A gathering light, by Jennifer Donnelly
Mattie Gokey is given a bundle of letters to burn by Grace Brown. When Grace is found drowned the next day in Big Moose Lake, Mattie finds that it is not as easy to burn those letters as she had thought. Contains adult themes
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Bloodchild, by Tim Bowler
You won't be able to put this down once you start, It will send shivers down your spine and ensure that at the end of every chapter you want to keep turning the pages.
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Caught in the crossfire, by Alan Gibbons
The events of September 11th lit a fuse that binds the fates of 6 young people in this powerful novel about race, riots and real life.
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City of bones, by Cassandra Clare
First in the Mortal Instruments trilogy, City of Bones introduces us to the Shadowhunters and their battle with Darkness. Funny and sexy, with many a twist to keep you guessing! Contains some adult themes
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City of the beasts, by Isabel Allende
When Alex is sent to stay with his grandmother in New York, she's on her way to the Amazon, on a job. Rather than cancel she takes him along, and soon he's in the grip of adventure - murder, kidnap and magic.
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Fallen Grace, by Mary Hooper
Victorian London is brought vividly to life as we follow the unfortunate Grace and her sister from misery to misery. Just as we think she is to be saved, an unscupluous family plot to snatch away her inheritance. It isn't long. however, before our fiesty heroine smells a rat, and starts to unravel the fraud in a race against time.
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I know what you did last Wednesday, by Anthony Horowitz
It's a dangerous life being the youngest brother of the world's worst private detective, but Nick Diamond has survived...so far. An invitation to a remote island gives Nick a bad feeling, and then fellow guests start dying.
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Jimmy Coates, by Joe Craig
An eleven-year-old boy discovers he has strange powers, and a future that holds mystery, adventure -- and death!
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Killing God, by Kevin Brooks
Two years ago Dawn's father disappeared, her life fell apart, and it's all God's Fault. It all started when her dad found God, but it didn't end there. Her mum fell apart, leaving Dawn to be the grown up. Now she's 15 and doesn't fit in - which is fine with her, except the popular girls have suddenly started paying her attention, and a van keeps driving past her house.....
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Mission: Survival, by Chris Ryan
Five children are marooned on a desert island. They must face killer komodo dragons, sharks and modern-day pirates. The ex-SAS author includes ten top tips for survival in tropical conditions.
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Montacute house, by Lucy Jago
The daily struggle to survive in Elizabethan England, surrounded by devastating poverty, superstition and biggotry, makes life almost unbearable for Cess and her mother. Then, on her 13th birthday, she finds a pendant in the hen house - as though someone left it there for her to find. When boys start to go missing, and one turns up dead and horrifically disfigured, everyone suspects witchcraft. William, best friend of Cess, joins the ranks of the missing boys, and Cess is immediately accused of sorcery. Can she rescue William, and clear her name, before it's too late?
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Noughts & crosses, by Malorie Blackman
In their world, Noughts and Crosses simply don't mix. And as hostility turns to violence, can Callum and Sephy possibly find a way to be together? They are determined to try. And then the bomb explodes&
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Once, by Morris Gleitzman
Not for the faint hearted, this is the first in a trilogy that will have you laughing and crying - sometimes at the same time. Yes, it's another holocaust story. But if you only ever read one, make it this one. Felix spends almost 4 years in an orphanage, convinced his Jewish Bookseller parents are still alive, and coming back for him. When Nazi soldiers come to burn the nuns' books, Felix escapes from the orphanage to find and save his parents. His perilous journey through Nazi occupied Poland finds him befriending orphan Zelda, and coming into the care of the kindly Barney. All three of these books are very slim, but they really pack a punch.
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Playing dead, by Tim Bowler
A boy at the end of his tether and on the run has only his wits and a knife to save himself. This is the first book in a thrilling new series for teenagers.
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Revolver, by Marcus Sedgwick
1910, and Sig is alone in the freezing cabin north of the Arctic Circle - alone, that is, except for the frozen corpse of his father. Sig's sister and step-mother have gone for help, but it will be hours before they return, and now a bear of a man has forced his way into the cabin, demanding what Sig's father owed him. The tension rises, and the barely contained violence of Wolff errupts shockingly, forcing Sig to make a choice that will change his life forever. A gripping tale that you won't be able to put down.
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Ring, by Koji Suzuki
Investigating the sudden deaths of four teenagers Asakawa views a video tape with a chilling message 'Those who have viewed these images are fated to die at this exact hour one week from now'. Stunning, cutting-edge thriller with a chilling supernatural twist.
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Silverfin, by Charlie Higson
Before the name became a legend - meet the young James Bond. The dark waters around a remote Scottish castle hold a sinister secret. One man with a thirst for power will use it - whatever the cost.
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Skulduggery Pleasant, by Derek Landy
Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course). Oh yeah. And dead.
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Solitaire, by Bernard Ashley
When shipwrecked 'Pax' is discovered by an elderly man searching for his only grandson and the heir to his business, the two form an unlikely but powerful bond. But as Pax regains his memories, haunting truths and guilt-ridden deception reveal that their destinies have been long intertwined by a silent betrayal that could yet tear them apart.
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Stormbreaker, by Anthony Horowitz
Forcibly recruited into MI6 after the suspicious death of his guardian, Alex is sent on his first secret mission.
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Tales of terror from the black ship, by Chris Priestley
Exciting and spooky collection of short stories.
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The Crow Road, by Iain Banks
It was the day my grandmother exploded" begins this extraordinary novel of death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances. Contains adult themes.
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The Da Vinci code, by Dan Brown
So convincing the Church condemned it - the Code takes you on a breathtaking journey of murder and deception, through Europe, the Bible, and all that you thought you knew. Contains adult themes.
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The dead house, by Anne Cassidy
Lauren has always blocked out that fateful day when her mam and sister were killed, but now that she'd older, things are coming back to her...things that could mean her dad is innocent of murder. After all these years of hating him Lauren now faces the prospect of loving her dad once again. But is it that easy?
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The enemy, by Charlie Higson
They'll chase you. They'll rip you open. They'll feed on you...When the sickness came, every parent, policeman, politician - every adult - fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry. Only children under fourteen remain, and they're fighting to survive. Contains strong language and scenes of violence.
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The invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick
An amazing story and a spellbinding mystery told in words and pictures. Twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity.
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The knife that killed me, by Anthony McGowan
Just how was Paul dragged into using a knife by Roth, a bullying teenager he fears and hates? A tense and chilling book.
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The thieves of Ostia, by Caroline Lawrence
Flavia Gemina is brilliant at finding things, so she solves mysteries. The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia in AD 79, she and her three friends try to work out who severed the heads of the watchdogs that guard people's homes.
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The vanishing of Katharina Linden, by Helen Grant
In a small German town, young girls start disappearing. Eleven year old Pia decides to unravel the mystery. A real page-turner with a thrilling climax.
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To kill a mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Steep yourself in the deep South of the 30's, where Atticus defends a black man accused of raping a white girl, and Scout and Jem Finch observe the irrationality of the adult world. A warm and funny book full of truth. Contains adult themes.
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What I saw and how I lied, by Judy Blundell
Summer's ending, Evie's stepfather is finally home from the Second World War, and Evie is tired of her glamorous mother treating her like a little girl. Then a mysterious stranger appears; a handsome ex-GI who served with Evie's stepfather. Slowly, Evie realizes that she is falling in love with him - but he has dark secrets, and a strange control over her parents.
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Where I belong, by Gillian Cross
A gripping thriller of hidden identities & kidnapping, where the world of fashion, money & power meets the desperate existence of Somalian drought, and a society where the law is in the hands of those with guns. Khadija's story draws us into the majesty and beauty of Somalia, and her fierce love for her family and country; In London Abdi is still mourning his father, and Freya is battling the indifference of her world famous fashion designer mother. Then their worlds collide, with disastrous consequences......
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iBoy, by Kevin Brooks
16 year old Tom was just an ordinary boy, struggling with life in a violent estate where the law is powerless, and everyone lives in fear. But since the attack he's changed; the shattered fragments of an iphone are embeded in his brain, and the power that gives him is terrifying. Contains some very adult themes.
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