Young adult
Burning by Danielle Rollins
Angela dreams of her release from Brunesfield Juvenile Correctional Facility. In a few months she’ll be back with her little brother and free to do all the things people take for granted in the outside world: have a shower on…
The Road to Winter by Mark Smith
Finn has become an expert at surviving on his own. After the virus that swept through Angowrie killed his parents, he’s spent the last two years keeping himself fed and staying clear of the dangerous Wilder gangs. It’s just Finn…
One Step by Andrew Daddo
Having faced bullying as a teenager I’ve always been attracted to novels that tackle the topic. The feeling of dreading going to school and worrying how to fit in can be all consuming, heck, being a teenager is all consuming…
When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah
When Michael first sees Mina, he is immediately captivated by her beauty. They are at a rally for refugees, holding placards for opposing sides, so his fascination for her is clearly doomed. As a refugee from Afghanistan, Mina is there…
The Moonlight Dreamers by Siobhan Curham
For fans of Zoe (Zoella) Sugg’s international bestseller Girl Online, author Siobhan Curham needs no introduction. Curham is an award winning writer, public speaker and life coach in the UK whose popularity sky-rocketed following a media exposé that misattributed…
A Face Like Glass by Francis Hardinge
The people of Caverna are born without the ability to naturally make facial expressions. Instead they must learn them manually from a ‘Facesmith’. The rich folk, of course, can learn as many intricate expressions as they can afford, such as…
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres but it’s beset with challenges and tricky to get right.
Bringing history to life is a herculean task: you must somehow condense mammoth amounts of factual material down to the essential ingredients…
Lifers by M.A. Griffin
This story taps into real social issues: disenfranchised and discontented youth who feel let down by political systems that fail to create opportunities for them or lay a pathway to a good future. For those who fall between the social…
The Fall of Butterflies by Andrea Portes
Willa doesn’t plan to fit in at the super-swanky boarding school her mother sent her to; in fact, she doesn’t plan on staying long. Instead, she decides that she’s going to kill herself. Pembroke is unbearably posh and she doesn’t…
The Book of Pearl by Timothee De Fombelle
A fourteen-year-old boy runs through the forest – bleeding, heartbroken and confused – before stumbling across a welcoming hut belonging to an elderly saviour, Joshua Pearl. So begins a mystery that spans the long lifetimes of Pearl, the teenage narrator…
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