Debut books from New Authors

Shine
Kate Maryon
Tiff’s life has been a bit of a rollercoaster, until that is her mother is sent to prison for theft. So Tiff begins a new life with some distant relatives in what she perceives to be a god-forsaken island somewhere...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/03/2010
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The Queen Must Die: Chronicles of the Tempus
K.A.S. Quinn
Completely gripping, this rollercoaster time travel adventure takes Katie, a contemporary New York teenager, back right into the heart of Queen Victoria’s reign. Landing unexpectedly in the Buckingham Palace bedroom of Alice, Queen Victoria’s younger daughter, Katie is swiftly caught...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2010
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No and Me
Delphine de Vigan
Shortlisted for the prestigious Sheffield Children's Book Award 2011 Deeply moving, this is the touching story of two teenagers from very different backgrounds whose friendship raises huge questions about what concepts of home and family really mean. Lou is bright and...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2010
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Pretty Bad Things
C.J. Skuse
Although not the target audience for this debut novel, Pretty Bad Things arrived on my desk at about the time the Catcher in the Rye author, J D Salinger died and there are definite comparisons to be drawn. Here in Pretty...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2010
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My So-Called Afterlife
Tamsyn Murray
Highly Commended for the Teenage Book Prize 2010. A wonderful debut novel which, as well as being laugh-out-loud funny, is full of insights, compassion, and love.  Fifteen-year-old Lucy has been stuck in the men's loo ever since she was murdered...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 26/02/2010
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The Badness of Ballydog
Garrett Carr
Can a town be full of badness? When Ewan is moved there against his will he can feel the force of something coming. Something unknown but something to be feared. May knows it too, and Andrew. Will anyone believe the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
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Beautiful Creatures
Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl
A teen romance with a twist of danger and the supernatural told with a sure touch that makes it a headlong read from start to finish. Typical teenager Ethan is bored by his life growing up in a small town...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/02/2010
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Magic Under Glass
Jaclyn Dolamore
A hair-raising story full of suspense and intrigue. Nimira is picked out of her poor life as a music hall performer by the wealthy and mysterious Hollin Parry who asks her to sing for his automaton piano player. Parry is...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2010
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Princess for Hire
Lindsey Leavitt
A light-hearted comedy about whether dreams can really ever come true… Desi’s chirpy first person narrative tells the story of how her oh-so-boring life is transformed when she is accepted to be the substitute princess. Surely then, she can leave...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2010
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The Django
Levi Pinfold
Winner of the Booktrust Best Emerging Illustrator Award. There’s magic and music at the heart of this original and touching story. When Little Jean first comes across the Django he just sees a tricksy creature capable of causing absolute chaos....
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/02/2010
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Meteorite Strike
A.G. Taylor
Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Book Award 2010 An action-packed science fiction adventure unfolds at a cracking pace following the crashing of a plane after a meteor strike. Robert and Sarah survive the alien virus which strikes thousands of others but find...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 29/01/2010
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Castle of Shadows
Ellen Renner
A ragged princess needs all her courage to help her find out what has happened to her mother. When Princess Charlotte’s mother, the Queen of Quayle, vanishes in mysterious circumstances no-one seems very interested in finding out what has become...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/01/2010
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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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Quicksilver
Samira Osman
Told at a cracking pace this modern fantasy tells how three children from different countries are brought together by the force of the mysterious Ley lines to fulfil an ancient prophecy. Working together, they must unlock a treasure with unimagined...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/01/2010
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Monster Republic: The Divinity Project
Ben Horton
As commercial and compelling as a computer game, this is the first book in a major new series. Edgy, exhilarating and fast-paced not all teens will have the guts to read this but we're sure there will be many that get...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2010
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Jane Airhead
Kay Woodward
This entertaining story tells how copying fiction may not always work well in life…After Charlotte has read Jane Eyre she falls in love with Mr Rochester and is determined to find a modern day Mr Rochester as a new partner...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/11/2009
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Winter Shadow
Richard Knight, Richard Johnson
A wonderful story, both for animal lovers and young adventurers. It’s the story of a little girl who finds an abandoned wolf cub and how they become inseparable as they grow up together.  Slowly the fear that the local village...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/11/2009
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Threads
Sophia Bennett
Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2009. Fresh, witty and wholly contemporary, prize winning Threads won The Times/Chicken House writing competition. How three teenage friends with completely different interests – one’s into fashion, one plans to save the world...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2009
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The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 43
Harriet Goodwin
Shortlisted for the 2010 Blue Peter 'Book I Couldn't Put Down' Award. Adventurous, charming and poignant by turns, The Boy Who Fell Down Exit 43 is a quirky debut novel laced with humour and a dollop of magic.
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Format: Paperback - Released: 07/09/2009
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The Traitor Game
B R Collins
Winner of for the 2009 Branford Boase Best Debut Novel Award An extraordinary fantasy novel from a supremely talented novelist. Set partly in a boys’ school and also in another world that is both fierce and dangerous, it has themes of...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2009
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Darke Academy 1: Secret Lives
Gabriella Poole
This is the first story in a series of three featuring supernatural spirits, with each one set in a different exotic city.  Secret Lives has a gripping unputdownable plot, a sophisticated Parisian setting and paranormal romance that will set the...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 06/08/2009
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Prince Edward's Feast
Robin O'Brien, Leah-Ellen Heming
Even a King can be easily defeated by simple things! Left to feed Prince Edward when the Queen goes out shopping, the King tries everything to tempt his son to eat. But Prince Edward will have none of it! The...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/08/2009
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The Undrowned Child
Michelle Lovric
A captivating magical fantasy in a secret watery underworld, The Undrowned Child tells how eleven year old Teodora is swept into the storybook world of invisible children whose task is to save the dying city of Venice.  Working alongside the...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/07/2009
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Escape from Shadow Island
Paul Adam
Searching for the truth about his parents, Max shows great courage in the face of danger. He is helped by his absolute belief that his father is still alive and therefore that his mother didn’t kill him. He is also...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 02/07/2009
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Carrie Ryan
This is a remarkable and moving debut novel that was causing waves well before it was published.  The author has crafted a powerful and at times frightening tale that explores humanity’s unfailing desire not just to survive, but to live,...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2009
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The Boy in the Dress
David Walliams
Shortlisted for Roald Dahl's Funny Prize 2009. Touching, funny and full of insight, this tender story tells how Dennis decides that everyone does not have to be the same. Bravely, he decides to do something completely different. Taking a risk...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 25/06/2009
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Love, Aubrey
Suzanne Lafleur
Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Book Award 2010 Brilliant and convincing, this is a deeply moving story which saves the reader from absolute heartbreak because of its warmth, understanding and hope. Utterly gripping, the story of how Aubrey grieves following the catastrophe...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 25/06/2009
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Billy Bones: A Tale from the Secrets Closet
Christopher Lincoln
This is an exquisite debut novel from an author who clearly has a great talent. The Bones family are a family of skeletons who all live, rather appropriately, in a closet inside a great mansion. Little Billy Bones longs to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 05/06/2009
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Amos Daragon: The Mask Wearer
Bryan Perro
A fast-paced and gripping epic fantasy tale of a young boy's struggle between good and evil. Amos Daragon is one of the chosen.  On the day of his birth, his fate was written in golden letters in the great history of heroes.  His destiny is to...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2009
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Amos Daragon, The Mask Wearer
Bryan Perro
From publisher Book House:  A fast-paced and gripping epic fantasy tale of a young boy's struggle between good and evil. Amos Daragon is one of the chosen.  On the day of his birth, his fate was written in golden letters in the great history of heroes. ...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 01/06/2009
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