Books - Young Adult

• Zana Fraillon
• Hachette Children's Group
• ISBN13: 9781510101555
• Published: 12-01-2017

Winner of the CILIP Amnesty Honour 2017.Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017.Perfect for fans of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS. This is a beautiful, vivid and deeply moving story about a refugee boy who has spent his entire...

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• Brian Conaghan
• Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• ISBN13: 9781408855768
• Published: 05-01-2017

WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2016.  Fourteen-year-old Charlie Law has lived in Little Town, on the border with Old Country, all his life. He knows the rules: no going out after dark; no drinking; no litter; no fighting. You don't want to get on the wrong side of the people who run...

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• Lucy Strange
• Chicken House Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781910655030
• Published: 06-10-2016

'Perfect in so many ways' EMMA CARROLL'Tender, funny, devastating and just about word perfect.' NATASHA FARRANT1919. Mama is ill. Father has taken a job abroad. Nanny Jane is too busy to pay any attention to Henrietta and the things she sees - or thinks she sees - in the shadows of their new h...

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• Andy Mulligan
• David Fickling Books
• ISBN13: 9781910200209
• Published: 06-10-2016

LIQUIDATOR! The brand-new, delicious and wildly popular energy drink. \"For those who wanna win!\" The company that makes it is set to earn a fortune, with its global launch climaxing at an international rock concert that will SHAKE the planet. The only problem? An innocent child is dying. Mee...

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• Jonathan Stroud
• Penguin Random House Children's UK
• ISBN13: 9780552573153
• Published: 15-09-2016

Lucy has left Lockwood & Co. A freelance operative, she is hiring herself out to other agencies - agencies that might value her ever-improving skills.  But now Lockwood needs her help.  Penelope Fittes, leader of the well-renowned Fittes Agency wants Lockwood & Co. - and only them - to...

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• Natasha Farrant
• Chicken House Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781910002971
• Published: 01-09-2016

Lydia is the youngest Bennet sister and she's sick of country life - instead of sewing and reading, she longs for adventure. When a red-coated garrison arrives in Merryton, Lydia's life turns upside down. As she falls for dashing Wickham, she's swept into a whirlwind social circle and deposite...

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• Holly Bourne
• Usborne Publishing Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781474915021
• Published: 25-07-2016

HOW TO START A FEMINIST REVOLUTION: 1. Call out anything that is unfair on one gender, 2. Don't call out the same thing twice (so you can sleep and breathe), 3. Always try to keep it funny, 4. Don't let anything slide. Even when you start to break...Lottie's determined to change the world with...

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• Sophie McKenzie
• Simon & Schuster Ltd
• ISBN13: 9781471147999
• Published: 14-07-2016

What if everything you thought you knew about your life was a lie? Girl, Missing is the blockbuster bestselling title from million-copy selling writer Sophie McKenzie.Lauren is adopted and eager to know more about her mysterious past. But when she discovers she may have been snatch...

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