The Mountains of Instead

Jenna and Jonah's Fauxmance Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin Bloomsbury 2011
Charlie Tracker and Fielding Withers are a teen dream team. Stars of their own hit show, both they and their alter egos Jenna and Jonah live in a whirl of music, makeup and young love – both on and off screen. At least…

The Mockingbirds Daisy Whitney Little Brown 2010
Alex is a student at the progressive Themis boarding school, a liberal institution whose administration believes that treating it's teenage students like mature adults will encourage them to act likewise (because mature adults are all such paragons …

Across The Universe Beth Revis Razorbill 2011
Space, as well as being the final frontier, would appear to be the next big thing in young adult fiction. James Frey saw it when he approached Jobie Hughes with I Am Number 4 and I am sure that the publication of the far superior Across The Universe will h…

Heavenly/Penitence/Absolution Jennifer Laurens Grove Creek Press 2009/2010
Zoe is eighteen, in her senior year of high school and not having the easiest time of it. Her five year old sister is autistic and while her parents are loving, they are also constantly distracted by the strain of looking afte…

Going Too Far Jennifer Echols MTV Books 2009
I'm not always a fan of contemporary fiction – often I find it either too grim or too silly and so tend to avoid it in favour of less recognisable worlds. In fact, one of the last contemporary novels that I read was Jennifer Echols Forget You. While I…

The Other Countess and The Queen's Lady Eve Edwards Razorbill 2010/11
I have oft been heard to say that I do not enjoy historical fiction but, having been proved wrong time and time again, I may have to start qualifying that with the statement that when it is done well it can be jolly good fun. W…

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