The Northern Echo: rE-view: Darlington's young people review their favorite texts, novels, plays

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“She's as magical as the desert sky, and as mysterious as her own name. Nobody knows who she is or where she's from. But everyone loves her for being different. And, she captures Leo's heart with just one smile. "Stargirl" is a classic of our time that celebrates being true to ourselves and the thrill of first love. It is a life-changing read that touches souls of all ages” – Jerry Spinelli

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Twilight - Author : Stephenie Meyer

4:00pm Monday 1st December 2008

Twilight is a powerful romantic novel following a seventeen year old Bella, who has just moved to the American city called Forks to stay with her Dad Charlie, who’s a police officer.

Angus Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging By Louise Rennison

4:14pm Monday 10th November 2008

“Angus Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging” is the first in the amazing, still continuing series.

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Manga books

4:25pm Tuesday 21st October 2008

Those who start reading these books are usually put off by its unusual appearance and never bother starting to read it - DON’T DO THIS!

Eragon

2:15pm Tuesday 21st October 2008

Eragon is the first of a three book series and is (in a nutshell) about a boy who owns a dragon It’s not as breathtaking as it first sounds but it is a really good book.

Stephen King's IT.

10:41am Thursday 16th October 2008

In the storm drains, in the sewers, IT lurked, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each one’s deepest dread. Sometimes IT reached up, seizing, tearing, killing...

Jane Austen's Guide To Dating

10:39pm Saturday 6th September 2008

Being a fan of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Jane Austen's extensive list of romance novels, I looked at 'Jane Austen's Guide To Dating' as something fun to read on the beaches of Cornwall over the summer.

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Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

2:14pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

How do you know when you've read an amazing fiction novel? With me, the best way of telling is if at the end I have a huge grin of satisfaction stretched across my face and I am able to talk about each character with more detail than when describing my own family (as my mother unfortunately discovered when I chose to read Breaking Dawn over joining in her birthday celebrations!) This fourth and final installment in Meyer's genius series based upon Bella and her vampire boyfriend, Edward is in my opinion the best book so far. It kept me captivated till the last word and even then I was desperate for more.

Stephen Fry’s The Liar

4:41pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

Not only is he a talented actor, scholar, comedian, presenter and voice actor; he also writes cracking fiction novels too! This well structured, all rounded title will keep you turning pages!