by lauralizbuckley | 3 Apr, 2021 | Book Reviews
Darius the Great is Not Okay plot summary Darius feels like a constant outsider. At school, where being half Persian marks him as different. With his mum and sister, who are able to talk Farsi fluently while he only understands fragments. With his dad who, despite...
by lauralizbuckley | 30 Jan, 2021 | Book Reviews
Plot summary: A Song Below Water Effie and Tavia are best friends, and thank goodness they have each other. Tavia is a siren, a fact which she has to keep completely secret or risk terrible persecution. Effie is struggling with mysteries from her past that seem...
by lauralizbuckley | 12 Dec, 2020 | Book Reviews
Plot summary for Cinderella is Dead Cinderella is dead, but her story lives on. The teenage girls of Lille are obliged, by law, to follow in her footsteps. They present themselves at the annual ball and hope to be beautiful enough to attract a husband. If they fail to...
by lauralizbuckley | 7 Nov, 2020 | Book Reviews
Early Departures plot summary Jamal and Quincy used to be best friends, until a series of tragedies drove them apart. When Q dies, it seems Jamal will have to mourn the fact that they weren’t able to reconcile. Until, that is, a mysterious new medical procedure offers...
by lauralizbuckley | 18 Oct, 2020 | Book Reviews
And the Stars Were Burning Brightly Genre Young adult contemporary Content Warnings Suicide, intense bullying Plot summary: And the Stars Were Burning Brightly It’s been three days since Al killed himself. Three days since Nathan found his older brother’s body. Three...
