Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense

Sail the magical seven seas in Journey to Dragon Island, a swashbuckling pirate adventure by Claire Fayers.

Take to the high seas in Voyage to Magical North, a swashbuckling pirate adventure filled with magic by Claire Fayers.

The Challenge by Tom Hoyle, bestselling author of Thirteen, is a gripping adventure thriller about an online game gone wrong, perfect for fans of Michael Grant.

Survivor is a dangerously explosive thriller from bestselling author Tom Hoyle, author of Thirteen and Spiders.

I'll tell you a weird thing about apocalypses - a thing I didn't even know until I was in one: they seem pretty bad, don't they?

An apocalyptic thriller, The Rain by Virginia Bergin is a coming of age story of survival in a scary, weather-beaten world.

Adam's thirteenth birthday marks the start of a deadly countdown as a crazed cult leader targets him for sacrifice.

Tempest Agent Jackson Meyer's back.

Following a death-defying escape from the hands of a criminal overlord, young PI Travis Delaney thinks he might finally be getting closer to finding out who killed his parents, and why.

When Sophie's cousin Danielle dies after a fall from her balcony, the police dismiss her death as suicide.

It's not easy being the new kid at school.

Ros has a secret crush on Jonathan.

Charlotte is out in the woods on her own one day when something mysterious happens - she walks along a row of stones laid like stepping stones on the forest floor .

Once a creature is extinct, it's gone for ever, isn't it?

Jason thinks he must have just about taken all the challenges that can be thrown at him and Sienna.

It's eight months since Sophie went missing from a music festival in the summer after her GCSEs.

Jason and his sister have just moved to Malibu - to a town full of rich kids whose lives revolve around money, fashion, cars and parties.

Jason and his sister have moved to Malibu and now live in a town full of very beautiful, very rich, very cool people - who just happen to be vampires.

Jason lives in hyper-cool Malibu and hangs out with the cool kids.

There were three people, standing in the darkest place, watching him.

He is waiting.

Will West is careful to live life under the radar.

All it takes is one fatal mistake .

Cheap tabloid headlines scream the brutal facts at 17-year-old Robert Harrison: his parents have been shot dead in the sitting room of their suburban home.

Mia Price is a lightning addict.

A gloriously rich and authentic story of the Renaissance, The Medici Seal is perfect for fans of The Da Vinci Code, The Borgias or Netflix hit Medici: Masters of Florence!

So your mum's this brilliant scientist.

Beans calls her dad 'Gadgetman' because of the weird and wonderful gadgets he comes up with - everything from exploding biscuits to Spy Kits.

It's just your average Friday night.

Tory Brennan - great niece of Dr Temperance Brennan - and the Virals return for their most terrifying adventure yet.

Do you have to be dead to be famous?

Take on the role of a cartoon hero in this fully interactive, wacky, choose-your-own-destiny adventure story.

Trapped by an evil dictatorship, will Cristian be forced to betray his family or will he risk everything he loves to resist?

You don't know it exists, but when you have nowhere else to turn, the Haven will find you .

This is a moving, funny and inspirational novel from the bestselling author of Skellig.

Soon to be a Netflix film starring Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown - this must-read psychological thriller, perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying, will leave you guessing until the final page.

The stunning first novel in a new speculative thriller trilogy from the bestselling author of SLATED.

The explosive finale to The Circle trilogy by Teri Terry.

From the multi-award-winning author of Orangeboy, an addictive mystery that refuses to let you go long after you turn the final page.

SHORTLISTED IN THE YOUNG ADULT CATEGORY FOR THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2018.

Two best friends.

The Martian for teens - an epic, highly original space thriller with real science and heartbreaking beauty.

The captivating, feminist YA thriller.

This is a powerful and timely story about one boy's epic journey across Africa to Europe, a graphic novel for all children with glorious colour artwork throughout.

WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE FOR OLDER READERS, SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD AND THE YA BOOK PRIZE"e;A truly brilliant book.

The breathtaking second book from the author of Orangeboy, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Readers, the YA Book Prize, the CrimeFest award, and shortlisted for the Costa Book Award .

Jed has been hunted across the world in his quest for immortality.

Jed needs a miracle.

What if a teenage boy washed up on the banks of the River Thames, soaked to the skin and unable to explain who he is?

For sixth-form student Grace Becker, The 100 Society is more than just a game; it's an obsession.