publication date: Sep 7, 2010
The Enemy by Charlie Higson (Puffin)The Enemy is a chilling post apocolyptic tale from TV actor,
comedian and author of the bestselling
Young Bond series.
It is modern-day
London, but something terrible has happened. A
mystery illness has infected everyone over the age of 14. Those afflicted either
die or become so
crazed by disease they are little more than
wild animals. Gangs of kids are left to
fend for themselves, dodging the
zombie adults who remain and trying not to tear one another apart in the process.
The Enemy
is available from Amazon.
Halo by Zizou Corder (Puffin)
Halo is the story of one girl's
heroic voyage to discover her true identity in
ancient Greece. Washed ashore as a
baby in ancient Greece,
Halo is discovered by a family of
centaurs. Although her
true identity remains a mystery, she is loved as one of their own. But when
Halo is dragged away by fishermen, her
wild adventure begins. Halo soon realises that if she is to
survive then she must live in
disguise - as a boy.
Halo
is available from Amazon.
Nobody's Girl by Sarra Manning (Hodder Children's Books)A novel about
teenage love, loss and identity from the
former editor of Ellegirl UK
.Plain, frumpy, dull as mud - that's Bea. So when
super-cool Ruby and her posse want to hang with her, it has to be a
practical joke. But an invitation to a
girly holiday in Malaga with Ruby and co. seems like the
real deal. Even better, Bea can get away from her
annoying mum.
Nobody's Girl
is available from Amazon.
Out of Shadows by Jason Wallace (Andersen Press)A compelling and
thought-provoking novel about race, bullying and the need to belong.
Zimbabwe, 1980s. The war is over,
independence has been won and
Robert Mugabe has come to power offering hope, land and freedom to
black Africans. It is the end of the
Old Way and the start of a promising new era. For
Robert Jacklin, it's all new: new
continent, new country, new school. And very quickly he learns that for some of his
classmates, the sound of
guns is still loud, and their
battles rage on.
Out of Shadows 
is available from Amazon.
Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick (Orion)From the
winning author of the 2007
Booktrust Teenage Prize, this novel makes the
reader look again at that
weapon that has become so familiar to us all. 1910. A cabin north of the
Arctic Circle. 15 year-old
Sig Andersson is alone. Alone, except for the
corpse of his father, who died earlier that day after falling through a
weak spot on the
ice-covered lake. His sister, Anna, and
step-mother, Nadya, have gone to the
local town for help. Then comes a
knock at the door. It's a man, the flash of a
revolver's butt at his hip, and a
mean glare in his eyes.
Revolver
is available from Amazon.
Unhooking the Moon by Gregory Hughes (Quercus)Two
orphaned siblings set out on a poignant and gripping
road-trip adventure. Meet the
Rat: a dancing, football-playing
gangster-baiting ten-year-old. When she
foresaw her father's death, she picked up her
football and decided to head for
New York. Meet her older brother Bob:
Protector of the Rat, but more often her follower, he is
determined to find their uncle in
America and discover a
new life for them both.
Unhooking the Moon
is available from Amazon.
