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A.S. King

A brilliant and surreal novel about isolation and human connection, from award-winning author A. S. King.

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Afterlove

Tanya Byrne

Ash Persaud is about to become a reaper in the afterlife, but she is determined to see her first love Poppy Morgan again - the only thing that separates them…

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Sabriel (25th Anniversary Edition)

Garth Nix

Garth Nix’s masterwork is a compelling high fantasy, the gripping story of a young heroine who must do battle in Death itself to defeat a powerful enemy. A tale of…

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Sugar Town Queens

Malla Nunn

From Los Angeles Times Book Prize Award winner and Edgar Award nominee Malla Nunn comes a stunning portrait of a family divided and a powerful story of how friendship saves…

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Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices

Now in paperback, a joyous short story collection by and about Muslims, edited by New York Times bestselling authors Aisha Saeed and S. K. Ali.

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Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues

H.S. Valley

What happens when your enemy becomes your friend … with benefits? Red, White and Royal Blue meets The Magicians in this surprising, wildly original and joyously funny LGBTQ YA novel…

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Girls in Boys’ Cars

Felicity Castagna

A complicated friendship. A roadtrip in a stolen car. The stories that define us. And two funny, sharp, adventurous young women who refuse to be held back any longer.

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Half My Luck

Samera Kamaleddine

From the winner of the inaugural Matilda Prize comes a heartwarming coming-of-age story about growing up in Australia when you’re caught between two cultures.

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The Monster of Her Age

Danielle Binks

How do you ruin someone’s childhood? You let them make-believe that they are a monster. But sooner or later, the mask must come off…

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Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

Joya Goffney

A passionate, hilarious and heartfelt YA romcom debut full of juicy secrets and leap-off-the-page chemistry about how we choose to live our lives and what it means to live your…

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Girl, Unframed

Deb Caletti

While spending a summer with her famous mother and her criminal boyfriend, Sydney Reilly, age fifteen, finds love with Nicco but her premonition of something bad coming proves dreadfully accurate.

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Any Way the Wind Blows

Rainbow Rowell

The eagerly anticipated finale to the Simon Snow series by the number one New York Times bestselling author of Fangirl, Rainbow Rowell.

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Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel

Jason Reynolds

The award-winning, bestselling verse novel is now a stunning graphic novel with illustrations by Danica Novgorodoff.

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Solstice

Lorence Alison

This funny YA thriller depicts a music fest gone wrong as selfie-mad concert-goers wake up from a tropical island fantasy into a deadly nightmare.

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Pretty Rude

Rebecca Elliott

Prepare to snort, guffaw (and cringe) your way through the second hilarious story about ‘pretty funny’ Haylah Swinton.

I feel a thought forming in my head like a fart brewing…

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The Things We Don’t See

Savannah Brown

A brand new, page-turning thriller meets detective story from online sensation Savannah Brown, perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Lisa Jewell.

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The Weight of Our Sky

Hanna Alkaf

A music loving teen with OCD does everything she can to find her way back to her mother during the historic race riots in 1969 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in this…

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Beauty and the Bin

Joanne O'Connell

Saving the world, one bath bomb at a time! Jacqueline Wilson for the eco-generation in this fresh and funny debut from Joanne O'Connell.

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Verona Comics

Jennifer Dugan

From the author of Hot Dog Girl comes a fresh and funny queer YA contemporary novel about two teens who fall in love in an indie comic book shop. Now…

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Pumpkin

Julie Murphy

Along the way, Waylon discovers that there is a lot more to running for prom court than campaign posters and plastic crowns, especially when he has to spend so much…

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The Blossom and the Firefly

Sherri L. Smith

From the award-winning author of Flygirl comes this powerful WWII romance between two Japanese teens caught in the cogs of an unwinnable war, perfect for fans of Salt to the…

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The Supreme Lie

Geraldine McCaughrean

Twice Carnegie medal winning Geraldine McCaughrean’s enthralling new novel is a brilliant and darkly funny commentary on our present times by one of our greatest writers.

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The Block

Ben Oliver

Luka is imprisoned in the Block when an audacious break-out reunites him with his friends at last. Hiding out in the heart of the destroyed city, Luka realises the scale…

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Blackout

Dhonielle Clayton,Tiffany D Jackson,Nic Stone,Angie Thomas,Ashley Woodfolk

The irresistible blockbuster YA romance of summer 2021 by six of the biggest voices in YA. Perfect for fans of Jenny Han, Netflix’s Let it Snow and Bolu Babalola’s Love…

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Legendborn

Tracy Deonn

The first book in a heart-pounding YA fantasy series from debut author Tracy Deonn.

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A Weekend with Oscar

Robyn Bavati

A moving #LoveOzYA novel about loss, first love and being there for your family, no matter what.

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Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town

Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

The second, highly anticipated novel from Carnegie-shortlisted author.

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This Poison Heart

Kalynn Bayron

Teenaged Briseis, who possesses a supernatural power over plants, even poisonous ones, inherits a dilapidated estate in rural New York and must protect herself and her family from centuries-old secrets…

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Skin Deep

Hayley Lawrence

Scarlett was gifted with beauty. But beauty can be taken in a day, in a single moment, by one car fire.

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Henry Hamlet’s Heart

Rhiannon Wilde

A sparkling queer YA romance set in Brisbane, Henry Hamlet’s Heart follows one guy and his sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking journey to love.

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Panic

Lauren Oliver

An utterly gripping thriller from bestselling author Lauren Oliver, soon to be a major Amazon Prime Video series.

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An Emotion Of Great Delight

Tahereh Mafi

From bestselling author of the Shatter Me series and the National Book Award-nominated A Very Large Expanse of Sea, Tahereh Mafi, comes a stunning novel about love and loneliness, navigating…

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The Iron Raven

Julie Kagawa

Wicked faeries and fantastic danger… Welcome to book one of the new trilogy in New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa’s Iron Fey fantasy series, as infamous prankster Puck finally…

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Tokyo Ever After

Emiko Jean

Tokyo Ever After is a hilarious and heartfelt own voices YA that follows an American girl who discovers she’s the Crown Princess of Japan.

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The Lucky List

Rachael Lippincott

From the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Five Feet Apart comes a captivating, heartfelt love story about learning who you are, and who you love, when the person…

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For the Wolf

Hannah Whitten

For fans of Spinning Silver and The Bear and the Nightingale comes a dark, sweeping debut fantasy about a young woman who, to save her kingdom, must be sacrificed to…

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Echo in the Memory

Cameron Nunn

What if memories never die? An evocative Australian YA novel about family, place, and how history has a way of weaving itself into our present.

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100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze

Clayton Zane Comber

Xander Maze is a list-maker. But can his list of 100 Remarkable Feats really save his nanna?

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Instructions for Dancing: The Number One New York Times Bestseller

Nicola Yoon

A stand-out new YA romance from the number 1 bestselling author of Everything, Everything - this is Dirty Dancing with a supernatural twist.

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Sister of the Bollywood Bride

Nandini Bajpai

For fans of Morgan Matson’s Save the Date and Sandhya Menon’s When Dimple met Rishi (streaming as Mismatched on Netflix) comes a fun and lighthearted novel about one teen’s summer…

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We Are Inevitable

Gayle Forman

A heart-wrenching and powerful YA story about friendship and finding yourself from award-winning, bestselling author, Gayle Forman.

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We Were Wolves

Jason Cockcroft

Boy lives in a caravan on his own in the woods. His dad, John, is in prison and promises to get out soon. All the boy needs to do is…

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The Other Side of Perfect

Mariko Turk

An emotional story about a former ballerina who is thrust back into ‘normal’ high school after a life-changing injury, and who comes to terms with life without her passion as…

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The Boy I Am

K. L. Kettle

In the House of Boys, young men are auctioned off to the female elite. Sixteen-year-old Jude wants more than this, but how far is he prepared to go for a…

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Get Even

Gretchen McNeil

The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars in Gretchen McNeil’s witty and suspenseful novel about four disparate girls who join forces to take revenge on high school bullies and create…

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Cemetery Boys

Aiden Thomas

Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school’s bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a…

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The Obsession

Jesse Q. Sutanto

After freeing her mother from an abusive relationship, Delilah Wong refuses to play a part in Logan’s delusional romance–but how can she convince him to let her go?

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Heartstopper: Volume Four

Alice Oseman

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fourth volume of…

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New young adult fiction 2021

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Afterlove

Sabriel (25th Anniversary Edition)

Sugar Town Queens

Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices

Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues

Girls in Boys’ Cars

Half My Luck

The Monster of Her Age

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry

Girl, Unframed

Any Way the Wind Blows

Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel

Solstice

Pretty Rude

The Things We Don’t See

The Weight of Our Sky

Beauty and the Bin

Verona Comics

Pumpkin

The Blossom and the Firefly

The Supreme Lie

The Block

Blackout

Legendborn

A Weekend with Oscar

Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town

This Poison Heart

Skin Deep

Henry Hamlet’s Heart

Panic

An Emotion Of Great Delight

The Iron Raven

Tokyo Ever After

The Lucky List

For the Wolf

Echo in the Memory

100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze

Instructions for Dancing: The Number One New York Times Bestseller

Sister of the Bollywood Bride

We Are Inevitable

We Were Wolves

The Other Side of Perfect

The Boy I Am

Get Even

Cemetery Boys

The Obsession

Heartstopper: Volume Four