Herts and Essex

Glasgow Boys
I feel this book could win Carnegie and would deserve to because it raises awareness of difficulties of care kids after they leave and have no safety net. It also represents the friendship between Finlay and banjo really well and i enjoyed it a lot!

Alice

The Final Year
I liked it because it was easy to read and not boring. It was also quite sad.

Amy S

King of Nothing
This book was so fabulous to read. It shows that your reputation is not very important and sometimes losing your reputation can mean that you can have true friends. Also, it shows that you will only realise how much you really love a person after they are gone.

Angela

King of Nothing
I haven’t quite finished it, but when I tell you I screamed when this book was announced. I really loved Steady For This last year and I was so excited to read this. What I’ve read so far is amazing and I can’t wait to finish it. I love how it reflects real life issues of toxic masculinity, while integrating it with friendships and being who you are. I also like how Anton says that if someone told his mum she had to wear makeup, or have her boyfriend’s permission to leave the house he’d “take the guy’s head off”. I swear this book was written with people like me in mind because I was smiling uncontrollably when Matthew asked if he liked Wicked the musical. It’s my favourite musical and I’m going to see it in the Easter holidays. Anyway, really great book so far.

Pip

King of Nothing
I really like this book because. I really like all the plots in this story and all the characters and how they’re shown, that is what i think that brings out the personality in this book. I also think that this not only tells a story but can give us some life lessons as well. Like treat people the way you want to be treated and being cool doesn’t mean it’s good. And as the book says who would want to be king off nothing.

Eva c

Little Bang
I originally misjudged this book because I didn’t want to read about abortion however when I read it I really like how the author provided both sides of the story. Usually the father is villainised however it was nice to see how good of a father did would be. One of my favourite bits is that when each side of the story is presented the style of writing slightly changes which demonstrates how good the writer is and shows how different people think differently.

Phoebe C

Glasgow Boys
Glasgow boys is an AMAZING book. The plot twists are so interesting. The romance keeps the book exciting and has me hooked! Banjo and Finlay are amazing characters! At first I was struggling to get into the book as I didn’t think it was my cup of tea! But after a few chapters, I couldn’t get enough of it!

Alice S

Treacle Town
This book was really interesting as it came from a perspective I haven’t explored before. I found myself really invested in the characters as they had many sides and you could see how they changed during certain events. I won’t spoil the ending however I think it is a really effective one. My only criticism is the language because I couldn’t understand what they were saying but after my first chapter I got the hang of it and it isn’t a bad thing because it further built up the characters.

Phoebe C