Featured Books for 14+ readers

Lies
Michael Grant
A compelling sequel to the best-selling Gone and Hunger, Lies is a dark, thrilling and thought-provoking adventure. It is set in a dystopian future where food is scarce and life is fragile; all those over fifteen have been...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/09/2011
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Sektion 20
Paul Dowswell
There’s genuine terror at the heart of this gripping political thriller. Life in East Berlin is fraught with tension: the Stasi are everywhere and you have to watch you words to stay safe. Teenager Alex knows all of that and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/09/2011
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Velvet
Mary Hooper
A richly atmospheric novel set in the Victorian period and perfect for fans of the hugely popular Fallen Grace. Teens will love this romantic, thrilling and exciting new novel from the acclaimed and much loved historical novelist.  It's also...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/09/2011
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Dark Inside
Jeyn Roberts
The Road meets 28 Days Later in this heart-stopping, page-turning saga of rage, hope and survival. A global earthquake has released an inner rage in some people throughout the world that they cannot fight. For those who can, life becomes...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2011
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Heist Society
Ally Carter
Kat's got a deadline - two weeks to pull off the biggest heist in history... From the New York Times bestselling author of the Gallagher Girls series.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean
David Almond
Award-winning David Almond breaks new boundaries in his storytelling of this remarkable tale. Billy Dean is an innocent child surrounded by decay and threatened with an undefined violence. In his unique voice, he tells his own story of survival, and...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Kill All Enemies
Melvin Burgess
A brilliant, intense and important book for everyone who cares about the real lives of many young people. The award winning author of Junk, Melvin Burgess, is at his very best in this hard hitting and deeply touching story...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Abandon
Meg Cabot
The first book in the brand-new dark and dangerously seductive trilogy from bestselling teen author Meg Cabot.  It's dark paranormal romance at its best and combined with Meg's brilliant storytelling powers we think she's hit the jackpot.  She paints a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Words in the Dust
Trent Reedy
A Lovereading4Kids 'Debut of the Year 2011' selection. 11+. A touching and thought-provoking story set in contemporary Afghanistan, Words in the Dust uncovers how the lives of women and girls are changing. Zulaikha, a younger sister born with a disfiguring cleft...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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No Use Crying
Zannah Kearns
This warm and powerful coming-of-age story is a sparkling debut from a brilliant fresh talent, filled with colourful characters that will stay with you long after the book is finished.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Mist
Kathryn James
"Listen, my children. Have you heard of the Lost Girls? They go into the woods and never come back ..." Mist is Kathryn James' first novel. She currently works as a filmmaker documenting the lives of gypsies living in the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Paradise
Joanna Nadin
When sixteen year old Billie Paradise inherits her grandmother's house, it's a fairytale come true. She and her family move from their rented flat in London to start a new life by the sea. Maybe Billie can even find the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Witchfinder 3: The Last Nightfall
William Hussey
This finale in the Witchfinder series is eagerly awaited and the series itself has been universally acknowledged by both authors and reviewers as something special.  The fear unleashed by the author throughout the trilogy is breathtaking but not to be...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Department 19
Will Hill
A Lovereading4Kids 'Debut of the Year 2011' selection. 14+. This is a well crafted debut paranormal novel for teens but it's much more than that for it features a cleverly laid plot that revolves around a government secret agency who...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Wickedness
Deborah White
This is a stunning debut from an exciting new voice in teenage fiction, author Deborah White. It is a thrilling adventure that combines history, fantasy and romance and is refreshingly original.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Stealing Phoenix
Joss Stirling
Phoenix belongs to the Community, a gang of thieves with paranormal powers. Yves Benedict, an American student visiting London, is her mark. But Yves turns out to be more than just a target. He is her destiny. Her soulmate. The...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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Poison Diaries 2 : Nightshade
Maryrose Wood
Our heroine, Jessamine, has lost her faith in the men she loved, and her innocence as well. She turns to the dark side and plots to kill her father, using his own poisons, before becoming an assassin, a poisoner for...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011
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The Power of Six
Pittacus Lore
Read the book or seen the film I am Number Four ? Then this sequel to it is an absolute must read.  They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They tried to catch...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 23/08/2011
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The Cardturner
Louis Sachar
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. The worldwide best-selling author of Holes takes readers on a journey right into the extraordinary and obsessive world of bridge. Don’t be put off by this central theme before having a...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 09/08/2011
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The Demon Trappers: Forbidden
Jana Oliver
Demon Trapper Riley is back for a second adventure. Seeing off the Demons one by one is a dark and difficult job but, like her father before her, it’s the job Riley has always wanted to do. Now, the tasks...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/08/2011
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There is No Dog
Meg Rosoff
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Carnegie Medal winner Meg Rosoff gives a whole new look to life in this brilliantly entertaining novel about what if the job of being god was in the hands of a...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 04/08/2011
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Bartimaeus: The Ring of Solomon
Jonathan Stroud
Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book of the Year Award 2010. Magic and wit make perfect partners in this highly entertaining new story - a prequel to the author's Bartimaeus trilogy - about an unusually quick-witted djinni who has an uncanny...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
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Lia's Guide to Winning the Lottery
Keren David
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Teenager Lia is used to dealing with falling in love, arguing with her family and shopping! In fact, her Mum has just kicked her out of the house when her lottery...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
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Lord of The Flies
William Golding
William Golding’s iconic and enduring novel is interesting in many ways. Firstly it was a debut book and secondly it was rejected by numerous publishers and editors before it was picked up off the ‘slush-pile’ by a young editor at...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
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The Inheritors
William Golding
This was Golding’s second published novel and hailed by critics as his best, so startling was it that one, Arthur Koestler, described it as ‘an earthquake in the petrified forests of the English Novel’. 55 years on the novel...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
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Boys for Beginners
Lil Chase
Is it worth giving up being a tomboy for your first crush? A sparky, funny and warm story about friendship, family and growing up. 'I'm just saying that if you ever want, like, a boyfriend or anything - not that I...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
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August
Bernard Beckett
Trapped in a car wreck, upside down, bleeding and in pain, Tristan and Grace are staring at death. When dawn breaks they might be seen from the road and rescued, or not. They wait desperately holding onto life, unravelling the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2011
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