Claire Hennessy

Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
 

Sixteen-year-old Kali lives in a world where preternatural creatures are real and studied in university science labs. Her father is an…
Posted 11/05/2012 in Reviews

Geekhood by Andy Robb
Fourteen-year-old Archie is a Geek who spends his Friday nights engaged in Role Playing Games, and whose Interior Monologue reveals the…
Posted 3/04/2012 in Reviews

Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien
 

In the twenty-fifth century, drastic climate change has left water in short supply. Technology is limited, and the worldwide communication…
Posted 1/03/2012 in Reviews

Prized by Caragh O'Brien
 

This sequel to Birthmarked follows teenage midwife Gaia, on the run from the corrupt Enclave and with her new-born sister in tow, as she…
Posted 1/03/2012 in Reviews

Flight of Dragons by Vivian French
 

There’s a cosy old-fashioned charm to this fourth book in Vivian French’s Tales of the Five Kingdoms series. This is a world filled with…
Posted 10/11/2011 in Reviews

Trial by Fire by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
 

In this sequel to Raised by Wolves, Jennifer Lynn Barnes explores the dynamics of an unusual werewolf pack – mostly young, female and led…
Posted 22/09/2011 in Reviews

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Godspeed, the largest ship ever built when it left Earth 250 years ago, hurtles towards its destination: a new planet another fifty years…

Posted 7/07/2011 in Reviews

The Kissing Game by Aidan Chambers
Unlike Chambers’s last work, the 800-plus-page This Is All, his new book – a collection of short stories – is a slim volume, though almost as…
Posted 7/06/2011 in Reviews

Angel Kiss by Laura Jane Cassidy
“When I like a guy, I tend to examine every word that comes out of his mouth with the determination of a profiler interviewing a suspect,”…
Posted 24/05/2011 in Reviews

The Babysitters Club: The Summer Before by Ann M Martin
Taking the opposite approach to Francine Pascal, whose follow-up ten years on to the Sweet Valley High series is aimed at nostalgic adult…
Posted 16/04/2011 in Reviews

Alice & Megan’s Cookbook by Judi Curtin
In the great tradition of so many children’s books, Judi Curtin writes vividly about the wonders of food – but this time readers can bring…
Posted 1/12/2010 in Reviews

Losing It by Keith Gray
‘Are there degrees of virginity? Is there a points system? A league table?’ the narrator of Patrick Ness’s ‘Different Boys’ asks. In a…
Posted 1/12/2010 in Reviews

Cherry Crush by Cathy Cassidy
In this opening act of a new series for the 10+ set, Cherry Costello and her father move in with her father’s girlfriend and her four…
Posted 1/09/2010 in Reviews

Amy Green: Summer Secrets by Sarah Webb
This second instalment of the Amy Green series sees central characters Amy (13, very sensible, though still prone to a fair bit of adolescent…
Posted 1/06/2010 in Reviews