unromantic buzz of aircon in our ears and endless flabby wedges of seated trucker’s…
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Posted on October 15, 2016
by Sarah Fairbairn
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Eager to escape the small town of Tether, Michigan, once home to 90s corporate polluter Dutch Chemical, high school junior Nessa Kurland is focused on winning a college scholarship for cross-country running. Motivated to improve her times, she fits running into her busy schedule…
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, Book Reviews: YA & MGTags: adventure, Aus YA Bloggers, book review, C.D. Bell, Chooseco, contemporary YA, fiction, humor, romance, Shape Shifter, Shapeshifters, Thriller, Weregirl, Weregirl by C.D. Bell, Werewolf, werewolves, Ya Book Review, YA Fiction, Young Adult
Posted on August 24, 2016
by Sarah Fairbairn
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Life is made up of three parts: in the first third, you’re embarrassed by your family; in the second, you make a family of your own; and in the end, you just embarrass the family you’ve made. That’s how Billy’s grandmother explains it, anyway….
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, Book Reviews: YA & MGTags: Aussie Author, Australian, book review, friendship, growing up, homophobia, Loss, Love, Love OZ YA, review, sexuality, sydney, Ya Book Review, Young Adult Fiction
Posted on August 17, 2016
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“Life is full of crossroads, Alex. Full of choices.” Returning for a second year at Akarnae Academy with her gifted friends, Alexandra Jennings steps back through a doorway into Medora, the fantasy world that is full of impossibilities. Despite the magical wonder of Medora,…
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, Book Reviews: YA & MGTags: Akarnae, Aussie Author, Australian Author, book review, Draekora, friendship, growing up, Love, Love OZ YA, Lynette Noni, Raelia, Review: Raelia (The Medoran Chronicles #2) by Lynette Noni, Sci Fi & Fantasy, special powers, Teens & YA, The Medoran Chronicles, Ya Book Review, YA Fantasy
Posted on June 1, 2016
by Sarah Fairbairn
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Can One Girl Win A War? Though Japan has been devastated by a century of civil war, Risuko just wants to climb trees. Growing up far from the battlefields and court intrigues, the fatherless girl finds herself pulled into a plot that may reunite…
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, Book Reviews: YA & MGTags: a Kunoichi Tale, a Kunoichi Tale by David Kudler, book review, civil war, conspiracies, David Kudler, fiction, fiction book review, history, japan, ninja, Risuko, Seasons of the Sword, Seasons of the Sword #1 - Risuko, Ya Book Review, YA Fiction, Young Adult
Posted on May 11, 2016
by Sarah Fairbairn
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The Swimmer. The Rebel. The Nerd. All Ryan, Harley and Miles had in common was Isaac. They lived different lives, had different interests and kept different secrets. But they shared the same best friend. They were sidekicks. And now that Isaac’s gone, what does…
Category: Book Reviews: ALL, Book Reviews: YA & MGTags: Aussie Author, Australian, book review, friendship, growing up, homophobia, Loss, Love, Love OZ YA, review, sexuality, sydney, Ya Book Review, Young Adult Fiction
