Collection: YOUNG ADULT FICTION

Summer, 1991. The people of Cuba are living in el periodo especial en tiempos de paz - the special period in times of peace. That's what the government insists that this era must be called, but the reality behind these words is starvation. Hunger has made Liana brave: she finds the courage to ski...

Jenny Waters boards her flight in 1995. When the plane lands, she and the other passengers are told they disappeared-- 25 years ago. Everyone thought they were dead. Contending with a family and friends that have fast-forwarded decades, Jenny must quickly adjust to smartphones and social media wh...

When a global genetic experiment goes awry and canines stop wagging their tails, mass hysteria ensues and the species is systematically euthanized. But soon, Mechanical Tail comes to the rescue. The company creates replacements for "man's best friend" and studies them on Dog Island, where 17-year...

"One has a secret, one of them saw, there's blood on the papers, who'll take the fall? Zaina never meant to get involved. The plan was always to focus on her exams, make her dad proud. But none of this is what she'd planned for. Chanelle never made it to the exam; Nero's convinced he saw somethin...

Sue Wallman's most spine-tingling thriller yet! Every winter, three families gather in an old house to celebrate the New Year. This year, 15-year-old Leah and the other kids discover that the house has a dark past. As they dig into the history, terrible things start happening, and if Leah isn't c...

Eighteen-year-old Ruby juggles reviving her family's animal theme park and secretly running a gossip account that exposes her classmates, but when she experiences a ghostly premonition of her own death, she must solve the mystery of her future murder before it is too late.

Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the "final girl" at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better f...

Funny, sweet and beautifully depicted, You're the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About is a startlingly fresh voice from a very talented new author. Tim is repeating the HSC, but he's more into music than studying. He is juggling playing in a band with handing in assignments and the music is winning....

When Julia gets kicked out of the Kingston School for the Deaf for putting up an illegal mural, she is moved to a mainstream school in the suburbs where she starts putting up more art, but she soon finds that someone is showing off their skills by adding to her tags.