When Shadows Fall
Sita Brahmachari
Environment/Climate Change, Fiction, Friendship, Migration/ Refugees, Personal/social issuesAGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
The Wolf Road
Richard Lambert
Adventure, Bullying, Emotion/ Feelings, Family, Fear, Fiction, Grief/Loss, Mental Health and WellbeingAGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
The Sound of Everything
Rebecca Henry
Communication, Family, Friendship, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Love, ViolenceAGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Just Like Tomorrow
Faiza Guene & Sarah Ardizzone
Adventure, Communication, Emotion/ Feelings, Family, Fiction, Funny, Government, law and crimeAGES: 14+
Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black
Alexis Deacon & Julian Sedgwick & Marcus Sedgwick
Fiction, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Historical, Historical Fiction, War, World Wars 1&2AGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Rose, Interrupted
Patrice Lawrence
Family, Fiction, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Personal/social issues, RomanticAGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Indigo Donut
Patrice Lawrence
Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Family, Fiction, Friendship, Love, Personal/social issues, RomanticAGES: 14+
Breakdown
Sarah Mussi
Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, Dystopian Fiction, Environment/Climate Change, Government, law and crime, Romantic, Science Fiction, SurvivalAGES: 14+
The Survival Game
Nicky Singer
Environment/Climate Change, Science Fiction, SurvivalAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Graphic Canon of Children’s Literature
Rachael Ball
Fairy tales and folk tales, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Funny, Graphic Novel/ ComicAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
The Girl in the Broken Mirror
Savita Kalhan
Emotion/ Feelings, Empathy, Faith/ Culture, Family, Fiction, Friendship, Grief/Loss, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Identity, Justice, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Prejudice, Self-discovery, Values/ Virtues, Violence, Women and feminismAGES: 14+
That Asian Kid
Savita Kalhan
Family, Fiction, Friendship, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Identity, Justice, Racism, School/ LearningAGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Behind Closed Doors
Miriam Halahmy
Emotion/ Feelings, Empathy, Family, Fiction, Friendship, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Romantic, Self-discoveryAGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Illegal
Andrew Donkin
Empathy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Grief/Loss, Identity, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/internationalAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Race to The Frozen North
Catherine Johnson
Adventure, Crime/ Thriller, FictionAGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Clouds Cannot Cover Us
Jay Hulme
Friendship, Growing Up & the Facts of Life, LGBT/ Gender, Personal Stories, Poetry, PrejudiceAGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Island
Chris Riddell & Nicky Singer
Animals, Environment/Climate Change, Faith/ Culture, Fantasy/ Supernatural, Fiction, Friendship, Historical, Multicultural/international, Myths and Legends, Nature/ Outdoors, TravelAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Thirteen Chairs
Dave Shelton
Fantasy/ Supernatural, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Spooky/ScaryAGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Why Comics
Asia Alfasi
Empathy, Graphic Novel/ Comic, Identity, LGBT/ Gender, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Non-fiction, Personal StoriesAGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Rhythm and Poetry
Karl Nova
Friendship, Funny, Music/ Dancing, PoetryAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
The Jungle
Pooja Puri
Empathy, Fiction, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, WarAGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
The Secret of Nightingale Wood
Lucy Strange
Family, Grief/Loss, Historical Fiction, Magic, Nature/ Outdoors, World Wars 1&2AGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Our Castle By the Sea
Lucy Strange
Bletchley Park, Chiltern Open Air Museum, Historical Fiction, Magic, War, Water, World Wars 1&2AGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
Alpha
Barroux & Bessora & Sarah Ardizzone
An incredible story of journeys and survival.
Empathy, Fiction, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, Personal Stories, Picture Books, WarAGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
The Pomegranate Tree
Vanessa Altin
Family, Fiction, Grief/Loss, Migration/ Refugees, Multicultural/international, WarAGES: 10-12
AGES: 12-14
AGES: 14+
The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo
Catherine Johnson
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2016, this is a very curious tale indeed . . .