Harper360 Young Adult Titles 2021

Young Adult Titles Young Adult Titles 2021

Introduction

Welcome to a collection of our favourite Young Adult books of 2021! We are looking forward to sharing our standout titles for this year, as well as highlighting some Harper360 classics.

First up, our cover star! Where the Rhythm Takes You is a lush and romantic novel of first love and second chances, set in Trinidad and Tobago.

From the heart-warming to the heart-stopping, White Smoke is a psychological thriller by Tiffany D. Jackson. R.L. Stine said that he “wanted to scream but was too busy turning [the] pages” of this modern take on the classic haunted house story.

Gods & Monsters is the spellbinding, epic conclusion to the Serpent & Dove trilogy by Shelby Mahurin, featuring French witches and forbidden romance.

Continuing with the themes of witchcraft and love, The Box in the Woods is a hilarious, spine-chilling stand-alone mystery that follows on from the Truly Devious series. And Luminous is an immersive new fantasy about witches, first love and taking control of one’s destiny. Look out for an exclusive sneak peek excerpt from the first chapter on pages 13-14!

We can’t wait to share A Psalm of Storms and Silence, the hotly anticipated second and final book in Roseanne Brown's West African folklore-inspired duology. We’re also returning to the enchanting world of The Montague Siblings for the finale in the series: The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks.

Finally, look out for a beautiful new addition to the MinaLima Classics collection: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

We have something to suit everyone’s taste, and we can’t wait to share all our fantastic new titles and gorgeous covers for this year with you.

SIMRAN & THE HARPER360 TEAM

Where The Rhythm Takes You

Where The Rhythm Takes You

Alush, romantic debut novel inspired by Jane Austen’s  Persuasion  and set in the author’s native Trinidad and Tobago. A romantic, mesmerizing novel of first love and second chances.

Seventeen-year-old Reyna has spent most of her life at the Plumeria, her family’s gorgeous seaside resort in Tobago. But what once seemed like paradise is starting to feel more like purgatory. It’s been two years since Reyna’s mother passed away, two years since Aiden her childhood best friend, first kiss, first love, first everything left the island to pursue his music

dreams. Reyna’s friends are all planning their futures and heading abroad. Even Daddy seems to want to move on, leaving her to try and keep the Plumeria running. And that’s when Aiden comes roaring back into her life, as a VIP guest at the resort. Aiden is now one-third of DJ Bacchanal the latest, hottest music group on the scene. While Reyna has stayed exactly where he left her, Aiden has returned to Tobago with his Grammy-nominated band and two gorgeous LA socialites. And he may (or may not be) dating one of them . . .

Q&A

WITH SARAH DASS

What was the driver behind writing a novel based on Jane Austen's Persuasion?

Persuasion is one of my all-time favourite books. I have a huge soft spot for the second-chance romance trope. I think there’s something hopeful and wildly romantic about two people who’ve drifted apart falling in love all over again.

The novel is set in Trinidad and Tobago. How important is this location to you in your writing?

Trinidad and Tobago is my home. It’s a beautiful place, rich in culture, but it rarely appears in popular media. Growing up in a small country, I sometimes felt isolated from the rest of the world, so when I didn’t see representation in the media I loved, it sometimes felt like wait – do we exist? That’s why it was so important for me to set my debut novel there. In a way, I was writing the book I wish I had when I was younger.

What is the key theme and/or message you want readers to take away from this book?

Where the Rhythm Takes You is about second chances. It deals with grief and regret, but also moving forward and following your dreams. I hope it’s ultimately an uplifting experience for readers, especially young adults who are still figuring out what they want from life.

Can you share with us something about the book that isn’t in the blurb?

Music plays a huge part in Where the Rhythm Takes You . There’s a playlist at the back of the book. For anyone interested in soca music, they can check it out. It has some of my all-time favourite songs on it.

Rime Chronicles Series:

A stunningly epic, adventurous, and romantic new fantasy about an outcast girl, the boy she loves, and the kingdom that has torn them apart.

Circle of Shadows Series: Tales of the Blackbone Witches Series:

L ove, spies, and adventure abound as Sora and Daemon unravel a complex web of magic and secrets that might tear them, and their entire kingdom apart forever.

9781460756348

PB

A dead witch. A bitter curse. A battle of magic. Some people knit socks by the fire at night. Gyssha Blackbone made monsters. But the old witch is dead now, and somehow, it’s Elodie’s job to clean up the mess.

06/08/2020

9781460756331

PB £7.99

MINDEE ARNETT

EVELYN SKYE

JO SPURRIER

Snow Like Ashes Series:

Game of Thrones meets Graceling in this striking fantasy tale of dark magic, dangerous politics, and discovering your true self. A heartbroken girl. A fierce warrior. A hero in the making.

Stream raiders Series:

A fantasy duology - full of deadly magic, double crosses, and a dangerous quest in a new world.

Set Fire to the Gods Series:

Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Gladiator . An epic fantasy duology in which two warriors must decide where their loyalties lie as an ancient war between immortals

SARAH RAASCH

Two gods are dead. The Mother Goddess has returned. War is rising. Fleeing war-ravaged Deimos, Ash and Madoc sail across the ocean to their only possible allies: the water and plant gods. But when Anathrasa attacks on the way, Ash leaps to the defence by using a power she didn’t know she had. When Madoc made the fire and earth gods mortal, he inadvertently transferred their magic to Ash. Now, if Ash can get energeias from the other four gods, she would be powerful enough to end Anathrasa once and for all. But not all the gods want the Mother Goddess defeated. To top her, Madoc will have to become the obedient son his mother always wanted, and Ash will have to take a merciless place among the gods. To defeat an immortal, Ash and Madoc must fight like gods, even if it means sacrificing their humanity.

SARAH RAASCH, KRISTEN SIMMONS

Serpent & Dove Series

Bound as one to love, honour, or burn. Set in a world of powerful women, dark magic, and off-the-charts romance, this is a Frenchinspired tale of witchcraft and forbidden love.

9780062878083

PB £7.99

SERPENT & DOVE 03/09/2020

9780062878038

PB £7.99

SHELBY MAHURIN

gods & monsters

Evil always seeks a foothold. We must not give it one.

After a heart-breaking loss, Lou, Reid, Beau, and Coco are bent on vengeance more than ever before, and none more so than Lou. But this is no longer the Lou they thought they knew. No longer the Lou that captured a chasseur’s heart. A darkness has settled over her, and this time it will take more than love to drive it out.

GODS & MONSTERS

9780063038936 05/08/2021

HB £12.99

The Black Witch Chronicles Series:

Avividly imagined new fantasy realm in which a fiercely determined heroine must embrace a power she never knew she had in order to protect everyone she loves from the darkness sweeping across their world.

THE IRON FLOWER

9781335995827

10/12/2020

PB £7.99

THE BLACK WITCH

9781335468864

09/07/2020

PB £7.99

Crier's War Series:

An Own Voices , richly imagined queer fantasy duology that’s Westworld meets Game of Thrones meets Marie Rutkoski’s The Winner’s Curse . Impossible love between two girls - one human, one Made. A love that could birth a revolution.

CRIERS WAR

9780062823953

17/09/2020

PB £7.99

THE DEMON TIDE

9781335402493

09/12/2021

HB £12.99

THE SHADOW WAND

9781335210005

08/07/2021

PB £7.99

The Never Tilting World Series:

Generations of twin goddesses have long ruled Aeon, until one sister’s betrayal split their world in two. A Great Abyss now divides two realms: one cloaked in eternal night, the other scorched beneath an ever-burning sun. A world split between day and night. Two sisters who must unite it.

IRON HEART

9780062823984

13/10/2021

PB £7.99

THE EVER CRUEL KINGDOM

9780062821911

09/12/2021

THE NEVER TILTING WORLD

9780062821881

12/11/2020

PB £7.99

LAURIE FOREST

RIN CHUPECO

NINA VARELA

Bone Grace Series: Burning Glass Series: Verify Series:

Bone Criers have been ferrying the dead into the afterlife for centuries, a dangerous duty only possible with the powers they gain from sacrificing their amourés, the men destined to love them and die.  A story of love, sisterhood, and determination as three friends find the courage and power to shatter the boundary between the living and the dead.

The start of a sweeping, Russianinspired fantasy trilogy about a girl forced to use her gift for reading people’s auras to guard the emperor against assassins.

The action and suspense of Warcross meets the keen, prescient social observation of 1984 . A timely topic with depth and nuance, all wrapped up in a gripping teen adventure that will have readers gasping around every twist and turn.

Dividing Eden Series:

W ho better to find your weakness than the one who shares your blood?

Twins Carys and Andreus were never destined to rule Eden. With their older brother next in line to inherit the throne, the future of the kingdom was secure.

Fallen Isles Series:

A smouldering, new fantasy trilogy about a girl imprisoned for defending dragons and the inner fire that may be her only chance of escape.

The Harbinger Series:

In this fantastical universe, gargoyle shapeshifters are sworn to guard humanity from the evils of the underworld. One guardian is about to meet a girl with an explosive secret. Should she fall into the wrong hands, her unique powers could unleash an all-out supernatural war.

grace and glory

Trinity Marrow has lost both the battle and her beloved Protector. Even with both demons and Wardens on her side, Trin may not win the war against the Harbinger. Bringing Lucifer back to the world to fight the Harbinger is probably a really, really bad idea, but they’re out of options— and the world’s ultimate fallen angel is the only being powerful enough to impact the outcome.

As Trin and Zayne form a new and more dangerous bond and Lucifer unleashes Hell on earth, the apocalypse looms and the world teeters on the end of forever. Win or lose, one thing is certain—nothing will ever be the same.

Crown of Coral and Pearl Series:

Red Queen meets House of Salt and Sorrow in Mara Rutherford's thrilling fantasy, which follows a young woman from a village on the sea who must impersonate her twin on land to save everyone she loves from a tyrannical prince.

LUMINOUS

An immersive new fantasy about a witch who must learn to harness her power—or risk losing her loved ones forever.

Liora has spent her life in hiding, knowing discovery could mean falling prey to the king’s warlock, Darius, who uses mages’ magic to grow his own power. But when her worst nightmare comes to pass, Darius doesn’t take her. Instead, he demands that her younger sister return to the capital with him. To make matters worse, Evran, Liora’s childhood friend and the only one who knows her secret, goes missing following Darius’s visit, leaving her without anyone to turn to.

To find Evran and to save her sister, Liora must embrace the power she has always feared. But the greatest danger she’ll face is yet to come, for Darius has plans in motion that will cause the world to fall into chaos, and Liora and Evran may be the only ones who can stop him.

Luminous chapter 1 extract

My father once described magic as an invisible beast, an unseen enemy that could snatch our lives away at any moment. As a small, impressionable child, I had imagined a lupine creature lurking outside among the whispering pines, breathing over my shoulder in our garden. For years, I didn’t even leave the house; it was magic that had killed my mother, after all.

I was old enough now to understand that magic didn’t work that way. But as I hurried down the dark road, past the woods that had become my haven during daylight hours, my childhood fears didn’t feel so foolish. I glanced behind me, sure I’d find Belle Sabine, the fabled witch of every young woman’s nightmares, swooping down as silent as an owl, ready to steal my youth and leave an empty husk behind.

Instead, I saw only an empty sky. But in my brief distraction, I tripped over a rock in the road, falling hard onto my knees as punishment for worrying about a fairytale. Cursing myself for my clumsiness, I dusted off my hands, wincing as a sharp pebble dislodged from my palm. I couldn’t afford this kind of delay. It was close to midnight, and there was no moon to speak of, which made my situation even more precarious; my exposed skin glowed so brightly that moths circled me like a flame. But my little sister, Mina, was missing. I had to tell Father.

As I rose to my feet, I heard the sound of footsteps up the road. I glanced around for a place to hide, but there was no time and nothing that could extinguish my light anyway. A moment later, a figure loomed at the margins of my glow. Some said Belle Sabine had died, others that she was biding her time until the townspeople became complacent once again. But I was convinced she had come to kill me on the one night I had dared to venture past our threshold.

I shrank back as skirts and slippered feet came into view, followed by a woman’s arms cradling a basket, and finally, the face of Margana, the weaver who lived next door. Not here to kill me, then. But a witch, nevertheless. And one arguably as dangerous as Belle Sabine, given who she worked for.

“What are you doing out here?” she demanded. “It’s the middle of the night.”

“Mina is gone,” I blurted. “Father is still at work, and I didn’t know what else to do.” Margana scrutinized me for a moment. “You’re a witch.”

A chill that had nothing to do with the cool night air crept over my scalp. No one had ever called me a witch to my face before, though of course I knew what I was. My entire life revolved around my glowing skin and the fear that the kingdom’s most powerful warlock would discover it. Lord Darius was employed by the king himself, gathering mages and torturing them if they didn’t do his bidding. Margana might not be his servant by choice, but he was dangerous enough that no mage dared cross him. No mage who had lived to tell about it, anyway. I pulled Father’s cloak tighter around myself, but it was futile. She already knew. I had wasted too much time getting up the nerve to leave the house after I found Mina’s bed empty, wringing my hands at the window, wondering if she’d been kidnapped by drifters or lured into the forest by a ghost lantern. Then, once I was on the road, I had foolishly stopped to look at the devil’s footprints, little white mushrooms that grew in pairs of two, resembling the cloven hooves of a demon. I’d seen them in daylight plenty of times, but never at night. They had caught my eye because their glow was so similar to my own.

Oddly, Margana’s basket was full of the mushrooms. Her cornflower-blue eyes were pale and otherworldly in their light. As if sensing my curiosity, she shifted the basket to her other hip. Margana was one of the few people who lived outside the gates of the ancient village of Sylvan, like us. She was also my best friend Evran’s mother—and the only other witch I knew.

“I always wondered why your father moved you girls out here after your mother died,” she said. “Now it all makes sense. But something tells me your father wouldn’t be pleased to know you’re outside, exposing yourself.” She grabbed one of my hands and turned it over, examining it like a bruised apple at market. Against Margana’s dull skin, mine looked false, as if I wasn’t a real person at all.

“I have to go,” I said, pulling free.

She sighed. “Keep your head down, and pray you don’t meet anyone on the road. Darius’s spies are everywhere.”

My eyes widened in fear, and she chuckled quietly. “Not me, silly girl.”

I swallowed audibly. If there really were spies in Sylvan, Margana was the most likely suspect. She already worked for Darius, after all. I was about to step around her when my eyes drifted to the basket once again. “I thought the devil’s footprints were poisonous.”

Her lips curved in a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. “Oh, they are. Highly. Fortunately, I don’t plan on eating them. Good luck, Liora.”

I nodded and hurried to the stone steps leading down to Sylvan. Above me, a heavy iron chain was suspended between the cliffs. As far as I knew, Sylvan was the only village in Antalla—maybe the world—that could boast having attracted not one, but two falling stars. A fragment of the first had been melted into the shape of a five-pointed star and hung from the chain. At night, it was glimmered overhead. The second star—my star—had disintegrated amid the flames when it landed.

I wound my way silently through Sylvan’s narrow streets, toward Father’s shop. He and Adelle, my older, more responsible sister, were likely the only ones working at this hour. Just as I quickened my pace, I heard a high-pitched shriek from somewhere above me. I looked up to where a lamp winked on in an apartment window, illuminating two silhouettes, then down to the shop on my left. The tailor’s shop. Mina.

Without thinking, I grabbed the cast iron boot scraper sitting by the front door of the store and hurled it through the window. Glass shattered, leaving a jagged hole that gaped like a mouth mid-scream.

Heart racing, I flattened myself against the alcove by the door as a man shouted and a window screeched open. The tailor, a young man nearly as alluring as the fabrics he sold, poked his head out for a moment, then disappeared, likely heading downstairs to look for the culprit. I scurried to the alcove in front of the butcher’s, hoping my light would be hidden there.

“Get behind me,” Luc said from somewhere inside the shop. “The thief could still be here.”

“You’re so brave.”

I sighed in relief at the sound of Mina’s voice, before fury shot through me like an arrow. I should have known Mina would come here; she had flirted

with Luc relentlessly today, which was how we’d acquired three yards of the champagne-coloured silk she wanted for the dress I’d spent all evening working on.

A moment later, they emerged onto the street, Mina clutching at Luc’s sleeve as he lifted his lamp and peered into the darkness. He tossed his black hair out of his eyes and frowned. “It doesn’t look like they stole anything. Just vandals, I suppose.”

“Or an enemy,” Mina breathed, dramatic as ever. “Do you have any nemeses?”

When he turned his dark gaze on her, something tugged at my heart. She was wearing a dress I’d made for myself when I was her age. It hung loose on her thin frame, but the hem grazed her calves, a sure sign she had altered it. She had nothing but a shawl pulled around her shoulders, and from where I stood, it was painfully clear that the tailor was not interested in her the way she no doubt hoped.

“I have to find a member of the night guard and report this. You shouldn’t be here. If your father catches you, he’ll have me hanged. You’re a sweet girl, Mina, but this is inappropriate.”

“But the silk…”

“That was for your sister. Now, please, go home.”

Mina caught her lip in her teeth to keep from crying. With a nod, she hurried away, tears already streaming down her cheeks. I waited for the tailor to start up the street before I ran out of the alcove to catch her.

She squealed in alarm when I placed my hand on her shoulder, and I quickly clapped my other hand over her mouth.

“It’s me,” I whispered, lowering my hand slowly when I was confident she wouldn’t scream. She swiped at her tears. “Liora? What are you doing out here? What if someone sees you?”

My anger softened at her concern, until I remembered that she was the reason I was out in the first place. “I might ask you the same questions. If Father had come home and found you missing, he’d have killed you.”

“And what if he goes home and finds both of us missing? Have you considered that?”

I opened my mouth to scold her, but she was right. “You can explain what you were doing once we get home,” I said.

In typical Mina fashion, she stuck her tongue out at me and ran.

HARPER360 | YOUNG ADULT TITLES 2021

BREE BARTON

HEART OF THORNS 9780062447692 22/08/2019 PB £7.99 FAWKES Nadine Brandes 9780785217145 23/08/2018 HB £12.99

The Heart of Thorns Series: SOUL OF CINDER 9780062447746 21/01/2021 HB £12.99 ROMANOV Nadine Brandes 9780785217244 30/05/2019 HB £12.99 SAWKILL GIRLS Claire Legrand 9780062696618 27/06/2019 PB £7.99

A fiercely feminist teen fantasy trilogy about a dark kingdom in which only women can possess magic—and every woman is suspected of having it. TO BEST THE BOYS Mary Webber 9780718080969 04/04/2019 PB £7.99 THE MEMORY THIEF Lauren Mansy 9780310767657 14/11/2019 HB £12.99

// FANTASY 15

In this thrilling and romantic duology opener, four teens who have been turned into immortal Seasons must escape the cycle of violence they’re trapped in when Winter and Spring fall in love.

Set in an incredible, fresh world that blends magic with science, this is a captivating high-stakes fantasy duology.

Seasons of the Storm Series: seasons of chaos

As immortal Seasons, Jack and Fleur wielded powerful magic in their roles as a Winter and a Spring. Yet there wasn’t magic strong enough to keep them apart, and they risked everything for their love, and for the freedom to live their lives as they choose together.

That choice came at a cost, and Jack had to sacrifice his Winter magic, and his immortality. Although he’d do anything for Fleur, he can’t deny the emptiness he’s felt since.

And the world they thought they had left behind is still dealing with the fallout of the battle. With Professor Lyon as the new Chronos, Seasons are free to do as they please. But not everyone is happy with the change in leadership. When an old enemy seeks revenge, immense magic runs wild and unchecked, creating chaos everywhere.

Thrust into the middle of a new war, Jack and Fleur are again forced to choose between their freedom and saving the world from the storm.

Set in the world of the Seven Realms series, a generation later, this is a breathtaking story of dark magic, chilling threats, and two unforgettable characters walking a knifesharp line between life and death.

Shattered Realms Series: Twin Daggers Series:

Wilhelmina Heidle, the fourth child and only daughter of the king of the world’s wealthiest nation, has grown up in the shadows. Kept hidden from the world in order to serve as a spy for her father. Until one night Wil is attacked, and she discovers a dangerous secret. Her touch turns people into gemstone.

The Glass Spare Series:

Magic-wielding spies and twin sisters Aissa and Zandria want nothing more than to take revenge on the society that conquered their people but for Aissa, completing her mission could mean choosing between Zandria’s freedom and saving the life of a sworn enemy who has stolen her heart.

CINDA WILLIAMS CHIMA

Standalones:

Sabriel meets Romeo and Juliet in this stunning and atmospheric duology. When the mysterious fog of the Ruining crept over the world, the living died and the dead rose. Only the walled city of Viyara was left unouched.

In this daring and romantic fantasy duology, society wife-in-training Dani has a great awakening after being recruited by rebel spies and falling for her biggest rival. At the Medio School for Girls, distinguished young women are trained for one of two roles in their polarized society. Depending on her specialization, a graduate will one day run a husband’s household or raise his children.

A PSALM OF STORMS AND SILENCE

9780062891525

11/11/2021

HB £12.99

A Song of Wraiths and Ruin Series:

The first in a gripping duology inspired by West African folklore, in which a grieving crown princess and a desperate refugee find themselves on a collision course to murder each other despite their growing attraction.

OF WRAITHS

9780062891501

A Psalm of Storms and Silence

Months have passed since the violent coup that upended Princess Karina’s life. She is now a fugitive racing across the desert to sanctuary in the Arkwasian Jungle, where she hopes to find allies to help her reclaim her kingdom from her adopted brother's clutches. Meanwhile, Malik's illusion magic is flourishing under Farid's tutelage, but the bonds keeping the Faceless King trapped in his mind are weakening. His quest to best the spirit once and for all leads him deep into the dark history of his own ancestors. An unlikely ally by his side, Princess Hanane, Karina's resurrected sister, hides more secrets than even she realizes.

As the fabric holding Sonande together begins to tear, Malik and Karina once again find themselves on opposite sides of an ever-worsening conflict, even as their connection flares to a breaking point. And when the fate of the world hangs on a single, horrifying choice, they each must decide what they value most: a power that could transform the world, or a love that could transform their lives.

R A Salvatore The Color of Dragons

AsB

A sweeping, action-packed, romantic preArthurian tale of the origins of magic (and Merlin) by powerhouse adult fantasy author R. A. Salvatore and Erika Lewis.

Magic needs a spark.

And Maggie’s powers are especially fickle. With no one to help her learn to control her magic, the life debt that she owes stretches eternally over her head, with no way to repay it. Until she meets Griffin, the king’s championinfamous for hunting down the draignochs that plague their kingdom. Neither has any idea of the destiny that they both carry, or that their meeting will set off a chain of events that will alter every aspect of the life they know—and all of history thereafter.

Ahigh-stakes, pacy reimagining of  Little Red Riding Hood . For as long as sixteenyear-old Adele can remember, the village of Oakvale has been surrounded by the dark wood - a forest filled with terrible monsters. A forest that light cannot penetrate. Like her fellow villagers, she knows to steer clear of the woods unless absolutely necessary. But unlike her neighbours, Adele has a very good reason for going into the dark wood. Adele is one of a long line of guardians: women who secretly take on the form of a wolf, in order to protect their village. Her life - and the lives of every villager she watches over, depends upon her secret being kept. But when accepting her fate means giving up the boy she loves, abandoning the future she imagined for herself, and breaking her own moral code, she must decide how far she is willing to go to keep her neighbours safe.

The Forest of Good and Evil Series:

Welcome to the Forest of Good and Evil, where villains may be heroes and heroes may be villains…it all depends on who you ask. In the realm of Enchantia, creatures of legend still exist, magic is the norm, and fairy tales are real.

Raised in the human world, Everly Morrow has no idea she’s a fairytale princess, until she begins to commune with mirrors. Soon, a horrifying truth is revealed. She is fated to be Snow White’s greatest enemy, the Evil Queen.

THE BEHOLDER Series:

Lush landscapes, dazzling romance, and captivating intrigue await in this stunning alternate historical. Selah has waited her whole life for a happily ever after. As the only daughter of the leader of Potomac, she knows her duty is to find the perfect match.

BACKLIST TITLES

THE GLASS QUEEN

9781335212801 19/08/2021

PB £7.99

THE EVIL QUEEN

9781335050229

20/08/2020

PB £7.99

THE BOUNDLESS BEHOLDER

9780062845467 05/08/2021

PB £7.99

THE BEHOLDER

9780062845436

11/06/2020

PB £7.99

GENA SHOWALTER

ANNA BRIGHT

In this

of Frank Stockton’s famous short story, The Lady, or The Tiger? , Tiger Queen tells the story of Princess Kateri as she trains with the rebel Desert Boys to overthrow the cruel captain of the guards in the mythical desert kingdom of Achra.

library of ILLUSTRATED MINALIMA CLASSICS

The eighth book in the series of illustrated classics, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , created by MinaLima, the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise.

Hailed as “America’s greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale” by the Library of Congress, L. Frank Baum’s classic story has been enjoyed by generations of young readers since its publication in 1900. When a tornado strikes the Kansas prairie, young orphan Dorothy Gale and her little dog Toto are blown away to Oz, a magical place filled with witches, munchkins, winged monkeys, and other unusual inhabitants. Lost and afraid, all Dorothy wants is to return to her Uncle Henry and Auntie Em. But to do so, the Good Witch of the North tells her, she must follow the Yellow Brick Road that leads to the Emerald City. There, she will find the fearsome Wizard of Oz who can help her find her way home.

THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ

L. Frank Baum

9780063055735 16/09/2021

HB £25.00

THE LITTLE MERMAID AND OTHER FAIRY TALES

Hans Christian Andersen

9780062692597

22/03/2018

HB £20.00

THE SECRET GARDEN

Frances Hodgson

Burnett

9780062692573

06/09/2018

HB £25.00

THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO

Carlo Collodi

9780062905277

14/04/2020

HB £25.00

Rudyard Kipling

9780062389503

07/04/2016

HB £20.00

Gabrielle-Suzanne

Barbot de Villeneuve

9780062456212

09/03/2017

HB £20.00

THE JUNGLE BOOK

THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

THE TRULY DEVIOUS SERIES

A

series about a sharp and funny young detective named Stevie Bell who begins school at an elite, yet peculiar, boarding school and finds herself entangled in a suspenseful murder mystery.

THE BOX IN THE WOODS

A fter solving the case of Truly Devious, Stevie Bell investigates her first mystery outside of Ellingham Academy in this spine-chilling and hilarious stand-alone mystery.

Amateur sleuth Stevie Bell needs a good murder. After catching a killer at her high school, she’s back at home for a normal (that means boring) summer. But then she gets a message from the owner of Sunny Pines, formerly known as Camp Wonder Falls—the site of the notorious unsolved case, the Box in the Woods Murders. Back in 1978, four camp counsellors were killed in the woods outside of the town of Barlow Corners, their bodies left in a gruesome display. The new owner offers Stevie an invitation: Come to the camp and help him work on a true crime podcast about the case. Stevie agrees, as long as she can bring along her friends from Ellingham Academy. Nothing sounds better than a summer spent together, investigating old murders. But something evil still lurks in Barlow Corners. When Stevie opens the lid on this long-dormant case, she gets much more than she bargained for. The Box in the Woods will make room for more victims. This time, Stevie may not make it out alive.

TIFFANY D. JACKSON

White Smoke

The Haunting of Hill House meets Get Out in this chilling YA psychological thriller about a teenage girl moving with her newly blended family to a picture-perfect home . . . that is hiding secrets.

When the Sterling Foundation offers Marigold’s mum free housing for a year, her newly blended family moves to the embattled city of Cedarville, along with Mari’s bratty stepsister, Piper. Mari wants to be back in sunny California, not this oddly renovated home in a decaying town—but it’s not like the house wants her there, either.

It starts off slow. The perma-locked basement. Doors opening and closing when no one’s there. Mari’s stuff getting moved around her room. Piper makes a new friend, Ms. Suga, except no one else has seen her. But ghosts aren’t real, right? Mari and her brother, Sammy, set up cameras to investigate.

The house doesn’t like that.

When a fire starts across the street, Marigold becomes suspicious of Piper. After Sammy needs to be taken to the hospital when he almost dies, Mari decides they need to leave this house. Now.

Standalones:

GHOSTWOOD SONG

Erica Waters

9780062894236

08/07/2021

PB £7.99

PRIDE AND PREMEDITATION

Tirzah Price

9780062889805

13/05/2021

HB £12.99

EVERY STOLEN BREATH

Kimberly Gabriel

9780310766667

12/12/2019

HB £12.99

CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD

Adam Cesare

9780062854599

17/09/2020

HB £12.99

THE RIVER HAS TEETH

Erica Waters

9780062894250

19/08/2021

HB £12.99

THESE VENGEFUL HEARTS

Katherine Laurin

9781335145871

26/11/2020

HB £12.99

THE SUMMER WE FORGOT

Caroline George 9780785236214

10/12/2021

HB £12.99

Get Out meets Fear Street

- when a small town is torn between tradition and progress reaches a breaking point, a group of teenagers find themselves fighting for their lives against a homicidal clown determined to save the town from its greatest threat... them.

REDEMPTION PREP

Samuel Miller

9780062662040

11/11/2021

PB £7.99

THE BLACK COATS

Colleen Oakes

9780062679642

15/10/2020

NOBODY KNOWS BUT YOU

Anica Mrose Rissi

9780062685315

01/10/2020

HB £12.99

CLIQUE BAIT

Ann Valett

9780062918086

11/06/2020

HB £12.99

ALL THE THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK

Saundra Mitchell

9780062852601

13/05/2021

THIS IS NOT A GHOST STORY

Andrea Portes

9780062422446

10/12/2020

HB £12.99

ALL YOUR TWISTED SECRETS

Diana Urban

9780062908223

08/07/2021

PB £7.99

LIES MY MEMORY TOLD ME

Sacha Wunsch

9781335018274

25/11/2021

HB £12.99

THIS IS WHY WE LIE

Riverdale meets One of Us in this standalone thriller following two teens who discover a body off the coast of their seaside town. As they search for the killer, they will learn the students of both the local prep school and the nearby reform school will do anything to protect their secrets.

Everyone in Gardiners Bay has a secret.

When Jenna Dallas and Adam Cole find Colleen O’Dell’s body floating off the shore of their coastal town, the community of Gardiners Bay is shaken. But even more shocking is the fact that her drowning was no accident.

Once Jenna’s best friend becomes a key suspect, Jenna starts to look for answers on her own. As she uncovers scandals inside Preston Prep School leading back to Rookwood reform school, she knows she needs Adam on her side.

As a student at Rookwood, Adam is used to getting judgmental looks, but now his friends are being investigated by the police. Adam will do whatever he can to keep them safe, even if that means trusting Jenna.

As lies unravel, the truth starts to blur. Only one thing is certain: somebody must take the fall.

The Hunger Games meets Aurora Rising with a dash of Three Dark Crowns in this knockout high-stakes adventure.

Alyssa Farshot never wanted to rule the empire. But to honour her uncle’s dying wish, she participated in the crownchase, a race across the empire’s 1,001 planets to find the royal seal and win the throne. Alyssa tried to help her friend, Coy, win the crownchase, but just as victory was within their grasp, Edgar Voles killed Coy, and claimed the seal for himself.

Brokenhearted over her friend’s death, Alyssa is hell-bent on revenge. But Edgar is well protected in the kingship. Alyssa will have to rally rivals, friends, and foes from across the empire to take

DOROTHY MUST DIE

9780062280688

07/05/2015

PB £7.99

THE WICKED WILL RISE

9780062280718

21/04/2016

THE END OF OZ

9780062423788

19/04/2018

DOROTHY MUST DIE STORIES

9780062280794

09/04/2015

PB £7.99

DOROTHY MUST DIE EPIC READS EDITION

9780063055070

29/04/2021

PB £7.99

CROWN OF OBLIVION

Julie Eshbaugh

9780062399311

26/12/2019

HB £12.99

SPLINTERED SILENCE

Kayla Olson

9780062484918

12/12/2019

PB £7.99

YELLOW BRICK WAR

9780062280749

20/04/2017

PB £7.99

DOROTHY MUST DIE STORIES VOLUME 2

9780062403971

24/03/2016

PB £7.99

DOROTHY MUST DIE STORIES VOLUME 3

9780062423832

13/07/2017

PB £7.99

HOW TO PACK FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

Michelle Falkoff

9780062680266

10/12/2020

HB £12.99

99 LIES

Rachel Vincent

9780062411600

22/07/2021

PB £7.99

dark star Series:

Atravel romance trilogy, with the scope of Outlander , the action of Passenger , and the delicious romance of The Selection

Centuries tore them apart. Fate brought them together. And their world will never be the same.

dark stars:

Dorothy finds herself completely alone.

Roman is dead. The Chronology Protection Agency wants nothing to do with her. The Black Cirkus no longer trusts her. And Ash . . . Ash is gone.

Dorothy has seen the evidence with her own eyes. She knows that she was the one who killed Ash, though she still has no idea how, when, or most important why. But the discovery of several missing pages from the Professor’s journal drives a narrow sliver of hope into her heart.

Without a ship, it should be impossible for Dorothy to travel through time. But for Ash, Dorothy will do anything to not only create the present that will protect Ash—but also to save what’s left of their ruined world.

The Honors Series: A

feisty young criminal chosen to explore the far reaches of the galaxy aboard a sentient spaceship, only to discover that dangerous secrets and a taboo romance are hidden amongst the stars.

Standalones: the pioneer series:

When Jo steps onto planet Tau

Ceti e for the first time, she’s ready to put the past behind her and begin again. After all, as a pioneer, she has the job of helping build a new home away from Earth.

M. K. ENGLAND

BRIDGET TYLER

RACHEL CAINE, ANN AGUIRRE

A haunting standalone historical fantasy that follows a young, queer Jewish immigrant who is possessed by the evil spirit of his murdered best friend and is catapulted into a deadly hunt for a serial killer terrorizing Chicago during the World's Fair of 1893.

Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity, and he dreams of the day he’ll have enough money to bring his mother and sisters to America, freeing them from the oppression they face in his native Romania.

But when Alter’s best friend, Yakov, becomes the latest victim in a long line of murdered Jewish boys, his dream begins to slip away. While the rest of the city is busy celebrating the World’s Fair, Alter is now living a nightmare: possessed by Yakov’s dybbuk, he is plunged into a world of corruption and deceit, and thrown back into the arms of a dangerous boy from his past. A boy who means more to Alter than anyone knows.

Now, with only days to spare until the dybbuk takes over Alter’s body completely, the two boys must race to track down the killer— before the killer claims them next.

STANDALONES

STANDALONES STANDALONES

INTO THE REAL

Z. Brewer

9780062691385

12/11/2020

HB £12.99

GEORGIA PEACHES

FORBIDDEN FRUIT

Jaye Robin Brown 9780062271006

THE KEY TO YOU AND ME

Jaye Robin Brown

9780062824585

27/05/2021

HB £12.99

LOVE & OTHER CURSES

Michael Thomas Ford

9780062791214

09/07/2020

PB £7.99

THE MEANING OF BIRDS

Jaye Robin Brown

9780062824561

09/07/2020

PB £7.99

Piper Kitts is spending the summer living with her grandmother, training at the barn of a former Olympic horseback rider, and trying to get over her ex-girlfriend. Much to Piper’s dismay, her grandmother is making her face her fear of driving head-on by taking lessons from a girl in town.

STANDALONES STANDALONES STANDALONES

GIRL MANS UP

M-E Girard

9780062404183

22/02/2018

PB £7.99

THE STATE OF US

Shaun David Hutchinson

9780062950321

11/11/2021

PB £7.99

BEFORE WE DISAPPEAR

Shaun David Hutchinson

9780063025226

28/10/2021

HB £12.99

Jason June 9780063015159

08/07/2021

HB £12.99

MEET CUTE DIARY

Emery Lee

9780063038837

10/06/2021

HB £12.99

A moving and hilarious sex-positive story about the complexities of first loves, first hookups, and first heartbreaks and how to stay true to yourself while embracing what you never saw coming.

JAY'S GAY AGENDA

STANDALONES STANDALONES STANDALONES

ACT COOL

Tobly McSmith

9780063038561

14/10/2021

HB £12.99

Saundra Mitchell

9781335018267

09/07/2020

HB £12.99

9780062978387

15/10/2020

HB £12.99

STAY GOLD

Tobly McSmith

9780062943187

01/09/2021

PB £7.99

THE (UN)POPULAR VOTE

Jasper Sanchez

9780063025769

08/07/2021

HB £12.99

There are two things that Corinne Parker knows to be true: that she is in love with Maggie Bailey, the captain of the rival high school’s cross-country team and her secret girlfriend of a year, and that she isn’t ready for anyone to know she’s bisexual. But then Maggie dies, and Corinne is left heartbroken over a relationship no one knows existed.

WHO I WAS WITH HER Nita Tyndall

EVERYTHING WITHIN AND IN BETWEEN

IAm Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter  meets  Color Me In . Ri Fernández struggles to reclaim a heritage and a mother from her strict grandmother who has kept Ri away from both. For Ri Fernández’s entire life, she’s been told, “We live in America and we speak English.”

Raised by her strict Mexican grandma, Ri has never been allowed to learn Spanish. What’s more, her grandma has always pushed Ri away from the neighbourhood they call home and toward her best friend’s world of mansions and country clubs in the hopes that it’ll bring Ri closer to achieving the “American Dream." In her most private thoughts, Ri has always believed that her mother, who disappeared when she was young, would accept her exactly how she is. So, when Ri finds a secret unanswered letter from her mum begging for a visit, Ri decides to reclaim what her grandma kept from her: a language and a mother. But nothing goes as planned. Her mum isn’t who Ri imagined she would be. And Ri’s struggling to navigate the different interweaving threads of her mixed heritage that make her who she is. Nobody has any idea of who Ri really is, not even Ri herself.

NIKKI BARTHELMESS

STANDALONES STANDALONES STANDALONES

YOU SAY IT FIRST

Katie Cotugno

9780062674135

22/07/2021

PB £7.99

DANGEROUS ALLIANCE

Jennieke Cohen

9780062857316

09/12/2021

PB £7.99

ONCE UPON A QUINCEANERA

#FAMOUS

Jilly Gagnon

9780062430045

28/05/2020

PB £7.99 ~

THE FLIPSIDE OF PERFECT

Liz Reinhardt

9781335470447

29/04/2021

HB £12.99

Monica Gomez-Hira

9780062996831

13/05/2021

HB £12.99

ROMAN AND JEWEL

Dana L. Davis

9781335070623

04/03/2021

HB £12.99

YOU CAN GO YOUR OWN WAY

Eric Smith

9781335405685

09/12/2021

HB £12.99

A DRESS FOR THE WICKED

Autumn Krause

9780062857347

03/09/2020

PB £7.99

julie murphy

DUMPLIN' SERIES:

Waylon Russell Brewer is a fat, openly gay boy stuck in the small West Texas town of Clover City. His plan is to bide his time until he can graduate, move to Austin with his twin sister, Clementine, and finally go Full Waylon, so that he can live his Julie-the-hills-are-alive-with-the-sound-of-musicAndrews truth. So when Clementine deviates from their master plan right after Waylon gets dumped, he throws caution to the wind and creates an audition tape for his favourite TV drag show,  Fiercest of Them All . What he doesn’t count on is the tape accidentally getting shared with the entire school... As a result, Waylon is nominated for prom queen as a joke. Clem’s girlfriend, Hannah Perez, also receives a joke nomination for prom king.

Waylon and Hannah decide there’s only one thing to do: run—and leave high school with a bang. A very glittery bang. 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 time with the very cute and infuriating prom king nominee Tucker Watson.

STANDALONES:

STANDALONES STANDALONES STANDALONES

THIS TIME WILL BE DIFFERENT

Misa Sugiura

9780062473455

23/07/2020

PB £7.99

LOVE & OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS

Misa Sugiura

9780062991232

22/07/2021

HB £12.99

DON'T BREATHE A WORD

Jordyn Taylor

9780063038882

24/06/2021

HB £12.99

WHEN WE CAUGHT FIRE

Anna Godbersen

9780062679833

17/10/2019

PB £7.99

IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A SECRET

Misa Sugiura

9780062473424

27/12/2018

PB £7.99

When Nozomi Nagai pictured the ideal summer romance, a fake one wasn’t what she had in mind. That was before she met the perfect girl. Willow is gorgeous, glamorous, and…heartbroken? And when she enlists Nozomi to pose as her new girlfriend to make her ex jealous, Nozomi is a willing volunteer.

THE PAPER GIRL OF PARIS

Jordyn Taylor

9780062936646

27/05/2021

PB £7.99

BEAUTIFUL WILD

Anna Godbersen

9780062679864

09/12/2021

PB £7.99

STANDALONES STANDALONES STANDALONES

GET EVEN (TV TIE-IN EDITION)

Gretchen McNeil

9780063075290

18/02/2021

ELIZA AND HER MONSTERS

Francesca Zappia

9780062290144

30/05/2019

The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars in this witty and suspenseful novel about four disparate girls who join forces to take revenge on high school bullies - creating dangerous enemies for themselves in the process.

GET DIRTY (TIE-IN EDITION)

Gretchen McNeil

9780063075283

18/02/2021

THE NEW DAVID ESPINOZA

Fred Aceves

9780062489906

01/04/2021

PB £7.99

ALWAYS FOREVER MAYBE

Anica Mrose Rissi

9780062685292

19/03/2020

PB £7.99

MADE YOU UP

Francesca Zappia

9780062290113

THE ARRIVAL OF SOMEDAY

Jen Malone

9780062795397

17/09/2020

PB £7.99

STANDALONES STANDALONES STANDALONES

MY HEART UNDERWATER

Laurel Flores Fantauzzo

9780062972286

12/11/2020

HB £12.99

THE JUNE BOYS Court Stevens 9780785221944

07/01/2021

PB £7.99

STRANGE CREATURES

Phoebe North 9780062841155

08/07/2021

HB £12.99

SALTY, BITTER, SWEET

Mayra Cuevas

9780310769774

19/03/2020

HB £12.99

WE ARE TOTALLY NORMAL

Naomi Kanakia

9780062865823

29/04/2021

PB £7.99

ORDINARY GIRLS

Blair Thornburgh

9780062447821

06/08/2020

PB £7.99

WITHIN THESE LINES

Stephanie Morrill

9780310765219

09/01/2020

PB £6.99

Candace Buford

9781335402516

MACKENZI LEE

Years after the events of  The Gentleman’s Guide  and  The Lady’s Guide , Monty and Felicity’s younger brother, Adrian Montague, who stands to inherit his family’s estate - sets out on his own adventure to find his disowned siblings after discovering he’s not an only child. The sole heir to his family’s fortune, Adrian Montague desperately wants to be free—from his father’s high expectations; the grief of losing his beloved mother; and the constant war being waged inside his mind. Adrian was diagnosed with hysteria at a young age and it’s always been kept a secret. But when he has a breakdown at his engagement party, the public learns Adrian’s worst fear: he might not be fit to run the Montague estate. Thankfully, Adrian is given an opportunity to avoid the impending scandal: a trip to the Caribbean to claim the last of his mother’s possessions. But along the way, Adrian discovers another secret lurking in his family tree. He is actually the youngest of three children—his sister Felicity and brother “Monty” went missing over a decade ago. Now Adrian has the chance to find them and offer to pass the estate back to the rightful heirs.

STANDALONES STANDALONES STANDALONES

LIKE SISTERS ON THE HOMEFRONT

Rita Williams-Garcia

9780062823922

20/02/2019

PB £7.99

A SITTING IN ST. JAMES

Rita Williams-Garcia 9780062367297

24/06/2021

HB £12.99

EVERY TIME A RAINBOW DIES

Rita Williams-Garcia

9780063079267 24/06/2021

PB £7.99

NOT SO PURE AND SIMPLE

Lamar Giles

9780062349200

12/11/2020

PB £7.99

NO LAUGHTER HERE

Rita Williams-Garcia

9780063079298

24/06/2021

PB £7.99

JUMPED

Rita Williams-Garcia

9780063079281

24/06/2021

PB £7.99

ENDANGERED

Lamar Giles

9780062297570

17/09/2020

PB £7.99

STANDALONES STANDALONES STANDALONES

THIS WILL BE FUNNY SOMEDAY

Katie Henry 9780062955708

18/02/2021

HB £12.99

THE FIELD GUIDE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN TEENAGER

Ben Philippe 9780062824127

20/02/2020

PB £7.99

WITH YOU ALL THE WAY

Cynthia Hand

9780062693198

10/06/2021

HB £12.99

IF THESE WINGS COULD FLY

Kyrie McCauley

9780062885036

16/09/2021

PB £7.99

LET'S CALL IT A DOOMSDAY

Katie Henry

9780062698919

03/09/2020

HERETICS ANONYMOUS

Katie Henry 9780062698889

08/08/2019

PB £7.99

Ben Philippe

9780062824141

12/11/2020

THE HOW & THE WHY

Cynthia Hand

9780062693174

13/05/2021

PB £7.99

WE CAN BE HEROES

Kyrie McCauley

9780062885050

14/10/2021

HB £12.99

STANDALONES STANDALONES STANDALONES

THE SILENCE BETWEEN US

SUGGESTED

In a story that’s  Gilmore Girls  meets New Delhi, Noreen and her mother, Ruby, rely on their close relationship as they navigate family expectations, romantic complications, culture clashes, and their own personal truths. To cure her post–senior year slump, made worse by the loss of her aunt Sonia, Noreen is ready to follow her mum on a gap year trip to New Delhi, hoping India can lessen her grief and bring her voice back.

In the world’s most polluted city, Noreen soon meets kind, handsome Kabir, who introduces her to the wonders of this magical, complicated place. With Kabir’s help plus Bollywood celebrities, fourteenth-century ruins, karaoke parties, and Sufi saints - Noreen begins to rediscover her joyful voice. But when a family scandal erupts, Noreen and Kabir must face complicated questions in their own relationship: What does it mean to truly stand by someone and what are the boundaries of love?

MELANIE DICKERSON

Castle of Refuge

Ever since she was a child, Audrey wanted her life to be extraordinary. But as the daughter of a viscount born in late fourteenth-century England, the only thing expected of her was to marry—until an act of malice by her sister, Maris, four years ago damaged her face and her prospects. Though Maris was sent away, twenty-year-old Audrey is still suffering the scars of her sister’s cruelty. When her father announces his plans to marry off his damaged daughter and bring Maris home, Audrey decides to flee in search of her true destiny.

However, life outside her home is dangerous, and she soon finds herself attacked, sick, and in desperate need of help. She is taken in at Dericott Castle to be nursed back to health. While there, she decides to keep her identity a secret and work as a servant in the castle. But she doesn’t count on falling in love with the young and handsome Lord Dericott, who lost his arm several months earlier and bears scars of his own.

Meanwhile, Edwin—Lord Dericott—is curious about the new, well-educated servant’s identity. All he knows is that he’s quickly becoming smitten with her. When the man Audrey’s father wanted her to marry comes looking for her, she and Edwin must make lifechanging decisions about what to believe and whether or not love is truly worth trusting.

INCREDIBLE

GRAPHIC NOVELS

THE FIRE NEVER GOES OUT

Walter Dean Myers, Dawud Anyabwile

STANDALONES STANDALONES STANDALONES

SOLO

Kwame Alexander

Mary Rand Hess

9780310761884

31/10/2019

PB £7.99

JUNK BOY

Tony Abbott

9780062491251

12/11/2020

HB £12.99

LIGHT FILTERS IN: POEMS

Caroline Kaufman

Yelena Bryksenkova

9780062844682

22/05/2018

HB £10.99

THE TRUTH PROJECT

Dante Medema

9780062954404

12/11/2020

HB £12.99

SWING

Kwame Alexander

Mary Rand Hess

9780310761945

31/10/2019

PB £7.99

THREE THINGS I KNOW ARE TRUE

Betty Culley

9780062908032

18/03/2021

PB £7.99

WHEN THE WORLD DIDN'T END: POEMS

Caroline Kaufman

Yelena Bryksenkova

9780062910387

20/08/2019

HB £10.99

WITH THEIR EYES

Annie Thoms David Levithan

9780063143364

02/09/2021

PB £7.99

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