Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction

The Dark Man must once again pit his powers against the evil forces of the Shadow Masters.

The Dark Man enlists the help of a girl to find the mystical Rod of Iron, which can control the future.

The Dark Man searches in an evil place for the Dark Mirror, which can tell true names.

The Dark Man meets a girl who brings him a note.

It's nearly the end of term, and the Sisters are thinking about Christmas presents.

Four killer stories to keep you guessing .

Saul loves playing in the sea, but his father hates him going near it ever since Saul's mother drowned.

Claire and Cassie have always been friends.

When his boss is mysteriously hurt, young gamekeeper Neil is left to look after the woods and pheasants on his own.

Tara hates her situation and everyone around her.

An attack by two dogs has scarred Sally Johnson for life.

Leyton Curry can't stop his house falling into the sea.

Charlie is fifteen (and a half).

Tara is fifteen - well, nearly.

Some people say that Mott Hill is sacred.

Cassie and Claire have been friends forever.

Chloe is the life and soul of the party.

It's the middle of World War II, and Jack dreams of flying real planes in battle.

When the crops fail, Danny and his dad have no choice: it's starve or go hunting in the forbidden game park.

Jamie is fifteen - and he's as bald as the monkey he is looking after at the local animal lab.

Something very odd is happening in the woods.

Layla is thrilled.

When Todd Lucas sees Jason Ripley attacking a local shopkeeper, he decides to do the right thing and report it to the police.

In the attic of his house Sam finds a leather case that belonged to his great great grandfather, Freddy Ovel.

Kelly is given the job of looking after her mum's friend's dog.

One of the Sisters' classmates, Michelle, has started hanging out with a new group of friends.

In a poor district on the outskirts of Cape Town, Grace lives with her adoptive mother, Martha.

Tom Hathaway leads a pretty comfortable life.

Buyisiwe feels like a stranger in the place where he grew up.

For most of her childhood Constance has felt like an outcast.

Set in South Africa, MindF**k is a powerful, disturbing, and at times frightening story.

When your dad gets married again, it's a good thing, right?

Living high in a crumbling state tower block is no barrel of laughs.

Set on one of Britain's tough and often brutal council estates, Gun Dog is a powerful story about the struggle to succeed in a place where the lawless operate without fear and the good are consistently failed by the agencies of law and order.

Carrie and Mae-Ling both attend an exclusive private school in Sydney, but their backgrounds couldn't be more different.

After escaping an abusive past, seventeen year old Savannah lives on the street, working as a prostitute.

Growing up with a violent, control-freak father, sixteen year old Emma Banks has had a tougher ride than most.

Abigail comes from a normal family.

Dawn and Perry are best friends.

Melissa and Dobie can't believe they're in detention together.

Hard-hitting and achingly real, this carefully crafted YA novel from the multi-award-winning author of My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece is a moving tale of sexuality, mental health and modern family life.

As Gabriel enters his aunt''s ancient castle he soon learns that skeletons aren''t always scary and ghosts can tell the most interesting stories.

When a scared kitten finds himself lost and alone, the only creature to take pity on him is the cats' arch enemy - a mouse.

Charlee Bell-Jones misses her beloved dad, but when Jesse the Child Angel appears, Charlee's life begins to change dramatically.

There is the secret of Birdy's grandmother's cat.

IT IS THE FUTURE.

As compelling as The Lovely Bones and as memorable as Before I Fall, Minus Me raises thought-provoking questions about love and death It's not always easy to become the person you want to be.

15-year-old Zahra has lived in England most of her life, but she is haunted by memories of her early childhood in Africa: the warm sun, the loud gunfire, and happy days playing with her older sister before "e;the visitors"e; came.

Winner of the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2013, KETCHUP CLOUDS tells the story of one teenage girl with a very big secret.