Books - Teenagers

• Lou Kuenzler (Author)
• Faber & Faber
• ISBN13: 9780571365005
• Published: 01-07-2021

A stand-out novel inspired by the incredible true stories of female football legends like Lily Parr and Alice Woods.  'They can take our ball, but they can never stop the game.'  Polly Nabb is no stranger to trouble. When her brother Joe is sent to serve in the trenches, all Polly wants is to...

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• Daisy May Johnson
• Pushkin Children's Books
• ISBN13: 9781782693253
• Published: 01-07-2021

Calla's mum has never been normal. She's been known to go out in a lab coat and slippers and often forgets to perform basic tasks because she's been thinking about ducks. When a job offer arrives to study her beloved birds in the Amazon rainforest, Calla knows her mum has to go. Nervously, she...

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• Vashti Hardy
• Scholastic
• ISBN13: 9781407197272
• Published: 01-07-2021

A rip-roaring, island-hopping adventure - and unforgettable ecological fable - from the award-winning author of Wildspark and Brightstorm. Ironhold is an orderly place where "industry brings prosperity", and where nature is pushed aside for progress. But when Orin Crowfall, a lowly serv...

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• Nicola Morgan
• Walker Books Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781406399257
• Published: 01-07-2021

The essential teenage guide to building resilience for challenging times, from award-winning well-being expert Nicola Morgan, author of the bestselling Blame My Brain and The Teenage Guide to Stress.Some events in life will always be out of our control, whether it's a global crisis or a...

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• Dr Jess French, Sol Linero
• Nosy Crow Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781788006972
• Published: 01-07-2021

A friendly and fascinating book about how to work with animals, for children from 6+, written by vet and CBeebies presenter Dr Jess French Do you have what it takes to become a vet, a horse trainer or to work at a nature reserve? Find out all about the incredible animal jobs you could d...

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• Jenni Spangler, Chris Mould
• Simon & Schuster Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781471190391
• Published: 24-06-2021

Pull back the curtain and enter a world where mystery and magic take centre stage in a gloriously gothic adventure from Jenni Spangler, illustrated by Chris Mould.  Twelve-year-old Tig works at Manchester's Theatre Royale, cleaning, selling tickets and doing anything else that is a...

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• Intisar Khanani
• Hot Key Books
• ISBN13: 9781471410376
• Published: 24-06-2021

The wonderful sequel to the fairytale-inspired fantasy THORN by an exciting new author.'A dark, Middle-Eastern influenced retelling about dangerous secrets, false identities, delicious court intrigue and justice.' - culturefly.co.uk on THORNChildren have been disappearing from across Menaiya f...

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• Ben Bailey Smith
• Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9781526628688
• Published: 10-06-2021

From comedian, actor, rapper and screenwriter Ben Bailey Smith comes the biggest middle grade debut of the year - a blazingly funny, big-hearted story about family, friendship and how far one boy will go to get a laugh.For thirteen-year-old Carmichael Taylor, life is one big joke - in a good w...

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