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Scarlett Dunmore

How to Survive a Horror Movie, Scarlett Dunmore's debut novel for YA readers, was inspired by her own love of scary films and halloween.< More...

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Two years after Kam's boyfriend Ash went missing in the desert, Kam is offered a chance to return to where it happened. Will he get the a

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OLD WOUNDS...new monsters. Two trans teens end up in a small, isolated town, where they must escape the locals who plan to sacrifice them

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Horror enthusiast Charley is determined to keep a low profile at her new school, until someone starts killing off her senior class - and

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Set in a post-apocalyptic future, Songlight is an extraordinary debut from a renowned screenwriter. A cinematic masterpiece in storytelli

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Wisteria is the sensational conclusion to the deathly and decadent Belladonna trilogy, with dramatic twists and a seductive new romance t

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Paris. August. One long summer of nothing. 48 hours of everything. From the inimitable Meg Rosoff comes a chaotic and irresistible new YA

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Logan-Ashley Kisner: Old Wounds takes us to a sleepy backwater town to explore identity and questions around transness. It is Logan Ashley-Ki

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Scarlett Dunmore: How to Survive a Horror Movie, Scarlett Dunmore's debut novel for YA readers, was inspired by her own love of scary films and halloween.<

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Jenny Valentine: Jenny Valentine introduces her new YA book, Us in the Before and After, a powerful and absorbing novel about friendship, first love, and

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Laura Jane Williams: Queen of the cute-meet Laura Jane Williams introduces her debut novel for teenagers, Taylor Blake is a Legend.

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Helen Comerford: Helen Comerford is a Black mixed-race British debut author and is passionate about Black British and mixed heritage repr

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Efua Traoré : Efua Traoré's latest novel Sister Spirit draws on her years growing up in Nigeria, as well as the mythology and supernatural beli

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Clair

This Ravenous Fate is set in 1920s Harlem and is the first book in what will become the This Ravenous Fate duology. It will appeal to you...

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Eileen

Novels which use the future to explore the present are not a new invention but in Songlight, Buffini puts her own unique spin on the <str...

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Clare

Erin and Max are two teenagers at different stages of their gender/identity journeys. For Erin, the changes appear outwardly seamless and accepted but for...

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Eileen

Exactly one year after her mum's death and the night before she goes back to school, Suzy Button makes three wishes in the light of the supermoon in her g...

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Eileen

Haunted by her own cyberbullying incident years ago, aspiring ghosthunter Cara is determined to throw off her social outcast status by proving ghosts exis...

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Lorraine

Charley is starting over in a new boarding school on a remote island. Luckily her roommate shares her love of horror movies, and they bond over Slasher Sa...

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Ophelia

Death at Morning House is a classic murder mystery with intense relationship dynamics that distort logical thinking. When lovestruck Marl...

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Clare

A teenager who should be on the Eurostar home to London after a lacklustre French exchange is instead riding pillion on a motorbike through the backstreet...

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Ophelia

Our Wicked Histories is a delightfully sinister read that truly appealed to my love of horror and my interest in crime; this novel also...

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Linda

Wisteria is the sensational conclusion to the brilliant dark gothic romance series, <a href="/books/belladonna-bestselling-gothic-fantasy...

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Videos & Vlogs

A journey through hell....

YA author Jess Popplewell introduces her funny, dark re-imagining of hell, and the spark of romance as a girl and a demon find themselves

Jenny Valentine introduces Us in the Before and After

Us in the Before and After explores the power of friendship through a single moment in the lives of best friends Elk and Mab; a t

Dead Happy dystopian thriller

Hear from author Josh Silver about Dead Happy, his follow-up to Happy Head, published by Rock the Boat.

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Create a Picture Book Competition 2024

Winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024 announced We are thrilled to announce the winners of the ReadingZone Picture Book Competition 2024, judged by Ste...

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Creating a Book Vlog

Ever wanted to create your own vlog, but don't know how to get started? In these videos, author and book vlogger Lucy Powrie (lucythereader) gives her tips on getting started, what to inc...

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