Young Adult Contemporary

Award-winning author Laekan Zea Kemp's heart-wrenching novel-in-verse follows two teens who must come together to heal the pain from their pasts, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Nicola Yoon....

Know Your Star-FightersBeamer: California transplant to a weird Midwestern town. Feels like he's living on another planet. Scilla: the gangly tomboy next door. Ghoulie: the class nerd. Add one spaceship-shaped...

Hop aboard the Riptide Railway and join Sophia Seashell, Willow Wave, Chloe Coral and Olivia Ocean for a splashing adventure in MERMAID HOLIDAYS . . . Sophia, Willow, Chloe and...

Take a trip to Cape Kelp Forest and join Willow Wave, Sophia Seashell, Chloe Coral and Olivia Ocean for another splashing adventure in MERMAID HOLIDAYS . . . Willow decides...

Grab your favourite booth at the Turtleville Tearooms and join Chloe Coral, Sophia Seashell, Willow Wave and Olivia Ocean for another splashing adventure in MERMAID HOLIDAYS . . . Chloe's...

Fourteen-year-old John lives with his single mother and her boyfriend, a man who is violent towards him whenever John's mother is not around. John believes that if he tells his...

Let the games begin! Gil Goodson's future happiness depends on winning the Golly Toy & Game Company's ultimate competition. If Gil wins, his dad has promised that the family can...

Tempers rise and tensions build in this new chapterbook - W.i.t.c.h. will need to learn to control more than the elements if their friendships are to stand the ultimate test....

Exhilarating action meets heart-pounding suspense in this action-packed final instalment of the Bulletcatcher trilogy, ideal for readers of Muchamore and Horowitz. Would you stand in the line of fire? That's...

Felix and Livia are being pursued across the Roman empire, from the darkest, dampest corner of Gaul to the dry, desert sands of Tadmor. They must reach Rome by the...

20 experiments for the adventurefilled life of a zombie catcher Would you like to become expert at spotting a zombie? Can you separate zombie fact from zombie fiction? Would you...

From award-winning authors Bill Condon and Dianne Bates comes a good-natured story about friendship, family and first pets. When best friends Rory and Trang become the proud owners of a...

The possibility that one of them might be adopted adds an element of rivalry to the adventures of five orphans spending their Christmas holiday at an Australian seaside settlement in...

A frightening--and funny--debut comes to paperback. Adelaide Foss, Maggie Borland, and Beatrice Alfred are known by their classmates at Widowsbury's Madame Gertrude's School for Girls as "scary children." Unfairly targeted...

Bestselling YA author Melinda Salisbury exposes the dark underbelly of new technologies in this gripping thriller. When keen gamer Ivy Finch is sent to the Ash Tree Foundation after an...

"Rivals those of DreamWorks or Disney in cuteness and charm while also providing information." - Kirkus Reviews Vivi loves science! In this STEM-themed picture book, part of a series about...

Jim is getting to grips with his father's rather unusual job at the Dead End Office and is keeping the truth secret as a promise to Dad. But when Jim...

THE ROMAN MYSTERIES meets Sherlock Holmes! Alfie has decided to learn to read at St Giles Ragged School. But the school is set on fire and idealistic teacher Mr Elmore...

When their parents decide to separate, Holly and her sister Faith are really upset. Can they still be a family if their mum and dad are just friends?

Eleven-year-old Isabella's blended family is more divided than ever in this "timely but genuine" ( Publishers Weekly ) story about divorce and racial identity from the award-winning and New York...

From the author of Horrible Histories ... A mysterious tower. A girl in a glass case. A stolen phone. A door to an old waxworld. And Boy. All things considered,...

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Three ...two...one...BLAST OFF! The Magic Tree House whisks Jack...

"I dare anyone to read this book without a ginormous grin on their faces. Warmth, humor and enchantments burst off the page, and the colorful characters of the Granados family...

A magical tale about the dreams of teddy bears is designed to comfort those who have trouble falling asleep

Striking new cover look for one of the UK's top 3 bestselling girls' authors. Anya used to dream of moving to Britain to start a brand-new life. But as she...

Meet Polly Price, owner of the world's most embarrassing mother- actress and all-round airhead Arabella Diamonte. Who has just been cast in a touring production of a new play, meaning...

What would you rather do, tell Sid he smells or tell Principal Brody he smells? That's easy. I would tell Mr Brody. No one is scarier than the bully Sid...

This is not your everyday coming-of-age novel...This story was supposed to be about Enid - how she hasn't made a friend in years, how she tends to stretch the truth...

What if the secret is more damaging than the lie? I never planned on falling in love in Two Creeks, but since when has life ever followed a plan? The...

A funny and moving story about letting go (and not drowning). 'What I need,' said Pearl, as she started to slide off the roof, 'is a grandmother.' But where do...

Twins Mary-Kate and Ashley meet new friends while on filming a movie on location in Utah and Nevada, and one friendship leads to romance while the other leads to trouble.

After receiving a car as a gift from their parents for their birthday, Mary-Kate and Ashley go on their first solo road trip and expect to have the best summer...

Mary-Kate and Ashley are planning the best Sweet Sixteen party of all time! Mary-Kate and Ashley' s plans have changed for their Sweet Sixteen party - BIG time. After a...

Three small words can cause trouble between friends. Snake and Lizard live together in a burrow in the desert. They are such good friends that Lizard decides to display their...

Herman Jiggle is excited about making some new friends. But first he needs to work out how to stop his tummy from doing flip-flops and his words from getting stuck...