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Isabel Ibanez
An impossible love. An enchanged legacy. A dangerous discovery.
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Sally Nicholls
Three very different young women make their way through late Victorian England - can they each find true happiness?
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Lex Croucher
Rip-roaringly romantic, fast-paced and funny - discover the brand new Sapphic historical fantasy adventure from the author of Cafe Nero Award shortlisted, YA Book Prize nominated and Books Are My…
Caitlin Schneiderhan
Welcome to Florence, 1517, a world of intrigue, opulence, secrets, and murder. The Medici family rules the city from their seat of wealth, but the people of Florence remember the…
A divine exploration. A deadly secret. A desire she can't escape.
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Mike Lucas
The fog is coming. And when it does, everything disappears . . .
Pamela Rushby
New, from award-winning historical novelist, Pamela Rushby, exploring the roles, and struggles, of women in wartime
The poster had a picture of a tanned, healthy girl, wearing a regulation uniform…
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Shari Green
From award-winning verse novelist Shari Green comes an unforgettable story of friendship, first love, and an impossible choice between integrity and duty, family and friends, all while fighting for a…
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The descendants of King Arthur, betrothed since birth and archenemies, agree to keep each other’s secret: that they are both queer.
Elizabeth Wein
It is 1937 and tensions are high. A spectacular air race around Europe seeks to promote unity among a group of young pilots, but distrust and animosity are rife.
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Malinda Lo
A gripping story of love and duty set in San Francisco’s Chinatown during the 1950s.
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Markus Zusak
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and he will become busier still. From the highly-acclaimed author of The Messenger and…
Suzy Zail
A gritty YA novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story.
Kendall Kulper
Gatsby-era glamour, a swoon-worthy love story, and an indomitable heroine dazzle in this romp that captures the extravagance of the Roaring Twenties and the dangers of vigilante justice.
Rachael Lippincott
From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl comes a fresh and inventive sapphic romantic comedy.
Angeline Boulley
New York Times bestselling author Angeline Boulley takes us back into the world of Firekeeper's Daughter in this high-stakes mystery about the power of discovering your stolen history.
Jamie Lilac
A historical rom-com with a modern twist.
Ruta Sepetys
Trapped by an evil dictatorship, will Cristian be forced to betray his family or will he risk everything he loves to resist? A bestselling YA thriller based on real events…
Joan Lindsay
A reinvigoration of the iconic Australian classic that captivated generations of readers, featuring stylish new cover art and a brand new introduction from young Australian writer Romy Ash.
Ethel Turner
If you imagine you are going to read of model children you had better lay down this book immediately. Not one of the seven is really good, for the very…
Traci Chee
From New York Times best-selling and acclaimed author Traci Chee comes We Are Not Free, the collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second-generation Japanese American citizens, whose…
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Krystal Marquis
The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding…
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Antonio Iturbe
Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during…
Maureen McCarthy
Paperback edition of the classic Maureen McCarthy novel, spanning generations, that will be devoured by young women, their sisters, friends, mothers and grandmothers.
Clare Cassandra
First in Cassandra Clare’s internationally bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy about the Shadowhunters.
Robert Newton
Charlie’s father is dead and Charlie has to leave school to support himself and his mother. Squizzy Taylor, the notorious underworld criminal, employs Charlie as his runner. Charlie has a…
Libba Bray
Cassandra Clare meets Kerry Greenwood meets Patricia Cornwell in this first book in a blockbuster series set in 1920s New York about a teen psychic and her similarly gifted friends…
Meg Rosoff
From bestselling, award-winning author Meg Rosoff comes a gritty, intoxicating novel about a summer of unforgettable firsts: of independence, lies, love and the inevitable loss of innocence.
H. F. Askwith
The Great Gatsby meets The Inheritance Games in this #DarkAcademia thriller, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House
Once I had four brothers. Three of them are dead. I…
Christina Hammonds Reed
Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this unforgettable coming-of-age debut novel explores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy black teenager whose family…
Dodie Smith
Cassandra’s father was once a famous writer, but now he mainly reads detective novels while his family slide into genteel poverty. Her sister Rose is bored and beautiful, and desperate…
Kwame Alexander
A novel in verse about an Asante boy who is captured and taken from his village during the nineteenth century.
Katherine Locke
The Fountains of Silence meets Spinning Silver in this rollicking tale set amid the 1956 Hungarian revolution in post-WWII Communist Budapest from Sydney Taylor Honor winner Katherine Locke.
In the…
Mackenzi Lee
A young bisexual British lord embarks on an unforgettable Grand Tour of Europe with his best friend/secret crush. An eighteenth century romantic adventure for the modern age.
In this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, Felicity Montague must use all her womanly wits and wiles to achieve…
Return to the enchanting world of the Montague siblings in the finale to the New York Times bestselling and Stonewall Honor-winning series, featuring a teenage Adrian Montague as he desperately…
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Esther Hautzig
Esther Rudomin was ten years old when, in 1941, she and her family were arrested by the Russians and transported to Siberia. This is the true story of the next…
Dirk Reinhardt
A heart-stopping adventure about real-life rebels against the Nazis.
