Pretty Bad Things
C.J. Skuse
Although not the target audience for this debut novel, Pretty Bad Things arrived on my desk at about the time the Catcher in the Rye author, J D Salinger died and there are definite comparisons to be drawn. Here in Pretty...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2010
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Tumbleweed
Jacquie Trajan
Tumbleweed is the story a wonderfully funny chicken but he has a problem. He only has one leg so the wind is always blowing him over. All Tumbleweed really wants to do is play football with all his friends in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2009
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Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder
Jo Nesbo
Fuelled by farts, this is fast-paced and a delightfully ridiculous adventure. Newly moved into the neighbourhood, Nilly meets a strange old man who turns out to be Doctor Proctor, an almost famous inventor who is about to come up with...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
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Luke and Jon
Robert Williams
This is a wonderfully original and arresting debut novel about friendship, grief and love.  Written with great power, warmth and humour with not a word out of place you feel utterly compelled to read on.  Luke and Jon is a...
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/03/2010
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Witchfinder: Dawn of the Demontide
William Hussey
Cleverly crafted, this is a masterful horror story that will chill readers to the bone as Jake Harker comes face to face with the evil forces of old witchcraft and its links to Matthew Hopkins, the evil Witchfinder of the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
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No and Me
Delphine de Vigan
Deeply moving, this is the touching story of two teenagers from very different backgrounds whose friendship raises huge questions about what concepts of home and family really mean. Lou is bright and successful at school but her home is unhappy...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2010
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The Queen Must Die: Chronicles of the Tempus
K.A.S. Quinn
Completely gripping, this rollercoaster time travel adventure takes Katie, a contemporary New York teenager, back right into the heart of Queen Victoria’s reign. Landing unexpectedly in the Buckingham Palace bedroom of Alice, Queen Victoria’s younger daughter, Katie is swiftly caught...
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2010
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Time Riders
Alex Scarrow
This is a thrilling action adventure which hurtles across time and place at breakneck speed. Three children are on the bring of death: Liam is about to drown as the Titanic sinks in 1912, Maddy is on an aeroplane fitted...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
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Princess for Hire
Lindsey Leavitt
A light-hearted comedy about whether dreams can really ever come true… Desi’s chirpy first person narrative tells the story of how her oh-so-boring life is transformed when she is accepted to be the substitute princess. Surely then, she can leave...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2010
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Magic Under Glass
Jaclyn Dolamore
A hair-raising story full of suspense and intrigue. Nimira is picked out of her poor life as a music hall performer by the wealthy and mysterious Hollin Parry who asks her to sing for his automaton piano player. Parry is...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2010
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Beautiful Creatures
Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl
A teen romance with a twist of danger and the supernatural told with a sure touch that makes it a headlong read from start to finish. Typical teenager Ethan is bored by his life growing up in a small town...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
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My So-Called Afterlife
Tamsyn Murray
A wonderful debut novel which, as well as being laugh-out-loud funny, is full of insights, compassion, and love.  Fifteen-year-old Lucy has been stuck in the men's loo ever since she was murdered there six months ago. No one has been...
Format: Paperback - Released: 26/02/2010
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The Badness of Ballydog
Garrett Carr
Can a town be full of badness? When Ewan is moved there against his will he can feel the force of something coming. Something unknown but something to be feared. May knows it too, and Andrew. Will anyone believe the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
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Out of Shadows
Jason Wallace
A memorable, moving and disturbing coming-of-age story about how different individuals react to the political changes around them and, especially, to the changing power structure between blacks and whites under the new rule of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe in 1980s....
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
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Love, Aubrey
Suzanne Lafleur
Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Book Award 2010 Brilliant and convincing, this is a deeply moving story which saves the reader from absolute heartbreak because of its warmth, understanding and hope. Utterly gripping, the story of how Aubrey grieves following the catastrophe...
Format: Hardback - Released: 25/06/2009
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Superhumans: Meteorite Strike
A.G. Taylor
Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Book Award 2010 An action-packed science fiction adventure unfolds at a cracking pace following the crashing of a plane after a meteor strike. Robert and Sarah survive the alien virus which strikes thousands of others but find...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/01/2010
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Castle of Shadows
Ellen Renner
A ragged princess needs all her courage to help her find out what has happened to her mother. When Princess Charlotte’s mother, the Queen of Quayle, vanishes in mysterious circumstances no-one seems very interested in finding out what has become...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/01/2010
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The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 43
Harriet Goodwin
Shortlisted for the 2010 Blue Peter 'Book I Couldn't Put Down' Award. Adventurous, charming and poignant by turns, The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 43 is a quirky debut novel laced with humour and a dollop of magic.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/12/2009
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The Crowfield Curse
Pat Walsh
Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Book Award 2010 An exciting adventure with some excellent magical powers at its heart. Life is hard for Will growing up in the chilly atmosphere of Crowfield Abbey. He’s hungry and cold most of the time and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/01/2010
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Quicksilver
Samira Osman
Told at a cracking pace this modern fantasy tells how three children from different countries are brought together by the force of the mysterious Ley lines to fulfil an ancient prophecy. Working together, they must unlock a treasure with unimagined...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/01/2010
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Monster Republic: The Divinity Project
Ben Horton
As commercial and compelling as a computer game, this is the first book in a major new series. Edgy, exhilarating and fast-paced not all teens will have the guts to read this but we're sure there will be many that get...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2010
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When I Was Joe
Keren David
An edgy and contemporary thriller about the life changing dangers of knife crime – and that’s just for the witness. When Ty tells the police what he has seen, his life is changed forever. His enemies are ruthless and will...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/01/2010
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