Featured Books for 14+ readers

Where She Went
Gayle Forman
All the pain of love and loss is crammed into this powerful and passionate novel about two talented teenagers from the bestselling author of If I Stay. Adam’s making it big as a rock star but he’s still haunted by...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 28/04/2011
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When The Snow Fell
Henning Mankell
Shortlisted for the Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation.    A touching story of growing up and discovering what really matters. Joel makes three New Year’s resolutions: To see a naked lady, to toughen himself up so that he can live...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2007
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When It Happens
Susane Colasanti
May 2012 Book of the Month.  A terrific romantic comedy drama for all those searching for The One! Sara and Tobey couldn't be more different. She is focused on getting into her first-choice college; he wants to win Battle of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/05/2012
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When I Was Joe
Keren David
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2011. Highly Commended for the Teenage Book Prize 2010. An edgy and contemporary thriller about the life changing dangers of knife crime – and that’s just for the witness. When Ty tells the police...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2010
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When I Lived in Modern Times
Linda Grant
Shortlisted for the Best of the Orange Best 2010 by the Orange Prize Youth Panel.  A naïve young Jewish woman, Evelyn, moves to Israel, the Promised Land, in 1946. The country is coping with an influx of refugees and gradually Evelyn’s eyes are...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 09/10/2000
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What I Saw and How I Lied
Judy Blundell
Winner of the prestigious American National Book Award - Utterly gripping and beautifully told, this is a stunning rite of passage novel, set just after WW2, full of powerful and conflicting emotions, which captures the dramatic shift from child to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2010
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What I Saw and How I Lied
Judy Blundell
Winner of the prestigious American National Book Award - Utterly gripping and beautifully told, this is a stunning rite of passage novel, set just after WW2, full of powerful and conflicting emotions, which captures the dramatic shift from child to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/07/2009
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Wereworld : Rise of the Wolf
Curtis Jobling
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. A Lovereading4Kids 'Debut of the Year 2011' selection. Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2011 14+. This is an absolutely cracking debut fantasy novel.  Every teenager should make time for it as...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/01/2011
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Weighing It Up
Ali Valenzuela
This is a frank and compelling account of the author's struggle to overcome anorexia.  Ali's story is both honest and deeply personal.  Her account of her emotional state and thought processes provides an invaluable insight into the world of the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2009
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Waves
Sharon Dogar
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2008. 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...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/05/2008
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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....
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/04/2007
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War of the Worlds (Classics Illustrated)
H G Wells
One of a range of marvellous comic books created in the '50s and '60s, now with artwork re-coloured and covers digitally enhanced for a new generation. Perfectly bound at a terrifically good value price.    “I would certainly recommend any parent hoping...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2008
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War of the Witches
Maite Carranza
This is the perfect read for fans of Buffy, Charmed and W.I.T.C.H.  Evocative, timeless storytelling that delves deep into the bond between mothers and daughters and the mysteries of growing up.  For all those magic and astrology obsessed teenagers this...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2009
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Virtual Kombat: A Pocket Money Puffin
Chris Bradford
Gripping action from start to finish in this tightly told futuristic story about a world in which the power of a game reaches far off the screen and into real life. After the virus has wiped out all the adults,...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
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Viola in Reel Life
Adriana Trigiani
Full of a zest, this captures how a newcomer to Prefect Academy learns to enjoy the boarding school environment she thought she would hate. Viola provides a hugely entertaining account of Perfect and the people in it initially using her...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010
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Vintage
Maxine Linnell
This is a cleverly charted time-slip novel that's also a real pageturner that will make you laugh, think and cry. Two girls swap lives – Holly lives now, and Marilyn lives in 1962. Holly is sexy and has attitude. Marilyn has...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/05/2010
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Villette
Charlotte Bronte, Helen Cooper
With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in the small town of Villette. There she struggles to retain her self-possession in the face of unruly pupils, an initially suspicious headmaster and...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/06/2004
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VIII
H. M. Castor
This is the story of Henry VIII from handsome young prince to cruel king. How did this talented skilful warrior turn into a villainous monster? This is historical fiction at its best but played out from a different angle with...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/10/2011
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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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Vamoose! A Pocket Money Puffin
Meg Rosoff
Prize-winning author Meg Rosoff’s Vamoose!, a brilliant black comedy on the ups and downs of having any new baby but especially one who is different, is a gem. When a teen mum gives birth to a moose she and her...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/05/2010
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Urgent Message Of Wowness
Karen Mccombie
A funky novel, complete with funky title and funky cover from a bestselling author who is just brilliant at getting under the skin of that nearly teen market. It’s bursting with humour and charm despite the sometimes fraught friendships between...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/05/2007
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Unwind
Neal Shusterman
A gripping brilliantly imagined futuristic thriller set in a society where teens are salvaged for their body parts; this is a truly exciting page-turner for teens that will appeal to fans of Scott Westerfeld.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/08/2008
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Untouchable: A Private Novel
Kate Brian
Reed’s life was perfect but now with her boyfriend dead it’s anything but.  Just who did kill him? What she discovers is almost too shocking to be true.  Reed’s life is crumbling.   As sharp and addictive as the Gossip Girls, this...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/11/2007
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Unrest
Michelle Harrison
May 2012 Book of the Month. Best-selling author Michelle Harrison blurs the lines between being dead and alive in this brilliant, spine-tingling story of the powers of the undead. Elliott escapes death by a hair’s breadth; he’s so close to it that he draws...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/04/2012
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Unhooking the Moon
Gregory Hughes
Shortlisted for the prestigious Branford Boase Award 2011. Winner of the BookTrust Teenage Book Prize 2010 and shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2010.   One absolutely, indisputably MEGA story! This highly recommended title is a beautifully written, utterly original, funny...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/04/2010
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Unforgettable
Cecily Von Ziegesar
The fourth in the series sees us returning to the characters of Waverly Academy. With lots of gossip, fashion, scandal, mayhem and romance these books are great fun with plenty of different characters to keep the pace and interest going....
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Format: Paperback - Released: 24/07/2008
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Uncle Montague's Tales Of Terror
Chris Priestley
Chris Priestley in his first book with Bloomsbury has written a book that is impossible to put down. Be warned however! The content is scary, no doubt about it. The book contains a series of short fast-paced horror stories, climaxing...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/10/2008
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Un Lun Dun
China Mieville
Age 10+. What an absolutely brilliant, extraordinary and wildly inventive fantasy adventure. Published in hardback in 2007 to huge acclaim, this will be devoured for everything ordinary in London becomes extraordinary here in Un lun dun. Fast-paced, bizarre, funny but...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2008
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Ultraviolet
R. J. Anderson
From the bestselling author of Knife, Rebel and Arrow comes a mesmerising and fear inducing novel. Sixteen-year-old Alison has been sectioned in a mental institute for teens, having murdered the most perfect and popular girl at school. But the case...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
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Twisting the Truth
Judy Waite
Interest Age 14+ Reading Age 8+. A fantastic new thriller featuring a strong female main character – perfect for teenage girls. When Elsa’s friend goes missing from school someone is arrested who may be innocent and it’s up to Elsa...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/01/2010
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