Books - Teenagers

• 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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• Jenny Pearson
• Usborne
• ISBN13: 9781805312963
• Published: 08-05-2025

An explosive new novel about the friendship and courage of a group of young boys living through the Second World War, from award-winning author Jenny Pearson. 'There's a war going on out there, and I'm missing it.'  When war comes to London in 1939, Ronnie Smith is scared and excit...

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• Marisa Linton
• Chicken House
• ISBN13: 9781915947765
• Published: 08-05-2025

A debut atmospheric fantasy; think dark academia meets Mexican Gothic.  Morgan thinks her nightmares are over when she moves to Weir Hinny with her archaeologist father. She even befriends a local boy, Joe Harper, whose secrets seem as tangled as hers. And for a while,...

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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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• Emily J. Taylor
• Pushkin Children's Books
• ISBN13: 9781782694427
• Published: 08-05-2025

Seven years ago, Maeve Abenthy lost everything when her father unleashed a terrible, world-destroying magic. Desperate to escape the stain of his crimes, she lives under a fake name, never staying in one place long enough to risk discovery. That is, until she receives a mysterious letter, cont...

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• Janeen Hayat
• Guppy Publishing
• ISBN13: 9781916558410
• Published: 08-05-2025

Evie and Maryam are in the same class at school, uneasily thrown together at the start of a new term as they start a project together looking into their family trees. The two girls don't think they have much in common - Maryam feels like an outsider, and Evie thinks Maryam is a bit odd. But wh...

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• Eric Colossal
• Abrams
• ISBN13: 9781419745850
• Published: 08-05-2025

From author Eric Colossal comes an exciting new middle-grade graphic novel about friendship, growing up, and catching ghosts.  Funny and full of heart, Ghost Town is the perfect read for fans of Snapdragon, Beetle and the Hollowbones, and This Is Our Pact.The sleep...

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