Books - Teenagers

• Jamila Gavin
• Farshore
• ISBN13: 9780008617189
• Published: 14-08-2025

A stunning and heartbreaking new novel from Jamila Gavin, the bestselling and award-winning author of Coram Boy and The Wheel of Surya.  Based on the true story of Indian WWI gunner and recipient of the Victoria Cross, Khudadad Khan. The story is told from four perspec...

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• Eve Ainsworth, Theo Parish
• Barrington Stoke
• ISBN13: 9780008739522
• Published: 14-08-2025

Ellie battles feelings of anxiety about school that she can't explain in this sensitively told tale from acclaimed author Eve Ainsworth. When Ellie wakes up one day and can't face going to school, her parents think there must be a reason. Is she being bullied? Or is the...

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• Lauren Munoz
• Hot Key Books
• ISBN13: 9781471416538
• Published: 29-07-2025

A smart, twisty whodunnit from from the author of the scandalous SUDDENLY A MURDER. Perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson. The dead body should have been fake. But it wasn't. Now there's all to play for....For decades, J. Everett High has stage...

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• Kenechi Udogu
• Faber & Faber
• ISBN13: 9780571385843
• Published: 05-06-2025

In a future where humans are enhanced to ensure the survival of society Akaego fights to prevent her power to grow plants from being weaponised by a corrupt regime.'I was going to be a Mechsim. I was going to use my powers to make a difference.'In a nea...

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• Rebecca Westcott
• Scholastic
• ISBN13: 9780702318474
• Published: 05-06-2025

Mean Girls meets manifestation and murder... A contemporary teen thriller with a sapphic romance, perfect for fans of Heathers, Sue Wallman and Holly Jackson. 16-year-old Morgana Merrick is all about control. She's the most feared, powerful and popular girl at Avalon A...

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• Fidan Meikle
• Floris Books
• ISBN13: 9781782509301
• Published: 22-05-2025

"I must make it. I will make it. And I will tell their stories."  13-year-old Samim is a loyal friend, a gifted chess player -- and a refugee. After his family is killed in a bombing, Samim makes a long, dangerous journey from Afghanistan to the UK. But even then his safety is...

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• Kristina Rahim
• Nosy Crow
• ISBN13: 9781805133667
• Published: 08-05-2025

A fresh take on family and what it means to fit in. Hugely commercial and filled with heart, this book is for every reader who needs help being true to themselves. Perfect for fans of Sarah Hagger-Holt and Benjamin Dean. Donor-conceived Quinn loves her family, but she often feels the od...

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• Akwaeke Emezi
• Faber & Faber
• ISBN13: 9780571383030
• Published: 08-05-2025

A sweeping YA fantasy inspired by indigenous Igbo culture from the Sunday Times bestselling author - dibias, deities, magic and a twin hunting down her kidnapped brother.'We had done and survived unimaginable things. Our world was so much bigger than our town, the...

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