Tag: reading level advanced beginner
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‘My Heart and Other Black Holes’ by Jasmina Warga
The book is pretty depressing and sad with all the talk about suicide and depression, but it could quickly turn from sad to witty in a matter of a few lines.
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‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ (Hogwarts Library)
For all the Harry Potter fans out there who – just like me – never got over the ending of Harry Potter, you have to read the three extra books in the Hogwarts Library. They are spin off books from Harry Potter and all books from the Harry Potter universe. (Drawing: Emma Klausen)
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‘Hello, I Love You’ by Katie M. Stout
Sometimes you think you know exactly what you’re going to get, and you got the entire book planned out in your head. ‘Hello, I Love You’ was nothing like that. From the moment I got on the plane to Korea with the main character Grace, I was just as lost as her and had to…
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‘Between’ by Dora Hilburn
“17 year old Anna moves into the haunted Fenway House with her dad.” And already at that point, it sounded like one of those novels I’m addicted to scare myself with in the late hours and with only the reading lamp on. But the story was really slow-paced, and the author couldn’t get deep into…
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‘The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens’ by Jennifer Shannon
“Hi Everyone! My name is Peter, and I’m the editor at Youth Culture Denmark. I was suffering from severe anxiety when I was a teen in the 90ies, and I would have paid anything to get introduced to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) through a self-help book like this.” Everyone: “Hello Peter” 🙂 (Photo: Peter Henrichsen,…
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‘A Midsummer’s Nightmare’ by Kody Keplinger
‘A Midsummer’s nightmare’ is a companion novel to ‘The Duff’ and ‘Shut out’. It began promising, but it really became a YA nightmare. (Photo: Peter Henrichsen)
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‘Invitation Only’ (Private #2) by Kate Brian
(Spoiler Alert! Second book in a series.) Reed is finally a Billings Girl and is ready to live the glamorous life – or so she thinks. Thomas is still missing, her new roommate is blackmailing her and apparently, everyone seems to be talking about this party called ‘The Legacy’ which Reed has no idea what…
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‘Private’ (Private #1) by Kate Brian
15 year old Reed Brennan wins a scholarship to her dream school. When she starts at school she quickly realizes, that not everything is easy. But the she meets the perfect Billings Girls who can make anything easy, as long as you do as they say. While reading ‘Private’ I found myself unable to stop…
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‘No and Me’ by Delphine de Vigan
An incredibly poignant and beautiful story about two lonely girls mutual friendship. Not since ‘Zoo Station, The Story of Christiane F.’ have I been so emotionally involved, and even though the story is incredible sad, it wasn’t devastating, but actually life-affirming in a very beautiful way.
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‘The Perks of being a Wallflower’ by Stephen Chbosky
‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ is the story about the sensitive 15-year-old boy, Charlie, who starts in High School. As a reader I felt like I had a bigger role in this book because of the personal writing style and that is something I have never experienced before. But at the same time I…
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‘Twenty Boy Summer’ by Sarah Ockler
In ‘Twenty Boy Summer’ Sarah Ockler creates magic through her beautiful writing. While reading, I became Anna and that really made me enjoy this book. Besides that, then this wasn’t just another predictable love story. I liked how I had no clue about what direction the story was going to take, and that made me…
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‘Wintergirls’ by Laurie Halse Anderson
‘Wintergirls’ is not just a really good and realistic novel about a young girls complicated relationship to her parents and vice versa. It’s also a kind of a crime/mystery, because Lia in the secret wants to find out how Cassie died. This combination made it both a pageturner and unforgettable.
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‘Let It Snow’ by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle
‘Let It Snow’ with the subtitle ‘Three holiday romances’ is a novel from 2008, where three separate novellas mix into each other, storywise. The two first stories were so well written, deep, unpredictable, funny and thrilling, and the last one was a lot worse that just so-so. But overall, ‘Let It Snow’ still deserves four…
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‘Hexed’ (The Witch Hunter #1) by Michelle Krys
Even though the witch-and-sorcerer theme is so used in YA, Michelle Krys’ first book in the new ‘The Witch Hunter’ series, ‘Hexed’, did manage to conquer me completely. The story is wonderful unpredictable and loads of fun.
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‘The Castle’ by Sophia Bennett
‘The Castle’ is a fun adventure story about schoolgirl Peta Jones, who makes a mission out of finding her missing army hero dad. It’s an easy read for the youngest YA readers. The plot isn’t unique, but the set-up about ‘finding dad’ works great and the pace is high and the tone is warm and…