Our Books ( Young adult )

A stunningly beautiful novel about a young boy’s survival during a winter that never ends.

Thrilling, epic and romantic, the first in a series about two girls - upstairs and downstairs - in the run-up to World War I.

Spare and powerful, this unique story touches on themes of faith, family secrets, the cult of celebrity - and ultimately hope.

Lush and lyrical, bewitching and mysterious (think Twin Peaks meets the Village), this unique debut is both atmospheric and scary. Equal parts Southern Gothic and thriller, here is a new author to watch.

A psychological thriller for young adults - chilling, heart-breaking and beautifully told.

In a world without air, what do you have to do to stay alive?

Reluctant Templar Billi SanGreal is back, in this powerful and thrilling sequel to DEVIL’S KISS.

Four teenagers on the same road in a world gone mad. Struggling to survive, clinging on to love and meaning wherever it can be found. DARK INSIDE is a stunning, cinematic thriller: 28 DAYS LATER meets THE ROAD.

A thrill-ride of a novel, in which a math-whiz from a trailer park discovers she’s the only student capable of unravelling complex clues left by a serial killer who’s systematically getting rid of her classmates.

One of Barnes & Noble’s Top 20 YA novels of 2009. Introducing a fabulous new heroine, Billi SanGreal, this is goth romance meets horror - a blockbusting, dark, supernatural thriller packed with action and excitement.

Time travel, love triangles and space. A thrilling YA debut.

An intelligent, thought-provoking, YA supernatural thriller set in the frigid danger of a Maine winter. Delaney Maxwell somehow cheats death when she falls through the ice into a freezing lake - but emerges with a strange affinity for the dying. 

ONE MISTAKE.  ONE BAD NIGHT.  ONE TOO MANY DRINKS.  A powerful and heartbreaking debut novel about a guy who had it all...until he drank that fifth beer and got into the car.

IMPOSTOR is the thrilling sequel to SLIDE, and continues the riveting story of Vee Bell, the girl who sees danger and death when she slides into the heads of people around her…

Encompassing loss and lust, God and pot, bereavement and belief, KISS THE MORNING STAR is an ambitious, moving debut novel for older teens by a writer with a strong literary voice.

A pacy, addictive debut teen novel about three sixteen-year-old girls who’ve been friends forever.  Three perspectives, three rites of passage – and one love affair that changes everything.

The thrilling sequel to DARK INSIDE. 

Charming and sweetly funny, here is first love mixed with the big issues of life and death, loss and discovery.

A big, sumptuous YA debut – a compelling, dark and intricate love story, rooted in Celtic myth and sizzling with sensuality. Here are horses, hot guys, magic and mystery. And a fabulous protagonist, whose passion for math and logic spectacularly lets her down as her life is overturned by love and the power of legend.

Poignant and charming, inspiring and fascinating – this compelling story of a girl who finally decides to take control of her weight and her destiny will have huge appeal for both girls and women

SLIDE is a riveting, dark crime thriller with an extra conceptual edge and some great psychological drama. Hard to put down, and with a fabulous, disaffected protagonist (complete with pink pigtails and a taste for rock-band T-shirts), this is the debut of an exciting new author who loves to keep readers guessing.

Veronica Mars meets PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - a debut YA thriller in which a teenage private investigator goes undercover to discover that the mother she thought was dead is actually in the witness protection program, and the guy she was determined to hate is the one person who can save her life, forcing her to re-evaluate everything she thought she knew about herself, her family, and love.

Pacy and intense, bleak and edgy, a debut space thriller that asks big questions, by a strong new YA voice

NYT bestselling author of SHIVER Maggie Stiefvater, Brenna Yovanoff and Tessa Gratton’s collection of stories - as well as conversations about where these stories come from - taken from their popular blog The Merry Sisters of Fate (http://community.livejournal.com/merry_fates).

Winner of YALSA’S 2011 William C. Morris Award for a debut YA novel, THE FREAK OBSERVER is an extraordinary story by a unique, quirky - and highly intelligent - new voice in YA fiction.

A laugh-out-loud funny and fresh spin on ideas of high-school popularity. Bursting with commercial va-va-voom, THE LIPSTICK LAWS has something of the vibe of Legally Blonde meets Louise Rennison.

An exquisitely written debut novel from an evocative new voice. Han Nolan, National Book Award winner, says:  ‘Valerie Patterson is a born writer.  Her language feels so fresh, clean and spare.’

Elegantly strange, darkly compelling, this truly original debut novel marks the arrival of a major new talent.  It features a brooding, bass-playing teen boy who is sure to resonate with all young-adult readers.

A fast-paced and very exciting romantic thriller set in the drama of the Witness Protection program.

Brenna Yovanoff’s extraordinarily original, ambitious second novel, following her New York Times bestselling debut THE REPLACEMENT, described as Edward Scissorhands meets Catcher In the Rye. 

If you give boys what they want, they give you what you need. Right?

Wry and quirky, thought-provoking and pertinent, this is the story of one girl’s love for a very damaged young veteran of the war in Afghanistan. Is love enough to make things right for someone we care about?