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Interest age Teens & Young Adults | Reading age 12+
A gritty ‘quick read’ series for young adults who find conventional fiction irrelevant to them or too hard to read. The series takes an honest and hard-hitting approach to subject matter that many teens will identify with, such as self-harm, family breakdown, suicide and sexuality. At 25,000 to 35,000 words, the books are shorter than your average novel, but they don't look like it. The clear, carefully chosen font is slightly larger than normal and paragraphs are broken with a space.
Stained
Author: Joanne Hichens |
ISBN: 9781841677156 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 235 |
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In a poor district on the outskirts of Cape Town, Crystal is a teenage mum in despair. Her mum's bitter, her step-dad's violent and her sisters and her friends are too busy enjoying themselves to notice Crystal isn't coping. Can't anyone see the dark tragedy that's unfolding? Her only hope is Grace next door.
Gun Dog
Author: Peter Lancett |
ISBN: 9781841677132 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 208 |
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Stevie Davies dreams of escaping the misery of his tough and brutal council estate by leaving to go to university. But all that changes when he is forced to hide an automatic pistol. Intoxicated by the apparent power the gun gives him in the local community, he is drawn down a perilous path, and his future hangs in the balance. Can the gun give him the freedom he's been dreaming of? Or will it throw away the key for good?
Bone Song
Author: Sherryl Clark |
ISBN: 9781841677514 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 232 |
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Melissa and Dobie can't believe they're in detention together – they hate each other, and couldn't be more different! Rebellious Dobie despises her wealthy background and has just lost the chance to be a professional dancer. Melissa is smart, sensible, and always doing her best to compensate for a life on the run with her alcoholic mother. Yet in between the anger and disappointment there's common ground. Once, they both had dreams - what went wrong? They forge an unlikely friendship that gives both of them the strength not to give up on their dreams. But circumstance, and the past, conspire to challenge their resolve right through to the dramatic climax of the story.
The Finer Points of Becoming Machine
Author: Emily Andrews |
ISBN: 9781841677149 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 216 |
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Growing up with a violent, control-freak father, sixteen year old Emma Banks has had a tougher ride than most. Unable to cope with the horrors of her childhood, Emma's world unravels in a spiral of drug abuse and self-harm. Following a failed suicide attempt, she finds herself committed to a secure psychiatric institution. Now she must fight the instinct to run and hide, and piece together a way forward.
The Only Brother
Author: Caias Ward |
ISBN: 9781841677194 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 181 |
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Meet Andrew Simmons, the only brother of William. Always feeling distant from his family, Andrew now faces the shock of his life when the better-liked, older William suddenly dies. Losing the chance to reconcile with him, the stresses of normal teen life are compounded by the demands his family place on him, and the ghost of a brain-dead brother lying in a hospital bed, who was one person to him and someone vastly different to everyone else.
See you on the Backlot
Author: Thomas Nealeigh |
ISBN: 9781841677187 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 197 |
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Tony has carnival in his blood and is 'Clown Prince of the Sideshow'. But once the lights are off and the show is closed, the reality of life on the road has its sinister side. Tony's pops, Charlie, is drinking heavily, a stranger with a past turns up, and then the accidents start happening. Over a single season, Tony discovers Charlie's dark secret, the reason why they've always been on the run; and he uncovers his own abuse - forcing him to confront the past and change his life for the future.
Seeing Red
Author: Peter Lancett |
ISBN: 9781841676968 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 221 |
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Defined by the cut and the cloth – that's the way Tom Hathaway likes it. And that's the way it is when your parents have money and you have style. But then Tom meets Sylvia and discovers a more complicated side to life – and himself.
Marty's Diary
Author: Frances Cross |
ISBN: 9781841676975 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 156 |
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It's a good thing when your dad gets married again, right? But what if your new stepmother can't stand you, your real mum's not around and people go nuts? This is where Marty finds herself - trying to stay part of some sort of family – however messed up it might be.
Don't Even Think It
Author: Helen Orme |
ISBN: 9781841676982 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 162 |
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This is Abigail's diary. A diary written by a normal girl from what she thinks is a normal family. Except it's not. And when her sister dies, Abigail finds herself closer to the truth – and writing a diary is all about telling the truth – no matter where it takes you.
Breaking Dawn
Author: Donna Shelton |
ISBN: 9781841676999 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 170 |
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Dawn and Perry are best friends. That's until Brian finally notices Donna. Suddenly there's not enough time for Perry. Not enough time when he needs her most. And so begins Dawn's battle through guilt and despair to find life again – a life after loss.
The Questions Within
Author: Teresa Schaeffer |
ISBN: 9781841677002 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 143 |
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Constance has always felt different. But with her new boyfriend, Sean, things seem to change and Constance starts to doubt where her attractions lie. So begins a journey through fear, shame and loneliness to answer those questions within.
MindF**k
Author: Fanie Viljoen |
ISBN: 9781841679945 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 238 |
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Chris Burns, and his friends – Kerbs and Sky Eyes – take to the road, heading for the BreinBliksem rock festival. Along the way they pick up the gorgeous Partygirl. Burns and Partygirl connect immediately. But on the first night, while the rockmusic blasts from the stage, something unexpected happens – his world gets turned on its head as one of the boys emerges from the tent with blood on his hands.
Ecstasy
Author: A C Flanagan |
ISBN: 9781841678818 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 215 |
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Carrie and Mai-Ling both attend an exclusive private school in Sydney, but their backgrounds couldn't be more different. Carrie enjoys the lifestyle her successful father affords her, while Mai-Ling has arrived in Australia from Vietnam as an illegal immigrant. Trying to establish herself in a new country, Mai-Ling's mother has high expectation of her quiet and rhard-working daughter. But now Mai-Ling is lying in hospital with a suspected Ecstasy overdose. Sat in the waiting room, Carrie is faced with explaining to Mai-Ling's mother how her sweet and dutiful daughter is now fighting for her life. But Mai-Ling's not the only one hiding dark secrets. Only Carrie really know what happened to Mai-Ling, but will she confess?
Scarred Lions
Author: Fanie Viljoen |
ISBN: 9781841677521 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 274 |
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Buyisiwe feels like a stranger in the place he grew up. He simply cannot shrug the feeling of dread following him through the streets of London. And then he receives the terrible news. His mother can't take care of him anymore; he has to go and live with his estranged father, Themba, in Africa.
Africa is not what Buyisiwe expected it to be. It is a place of great beauty and splendour, magnificent animals and terrible danger. A scarred, man-eating lion prowls the game reserve, waiting for his next victim. The hunt is on. Who will survive? And will Buyisiwe finally find a place where he really belongs?
Hanging in the Mist
Author: Peter Lancett |
ISBN: 9781841678795 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 146 |
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Living high in a crumbling state tower block is no barrel of laughs. Throw in parents more interested in crack than they've ever been in you, and life can seem barely worth the living. Especially when they sell the tools you've saved and paid for out of your own pocket to feed their habit. Especially when they they turn you in to the police rather than take the rap for their own wrong doings. No wonder you'd rather be someone else. But being someone else isn't always the answer. There's always a price to pay for being different. And you wouldn't want to be left hanging in the mist.
Thrill Seekers
Author: Edwina Shaw |
ISBN: 9781841678801 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 246 |
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When his father dies, Brian promises to take care of his Mum and little brother Douggie, but that's a lot tougher than he thought it would be. Especially when Douggie takes to sculling casks of wine, smoking dope and doing drugs with his mates. Then Douggie starts hearing voices, and the paranoia sets in. There's nothing Brian can do as he watches his brother and his mates spiral out of control, doing whatever drugs they can to stop the awful feeling of going under. That is until one night, tripping on acid, Douggie loses control and changes all of their lives forever.
A Forgotten Tomorrow
Author: Teresa Schaeffer |
ISBN: 9781841678825 |
Price: £7.99 |
No. of Pages: 166 |
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After escaping an abusive past, seventeen year old Savannah lives on the street, working as a prostitute. Elijah is her only friend, but he comes from a different world. After a chance meeting with Jonah, a counselor, she has the opportunity to start a new life. Struggling to accept the things she cannot change, she pushes Jonah away, and sinks further into depression. Elijah is murdered doing business with a vicious street gang, and Savannah soothes her pain by using the drug that Elijah had stolen for her. Now she is alone fighting against the painful memories that haunt her. Can she learn to accept the things she cannot change?
