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'new gen' - Great Fiction for Teens and Young Adults
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The Hunger Games 3: Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice.
But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still
not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge...This
thrilling final instalment of this ground-breaking trilogy promises...
Format: Paperback - Released: 25/08/2010
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Almost True
Keren David
September 2010 Book of the Month.
A thrilling adventure in which the stakes are dangerously high, Almost True is an emotional roller coaster. When someone is shot dead on the doorstep instead of...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
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Scat
Carl Hiaasen
September 2010 Book of the Month.
Totally topical, Scat is a brilliant fast-moving eco-aware
thriller set in the swamps of Florida. Nick and Marta get sucked into
the world of corrupt oil prospectors...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/09/2010
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Annexed
Sharon Dogar
September 2010 Book of the Month.
The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most treasured children’s books of the last fifty years. Anne’s account of the years she spent in hiding...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2010
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Hunger
Michael Grant
Hugh 14. Hunger, like it’s prequel Gone was unputdownable. It's an excellent follow-up to an original idea. More children are developing powers and the world inside the FAYZ is spinning out of control. New leaders emerge and the tensions...
Format: Paperback - Released: 06/09/2010
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The Double-edged Sword
Sarah Silverwood
'Sixteen's an interesting age: not quite a fully grown man, but not a
kid anymore neither. Anything is possible when you're sixteen.' Finmere
Tingewick Smith was abandoned on the steps of the Old Bailey. Under the
guardianship of the austere Judge Harlequin Brown...
Format: Hardback - Released: 16/09/2010
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The Thief-taker's Apprentice
Stephen Deas
Tautly told, this gripping adventure tells how following one act of outrageous boldness a young cutpurse becomes apprentice to the city’s thief taker, a man driven by a powerful need to settle an old score. From his new master Syannis,...
Format: Hardback - Released: 26/08/2010
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Lies
Michael Grant
Review by Hugh, a 15 yr old fan:
Lies is the latest installment to the Gone series, in which
relationships are tested and new measures are resorted to in order to
stay alive. The balance of power has become more important than ever...
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/09/2010
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Virgin Widow - England's Forgotten Queen
Anne O'Brien
June 2010 Debut of the Month.
A great read and a great insight into how women were used as pawns in the scheme of things in the families who aspired to rule England...
Format: Paperback - Released: 21/05/2010
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Also don't forget to see our special newgen Summer Reading selections - click here to see more.
'new gen' is a treasure trove of books and authors that aims to bridge the reading gap for the teen / young adult audience.
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Here you'll find authors who specifically write for the teen market along with authors whose books are incredibly relevant to teenagers, The Catcher in the Rye would be the classic example.
Every title we choose aims to be not only a great read but offer insights and help as the challenges of adulthood begin
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You’ll find writers like Melvin Burgess and Kevin Brooks, whose addictive stories are woven around real issues, stuff you might have encountered in the real world. What makes them unique is that the lead characters tend to be teenagers too, making them easy to identify with.And what makes Lovereading.co.uk the best place to find books?
You can download a free Opening Extract of each book, usually about the first chapter. Read it on your screen, or print it off and enjoy anywhere. We give you enough of a book to see whether it’s your sort of thing.
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The Colour of Magic
Terry Pratchett
Who would have believed back in 1985 that this first introduction into the madcap Discworld which satirised fantasy novels and introduced us to some fantastic characters would turn into the...
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The Prince of Mist
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 30 May 2010.
June 2010 Good Housekeeping selection.
Utterly gripping, this is a deliciously haunting and chilling tale of dark magic and treachery...
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Under the Dome
Stephen King
King is so famous for horror, people often forget his wonderful human stories like The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me. Although this one has a sci-fi element, it is...
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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...
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The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Mary E. Pearson
A brilliant, haunting thriller which probes chilling psychological
depths. Jenna has one year missing from her life: she’s moved from
sixteen to seventeen in a coma. As she gradually comes back to...
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Crossing Over
Anna Kendall
Huge in scope, this is a gripping and unusual adventure and romance packed full of larger than life characters and astonishing exploits. Forced to use his gift of ‘crossing over’...
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The Fame Factor
Polly Courtney
Following the fortunes of a girl band who hit the big time after being spotted by a big American hit maker but at what cost will fame and celebrity come?...
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Fortune
Megan Cole
High gloss, high tension in this story of a lifestyle of unlimited wealth. Three girls from very different backgrounds each receive a mysterious invitation to the fiftieth birthday party of...
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Pictures of Lily
Matthew Yorke
A young girl trying to find her birth parents and dealing with the normal teenage worries and experiences. We venture in to Georgia’s world of clubs and drugs and relationships...
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Children's Writers' Artists' Yearbook
The comprehensive guide to markets in all areas of children's media,
completely revised and updated, now in its 7th edition, with a foreword
by Quentin Blake and several new articles written by...
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No and Me
Delphine de Vigan
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...
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Dark Touch: The Hunt
Amy Meredith
Gripping and gory, prepare to be seriously haunted by this powerful second title in A Dark Touch series. Schoolboy Kyle is savaged to death as he takes a short cut...
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The Edge of Nowhere
John E. Smelcer
August 2010 Book of the Month.
This is an astonishing tale of survival 'with more psychological
depth than Robinson Crusoe*'; very poignant and based...
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The 10pm Question
Kate De Goldi
August 2010 Book of the Month.
This is a warm, surprising, quirky, yet real and intelligent novel you
will fall in love with. It’s...
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Whisper My Name
Jane Eagland
August 2010 Book of the Month.
This is an incredibly eerie and chilling story of 16 year old Meriel
Garland who is trapped in...
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne
Voted 2009 Penguin Orange Readers' Group Book of the Year. Initially it is difficult to believe that the young son of the commandant of Auschwitz is as innocent...
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Stray
Rachel Vincent
Rachel Vincent is a new voice in the Paranormal Romance genre. Very much written to appeal to fans of Buffy in its style. Action packed, and with a feisty leading...
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Storm Glass
Maria V Snyder
July 2009 Book of the Month.
First of a new trilogy following Opal’s adventures as she weaves magic into glass. With her unique...
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Pride
Rachel Vincent
Another instalment of this series about shape-shifters. Faythe is now on trial facing the death penalty unless she can prove that she is capable of partial shifting to prove her...
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Rogue
Rachel Vincent
The second in the series sees the repercussions of Faythe’s actions in Stray come back to cause serious consequences. The feisty werecat has to protect her Pride when bodies...
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Shiver
Maggie Stiefvater
October 2009 Book of the Month.
Julia Eccleshare's view...
A touching and chilling love story with a difference, set in a small
town that is...
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Sea Glass
Maria V Snyder
Beautiful, sweeping fantasy, the second book in the second series to feature Opal Cowan whose magic allows her to create glass that can carry thoughts, trap storms, even steal another’s...
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No and Me
Delphine de Vigan
March 2010 'new gen' Debut of the Month title.
Deeply moving, this is the touching story of two teenagers from very
different backgrounds whose...
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Airhead: Being Nikki
Meg Cabot
Step right into the celebrity life of teenage supermodel Nikki.
Apparently the golden girl of the catwalk Nikki looks like an absolute
airhead but that’s just the surface. Underneath there’s nerdy Emmerson
Watts...
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Black Ops: Jungle Kill
Jim Eldridge
A terrific new series for teen boys who want something that bridges the gap from Anthony Horowitz and Charlie Higson to authors such as Chris Ryan and Andy McNab. This,...
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The Summer I Turned Pretty
Jenny Han
One girl, two boys…How can Isabel, Belly to the boys, choose as she
grows up with them through one glorious summer holiday after another?
Belly has always yearned for the inaccessible, cool...
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Linger
Maggie Stiefvater
July 2010 Book of the Month.
This is the heart-wrenching sequel to Shiver, which has surpassed all sales expectations on both sides of...
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Vintage
Maxine Linnell
Teenagers Holly and Marilyn both hate Fridays and want a way out of the
dullness of their lives. But, what neither expects is that a sudden
accident sends them into each other’s...
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Sisters Red
Jackson Pearce
The violence of the werewolf is everywhere in this powerful story of
two sisters’ fight to stop the death of other girls. Scarlett and Rosie
are only young when they are savagely...
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The Radleys
Matt Haig
Dripping in blood, this is a story of family secrets so terrible that they shouldn’t be uncovered...Rowan and Clara think they are ordinary teenagers. They live quietly with their ordinary...
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Life of Pi
Yann Martel
Pi’s family is moving their zoo when the boat sinks and 16-year old
Pi is left afloat in a lifeboat with four animals that includes a
tiger. Up to that point the...
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Pretty Monsters
Kelly Link
Dazzling and unlikely stories disturb and delight in this hugely original collection. Fantasy, horror and just plain mischief jostle together in the ten stories which kick off with what happens...
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I'm Not Scared
Niccolo Ammaniti
An international bestseller, this almost painfully lucid picture gives a terrifying account of what happens when nine-year-old Michele makes a terrifying discovery in an old farmhouse on one ordinary hot,...
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Fallen
Lauren Kate
July 2010 Debut of the Month.
Falling in love is a wonderful feeling and when Luce falls headlong for
Daniel as she arrives in...
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Tender Morsels
Margo Lanagan
July 2010 Debut of the Month.
This is a striking retelling of the Grimms’ Snow White and Rose Red, beautifully written and strangely...
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Losing It
Keith Gray
The Julia Eccleshare comment:
Top teenage authors tell a range of touching and thought provoking
stories about both the real and the much-fantasised about moment of
first sexual experiences. Funny, sad, crude,...
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White Crow
Marcus Sedgwick
July 2010 Book of the Month.
Packed full of suspense, this is a tingling and chilling Gothic
thriller in which nothing can quite be...
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Blood Feud
Alyxandra Harvey
Passion propels this pacy sequel to My Love Lies Bleeding effortlessly
spanning both time and the gulf between the living and the dead. Enter
the world of blood and desire where vampires...
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