Romance is in the air when Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli opens. Sixteen-year-old Simon has had crushes in the past, but they were nothing like this. This is the real thing. With Blue, it can’t possibly be 

It’s hard to describe All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven because I don’t know if I want to recommend this book for teens. On the one hand, I loved it, and not only because I know someone exactly like 

“Oh my God! This is like every single disaster movie ever made, all rolled into one book!” was what a friend thought of one of my latest finds, which I had thrust into her hands. Not quite how I had looked at it, 

There’s this weird belief, when it comes to books for teens, that romance is only for girls. Only girls get mushy and fall in love and stuff. But if that were the case, love stories would only be about lesbians. Guys 

Before I tell you about Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, by Jesse Andrews, I need to give you a small pop quiz. Please pick an answer to this question: When I read The Fault in Our Stars, by 

Let’s admit it: Sometimes, school holidays can go on for too long. They are wonderful, of course, full of days and days of waking up late and not doing homework. But they can also get a little… boring. Because adventures 

I haven’t the faintest idea why author Stefan Mohamed called his book Bitter Sixteen. The way I see it, its hero, Stanly (without an E), has nothing to be bitter about. First, he’s just turned 16 and he might — 

Ben Fletcher is going to hell. Beneath the 17-year-old’s bed is his Box of Shame. It contains a manuscript he’s editing for a friend (titled 50 Shades of Graham in the hope that a semi-blind person looking for 50 Shades 

What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? Extremely drastic things, that’s what – and extremely hilarious things, too. In Bindi Babes, by Narinder Dhami (the author of Bend it Like Beckham), Geena, Amber and Jazz, three Sikh 

German brothers Prosper and Bo are in a bad situation. Their parents are dead, and their aunt wants only one of them: 5-year-old Bo, who looks like an angel. Prosper — 11 and not quite as cute as Bo — 

Sometimes, books sneak up on you. There you are, reading a gripping, if rather old-fashioned, fantasy series, and suddenly you think, “Oh my god! This is me.” Of course, it can’t be you. You’re not looking for the Holy Grail, 

When I was a child, I’d stare at the stars and think, “Even if it means I’ll never come back to Earth, I’ll do anything to get on a spaceship and travel to distant planets.” I usually thought this the 

You know how, when you’re eating something you love, you first gobble it up at top speed and then examine your plate for crumbs? I felt exactly like that when I read Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell. This adventure story for kids moves at such 

I’ll say it loud and clear: I absolutely hate cooking, though I don’t object to eating. You’ll never find me in the kitchen, unless it’s to pinch a piece of chocolate from the fridge. But I absolutely love reading about