Toffee by Sarah Crossan
Times Children's Book of the Week 27 April 2019 I am not who I say I am, and Marla isn't who she thinks she is.…
Rayne And Delilah's Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner
Josie and Delia are best friends and co-hosts on their own public access TV show, Midnite Matinee. They dress as vampires Rayne and Delilah, perform…
The Hand, The Eye And The Heart by Zoe Marriott
"Set in a richly imagined fairy-tale China, Marriot weaves topical themes of gender identity into an epic fantasy adventure." THE BOOKSELLER Waterstones
Home Girl by Alex Wheatle
New from the winner of the Guardian Children's Book Award: Home Girl is the story of Naomi, a teenage girl growing up fast in the…
Awake In The World by Jason Gurley
A debut YA from a US author. Vanessa has been reaching for the stars since she was a little girl, and is determined to get…
Scar (Ink Trilogy Book 3) by Alice Broadway
INK taught Leora that all was not what it seems on the surface. SPARK taught her that there are two sides to every story. Now…
Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Rumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying. What to eat, where to go, who to love. But one thing she is sure of she…
Internement by Samira Ahmed
Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week, 24 March 2019 Set in a horrifying 'fifteen minutes in the future' United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin is…
Beauty Sleep by Kathryn Evans
Described as "a Black Mirror style twist on Sleeping Beauty", this slick thriller is by an author whose debut novel was the first YA novel…
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
This book began life as a web comic, supported by pledges from Patreon - see previous blog post... Charlie and Nick are at the same…
The Truth About Keeping Secrets by Savannah Brown
A stunning debut novel. Sydney's dad is the only psychiatrist for miles around their small Ohio town. He is also unexpectedly dead. Is Sydney crazy, or…
One Shot by Tanya Landman
Times Children's Book of the Week, 23 Feb 2019 After the death of her beloved father, Maggie and her family are thrown into a life…
The Love And Lies Of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan
A timely and honest coming-of-age story that explores the complicated relationship between identity, culture, family, and love. Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali tries her hardest to live…
Monsters by Sharon Dogar
1814: Mary Godwin, the sixteen-year-old daughter of radical socialist and feminist writers, runs away with a dangerously charming young poet - Percy Bysshe Shelley. From…
Fierce Fragile Hearts by Sara Barnard
Fierce Fragile Hearts is the stunning companion novel to Sara Barnard's YA bestseller Beautiful Broken Things, which was selected for the inaugural Zoella Book Club.…
The Stoken Ones by Vanessa Curtis
Harrowing and gripping page-turner inspired by the legacy of the Nazi Lebensborn program, from the author of The Earth Is Singing, winner of the Young…
A TUDOR TTUDOR TURK I - The Chronicles of Will Ryde and Awa Maryam Al-Jameel by Rehan Khasn
First part of a YA historical quest trilogy. A 16th century Mission Impossible. Hope Road is an independent publisher which promotes literature focussing on Africa,…
Outwalkers by Fiona Shaw
Shortlisted for the YA Prize 2019 England is under the control of an authoritarian regime. Chips implanted in citizens' skin at birth mean anyone can…
Me Mam. Me Dad. ME. by Malcolm Duffy
Shortlisted for Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2019 Humorous and heartbreaking debut novel with the fresh, funny, honest voice of a 14-year-old Geordie lad recounting the…
Children Of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Shortlisted for Guardian Children's Book Prize 2019 Already snapped up for development into a major new film by the producers of The Maze Runner and The…