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Susan Briggs

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  • Dead Ends

    By Laura Borrowdale
    5 stars

    An expertly-written collection of short stories that explore relationships, parenting, art and life in general; each story has a weird nightmarish twist, of sorts. Some are very relatable, some are super-alarming, and some are both.

  • The Diary of a Young Girl

    By Anne Frank
    5 stars

    I hadn't read this since I was a teenager myself. It is still an amazing book - Anne Frank wrote so beautifully, and the tragedy of what happened to the Jews during WWI is, sadly, still something that many people do not fully understand today.

  • Everything Is Tuberculosis

    By John Green
    5 stars

    This is a beautifully written non-fiction book by YA author John Green. He explores the horrors of the disease tuberculosis, looking at both how it has been viewed historically and the challenges and inequities in treatment for it. He also tells the - at times, incredibly heartbreaking - story of Henry, a boy from Sierra Leone suffering from tuberculosis. But Green is ultimately hopeful, despite the lack of a collective global effort to eradicate this disease. This is the best text I've read so far these summer holidays - I learned so much, and it was incredibly engaging.

  • Fear

    By Byron C Clark
    4 stars

    An alarming insight into far-right extremisim in Aotearoa. Well-researched, informative and very readable - the latter of which is impressive given the disturbing content.

  • Ransomwood

    By Sherryl Jordan
    4 stars

    A very readable novel! Classic Sherryl Jordan, imo.

  • The Blackbird Girls

    By Anne Blankman
    4 stars

    This came recommended to me by a Year 10 student, and it did not disappoint - it was an engaging and accessible read told from the point of view of three characters, two of which are living through the Chernobyl explosion and its aftermath in the Soviet Union, and the third who flees from the Germans during WWII. I can see why my student loves this novel - lots of learn, and hopeful messages amongst the grimness of history.

  • People Person

    By Candice Carty-Williams
    4 stars

    An entertaining story about 5 half-siblings who are reunited in adulthood by an incident.

  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    By Malcolm X/Alex Haley
    4 stars

    A fascinating read! Especially the first half, which chronicles his childhood and young adulthood.

  • Good Things Come and Go

    By Josie Shapiro
    4 stars

    Very readable. I hated the character Riggs though!

  • The Transformation

    By Catherine Chidgey
    3 stars

    Long and disturbing; I didn't enjoy it as much as her more recent novels.

  • Punching the Air

    By Ibi Zoboi & Yusef Salaam
    5 stars

    A great contemporary YA novel-in-verse that explores issues of injustice, art and hope.

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