Books - Teenagers

• Alice Primmer, Fred Blunt
• Walker Books
• ISBN13: 9781529519655
• Published: 05-06-2025

Hilarious observational humour and witty social commentary combine in this debut comedy of an alien reluctantly coming to Earth to "fix" the mess that humans have made of her school project.When alien "Sky" creates planet Earth as part of a school project, she's de...

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• Mike Edwards
• Walker Books
• ISBN13: 9781529523980
• Published: 05-06-2025

Tess lives in the "turns", a network of tunnels under the River Tees, with her Aunt Peg and her monstrous Unkle Darkwater. When Aunt Peg starts to develop signs of dementia, Tess must find someone else to keep her safe. And she is beginning to doubt her aunt's stories about her origins, too.</...

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• Kenneth Oppel
• Guppy Publishing
• ISBN13: 9781916558458
• Published: 05-06-2025

When Xavier wakes up on the first morning of an enforced family weekend away with his pregnant stepmum and dad, he doesn't recognise where they are - it's as if the house has inexplicably been transported to the set of a video game, inside an impenetrable dome where the family have been 'donat...

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• Pari Thomson, Elisa Paganelli
• Macmillan Children's Books
• ISBN13: 9781035021208
• Published: 05-06-2025

Journey to a spectacular magical land in The Forest in the Sky! Pari Thomson's bestselling Greenwild: The World Behind the Door won Blackwell's Book of the Year and the Waterstones Overall Children's Book Prize: discover the much-anticipated finale now! With stunning illustrat...

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• Peter Burns
• Farshore
• ISBN13: 9780008667818
• Published: 05-06-2025

SKANDAR MEETS OLIVER TWIST IN THIS BLOCKBUSTING NEW MIDDLE GRADE ADVENTURE SERIES - PERFECT FOR FANS OF PERCY JACKSON! 13-year-old Tom Morgan and his friends live on the streets of an alternate London, shining shoes and picking pockets - until one day Tom's friends are...

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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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• 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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