Growing up

At sixteen, Ezra believes he’s a lost cause. Troubled parents, an unstable upbringing and spiralling bad decisions paint a grim picture for his future. Frequently moving between foster homes since entering care as a child, his little sister Evie remains the only constant and bright spot in his life. But when something goes horribly wrong during a job to settle a debt, Ezra figures there’s just one place he can run to where social workers, cops and paramilitaries are unlikely to find him. However, crossing the Northern Irish border would mean leaving Evie behind …

Why do we accept the bully as the boss? Is biggest always best? And does a bully ever consider other people – except in terms of themself?

Stevie’s back! Fans of The Deepest Breath will delight in an all-new verse novel as a slightly older Stevie and her friends Chloe and Andrew get ready to start secondary school. While there are plenty of opportunities for Stevie and Chloe to explore their identities, Andrew starts to withdraw from their friend group, and Stevie and Chloe have to figure out how to help him find his way back to them.

Since unexpectedly losing her mother, Jihad’s world has become devoid of colour. She can’t wait to graduate and move away for art school. But when her father enrols her into a prestigious school for senior year, she’s filled with dread.

Pretty, popular Grace seems surrounded with love and support and is looking forward to the neighbourhood Halloween party with her brother and her best friends. But that night a spark from a bonfire causes a terrible accident. Grace is left badly burned, with livid facial scarring, and not only her life, but that of her family and their friends, will never be the same again.

Annie Armani is a high school student in Philadelphia who is thrown into the limelight when she unexpectedly wins her first ever MMA title fight with a knockout punch. She has mixed emotions about the victory, partly because she thinks the winning punch was a fluke but also because her older brother and fellow fighter Marc has only recently died in a motorcycle crash.

Anxious trans teen Clayton Noguchi has done a great job of avoiding his former best friend, popular swimmer Aron Santos – until they’re forced to team up in theatre class. With their worlds colliding, and Aron enthusiastically trying to reconnect, the pair grow close, and sparks start flying. Meanwhile, Clay’s letting his final year of school pass him by …

The skidderwolves attracted tourists to Shoak Village due to their nightly runs that send electricity into the air, lighting up the night in an electrifying glow. A protected wolf-like species, the skidderwolves are a source of fear and curfews, especially when they attacked Roxie Preen in her bed – nobody wants their child to be next.