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Hazel, Not a Nut

September 1, 2004 /in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…issues such as bullying in school, and also issues of self-image and insecurity. Hazel is overweight, and highly sensitive about this. This leaves her open to the pretty (and, to…

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We Are The Beaker Girls

November 1, 2019 /in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…is a fugitive foster-child. This provides an opportunity for Wilson to explore in the most effective way the issues of fostering. Although fostering issues often arise on the periphery of…

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Is It Right to Fight? – A first look at conflict

July 1, 2003 /in Non Fiction 5-8 Infant/Junior

Review also includes: The Skin I’m In – A first look at racism, ***, ‎978-0750242608 These two new books cover issues very relevant to children in today’s world….

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The New World Order

July 1, 2005 /in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

This ambitious book attempts to deal with a variety of intriguing issues. As the title suggests, it is set during the English Civil War, but in Jeapes’s alternative history, Royalists…

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Does My Head Look Big In This?

September 1, 2006 /in Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…as falling squarely within the genre in terms of both the ‘girly issues’ it deals with – makeup, pimples and boy pulling being amongst these. On the other hand, whilst…

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Would You Believe… two cyclists invented the aeroplane?!

September 1, 2010 /in Non Fiction 8-10 Junior/Middle

…child labour. The conversational style helps illuminate the issues explored and encourages discussion. And the speculative approach is welcome. In Would You Believe… two cyclists invented the aeroplane?! Platt comments…

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Across the Divide

September 1, 2018 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

It is very refreshing to read a novel for teenagers that deals with things of the mind, moral attitudes to issues and how it affects them. This is such a…

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The Raven’s Song

January 19, 2023 /in 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…‘world’ – meaning? ‘Was’ and ‘is’ replace ‘were’ and ‘are’ as plurals in narrator’s idiom. All communities controlled in her world …. max. 350 people per 700 hectare unit. No…

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Religious Freedom

January 28, 2008 /in Non Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…and whether Rastafarians should be allowed to pursue their ‘religious ceremony’ of smoking marijuana. It is absolutely fair and proper that an author and a publisher should place such issues…

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The Arab-Israeli Conflict

May 7, 2008 /in Non Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

A book dealing with so complex a topic has a basic duty to children: to explain clearly the fundamental reason for the conflict, its historical course and the issues that…

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Out of My Depth

November 1, 2008 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…intended. There’s a generous sprinkling of teenage issues here: Electra’s friend Lucy is self-harming as a result of her mother’s obsessive insistence on perfection; Electra finds herself attracted to the…

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The Young Inferno

November 30, 2008 /in Poetry 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…issues. Dante’s opening lines ‘Midway through the journey of my life I woke to find myself in a dark wood, Where the right road was wholly lost and gone.’ translate…

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Fish in the Sky

January 1, 2009 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…are ‘many issues such as single parenthood, absentee fathers, truancy and bullying’. First love, porno magazines, religious doubts and suicidal thoughts are also in there for good measure. Too many…

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Power: Ethical debates about resources and the environment

March 1, 2009 /in Non Fiction 10-14 Middle/Secondary

…environment; New foods; Food distribution and marketing; Food and health. Among the issues raised are global warming, factory farming, overfishing, herbicides, GM foods, organic farming, cash crops, fair trade, sustainable…

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The Winds of Heaven

January 1, 2013 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…for young adults, this book deals with serious and important issues such as teenage pregnancy, depression and suicide. It is beautifully written – at times poetic – especially in its…

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A Flash of Fireflies

July 20, 2022 /in 8-10 Junior/Middle

…throughout by adults, including her teacher and her great aunt, who has her own way of dealing with similar issues, and by her new friend Ruby. The use of fairy…

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The Children of the Lost

November 1, 2010 /in Fiction 14+ Secondary/Adult

…two strands come together before the end of this volume. Many readers will appreciate the consideration given in the text to issues such as conformity and individuality, although some may…

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The Great Food Bank Heist

November 19, 2021 /in Fiction 8-10 Junior/Middle

…of food poverty by mingling contemporary social issues, appealing characters and a pacy plot. Through the character of Nelson, she makes readers feel the effects of being hungry and struggling…

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