Books - Young Adult

• Alex Bell
• Little Tiger Press Group
• ISBN13: 9781847158406
• Published: 07-09-2017

The much-anticipated prequel to the bestselling FROZEN CHARLOTTE.  Following the death of her mother in a terrible fire, Jemima flees to the remote Isle of Skye, to take up a job at a school for girls. There she finds herself tormented by the mystery of what really happened that night. ...

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• Benjamin Zephaniah
• Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9781408895009
• Published: 07-09-2017

An electrifying novel from hugely popular performance poet and novelist Benjamin Zephaniah, exploring the rap music scene, inequality and three boys caught up in it Just what do you do with talent from the wrong side of town? Benjamin Zephaniah draws on his own experiences with school a...

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• Krystal Sutherland
• Hot Key Books
• ISBN13: 9781471406614
• Published: 05-09-2017

A funny, moving love story about facing fears hand in hand - one snake/spider/potentially unstable fourth-floor balcony at a time. From acclaimed author of OUR CHEMICAL HEARTS, Krystal Sutherland.Esther Solar's family is . . . unusual. Her father hasn't left the basement in six yea...

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• M. A. Bennett
• Hot Key Books
• ISBN13: 9781471406768
• Published: 10-08-2017

It is the autumn term and Greer MacDonald is struggling to settle into the sixth form at the exclusive St Aidan the Great boarding school, known to its privileged pupils as S.T.A.G.S. To her surprise Greer receives a mysterious invitation with three words embossed upon on it: huntin' shootin'...

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• Patrice Lawrence
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781444927184
• Published: 13-07-2017

The breathtaking second book from the author of Orangeboy, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Readers, the YA Book Prize, the CrimeFest award, and shortlisted for the Costa Book Award . 17-year-old Indigo has had a tough start in life, having grown up in the care...

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• Will Hill
• Usborne Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781474924153
• Published: 01-06-2017

Father John controls everything inside The Fence. And Father John likes rules. Especially about never talking to Outsiders. Because Father John knows the truth. He knows what is right, and what is wrong. He knows what is coming. But Moonbeam is starting to see the lies behind Father John's wor...

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• Becky Albertalli
• Penguin Random House Children's UK
• ISBN13: 9780141356112
• Published: 11-04-2017

I don't entirely understand how anyone gets a boyfriend. Or a girlfriend. It just seems like the most impossible odds. A perfect alignment of feelings and circumstances . . . Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells...

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• Alex Wheatle
• Little, Brown Book Group
• ISBN13: 9780349002880
• Published: 06-04-2017

THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN CHILDREN'S FICTION PRIZE 2016Round these ends, it's hard to hold on to your dreamsLife's a constant hustle for Mo. Her mum's boyfriend Lloyd is just another man who likes to beat down women; the South Crong streets are fraug...

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