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An unflinching YA debut about a troubled teen who discovers a pack of feral girls in the woods and is swept up in the ensuing mystery: Are the Wild Girls of Happy Valley lost princesses from a faraway land, as they believe, or are they brainwashed victims of a deranged kidnapper? In her...

New from the winner of the Guardian Children's Book Award: Home Girl is the story of Naomi, a teenage girl growing up fast in the care system. It is a wholly modern story which sheds a much needed light on what can be an unsettling life - and the consequences that can follow when children are...

Eighteen-year-old Holiday needs to sort her life out. She's still shaken from her brother's recent suicide attempt; still pining over her ex, Maya; and still struggling to write again after a long dry spell. To earn enough money for a rebalancing trip with Maya, Holi gets a short-term job...

From the author of Pest—a Washington Post Noteworthy Book—comes a hilarious new novel that showcases the author’s talents at their best. Fifteen-year-old Caitlin Davies’s life is challenging enough. She’s short. She’s scrawny. She prefers Evernote to SnapChat. She’s two years younger than everyone else in her grade. And now her parents are taking the family to the British Virgin Islands (BVI)—for a year—to live on a derelict sailboat, bought sight-unseen from navigationally-impaired cigar smugglers.

Lovelace High School, ruled by the three queens. Jennifer Loveworthy, the captain of cheerleading team. Mae Wither rich and owns everything one could want. And Rebecca Heatcomb, the social media influencer who everyone wishes they could be. They are the bane of and envy of every student that walks through those hallowed halls. All boys want them, and all girls are jealous of them. They walk into a room and everyone stops and listens. The only problem is that they are turned into cats and must figure out how to get back to normal.

Zeru Zeru Girl is a thought-provoking story that will transport listeners to Tanzania, Ethiopia, England, and Syria. It raises awareness and encourages listeners to contemplate how they can make a positive difference.