After dipping into some fairly blokey books, with the boys in my family, I took some time to seek out some interesting female characters in teenage fiction. Here are some of them:
"Denial" by David Belbin is not a new book, but I found it interesting because the cover and title don't give away the real story inside. The book explores the relationships between students and teachers, but with a twist - a popular teacher is accused by a student of inappropriate behaviour. This teacher has a daughter in the school, which adds drama to the story. The daughter takes it upon herself to check out the allegations, which she apparently denies. (Well, everyone is in denial, I think) The ending is surprising and startling, so I won't give it away.
I am interested in the Belbin book because lately I read Jacqueline Wilsons "Love lessons" which deals with the same issue from an entirely different perspective. The love connection between a student and teacher is the theme once again, but treated in an entirely different way. There are lots of readers views on this book at this link .
Then, for some escape from reality, I found "The Nine lives of Chloe King" Bk 1 - The Fallen. Chloe King is a reasonably achieving teenage student who decides to take an unauthorisized day off from school just before her sixteenth birthday. With her friends she visits "the tower' and accidentally falls off - but survives. Following this miracle Chloe continues to live among her family and friends, but ... in what form. Reminiscent of Buffy, the story takes Chloe into a parallel world of (?) people with superhuman powers. This is the first in a series that might take off. See what you think of the reviews from Teen Central.
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