Teens & young adults fiction Archives ~ Kathryn Rose Newey

June 3, 2020August 2, 2023
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New: Interactive, Code-Cracking Novel for Middle-Graders Released

Children's fiction

Books are wonderful. They allow you to lose yourself in another world. What if there was a book which not only transported you to another part of the universe, but in which you must crack a code along the way? The Space Hamster and the […]

February 2, 2020August 5, 2023
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Get Symmetrical with Palindrome Day!

Children's fiction

February 2nd, 2020 is a palindrome. A palindrome is “a word, phrase or number which is read the same forwards as backwards.” Words like ‘radar’ or ‘madam’ are palindromes. As are numbers like 4224 or 10001. Back to today’s date: 02-02-2020. Beautifully symmetrical! In fact, […]

December 2, 2019August 7, 2023
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New Middle Grade Science Fiction – Coming Soon to a Galaxy Near You!

Children's fiction

The Space Hamster and the Universal Code A Galaxy-Spanning Adventure with Ilnoblet Elmer… Get ready for a wonderfully weird trip to places in the universe you didn’t know existed! If Douglas Adams had written The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy for kids, it might go […]

July 4, 2018August 7, 2023
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‘Animals in the Forest’ Review: Thought-Provoking and an Absolute Pleasure

Book reviews

My Nature Conservation novel aimed at middle grade children, teens and young adults, ‘Animals in the Forest: The Day Terrible Things Came‘, was recently reviewed by Education Otherwise, a major home education organisation in the UK. Kerri, the EO book reviewer, wrote: “‘Animals in the Forest’ is an absolute […]

May 26, 2018March 26, 2023
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New Animal Rights Story for Teens to be Published Soon

Animal rights

UPDATE June 2018: ‘The Zoo Animals’ Faraway Dream‘ has been published! Find out more here. If you or your kids are into reading about the natural environment, green issues, ecology, animals or saving the planet, then my next book, ‘The Zoo Animals’ Faraway Dream‘ is […]

January 6, 2018March 26, 2023
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Radio Interview: Nature Conservation Novel ‘Animals in the Forest’

Authors

Nick Coffer interviewed me live on BBC Three Counties Radio about my nature conservation fiction / environmental fiction book ‘Animals in the Forest: The Day Terrible Things Came‘ early in January 2018. Listen to the podcast of the interview on YouTube, or play it here: What exactly […]

December 18, 2017August 5, 2023
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What do Batman and Ilnoblet Elmer have in Common?

Children's fiction

Or more precisely, what do an illustration of Batman and the book cover for ‘Ilnoblet Elmer and the Alien Water Thieves‘ have in common? Answer: Both have been drawn and designed by Jamie Ridge, who is currently an Art & Design student and aspiring illustrator! Jamie […]

November 13, 2017March 26, 2023
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Animals in the Forest – Audiobook Available Soon!

Children's fiction

Thought I’d give you a head’s up – Animals in the Forest: The Day Terrible Things Came (already available as Paperback and e-Book) is going to be made into an Audiobook. Once created, it will be available from Amazon and Audible.com. I’ve chosen an English […]

November 4, 2017March 26, 2023
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New Children’s Sci-Fi Story with a Difference!

Children's fiction

My latest book, to be published soon, Ilnoblet Elmer and the Alien Water Thieves, is a fun children’s science fiction story with a difference. Ilnoblet Elmer is an ordinary boy. Except for one thing. He’s from another planet – and his family, friends and teachers don’t […]

October 21, 2017August 9, 2023
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Environmental Activists and Indigenous Tribes Honoured in Eco-Fiction

Animal rights

Animals in the Forest: The Day Terrible Things Came is much more than a story from the animals’ point of view. It’s also “a story to save the Earth“! How does one story save the Earth, you ask? The story itself is about an increasingly concerning […]