Year 9
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The Gun
Gritty urban drama. When Jonas finds a gun left from a shooting he takes it home. He can't wait to show his mates Kamal and Binny, who reckon they can use the gun to bolster their own street cred. But when Kamal starts to use the gun in robberies, ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 62
- MBE Code : 502
The Harder They Fall
Cal's family are proud to live in an 'analogue' world - no wifi in their house , just an ancient black-and-white TV. At school, Cal has no choice but to live in the 21st century, coping with a range of bullies and chancers on a daily basis. When ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 106
- MBE Code : 497
The Hate You Give
Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 464
- MBE Code : 295
The Hawthorne Legacy
A DEADLY GAME. A PUZZLE TO SOLVE. A FORTUNE AT STAKE.
ONE STEP FORWARDS.
Avery thought that solving the riddle left by billionaire Tobias Hawthorne would reveal why he left her - a complete stranger - his entire fortune.
TWO STEPS BACK.
But ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 384
- MBE Code : 553
The Hunger Games
Revolving around the sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her own district. In the Annual Hunger Games. Which concludes with a fight to the death on live television. But this isn’t ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 436
- MBE Code : 123
The Inheritance Games
A BILLION-DOLLAR FORTUNE TO DIE FOR.
Avery has a plan: keep her head down, work hard for a better future. Then an eccentric billionaire dies, leaving her almost his entire fortune. And no one, least of all Avery, knows why.
A DEADLY GAME.
Now ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 376
- MBE Code : 552
The Outsider
'My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.'In The Outsider (1942), his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 110
- MBE Code : 426
The Outsiders
The Outsiders is an outstanding story of teenage rebellion, written when the author was only 17 years old. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first.
Youngsters in a small Oklahoma town have split into two gangs, divided ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 224
- MBE Code : 213
Things A Bright Girl Can Do **Shortlisted For The Carnegie Medal**
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2019, National Book Award, Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards and the YA Book PrizeThrough rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty-stricken slums of the East End, three ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 420
- MBE Code : 222
Touching the Void
Touching the Void is the heart-stopping account of Joe Simpson's terrifying adventure in the Peruvian Andes. He and his climbing partner, Simon, reached the the summit of the remote Siula Grande in June 1995. A few days later, Simon staggered into ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 224
- MBE Code : 362
Unbecoming
Katie’s life is falling apart: her mum’s controlling, her dad’s run off, she’s in love with someone whose identity she can’t reveal and now her estranged grandmother’s turned up on the doorstep and Katie’s expected to take care of her. ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 436
- MBE Code : 476
We Were Liars
A beautiful and distinguished family.A private island.A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.A group of four friends-the Liars-whose friendship turns destructive.A revolution. An accident. A secret.Lies upon lies.True love.The truth.
- Book Cover : paperback
- Number Of Pages : 224
- MBE Code : 453
When Shadows Fall (Shortlisted for the YOTO Carnegie Medal 2023)
Kai, Orla and Zak grew up together, their days spent on the patch of wilderness in between their homes, a small green space in a sprawling grey city. Music, laughter and friendship bind them together and they have big plans for their future – until...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 346
- MBE Code : 524
When The World Was Ours
Vienna, 1936.
Elsa, Leo and Max have always been best friends, a special team of three. Then the Nazis come.
As a growing darkness descends around them, Leo and Elsa run for their lives, taking two very different paths across Europe. And ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 320
- MBE Code : 568
You’re The One That I Want
Freddie is unremarkable – too unremarkable. He doesn’t stand out in any way, and in fact teachers and fellow students keep forgetting who he is. Even his mum thinks he’s a disappointment, and spends almost all her time at work, producing a ...
- Book Cover : Paperback
- Number Of Pages : 364
- MBE Code : 477