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Alexia Casale's YA novel, Not That Kind of Hero

Alexia Casale's YA novel, Not That Kind of Hero

Alexia Casale introduces her new YA novel, Not That Kind of Hero, a story about following your dreams. British-Am More...

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Summer, festivals and first love: This Song Is About Us

Summer, festivals and first love: This Song Is About Us

We've all seen how perfect the lives of famous people seem on social media, but how much of what we see online is real, and how much is m More...

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Film Production

Film Production

What is a film producer? Sophie tells us what the day-to-day job of a film producer involves, what she loves most More...

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Latest Books & Extracts

  • Odd Girl Out

    A modern riches-to-rags romantic drama filled with twists, turns, unrequited love, an epic meet-cute and the sorts of friendships every t

  • Not That Kind Of Hero: A heart-stopping teen romance

    When Orla enrols on a prestigious drama course, she is thrown into the spotlight for the very first time. A heart-stopping romance from t

  • The Hive

    In the Hive, a monarchy of tomorrow, a young bodyguard awaits execution. Guilty of being alive when her charge lies dead. But the prisone

  • This Song Is About Us

    When stardom calls, can love survive?  Everyone wants a piece of the Drew Schafer, the talented and troubled lead singer

  • Where Shadows Meet

    Two deadly romances, one devastating destiny.A dark and thrilling debut vampire romantasy that questions what it truly means

  • Sunrise on the Reaping

    Sunrise on the Reaping, the fifth book in the series, revisits the world of Panem, 24 years before the events of The Hunger Games., start

Featured Authors

  • Alexia Casale's YA novel, Not That Kind of Hero

    Alexia Casale's YA novel, Not That Kind of Hero: Alexia Casale introduces her new YA novel, Not That Kind of Hero, a story about following your dreams. British-Am

  • KL Walther's Ferris Bueller-inspired novel, While We're Young

    KL Walther's Ferris Bueller-inspired novel, While We're Young: Find out how the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off helped inspire KL Walther's YA novel, While We're Young, about a group of teenager

  • Trang Thanh Tran explores identity and transformation in They Bloom at Night

    Trang Thanh Tran explores identity and transformation in They Bloom at Night: Trang Thanh Tran is the author of She Is a Haunting, a William C. Morris Debut A

  • Channelle Desamours introduces her new YA mystery, Needy Little Things

    Channelle Desamours introduces her new YA mystery, Needy Little Things: Needy Little Things is Channelle Desamours' debut YA novel. When she's not writing, Channelle is a high-school

  • Ravena Guron introduces her new YA thriller, Mondays Are Murder

    Ravena Guron introduces her new YA thriller, Mondays Are Murder: Ravena Guron is the bestselling author of YA thrillers This Book Kills, <a href="/

  • Stewart Foster

    Stewart Foster: Stewart Foster explores friendships and young men's mental health in Pieces of Us, his first YA novel, which draws on his own tee

Your Reviews

  • If My Words Had Wings

    Clare

    Ty Forrester's involvement in a high profile armed robbery results in an 18 month sentence in a Young Offenders' institution. Falling in with a crowd his...

  • Not That Kind Of Hero: A heart-stopping teen romance

    Clair

    Orla has always felt like a sidekick rather than a hero. She quietly works hard to support her mum look after their blended family and mo...

  • This Song Is About Us

    Sue

    As The Kerbs, a four piece band, are on the verge of success, lead singer, Drew, and his long term girlfriend, Ruby, have to decide whether to make their...

  • While We're Young

    Clare

    With graduation looming and the prospect of leaving home provoking both fear and excitement, school president and all round Grade A stude...

  • Capitana: Set sail with the bestselling pirate romantasy of 2025!

    Sue

    Ximena Reale is determined to become a Cazadoro at La Academia de los Cazadores, but despite being a star student, her prospects are tarnished by her heri...

  • The Rose Bargain

    Linda

    The Rose Bargain is a thrilling and atmospheric dark fantasy set in 1848 England, where high society's yearly tradition...

  • For She is Wrath

    Linda

    364 days, that's how long Dania has been in a hell-hole of a prison for a crime she didn't commit. She is counting down her days until she can exact reven...

  • They Bloom at Night

    Clare

    Post-hurricane, the town of Mercy is beset by rising waters and a red algae bloom that suffocates and distorts wildlife. Mutant creatures lurk in the dept...

  • The Things We Leave Behind

    Clair

    Shortlisted for The Carnegie Award 2025 and the UKLA Book Award, The Things We Leave Behind by Clare Furniss is a stunning and th...

  • Needy Little Things: The new YA thriller with a twist that will leave you speechless

    Lorraine

    Sariyah is not an ordinary teenager; her special gift means she senses what a person needs. Overwhelmed by the noise this creates, she tries to fulfil the...

Videos & Vlogs

Neal Shusterman's new thriller, All Better Now

Neal Shusterman's new thriller, All Better Now

What if there was a virus that people wanted to catch? Neal Shusterman tells us what inspired his contemporary thriller, All Bett

Mondays really are murder...

Mondays really are murder...

Mondays are Murder is a must-read for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus - a thrilling, un

A life-changing friendship in Pieces of Us

A life-changing friendship in Pieces of Us

Some friendships will change our lives. Stewart Foster's Pieces of Us is a powerful,

This month’s highlights

  • Picture Book

    Create a Picture Book Competition 2024

    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...

  • Book Trailers

    Make a Book Trailer

    Make a Book Trailer

    Create a Book Trailer Create a book trailer of your favourite book or your latest bookclub read for ReadingZone, and encourage others to read the book!  Or you can use it...

  • Videos & Vlogs

    Creating a Book Vlog

    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...