By Lisa Heathfield (Andersen Press, May 2026)
Continue reading “This Boy I Hardly Know | Book Review”‘I’m so tired of holding up my world, Cooper,’ I say quietly.
‘I get that,’ he says.
He looks at me and I know he does. There are so few people who really do. Who know what it’s like to be alone and drowning in a system that wants to pass you to the next person and the next. How tiring it is to keep starting again.
By Lex Croucher (Bloomsbury, 2024)
Continue reading “Not for the Faint of Heart | Young Adult Book Review”‘It wasn’t meant to be violent,’ Mariel said reluctantly.
‘What?’
‘The kidnapping,’ Mariel snapped. ‘I may have been overzealous with my instructions. It was just meant to be…fast.’
‘Ah, yes. A nice clean abduction, with proper attention paid to the procedures.’
‘Stop being so dramatic. You’re just on loan.’
‘You shouldn’t kidnap innocent people, Captain,’ Clem said sharply. ‘People might get the wrong idea about you and your merry mates.’
