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Book Review | The Outrage
Title: The Outrage Author: William Hussey Published: 13th May 2021 Publisher: Usborne Genre: YA, Dystopian, Contemporary Rating: 5/5 stars “You know, when you live in a time of progress, it seems that progress is the only possible way. The idea that everything we’d gained, all of those hard-won rights, could be taken away from us, and that open minds could be closed again? But then the Outrage happened.” Welcome to England, where the Protectorate enforces the Public Good. Here, there are rules for everything – what to eat, what to wear, what to do, what to say, what to read, what to think, who to obey, who to hate, who…
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Book Review – This Is Not the Jess Show
Title: This Is Not the Jess Show Author: Anna Carey Published: 2nd February 2021 Publisher: Quirk Books Genre: YA, thriller Rating: 4.5/5 stars Black Mirror meets My So-Called Life in this fast-paced, timely YA thriller about separating fact from fiction–and how far we’ll go to create our own version of reality. Like any other teenager, Jess Flynn is just trying to get through her junior year without drama … but drama seems to keep finding her. Between a new crush on her childhood best friend, overprotective parents cramping her social life, and her younger sister’s worsening health, the only constant is change–and her hometown of Swickley, which feels smaller by…