All of whom have parents who are enemies of the new state. It is easy to read, and a thrilling action adventure – a quest for the students to try to improve and escape from their lives at Windmill Bay controlled by an evil Kino who looks for any reason to dispose of an uncooperative student. Amongst them they find things such as a Harry Potter book, a Bible, and old american flag, and an Arctic Monkeys album – the narration behind which was particularly funny.

It is an interesting take on a more negative-future-dystopia, where the state controls information, has censored textbook and storybooks alike – so when Riley and Reed some across secret tunnels in the old library at their facility, the team take the opportunity to hide away some of the old, now banned, books. Even Reed and Riley, who know each other from their lives before Windmill Bay – Riley has every reason to hate Reed, but soon they are pulled into the same friendship circles and find themselves putting their past behind them for the benefit of their peers. But the support they offer one another in their times of need is truly beautiful. What is refreshing in this book, is that although there are one or two romances in the group, they are all able to be friends without any weird boys and girls can’t just be friends issues – something which can sometimes be a little tricky to come by in YA books. The four are part of a larger group of friends including Sam, Paisley, and my absolute favourite Oliver. The book is narrated from 4 points of view Reed, Riley, Adam, and Xoey – giving us a great insight into the ins and outs of the plot. Stealing Liberty is the first installment in a dystopia/ YA trilogy which follows a group of teens – children of rebel parents. Then the government decides to sell the Liberty Bell and Reed and his friends risk everything to steal it – to take back their history and the liberty that has been stolen from them. When Reed Paine is sent to a secret detention school for teens whose parents are branded enemies of the state, he doesn’t expect to find friendship – especially after coming face to face with Riley Paca, a girl who has every reason to hate him.īut when Reed, Riley and a few others start reading the old books they find in tunnels under the school, they begin to question what they are taught about the last days of America and the government that has risen in its place. I honestly couldn’t be happier about this right now because the book really was mind-blowingly awesome!

I was sent a digital copy of Stealing Liberty by Jennifer Froelich in exchange for an honest review. Hello everyone! I am back with another review which I am very very excited about.