Young Adult Fiction

16-year-old Kyla has been slated: all of her past memories erased her entire personality wiped blank. She has been assigned a new name a new date of birth and even new parents. The government that did this to her claims she was a terrorist and that she has been given a second chance. But Kyla knows that the government is lying.

By day seventeen-year-old Kiera Johnson is a college student and one of the only black kids at Jefferson Academy. By night she joins hundreds of thousands of black gamers who duel worldwide in the secret online role-playing card game SLAY. No one knows Kiera is the game developer - not even her boyfriend Malcolm. But when a teen in Kansas City is murdered over a dispute in the SLAY world the media labels it an exclusionist racist hub for thugs. With threats coming from both inside and outside the game Kiera must fight to save the safe space shes created. But can she protect SLAY without losing herself?

True love has the worst aim in this darkly funny tale of a boy and a girl who find each other and then screw it all up.

A princess a traitor a soldier a hunter and a thief.

A CHILDRENS TOP 10 BESTSELLER (TCM) The debut novel from Alice Oseman author of the 2021 YA Book Prize winning Loveless. Solitaire features the characters that inspired the beloved series Heartstopper - now a major Netflix series. The Catcher in the Rye for the digital age The Times

As Witch Child ends so Sorceress begins. Alison Ellman is still searching for information about Mary Newbury; she has a diary and some scattered information about other people in Marys life but Mary has disappeared into the forests and Alison has no way of following her. But when she meets Agnes Herne Alison encounters the person who is going to tell her all about Marys life after she leaves Beulah. Agnes is a descendant of Marys and has a special skill which allows her to be in touch with Mary in the spirit world. And Mary has a story to tell. A story of love and friendship sadness and loss. A story that takes her across the New World in an epic search for a home. We fell under the spell of Mary in Witch Child and now at last we find out what happened to her after her ill-fated time in Beulah. Just as Marys story has to be told to Agnes it has to be read by us for it is passionate compelling and utterly wonderful.

Thanks to a gene mutation we all have a soulmate. But if your soulmate dies . . . you die too. Control freak Zoe is determined to stay alive - and single. She carries a survival kit for every eventuality but even she cant prepare for a match with Milo Spencer a boy who lives for recreational danger. Its time to find a cure . . .

The third installment of Scott Westerfelds international bestselling Uglies series

Time for the final choice. The gripping conclusion to Scott Westerfelds riveting and chilling highly acclaimed trilogy.

The ultimate advice guide for autistic teenage girls written by an award-winning autistic teen campaigner. With practical tips on friendships dating mental health bullying and school life to help you overcome any challenge.

Spellslinger P/B

Stags P/B

Author Holly Black returns to the opulent world of Elfhame in the first book in a duology following Judes brother Oak and the changeling queen Suren. A reluctant prince. A runaway queen. And a quest that may destroy them both.

Dive into this revealing portrait of Stranger Things fan-favorite Lucas Sinclair and get to know Lucas like never before!

Subtle Knife Wormell Ed P/B

To celebrate the end of high school Izzy Morales joins her best friend Kassidy and five friends on a luxury 1920s-themed getaway at the glamorous Ashwood Manor. There Izzy and her friends party in vintage dresses and expensive diamonds - until Kassidys boyfriend turns up dead. And when a raging storm traps them on the island with two detectives the sparkling young socialites become the prime suspects in his murder. Theres the girlfriend and the other girl. The old friend and the new friend. The brooding enigma. And then theres Izzy - the girl who brought the knife.

Every year Isabel spends a perfect summer at her family friends house. Theres the swimming pool at night the private stretch of sandy beach - and the two boys. Unavailable aloof Conrad - who shes been in love with forever - and friendly relaxed Jeremiah the only one whos ever really paid her any attention.

Summoner Book 2 The Inquisition

Arcturus is just an orphaned stable boy when he accidentally summons a demon. As Hominums first common summoner he becomes the key to a secret that the powerful nobility would do anything to keep hidden. He is immediately whisked away to Vocans Academy where the lost arts of summoning spell craft and demonology are taught to the noble children of the Empire. In no time Arcturus finds himself surrounded by enemies as noble teachers and students question his right to be there. But before he can even attempt to make friends his life is turned upside down once again for the Empire is in turmoil. Rebellion is simmering among the masses and it will not be long before it boils over. Arcturus must choose a side or watch the Empire crumble.

When Sunny Dae - self-proclaimed total nerd - meets Cirrus Soh he cant believe how cool and confident she is. So when Cirrus mistakes Sunnys older brother Grays bedroom - with its collection of electric guitars and rock posters - for Sunnys own he sort of kind of accidentally winds up telling her hes the front man of a rock band. Before he knows it Sunny is knee-deep in the lie: he ropes his best friends into his scheme begging them to form a fake band with him and starts wearing Grays rock and roll castoffs. But theres no way can he trick this amazing girl into thinking hes cool right? Just when Sunny is about to come clean Cirrus asks to see them play sometime. Gulp. Now theres only one thing to do: fake it till you make it.

Deep beneath the sea off the cold Irish coast Gaia is a young mermaid who dreams of freedom from her controlling father. On her first swim to the surface she is drawn towards a human boy. She longs to join his carefree world but how much will she have to sacrifice? What will it take for the little mermaid to find her voice?

SweetFreak P/B

I seem to be your new favorite novel. One that keeps you up at night turning my pages. Fingers lingering on me so you dont lose your place.

Simon has been a human and a vampire but after the events of City of Heavenly Fire left him stripped of his memories he isnt sure who he is any more.

The dazzlingly brilliant Chris Riddell brings his magical illustration talents to J.K. Rowlings gloriously inventive The Tales of Beedle the Bard in a fully illustrated colour edition of this essential classic for Harry Potter fans.

Tales Of The Peculiar P/B

Dark witchy and feminist retellings of traditional fairytales for a YA audience.

This novel is based on the true story of Lale and Gita Sokolov two Slovakian Jews who survived Auschwitz and eventually made their home in Australia. In that terrible place Lale was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - literally scratching numbers into his fellow victims arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust.

From New York Times bestselling author Hafsah Faizal comes a heart-pounding fantasy about a collector of secrets who gets embroiled in a high-stakes heist . . . and a dark underworld of vampires.

Sixteen-year-old Joan Sands is a gifted craftswoman who creates and upkeeps the stage blades for William Shakespeares acting company The Kings Men. Joans skill with her blades comes from a magical ability to control metal - an ability gifted by her Head Orisha Ogun. Because her whole family is Orisha-blessed the Sands family have always kept tabs on the Fae presence in London. Usually that doesnt involve much except noting the faint glow around a Faes body as they try to blend in with London society but lately there has been an uptick in brutal Fae attacks. After Joan wounds a powerful Fae and saves the son of a cruel Lord she is drawn into political intrigue in the human and Fae worlds.