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Hayaat and her family were driven from their land by Israeli settlers. When her grandmother falls ill, Hayaat is convinced that some soil from home might restore her will to live.

Bob has a stubborn younger sister with disturbing fits and upsetting premonitions. She foretells her best friend's murder, their dog's disappearance and her father's death. Bob calls her the Rat.

In the second instalment of The Grylliad, Gryllus the Pig is hoping to be returned to his true human form but a new threat to the universe means his plans are put on hold...

Siki already has a fierce hatred for the Mexican warriors but when her little brother Tazhi is brutally slain in front of her, she vows to become an apache warrior and avenge his death.

Follow bored, angry yet irresistible teen April-May as she negotiates a new school and a new family situation in her own unique way.

After her previous Takeshita Demon-defying adventures, Miku hopes School Camp will be a picnic - but something's making her uneasy. And soon her suspicions are confirmed.

Set in India during the summer of 1947, A Beautiful Lie follows the tumultuous events of the Partition of India through the eyes of Bilal who is looking after his ill father.

Introspective 14-year-old Symone is obsessed with Antarctica but when her 'Uncle' Victor takes her to the land of ice, the journey soon turns into a nightmare of madness and death.

After a major earthquake in 1951 devastates their lives, Makis and his mother are re-homed in North London, but they face antagonism from both the British and Greek communities.

Sylvie's future as a star ballet dancer is mapped out, but her dreams are shattered when she breaks her leg.

Working in India at the Golden Tiger Reserve is Charlotte's dream job; then a horrific train crash tears her world apart. Amid the wreckage, handsome, unsettling Jack latches on to her. 

Solveig is a fourteen-year-old Norwegian who, in 1036, follows her father to Constantinople, where he is a member of the Viking guard.

In late 1909, 13-year-old Poesy Swift is presented with an irresistible opportunity to escape her oppressive life in Melbourne...

Set in the seventeenth century amid the bleakness of winter in Eastern Europe, and inspired by vampire folklore, this is a superbly crafted, dark and menacing tale.

A vivid, fast-moving take on the Romeo and Juliet story, exploring the experience of young urban British Asians as they negotiate their way through two cultures

Bea's journey through the sundrenched boulevards of Paris will transport teenagers to another world in this astute and imaginative tale about identity and truth.

Adam and Salim find themselves part of opposing armies in the Europe-wide Christian crusade against Sultan Saladin's Islamic empire.

As an adolescent, Halo is dragged from the love and security of her unconventional upbringing and sold as a slave.

Buyisiwe has spent his life in London with his mother, but when she can no longer afford to look after him, he is sent to South Africa, to live with his father

Funny, insightful and surprising – a great debut novel

The perfect story to share with young people to explore themes of immigration, alienation and communication

After her grandmother is burned at the stake, Mary is rescued and sent overseas to America to live amongst a Puritan community. But with her gifts, it's not always the safest place to be.

Told through the eyes of ten-year-old Jamie, My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece sensitively tackles issues around grief, terrorism, racism and bullying.

How does a sweet and innocent child grow up to be so bitter and twisted that she is prepared not only to kill those she considers to be enemies but also to blow herself up in the process?

Deirdre, a teenage, twenty-first century musician, discovers her supernatural Celtic background and finds she can see faeryfolk - but there are dangers ahead...

A brilliantly told, exciting story, with a brave and dignified heroine, which reveals the complexities of this chapter of American history.

When an angry Sovay becomes a highwayman so she can hold up her faithless fiancé, she discovers that there is a conspiracy to try her father and brother for treason.

When 16-year-old Lia wins eight million pounds in the lottery it seems like a dream come true.But money can make things more complicated than you'd think...

Back in the early 1980s, Robert Jacklin doesn't want to move to the newly independent Zimbabwe with his parents, nor does he want to be shipped off to boarding school.

Sarah Adams's deft translation foregrounds Faïza Guene's sharply creative use of language, highlighting cross-currents of urban and racial tensions, in this sad, funny and important book.

Following from Brahmachari's debut novel, Artichoke Hearts, this a thoughtful, tender and uplifting novel, which continues the story of Mira, now two years older, as she negotiates challenging new experiences, the complexities of family and friendship, and the uncertainty of teenage love.

Romance, art, monasticism and murder in Umbria, 1316. Hoffman has specialised in creating atmospheric historical novels, filled with intrigue...

A strange encounter with a moustachioed man in a dusty bookshop offers a cryptic answer to Strato Nyman's troubles

Ausländer gives a fascinating insight into life in Berlin during WorldWar II – a perspective not frequently portrayed in young adult fiction.

Danny and his mother Cathy are on the run from her abusive boyfriend, Chris. They go back to the Edge, Cathy's childhood home, which she left after having Danny at the age of sixteen.

Ilya's illustrations match the intensity of the play to bring this tragic classic vividly to life

Through their respective letters, Kate obliquely shares Romany’s colourful and intense experiences of travelling across India to the Himalayas.

Miranda's familiar world begins to unravel when her best friend is hit by a stranger and refuses to speak to her anymore. Then mysterious notes start to arrive with clues about the future.

Bridget, Carmen, Tibby and Lena have been inseparable all their lives and are about to embark on their first summer apart.

Mattie is entrusted by a female guest at the hotel where she works with some letters and instructed to burn them. The next day the woman is found drowned: murdered.

A story of powerful emotions and strong language, which provides no easy answers to the fact that racism exists in communities of all kinds.

Clem's coming-of-age story is woven around a tense account of the mounting Cuban Missile Crisis and the threat of looming nuclear war, leading to a shocking and unexpected climax.

This unusual book tells the dark, often harrowing story of Octavian, a boy in the care of a house of rational philosophers in revolutionary Boston.

Seeking escape from their lives, two teenagers are drawn to follow a charismatic young man who is leading a Children’s Crusade through France to the Holy Land.

A Little Piece of Ground cleverly combines an exciting story with pressing political issues and as such is sure to encourage passionate debate.

This collection of writing about slavery was published to coincide with the 200 year anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807.

Marianne and her mother live an insular life in 19th century Grimsby. They are restricted by poverty and their shame in Marianne’s illegitimacy.

Rusti, a young nomad, lives on the fringes of the warrior horde of Tamburlaine the Great, a powerful ruler whose brutality is legendary.