Across the Universe (Across the Universe #1) by Beth Revis

Reviewed by: Siobhán
Format: Paperback
Pages: 398
Published: 3rd March 2011 (UK)
Publisher: Razorbill/Penguin
Source: Bought
Genre: YA Sci-Fi, Mystery
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Description:

Amy has left the life she loves for a world 300 years away

Trapped in space and frozen in time, Amy is bound for a new planet. But fifty years before she's due to arrive, she is violently woken, the victim of an attempted murder. Now Amy's lost on board and nothing makes sense - she's never felt so alone.

Yet someone is waiting for her. He wants to protect her; and more if she'll let him.

But who can she trust amidst the secrets and lies? A killer is out there - and Amy has nowhere to hide .

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Slide (Slide #1) by Jill Hathaway

Reviewed by: Siobhán
Format: Arc Paperback
Pages: 256
Published: 1st March 2012 (UK)
Publisher: HarperCollins Childrens Books
Source: Publisher for Review
Genre: YA Murder Mystery
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Description:

She sees through the eyes of a killer! Vee Bell hates having narcolepsy. But collapsing at school is nowhere near as bad as the truth. When Vee passes out she slides randomly into other's people's heads and ends up seeing through their eyes. So when Vee finds herself in the head of a killer, standing over the body of a cheerleader, she's beyond freaked. Vee knows that this was no suicide. And when another cheerleader turns up dead, everyone is a suspect. Struggling to understand her terrifying and unwanted 'gift', Vee is tangled in a web of secrets, lies and danger!

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