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The Fourth Horseman
Kate Thompson
Intrigue abounds in this stunning story about modern science, religious fundamentalism and the human thirst for power from a multi-award winning author. Incredibly topical, it is also a powerful and gripping read that will have you questioning our...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2007

My So-called Life
Joanna Nadin
A breath of fresh air in teen girls’ fiction and one of the funniest things we’ve read in the Lovereading office this year. Tipped to be the Adrian Mole for today’s teenage girls, My So-Called Life charts the side-splitting consequences...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2007

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp
Rick Yancey
Alfred Kropp has none of the usual characteristics of a hero but, when a dangerous magical sword falls into the wrong hands, he finds he does have what it takes to be brave. A modern day King Arthur,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/06/2007

The Harsh Cry of the Heron
Lian Hearn
This is a breath-taking epic of warfare and sacrifice, passionate revenge, treacherous betrayals and unconquerable love. Liane Hearn's ancient mythological world of fierce chivalry is compelling, timeless storytelling that will endure for generations of readers to come.
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2007

Bliss...
Karen Mccombie
Well-written and so true to life. Teenage girls are lucky to have the opportunity to read books by an author who has her finger on the pulse of the teenage world. Easy to read and funny yet dealing with issues...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2007

My Swordhand Is Singing
Marcus Sedgwick
Winner of the Book Trust Teenage book award 2007 andshortlisted for the 2007 Carnegie Award and our favourite to win the award. Highly readable yet thought-provoking, mysterious yet chilling, and so perfectly paced that it is totally unputdownable.The quality of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2007

Becoming Bindy Mackenzie
Jaclyn Moriarty
Who is Bindy Mackenzie? Bindy Mackenzie is smart and kind – or so she thinks. But, when she discovers that despite all of that, nobody likes her much, she banishes her kind self and tries something far more ruthless. Bindy...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/04/2007

Henry's Tumour
Anthony Mcgowan
Winner of the Booktrust teenage prize in 2006, Henry Tumour is exceedingly funny, compulsive, thought-provoking, challenging, dark and tragic by turns. As Mal Peet, another author of brilliant teenage fiction said, ‘Henry Tumour is a boisterous, anarchic, frequently vulgar comedy....
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2007

Jealousy Junkie
Carrie Bright
Funny, action-packed, yet touching, this book takes you on the roller coaster of worries and dreams that is Maddy Blue's life. Full of teenage angst and yet a perfect bedside read for every teenage girl who thinks the grass may...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2007

Waves
Sharon Dogar
This is an incredibly thought-provoking, lyrically written debut, which astounded me time after time with each new page. Sharon has cleverly intertwined two strands to the novel, past and present, into what I can best describe as unputdownable and original....
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/04/2007

An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore
Powerful photographs make their points eloquently and from them Al Gore argues passionately for everyone to do everything they can to slow down the rate at which the climate is being destroyed. The message is irresistible and Gore is hugely...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/04/2007

Truth: A teenager's survival guide
Ann Mcpherson, Aidan Macfarlane
This is an essential guide for every teenager from the authors of the phenomenally successful Health Freak books. With over a million copies sold worldwide and translated into 22 languages, these books have been a global publishing phenomenon, bringing both...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2007

Note of Madness
Tabitha Suzuma
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2007. What the judges’ said: It reads as if it must have happened to the author; a book that will expand horizons and counter narrowmindedness Flynn is one of the top pianists at the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 15/02/2007

Exchange
Paul Magrs
The Great Big Book Exchange is a bookshop with a difference. Simon is living with his grandparents after the death of his parents when he happens on it and discovers that Kelly and her boss Terrance offer him the chance...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2007

Are We There Yet?
David Levithan
Two brothers, Italy and love…it’s a potent combination. Elijah and Danny really don’t get on. They seem to have nothing except their shared blood in common. But, when their parents dispatch them to Italy they find they can be closer...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2007

Private: A Private Novel
Kate Brian
This is a terrific teenage novel set in a US private school (or academy). When Reed wins a scholarship to the school she thinks her world is looking up but on arrival it’s clear she may well be bright but she comes from...
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/02/2007

Angel Blood
John Singleton
A terrify and deeply moving story about four teenagers trapped in the Bin. They are odd balls, misfits, maybe even a bit mad but they are smart enough to know that Dr Dearly is a real danger to them. But...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 01/02/2007

Endymion Spring
Matthew Skelton
One legendry books that holds secret knowledge sets two boys alight bringing power, magic and danger into their lives. Full of ideas and excitement, this is a thought provoking read for confident readers.
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 01/02/2007

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne
Voted 2009 Penguin Orange Readers' Group Book of the Year. Initially it is difficult to believe that the young son of the commandant of Auschwitz is as innocent as he is, then you begin to accept his ignorance...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2007

The Road of the Dead
Kevin Brooks
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Award 2007. This is a book that will have you gasping for breath, gripping your chair and biting your teeth all at once and from the very start. The characters are so realistic you feel you can...
Format: Paperback - Released: 08/01/2007

Bloodsong
Melvin Burgess
Melvin Burgess is justly regarded as the Godfather of Young Adult fiction in the UK. He doesn’t disappoint with this work of mind-bending imagination and power, in which myth, magic and science fiction are mixed with the basest and best...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 04/01/2007

The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
This is a coming-of-age, incredibly thought-provoking, beautifully written and utterly original book. The book thief in the story is a nine-year old girl but this incredible story will resonate with any teenager. It’s 1939 in Nazi Germany and...
Format: Hardback - Released: 30/12/2006

The Angel Collector
Bali Rai
An edge-of-your-seat thriller that will have you hooked from the first page. A missing girl, a web of clues and a race to find the truth by a close friend who made a promise to come and find her if...
Format: Paperback - Released: 09/12/2006

Twilight - Twilight Saga Book 1
Stephenie Meyer
Shortlisted for the 2009 Penguin Orange Readers' Group Book of the Year. Deeply seductive and irresistibly compelling, this is an extraordinary love story that will stay with you long after you’ve finished it. It’s the first in the Twilight series and...
Format: Paperback - Released: 09/12/2006

The Rights of the Reader
Daniel Pennac
A welcome reissue of this wonderful and refreshing manifesto on reading which everyone, readers and non-readers alike will enjoy hugely. Pennac’s thesis is that readers should feel free to read anything, anytime, anywhere – so long as they...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/10/2006

Checkmate
Malorie Blackman
At last the book to tie up the loose ends of the Noughts and Crosses trilogy and it certainly doesn’t disappoint in anyway. The originality of the plot is breathtaking and the characters superbly drawn. You’ll be gripped to the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2006

Down to the Wire
Bernard Ashley
A brilliant adventure for any budding journalist to get their teeth into. Ben Maddox is in the cut and thrust world of journalism and when he’s sent off to report from the fragile peace of the Ivory Coast he finds...
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2006

Politics - Cutting Through the Crap
Bali Rai
A highly personal and admittedly biased introduction to some aspects of politics. As a background, Bali Rai looks at how the institutions of government work and at what the different parties stand for and some of the ideologies...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/09/2006

Nemesis 1: Into The Shadows
Catherine Macphail
A high speed, thriller which begins when Ram wakes on the top floor of a tower block. When the lift door opens he finds a man lying in a pool of blood. What is he trying to tell...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/09/2006

Close-up
Sherry Ashworth
When Jimmy’s long missing father turns up out of the blue, Jimmy weaves himself the kind of happy future that he’d find in the films, which are his passion. With everything else in his life in a bit...
Format: Paperback - Released: 04/09/2006