The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

Do you ever wish you could talk to animals and understand your dog? If you do then you might want rethink that idea.

The Knife of Never Letting Go is set in Prentisstown a weird and small town. The first thing you notice is that dogs and animals can talk and everybody can hear each others thoughts. Todd, the main character is a 12 year old boy that has one month till he becomes a man, which occurs at the age of 13. Todd lives in Prentisstown but he finds something which all of Prentisstown wants, so he must flee and as his journey continues he finds that everything he knew was a lie.

A heart-stopper thriller with a great story line that teenagers and adults will both like. 3 1/2 stars.

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

September 11 changed security around the world forever, but what would happen if a terrorist attack of this or bigger magnitude happened again in the U.S.A? In Little Brother, it does. Little Brother follows the story of a group of teenagers as they fight the government's new security system that is watching everybody's moves.

Little Brother explores the technology of the modern world and how it can be used, for good or evil. It shows you have to stick up for what you believe in and what is right. A very interesting book that will make you re-think the modern world. A great read for teenagers or adults who are interested in technology and how it can change the way we live. 3 1/2 stars.

Junk by Melvin Burgess

Junk follows the lives of two teens who ran away from home and how they survive. Moving from place to place and people to people as they find themselves in a life where sex and drugs control them.

Junk is a fantastic book that looks at drugs and sex at a new angle. It teaches you more about drugs and sex than all the education you get from school and it's a book so your English teacher is happy.

I would recommend this book to all teenagers. 3 stars.

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

An old classic and after reading it you'll know why. Imagine a classroom full of primary school boys with no teacher for 15 minutes. Chaos? Yes, there would be chairs kicked over and nobody could get control. Now you have to imagine all those boys by themselves with no adults for a bit more than a week and not in a classroom but a deserted island. That's basically the setting for the Lord of the Flies.

A well written book about how power can corrupt anybody and how people will fight for it. Even in the present it's still a great book even though it's a bit offensive to all Non-Brits, it's definitely worth reading.

A must read for all teenagers and adults. 3 1/2 stars. (there are heaps of covers so don't just look for this one)

The Declaration by Gemma Malley (and the sequel, The Resistance))

"My name is Anna and I shouldn't be here. I shouldn't exist. But I do." reads the first part of this books blurb. I know what your thinking, and no the story isn't about a cyborg. In fact it's actually about one of the current problems the world is facing at the moment, which is over population and running out of resources. As well as that in the story somebody has invented a new drug called longevity, that can prevent old age.

A interesting book that skips a few hundred years and sends us into the world that could be where our children's children live. Raising lot's of moral questions The Declaration sends us into the life of a girl, a surplus, who has been "brainwashed" by the authorities. The one bad thing about the book is the love scenes BLARGHHH!!!!!

A interesting book that I think teenage girls and boys will both like. 2 1/2 stars.