Young Adult Contemporary

Electra's totally out of her depth. Everyone's giving her the third degree! Freak Boy's dad wants to know whether he's being bullied. Sorrel's interrogating Electra about Lucy's private life. Even...

Lucy is a feisty, precocious tomboy who questions everything-including God. Understandably, especially after an accident killed her mother, blinded her father, and turned her life upside down. It will take...

A modern tale of truth and lies woven with a story from the past. Luke lives in modern-day Australia with his mother and stepfather, Sam. He is burdened by a...

'I'll always look after you,' Karem says to the little elephant. But will Karem be able to keep his promise? Young readers will love these mouthwatering, bite-sized stories from their...

Sequel to the highly-acclaimed Troll Fell, this is just as exciting, dramatic and atmospheric. But watch out! You never know what sneaky creatures are lurking in the shadows of Troll...

A teen at boarding school grapples with life, love, and rugby in a heartbreakingly funny novel. Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids....

Luke and Eve are heading off on their first holiday together. But they're staying with Eve's dad in his Spanish hotel and things aren't going to go to plan... Eve's...

See that girl, the one with the bright red hair, overstuffed backpack, and aura of grumpiness? That's Charlotte Mielswetzski. And something extra-ordinary is about to happen to her. Oh, it's...

When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, Alex Rider goes from schoolboy to superspy within days as his world is turned upside down. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex has to...

The battle for control over the Order of Alhazred mounts as Nicodemus's only heir, Cassandra, is challenged over her right to be grandmaster. But then Timothy discovers that the evil...

After learning how his powerlessness can be used as a weapon in the world of magic and defeating Nicodemus's plan to overthrow the government, Timothy travels to a war-torn dimension...

Peter is a young boy, living on a farm. One day, whilst out doing chores for his father, he comes across a strange white stick floating in the stream. He...

Olly Christie and Josh Welles are travelling the world with Olly's father, Professor Christie, on a search for the precious Talismans of the Moon. But danger lurks in the shadows....

Meet The Minivers. They're rich. They're famous. They're glamorous. Now they're on the run...And they're only two feet tall! Rosamund and Emily Miniver live a fairytale existence. Worshipped by adoring...

Jennings and Gleitzman have reunited to bring younger readers another tantalising 6 part serial adventure. The series introduces new characters, Amy and Sprocket. The location is a weird nudist colony....

Jennings and Gleitzman have reunited to bring young readers another tantalising 6 part serial adventure. The series introduces new characters, Amy and Sprocket. The location is a weird nudist colony....

This is a tale of how eight-year-old Bella's mistake is still haunting her three years later. With realism the story tells of Bella's compulsion to steal her English grandfather's leather...

Meet Gossie in this My First I Can Read book about friendship and sharing, from the world of Olivier Dunrea's Gossie & Friends. Gossie is a small yellow gosling who...

In this queer retelling of the classic novel and third book in Tirzah Price's Jane Austen Murder Mystery series, Mansfield Park is the center of a deadly accident (or is...

For as long as Alice can remember, she has dreamed of Max. Every night since they were kids, they've met in their dreams, traveled the world, and fallen deliriously, hopelessly...

A heart-wrenching and beautiful First World War novel where, in the face of fear and division, love, courage and kindness allow life to go on after unthinkable tragedy Shortlisted for...

Virginia Shreves has a "larger-than-average" body and a medium-sized inferiority complex. Her mum is an exercise fiend, her dad whistles at skinny women, and her siblings are gorgeous, clever, and...

Set in a Northern town, where right-wingers are determined to stir up hatred and racial prejudice, CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE is about six teenagers whose lives are woven together by...

The BFB (Big Fat Baby) is missing! Can Rover the wonder dog and his little nephew Messi (who is actually very tidy) track her down? While Rover and co. are...

Thirteen-year-old Ivy Campbell has always been a good kid: She supports her soccer-star brother, bakes with her nana, and puts her friends' needs before her own. So of course, Ivy...

Sam Palmer hates living in the country - he doesn't have any friends and life is dull. Until a bizarre bicycle crash leaves his body in a coma. Now he...

After being invited to attend modeling classes, Lily becomes obsessed with being a model until she discovers the real nature of beauty.

A gut-wrenching novel about a group of male adolescents and their struggle for status, for self-worth, even for life itself. Falco, a reflective and observant person, leaves his sick brother...

We're sitting there with matching milkshakes, Sasha and me, and somehow, things aren't going like I always thought they would. We're face to face under 24-hour fluorescents with the thoroughly...

Alex wants change. Massive change. More radical than you could imagine. Her mother is not happy, in fact she's imploding. Her dad walked out. Alex has turned vegetarian, ditched one...

In this gorgeous story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Billie B Brown has a a big story to tell! In The Little Lie , Billie has broken her arm! It's...

In this gorgeous story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Billie B Brown finds treasure on holiday! In The Secret Message , Billie's family is off to the beach! But when...

In this gorgeous story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Billie B Brown can't wait for Christmas! In The Perfect Present , Billie is bursting with excitement. It is Christmas tomorrow!...

In this gorgeous story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Billie B Brown learns how to be a good friend! In The Second-best Friend , Billie knows she has always been...

In this gorgeous story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Billie B Brown goes camping for the first time! In The Midnight Feast , Billie and Jack are camping in Jack's...

In this gorgeous story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Billie B Brown shows she's a soccer superstar! In The Soccer Star , Billie wants to play soccer, but the boys...

In this gorgeous story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Billie B Brown tries ballet! In The Bad Butterfly , Billie has started ballet classes. She is sure she'll be a...

KILLER DRONES ATTACK! Terrifying drones controlled by artificial intelligence are destroying London . . . Genius scientist John Strider helped create the machines - and he's disappeared. Only one person...

Things unravel so fast. One day Sam is a kid with a straightforward life, next moment he's sucked into a time warp and flung back a hundred years. Meeting Flea,...