Bailiúchán: Young Adult Fiction

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. But Katniss has been clse to death beforeuand survival, for her, is second nature. The Hunger Games is a searing novel set in ...

Blue has spent the majority of her 16 years being told that if she kisses her true love, he will die. When Blue meets Gansey's spirit on the corpse road she knows there is only one reason why - either he is her true love or she has killed him. Determined to find out the truth, Blue becomes involv...

Nick and Charlie are best friends. Nick knows Charlie's gay, and Charlie is sure that Nick isn't. But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is discovering all kinds of things about his friends, his family - and himself. 'Heartstopper' is about friendship, loyalty, and mental illness. It encompa...

The Auxiliary class cannot afford the oxygen tax which supplies extra air for running, dancing and sports. Anyone who opposes the regime is labelled a terrorist and ejected from the Pod to die. 16-year-old Alina is part of the secret resistance, but when a mission goes wrong she is forced to esca...

Introducing Axelle Anderson: wannabe super-sleuth and part-time model. Despite her long legs and fashion-obsessed family, all Axelle wants to do is solve mysteries, preferring to sink her nose into a Nancy Drew than wiggle her foot into a Jimmy Choo. But when star designer Belle La Lune vanishes,...

"When Will Byers finds himself in the Upside Down, an impossible dark parody of his own world, he's understandably frightened. But that's nothing compared with the fear that takes hold when he realizes what's in that world with him!"--Amazon.com.

On her 13th birthday Maia, who has been brought up by Tareth, the weaver and warrior who she has always believed is her father, falls into an adventure that will take her on a perilous journey to a kingdom poisoned by bitterness and jealousies. Tareth is no ordinary weaver - the silk he weaves si...

Samuel Johnson has a number of problems. Samuel's dad cares more about his car than his family, Samuel's mother is lonely, and only Samuel's dog, Boswell, truly understands him. Samuel's neighbours, led by the villainous Mrs Abernathy, are trying to open the gates of hell. It's up to Samuel to st...

It's winter in America! For over 70 years, Captain America has stood in stalwart defence of our country and its people. But in the aftermath of Hydra's takeover of the nation, Cap is a figure of controversy, carrying a tarnished shield - and a new enemy is rising! Who are they? And how do they in...

James is a 12-year-old boy from the wrong side of the tracks, sent to a children's home when his mother dies and his stepfather disowns him. But CHERUB is recruiting, and James is pinpointed as having potential. Taken under cover of darkness, he finds himself in a secret location - at the trainin...