Beverley Birch - Rift
Teen 11-14.
224 pages.
In a vast African landscape four teenagers and a journalist vanish without a trace from a camp below a steep rock ridge. As Ella, the sister of one of the missing girls, helps inspector Murothi piece together what happened, she realises there are terrifying possibilities for her sister and the four others.
Malorie Blackman - Chasing the Stars
Teen 14+.
496 pages.
Olivia and her twin brother Aidan are heading alone back to Earth following the virus that wiped out the rest of their crew, and their family, in its entirety. Nathan is part of a community heading in the opposite direction. But on their journey, Nathan's ship is attacked and most of the community killed. Only a few survive.
Their lives unexpectedly collided, Nathan and Olivia are instantly attracted to each other, deeply, head-over-heels - like nothing they have ever experienced. But not everyone is pleased. Surrounded by rumours, deception, even murder, is it possible to live out a happy ever after?
Kendare Blake - Anna, Dressed in Blood
Teen 11-14.
316 pages.
Armed with his father's mysterious and deadly dagger, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat.
Together they follow legends and local folklore, trying to keep up with the murderous dead - keeping annoying things like the future and friends at bay.
Themes and content: horror, supernatural gore, violence, swearing.
Holly Bourne - The Manifesto on how to be Interesting
Teen 14+.
448 pages.
Bree is a loser, a wannabe author who hides behind words. But when she’s told she needs to start living a life worth writing about, ‘The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting’ is born. Six steps on how to be Interesting’.
Six steps that will see her infiltrate the popular set, fall in love with someone forbidden and make the biggest mistake of her life. Themes and content: Identity, friendship, pupil/teacher relationships, sexual references and self harm.
Sita Brahmachari - Jasmine Skies
Teen 11-14.
336 pages.
14-year-old Mira Levenson travels to India to finally meet her family and is quickly swept into a sweltering, chaotic world - full of new sights, smells and deeply buried family secrets.
Themes: family, secrets, romance, India.