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![]() Diana Wynne-Jones looms large in the memory, and of course there was Harry Potter and Eragon, but let me tell you young whipper-snappers: you are so incredibly lucky with the boom in fantasy YA these days. However, the older I get the more I find myself having to consider YA novels from that perspective: what would teenage me have thought? The ironic thing is that teenage me didn’t read much YA. I mention above I would have loved this as a teenager. It’s hard, though, to open up to people you’ve just met, even if you’re feeling a very real connection. And so on one hand, Tabby has finally found some amazing bookish people to hang with-on the other hand, her entire world and ego are under psychic assault. But she’s also being cyberbullied by a former friend. ![]() Nevertheless, she falls in with an existing friend group, who've formed a book club. ![]() Somewhat introverted and anxious, Tabby isn't all that interested in exploring her new home she’d rather stay at her Gran’s and read a book. Tabby Brown is a fifteen-year-old book nerd moving to a new town over the summer. ![]() Lucy Powrie combines her love of contemporary young adult fiction and classics with a captivating story of moving on from fractured friendships and bullying to create a great story brimming with allusions. ![]() Let’s start with this: The Paper & Hearts Society is the kind of book I would have definitely loved as a teenager. ![]()
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