Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure

At seventeen, Matheo Walsh is Britain s most promising diving champion.

You might want to read this book because you are being bullied.

Llama Stops Teasing offers a gentle introduction to the concept of teasing for young children.

This simple, engaging story is the perfect way to introduce young children to what bullying is, and help them become aware of how their behaviour can impact on other children.

Does life keep making you stressed, worried and unable to achieve what you want?

Written by teenage expert, Nicola Morgan, 'Body Brilliant' will help teenagers to develop or retain a positive body image.

A fiercely authentic, critically acclaimed and award-winning modern classic.

Resonant and fiercely authentic.

A high stakes elite sports drama following a talented gymnast caught between her head, her heart and the competition of a lifetime.

Most books about bullying tell children how to act without addressing how they feel.

An unlikely clique of teens embark on a summer of twitter fame, rebellious good deeds and desperate love in this thought-provoking second novel by the author of The Loose Ends List.

Emma Putnam is dead, and it's all Sara Wharton's fault.

'If Finn Maison shouts jump you jump or you are dead.

From the bestselling team behind Mum and Dad Glue comes an important story to help raise awareness at home or at school about stopping bullying.

'If they ever come here,' his father had warned, 'drop everything.

Written with sensitivity, humour and a lightness of touch, HEART-SHAPED is a companion to Siobhan Parkinson's highly-acclaimed novel, BRUISED - for fans of Meg Rosoff, Aidan Chambers and David Levithan.

"e;That's where I should have started the story.

The third hilarious children's novel from Demolition Dad and Superhero Street author Phil Earle, illustrated by Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted artist, Sara Ogilvie.

Winner of the Angus Book Award, THE EDGE is crackly with tension.

Eleven-year-old Isabella's blended family is more divided than ever in this ';timely but genuine' (Publishers Weekly) story about divorce and racial identity from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Sharon M.

True stories from New York Times bestselling author Jodee Blanco's toursHave you ever felt alone, as if no one understands what you're going through, and that no matter how hard you try, you're scared things may never get better?

It was 1964 and black men didn''t fly commercial jets.

Shootings have been in the news a lot in recent years.

Each year, millions of kids are bullied.

Being a teenager is never easy.

Perfect for fans of Lisa Frankenstein and Bones and All, this ';brutally beautiful' (Cassandra Clare) coming-of-rage horror novel about girl villains and monstrosity follows two sistersand their growing body countnow with a brand-new look!

When her mother dies from a snake bite, Comity's life in the Australian outback changes for ever.

Max is used to being called Stupid.

It's 1964 and Alice has moved to Mississippi from Chicago with her family.

Willow and Alex are mankind's only hope.

Only Willow has the power to defeat the malevolent Church of Angels, and they will stop at nothing to destroy her.

Willow knows she's different from other girls.

Once upon a time there was a wolf called Rolf - a good little wolf who liked baking cakes and was always kind to his friends.

Big ambitions, big bullies and big problems When 13-year-old Brummie babe, Destiny enters the Bright Sparks beauty contest behind her (ex-model) mum's back, she is determined to prove she has talent and brains - and that she is not just a pretty face.

When the incredibly attractive Benedict befriends Lily online, she is thrilled.

'Honour,' I repeated, wondering how such a small word could have caused so much trouble.

United under the banner of flash fiction, this is a collection of stories, or little 'cells', complete in themselves but connected by the overarching themes of betrayal and revenge.

MIRI loves the novel Undertow like it's a living being.

'Why did the guy eat two dead skunks for breakfast?

CURSED!

'A fairytale of hip-hop success .

_______________'Poignant, powerful, just perfect' - Cathy Cassidy'This poetic novel is sheer perfection .

'The playful, obstinate and courageously humorous tone of Zephaniah's writing shines through .

Everyone is laughing at Marvin Redpost.

'What was Pig City?

Liga endures unspeakable cruelties at the hands of her father, before being magically granted her own personal heaven, a safe haven from the real world.

"e;Mum said to just ignore them and they'll get tired of teasing.

An unforgettable story of friendship, self-belief and love.

The trials of high school start to feel like a modern-day witch hunt for a teen with all the wrong connections to Salem's past in this thrilling, creepy and romantic New York Times bestseller.