Books - Young Adult

• Mary Watson
• Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9781526619174
• Published: 14-04-2022

17-year-old Savannah is cursed. It's a sinister family heirloom; passed down through the bloodline for hundreds of years, with one woman in every generation destined to die young. The family call them Hella's girls, named for their ancestor Hella; the enslaved woman with whom it all began....

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• Sue Divin
• Pan Macmillan
• ISBN13: 9781529040982
• Published: 14-04-2022

The gripping new YA novel from Sue Divin, the acclaimed and Carnegie shortlisted author of Guard Your Heart.Northern Ireland. 2019.  Tara has been raised by her mam and nan in Derry City. Faith lives in rural Armagh.  Their lives on opposite s...

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• Gina Blaxill
• Scholastic
• ISBN13: 9780702312106
• Published: 07-04-2022

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder meets I May Destroy You, this dark YA thriller will have your heart in your mouth from the very first page! Tragedy hits a teenage New Year's party . . . When Alana's best friend is found drowned in a pool, the forensic reports discover date-rape drug GHB in her b...

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• Danielle Jawando
• Simon & Schuster Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781471178795
• Published: 31-03-2022

A powerful coming-of-age story about chance encounters, injustice and how the choices that we make can completely change our future. The second YA novel from the critically acclaimed Danielle Jawando, perfect for fans of Angie Thomas, Gayle Foreman, Jennifer Niven and Nikesh Shukla.<br /...

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• Lindsay Littleson
• Cranachan Publishing Limited
• ISBN13: 9781911279938
• Published: 24-03-2022

Esme is annoyed and braced for boredom when she's sent to stay with her gran for the weekend, until she discovers a terrible mistake. Cora, the abandoned kitten Gran found on the Rothiecraig Estate, is in fact a wild lynx kit and she is growing - fast!  Suddenly, Esme find herself on a dangero...

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• Jacqueline Wilson
• Penguin Random House Children's UK
• ISBN13: 9780241567104
• Published: 17-03-2022

"Jacqueline Wilson understands the complex interpersonal relationships of teenagers so well and writes with an unparalleled realness and rawness. I loved this book. It was heartbreaking but warm, unflinching yet somehow cosy. Nobody writes like Jacqueline Wilson. Long may she reign! I couldn't...

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• Erik J. Brown
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781444960167
• Published: 08-03-2022

Jamie and Andrew are strangers, but they're two of the last people left alive. They don't know what they'll find on their dangerous journey ... but they may just find each other. A queer romance about courage, hope and humanity for fans of They Both Die at the End, The Hunger Games and Simon v...

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• Aneesa Marufu
• Chicken House Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781913696078
• Published: 03-03-2022

The year's must-read YA fantasy - ancient djinn, an epic adventure, and one girl's courage to seek her own destiny ... Burn the flame. Seek the night.  For Khadija, the only escape from her father's arranged betrothal is the sky. When she spots a rogue hot air balloon fighting against i...

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