Books - Young Adult
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When Mr Dog Bites
- Brian Conaghan
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN13: 9781408843017
- Published: 12-03-2015
Dylan Mint has Tourette's. His life is a constant battle to keep the bad stuff in - the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that seems to escape whenever he gets stressed. But a routine visit to the hospital changes everything. Overhearing a hushed conversation between the doctor and his mum,...
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Liccle Bit
- Alex Wheatle
- Little, Brown Book Group
- ISBN13: 9780349001999
- Published: 05-03-2015
What's worse than hiding a secret? Liccle Bit's about to find out...Venetia King is the hottest girl at school. Too bad Lemar is the second shortest guy in his year. Everyone calls him Liccle Bit, and his two best friends, McKay and Jonah, never tire of telling him he has no chance...
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Killing the Dead
- Marcus Sedgwick
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781780622392
- Published: 05-03-2015
Set in a girls' boarding school in Massachusetts a haunting and sinister story YA story for World Book Day from prize-winning author Marcus Sedgwick. 1963. Foxgrove School near Stockbridge, Massachusetts. One of the oldest and finest academies in the country - but what really goes on be...
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Black Dove White Raven
- Elizabeth Wein
- Egmont UK Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781405271363
- Published: 26-02-2015
"Think of the sky!" Delia gave Momma's hands a shake. "Think of the sky in Ethiopia! What will it be like to fly in Africa?" This New York Times bestseller is a story of survival, subterfuge, espionage and identity. Rhoda and Delia are American stunt pilots who perform daring aerobatics...
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Lockwood & Co: The Whispering Skull: Book 2
- Jonathan Stroud
- Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN13: 9780552568050
- Published: 26-02-2015
Ghosts and ghouls beware! London's smallest, shabbiest and most talented psychic detection agency is back. Life is never exactly peaceful for Lockwood & Co. Lucy and George are trying to solve the mystery of the talking skull trapped in their ghost jar, while Lockwood is desper...
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Code Name Verity
- Elizabeth Wein
- HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN13: 9781405278423
- Published: 26-02-2015
'I have two weeks. You'll shoot me at the end no matter what I do.' Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Code Name Verity is a bestselling tale of friendship and courage set against the backdrop of World War Two. Only in wartime could a stalwart lass fr...
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Rose Under Fire
- Elizabeth Wein
- Egmont UK Ltd
- ISBN13: 9781405278416
- Published: 26-02-2015
'Oh God! All those months of not being able to write! Of not being allowed to write. Knowing I'd be shot if I were caught.' Nominated for both the Costa Award and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, Rose Under Fire tells the thrilling story of one young ATA pilot's unforgettable journey throu...
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The One Safe Place
- Tania Unsworth
- Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN13: 9781780622385
- Published: 12-02-2015
Those who enter the Gabriel H. Penn Home for Childhood only get to leave one way... NEVER LET ME GO for teens, THE ONE SAFE PLACE is the debut novel from Tania Unsworth - a gripping, fast-paced and disconcerting dystopia.In the near future the gap between rich and poor has become...
