Young Adult Novels

27 Jul 2012

Each week Young Post takes a look at modern movie heroes and finds out what makes them tick. This week, we focus on Effie Trinket, the brainwashed P.R. in The Hunger Games

The...

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Girl on fire

6 Jul 2012

'No one will forget me. The girl who was on fire'

A fully formed hero

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Something to write home about

27 May 2012

Two months ago, He Yunni started dreaming about something that has gripped working mothers from Margaret Oliphant to J.K. Rowling: how to write a series of stories so successful that she could...

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Fond memories linger despite wrinkles in time

6 May 2012

In my quest to introduce the best quality storybooks to my children, I've rediscovered some favourite book titles from my childhood. Now I have amassed a humble collection of books I read and...

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Boy from a troubled family tries to unravel mystery

2 Apr 2012

White Cat
By Holly Black
Published by Gollancz
ISBN 978 0 575 09721

Holly Black is the author of the successful Spiderwick series of fantasy novels. She goes into...

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The Hunger Games

18 Mar 2012

The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
Scholastic (e-book)

10:26AM

Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

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Alex Lo

We need a sober view of sexual violence

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Gladiators stay hungry

The public have always hungered for entertainment. It serves as a diversion, a way to let your daily worries evaporate - for a time, anyway.

9:53AM

Family themes rescue fantasy novel from following formula

White Cat
By Holly Black
Published by Gollantz
ISBN 978 0 575 09721

9:11AM

Action can't make up empty feeling

Jake Ransom and the Howling Sphinx
By James Rollins
Published by Orion
ISBN 9781 4440 0085 6

This is the second book in the Jake Ransom series by James Rollins....

8:34AM

A spine-chilling adventure of intrique through seven ages

Midwinterblood
By Marcus Sedgwick
Published by Indigo / Orion
ISBN 978 1 78062 009 1

If you're one of the few teenage readers who haven't yet discovered Marcus...

7:17AM

When codes call, Ruby gets cracking

Look into My Eyes
Lauren Child
Harper Collins
ISBN 978 000733406 3

Ruby is an ace codebreaker, a no-holds-barred detective and a secret special agent for an...

6:20AM

Vampires get their bite back

Vampires used to be scary. But today's pop culture has revamped them into romantic lovers. The soulless, blood-sucking monster no longer exists. Today's vampires have become secondary school...

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