| Author: | Cally Blackman; Astred Hicks (Designed by) |
| Category: |
Fiction - YA |
| Awards: | Shortlisted for the 2018 NZ Children's Book Awards - Copyright Licensing NZ Award for Young Adult Fiction |
The latest winner of the Ampersand Prize is a genre-smashing hostage drama about 14-year-old Tamara, who's faced with an impossible choice when she falls for her kidnappers. Yet this is no ordinary kidnapping.
Tamara has been living on a star freighter in deep space, and he... read more
| Author: | Sarah Crossan |
| Category: |
Fiction - YA |
| Series: | Breathe |
| Reading Level: | 11+ |
Years after the Switch, life inside the Pod has moved on. A poor Auxiliary class cannot afford the oxygen tax which supplies extra air for running, dancing and sports. The rich Premiums, by contrast, are healthy and strong. Anyone who opposes the regime is labelled a terrorist and ejected... read more
| Author: | Malorie Blackman |
| Category: |
Fiction - YA |
| Series: | Noughts and Crosses Ser. |
| Reading Level: | Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14 |
From acclaimed author Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses is the first novel in her incredible four part dystopian YA series. 'The most original book I've ever read' Benjamin Zephaniah Sephy and Callum have been friends since early childhood, and that's as far as it can go. The... read more
| Author: | Mark Haddon |
| Category: |
Fiction - YA |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
'Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them'. This is Christopher's murder mystery story. There are also no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like str... read more
| Author: | David Hill |
| Category: |
Fiction - YA |
A gripping novel for young adults that captures both the daring and the everyday realities of serving in the Air Force during the Second World War.
Pete and Paul yelled together. 'Bandit! Nine o-clock! Bandit!' Jack spun to stare. There was the Messerschmitt on their left, streaki... read more
| Author: | Daisy Goodwin |
| Category: |
Fiction - YA |
'To me, ma'am, you are every inch a Queen' In 1837, less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, Alexandrina Victoria - sheltered, small in stature, and female - became Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and from the moment William IV died, the young Queen startled everyone: abandoning... read more
| Author: | Joey Graceffa |
| Category: |
Fiction - YA |
| Series: | Eden |
Rowan is a second child in a world where population control measures make her an outlaw, marked for death. She can never go to school, make friends, or get the eye implants that will mark her as a true member of Eden. Indeed, her kaleidoscopic eyes may very well give her away to th... read more
| Author: | Cornelia Funke |
| Category: |
Fiction - YA |
| Series: | Inkheart |
| Reading Level: | From 8 To 12 |
From the author of the sensational New York Times bestseller The Thief Lord comes a thrilling new adventure about magic and self-discovery. Meggie lives a quiet life alone with her father, a bookbinder. But her father has a deep secret-he possesses an extraordinary magic... read more
| Author: | Maggie Stiefvater |
| Category: |
Fiction - YA |
| Series: | Raven Cycle Ser. |
The second installment in the all-new series from the masterful, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater! Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is fallin... read more
| Author: | Maggie Stiefvater |
| Category: |
Fiction - YA |
| Series: | The\Raven Cycle Ser. |
Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs.The trick with ... read more
| Author: | Kiera Cass |
| Category: |
Fiction - YA |
| Reading Level: | Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14 |
From the New York Times bestselling author of 'The Selection' series comes this sweeping standalone fantasy romance about a girl with a secret and the boy of her dreams.
| Author: | N. K. Ashworth |
| Category: |
Fiction - YA |
An exciting new novel set on Waiheke Island, which tells the story of a young teen, an injured hawk and a quest for truth...This book delivers a new take on the mystery/fantasy genre, and will keep the reader glued to the pages until the last word is read ! Ideally suited to... read more
