Teenage book reviews – thrills, spills and girl power
A boarding school for self-absorbed artists, a handbook on changing the world, and bright young women standing up to the bullies
July 2017
Children's book reviews round-up
Teenage fiction reviews – the hapless magician and lost souls in Hollywood
A stranger offers hope to a struggling spellcaster, love is in the air in the entertaining Freshers, and detention ends in death in a first-class mystery
June 2017
Children's book of the week
Release by Patrick Ness review – gay teen love in small-town America
An unhappy 17-year-old takes strength from the spirit of a murdered girl in this passionate and disturbing novel for young adults
April 2017
Children's book reviews round-up
Teenage fiction reviews – the rocky road to self-knowledge
Racism and homophobia, death and dementia, amnesia and ancient history – all dilemmas for young heroes
November 2016
Children's book reviews round-up
Teenage fiction reviews – affairs of the heart and the afterlife
This season sees plenty of emotionally charged titles to choose from, including tales of love from New York and beyond the grave and the aftermath of childhood
July 2016
Children's book reviews round-up
Teenage fiction reviews – blame games, crimes and wonderment
Questions of guilt and stories of redemption abound in the latest roundup of the best young adult novels
March 2016
Teenage fiction reviews – small towns and other prisons
Escape and survival prove fruitful themes in settings from Tennessee, Alaska and Australia to Nazi-occupied Poland
December 2015
Children's book reviews round-up
Teenage fiction reviews – obessions, identity crises and zombie wars
Girls trying to break free of their class or identity, and boys struggling with disorder and the walking dead fill up the seasonal schedule
July 2015
Children's book reviews round-up
Fiction for teenagers reviews – war stories, false friends and guerrilla feminist gangs
Civil and first world war stories, false friends and guerrilla feminists in a hard-hitting, gripping crop of teen novels
April 2015
Fiction for teenagers – reviews
Thriller momentum is combined with burning real-life issues in this crop of teen fiction
December 2014
Children's book reviews round-up
The best teenage fiction this Christmas
Sally Gardner steps back in time, a shaman braves the snow and E Lockhart champions girl power, writes Geraldine Brennan
July 2014
Children's book reviews round-up
Fiction for teenagers – reviews
First love, outcasts, a road trip and a dark, dystopian future feature in this month's psychologically engaging selection, writes Geraldine Brennan
June 2014
Using school space innovatively brings creativity to the curriculum
Schools that create interesting physical spaces can help foster creativity among their pupils – and the wider community
May 2014
'Education has become risk-averse – we need to put back excitement'
Secondary school winners of the School We'd Like competition, Chipping Norton, explain how their project encourages students to be creative
Innovative teaching and learning: using laser guns to make maths exciting
The School We'd Like secondary school winner Chipping Norton's learning facility aims to make revision fun
Preparing for the competition final: 'We knew we had to up our game'
Students from Chipping Norton, winners of the secondary school category of the School We'd Like competition, explain how they got ready to wow the judges
April 2014
Children's book reviews round-up
Fiction for teenagers – reviews
Young heroes and heroines include a girl who loses her tongue but finds her voice, and a boy who faces persecution for being a mixed-blood witch, writes Geraldine Brennan
December 2013
Children's book reviews round-up
Christmas 2013: best fiction for teenagers – review
Mysteries and thrillers dominate a strong, thought-provoking list. Geraldine Brennan picks the best reads for teenagers
July 2013
Children's book reviews round-up
Fiction for teenagers – reviews
Life is a battlefield, both literally and metaphorically, in the latest crop of teen novels, writes Geraldine Brennan
April 2013
Building better lives for students: ideas from our runners up
Runners up in The School We'd Like competition have come up with inspiring projects to overcome issues of poor health and lack of space that will transform students' lives
