YA Titles by British Authors Released/Releasing in 2014
Shadowplay
by Laura Lam
The circus lies behind Micah Grey in dust and ashes.
He and the white clown, Drystan, take refuge with the once-great magician, Jasper Maske. When Maske agrees to teach them his trade, his embittered rival challenges them to a duel which could decide all of their fates. People also hunt both Micah and the person he was before the circus—the runaway daughter of a noble family. And Micah discovers there is magic and power in the world, far beyond the card tricks and illusions he's perfecting...
A tale of phantom wings, a clockwork hand, and the delicate unfurling of new love, Shadowplay continues Micah Grey’s extraordinary journey.
He and the white clown, Drystan, take refuge with the once-great magician, Jasper Maske. When Maske agrees to teach them his trade, his embittered rival challenges them to a duel which could decide all of their fates. People also hunt both Micah and the person he was before the circus—the runaway daughter of a noble family. And Micah discovers there is magic and power in the world, far beyond the card tricks and illusions he's perfecting...
A tale of phantom wings, a clockwork hand, and the delicate unfurling of new love, Shadowplay continues Micah Grey’s extraordinary journey.
Paperback, 400
pages
Published January 2nd 2014 by Strange Chemistry
Finding Jennifer Jones
by Anne Cassidy
Kate Rickman seems just like any other
nineteen-year-old girl. She goes to university, she dates nice, normal boys and
she works in her local tourist office at the weekend. But Kate's not really
normal at all. 'Kate' is in fact a carefully constructed facade for a girl
called Jennifer Jones - and it's a facade that's crumbling fast. Jennifer has
spent the last nine years frantically trying to escape from her horrifying
past. Increasingly desperate, Jennifer decides to do something drastic. She
contacts the only other girl who might understand what she's dealing with,
breaking every rule of her parole along the way. Lucy Bussell is the last
person Jennifer expects any sympathy from, but she's also the last person she
has left. Finding Jennifer Jones is the powerful sequel to the highly
acclaimed, Carnegie Medal nominated Looking for JJ. It is a tense, emotional
thriller about guilt, running away and wondering if you can ever truly know
yourself.
Paperback, 304
pages
Published February 6th 2014 by Hot Key Books
Banished
by Liz de Jager
Sworn to protect, honour and slay. Because chaos
won’t banish itself…
Kit is proud to be a Blackhart, now she’s encountered her unorthodox cousins and their strange lives. And her home-schooling now includes spells, fighting enemy fae and using ancient weapons. But it’s not until she rescues a rather handsome fae prince, fighting for his life on the edge of Blackhart Manor, that her training really kicks in. With her family away on various missions, Kit must protect Prince Thorn, rely on new friends and use her own unfamiliar magic to stay ahead of Thorn’s enemies. As things go from bad to apocalyptic, fae battle fae in a war that threatens to spill into the human world. Then Kit pits herself against the Elder Gods themselves – it’s that or lose everyone she’s learnt to love.
Kit is proud to be a Blackhart, now she’s encountered her unorthodox cousins and their strange lives. And her home-schooling now includes spells, fighting enemy fae and using ancient weapons. But it’s not until she rescues a rather handsome fae prince, fighting for his life on the edge of Blackhart Manor, that her training really kicks in. With her family away on various missions, Kit must protect Prince Thorn, rely on new friends and use her own unfamiliar magic to stay ahead of Thorn’s enemies. As things go from bad to apocalyptic, fae battle fae in a war that threatens to spill into the human world. Then Kit pits herself against the Elder Gods themselves – it’s that or lose everyone she’s learnt to love.
Paperback, 400
pages
Published February 27th 2014 by Tor UK
Half Bad
by Sally Green
Half Bad by Sally
Green is a breathtaking debut novel about one boy's struggle for survival in a
hidden society of witches.
You can't read, can't write, but you heal fast, even for a witch.
You get sick if you stay indoors after dark.
You hate White Witches but love Annalise, who is one.
You've been kept in a cage since you were fourteen.
All you've got to do is escape and find Mercury, the Black Witch who eats boys. And do that before your seventeenth birthday.
Easy.
You can't read, can't write, but you heal fast, even for a witch.
You get sick if you stay indoors after dark.
You hate White Witches but love Annalise, who is one.
You've been kept in a cage since you were fourteen.
All you've got to do is escape and find Mercury, the Black Witch who eats boys. And do that before your seventeenth birthday.
Easy.
Paperback, 400
pages
Published March 3rd 2014 by Penguin
Heart Break Girl
by Malorie Blackman
Dante's life was changed for ever the day his
ex-girlfriend, Mel, showed up on his doorstep with a baby. His baby. Being a
single parent is the hardest thing he's ever had to do - but Dante held it
together, somehow. Now, he can't imagine being without his two-year-old
daughter, Emma. So when Mel turns up out of the blue and announces she's come
to take their daughter back, he'll do anything to stand in her way. A powerful,
moving and thought-provoking new story from the bestselling author of Noughts
& Crosses, Malorie Blackman.
Hardcover, 400
pages
Published March 6th 2014 by Doubleday Childrens
Shattered
by Teri Terry
This is the
UK, Australia & New Zealand edition, released on March 6. The release date
for US and Canada is May 1.
The riveting finale of the Slated trilogy!
A thought-provoking psychological thriller set in a disturbingly plausible future where the government and its enemies compete to control the minds of the young
Kyla is in danger from both the government Lorders who erased her memory and the terrorists who tried to use her. So now she’s on the run. Sporting a new identity and desperate to fill in the blank spaces of her life pre-Slating, Kyla heads to a remote mountain town to try to reunite with the birth mother she was kidnapped from as a child. There she is hoping all the pieces of her life will come together and she can finally take charge of her own future. But even in the idyllic wilderness and the heart of her original family, Kyla realizes there is no escape from the oppressive Lorders. Someone close to her may be one of them, and even more frighteningly, her birth mother has been keeping secrets of her own.
In this stunning series finale, Kyla finally finds out who she really is, and the road to this discovery, and to deciding who she wants to become, is full of dangerous twists and turns that will keep readers riveted.
The riveting finale of the Slated trilogy!
A thought-provoking psychological thriller set in a disturbingly plausible future where the government and its enemies compete to control the minds of the young
Kyla is in danger from both the government Lorders who erased her memory and the terrorists who tried to use her. So now she’s on the run. Sporting a new identity and desperate to fill in the blank spaces of her life pre-Slating, Kyla heads to a remote mountain town to try to reunite with the birth mother she was kidnapped from as a child. There she is hoping all the pieces of her life will come together and she can finally take charge of her own future. But even in the idyllic wilderness and the heart of her original family, Kyla realizes there is no escape from the oppressive Lorders. Someone close to her may be one of them, and even more frighteningly, her birth mother has been keeping secrets of her own.
In this stunning series finale, Kyla finally finds out who she really is, and the road to this discovery, and to deciding who she wants to become, is full of dangerous twists and turns that will keep readers riveted.
Paperback, 402
pages
Published March 6th 2014 by Orchard Books
A Kiss in the Dark
by Cat Clarke
When Alex meets Kate the attraction is instant.
Alex is funny, good-looking, and a little shy – everything that Kate wants in a boyfriend.
Alex can’t help falling for Kate, who is pretty, charming and maybe just a little naive…
But one of them is hiding a secret, and as their love blossoms, it threatens to ruin not just their relationship, but their lives.
Alex is funny, good-looking, and a little shy – everything that Kate wants in a boyfriend.
Alex can’t help falling for Kate, who is pretty, charming and maybe just a little naive…
But one of them is hiding a secret, and as their love blossoms, it threatens to ruin not just their relationship, but their lives.
Paperback, 384
pages
Expected publication: April 3rd 2014 by Quercus
Goddess
by Laura Powell
Strikes. Starvation. Riots. Britain is at
breaking-point and Aura is blind to it all. The Cult of Artemis is the only
home she’s ever known. Enclosed in its luxury lifestyle, the unrest gripping
the country seems to belong to a distant world. Her dream is to serve the
Goddess and taking a vow of chastity and obedience seems a small price to pay.
But days before Aura is due to be initiated as a Priestess, she meets Aiden,
the rebellious son of a cult insider, whose radical ideas and unsettling charm
force Aura to question everything – and everyone – she knows.
Paperback, 304
pages
Expected publication: April 10th 2014 by Bloomsbury
Childrens
The Fearless
by Emma Pass
The
Fearless. An army, powered by an incredible new serum that makes each soldier
stronger, sharper, faster than their enemies. Intended as a force for good, the
serum has a terrible side-effect - anyone who takes it is stripped of all
humanity, empathy, love. And as the Fearless sweep through the country, forcing
the serum on anyone in their path, society becomes a living nightmare.
Cass remembers the night they passed through her village. Her father was Altered. Her mother died soon after. All Cass has left is her little brother - and when Jori is snatched by the Fearless and taken to their hellish lair, Cass must risk everything to get him back.
Cass remembers the night they passed through her village. Her father was Altered. Her mother died soon after. All Cass has left is her little brother - and when Jori is snatched by the Fearless and taken to their hellish lair, Cass must risk everything to get him back.
Paperback, 400
pages
Expected publication: April 24th 2014 by Corgi
Childrens
The Worst Girlfriend in the World
by Sarra Manning
Alice Jenkins is the worst girlfriend in the world
according to the many, many boys who've shimmied up lampposts and shoplifted
from New Look to impress her, only to be dumped when she gets bored of them.
Alice has a very low boredom threshold.
But she never gets bored with Franny, her best friend since they met at nursery school. Friends are for ever. Ain't nothing going to come between them. Girls rule, boys drool is their motto. Well, it's Alice's motto, Franny doesn't have much time for boys; they're all totes immature and only interested in one thing.
But then there's Louis Allen, lead singer of The Desperadoes, the best band in Merrycliffe-on-sea (though that could be because they're the only band in Merrycliffe-on-sea). He's a tousle-haired, skinny-jeaned, sultry-eyed manchild, the closest thing that Franny's ever seen to the hipsters that she's read about on the internet and she's been crushing on him HARD for the last three years.
She's never worked up the courage to actually speak to him but she's sure on some deeper level that goes beyond mere words, Louis absolutely knows that she's his soulmate. He just doesn't know that he knows it yet. It's why he cops off with so many other girls.
So, when Alice, bored with callow youths, sets her sights on Louis it threatens to tear the girls' friendship apart, even though they're better than fighting over a boy.
They strike a devil's deal - may the best girl win. Best friends become bitter rivals and everything comes to an explosive conclusion on their first trip to London.
Can true friendship conquer all?
But she never gets bored with Franny, her best friend since they met at nursery school. Friends are for ever. Ain't nothing going to come between them. Girls rule, boys drool is their motto. Well, it's Alice's motto, Franny doesn't have much time for boys; they're all totes immature and only interested in one thing.
But then there's Louis Allen, lead singer of The Desperadoes, the best band in Merrycliffe-on-sea (though that could be because they're the only band in Merrycliffe-on-sea). He's a tousle-haired, skinny-jeaned, sultry-eyed manchild, the closest thing that Franny's ever seen to the hipsters that she's read about on the internet and she's been crushing on him HARD for the last three years.
She's never worked up the courage to actually speak to him but she's sure on some deeper level that goes beyond mere words, Louis absolutely knows that she's his soulmate. He just doesn't know that he knows it yet. It's why he cops off with so many other girls.
So, when Alice, bored with callow youths, sets her sights on Louis it threatens to tear the girls' friendship apart, even though they're better than fighting over a boy.
They strike a devil's deal - may the best girl win. Best friends become bitter rivals and everything comes to an explosive conclusion on their first trip to London.
Can true friendship conquer all?
Paperback, 336
pages
Expected publication: May 1st 2014 by Atom
Raging Star
by Moira Young
Saba is ready to seize her destiny and defeat
DeMalo and the Tonton...until she meets him and he confounds all her
expectations with his seductive vision of a healed earth, a New Eden. DeMalo
wants Saba to join him, in life and work, to create and build a healthy,
stable, sustainable world…for the chosen few. The few who can pay.
Jack’s choice is clear: to fight DeMalo and try to stop New Eden. Still uncertain, her connection with DeMalo a secret, Saba commits herself to the fight. Joined by her brother, Lugh, anxious for the land in New Eden, Saba leads an inexperienced guerilla band against the powerfully charismatic DeMalo, in command of his settlers and the Tonton militia. What chance do they have? Saba must act. And be willing to pay the price.
Jack’s choice is clear: to fight DeMalo and try to stop New Eden. Still uncertain, her connection with DeMalo a secret, Saba commits herself to the fight. Joined by her brother, Lugh, anxious for the land in New Eden, Saba leads an inexperienced guerilla band against the powerfully charismatic DeMalo, in command of his settlers and the Tonton militia. What chance do they have? Saba must act. And be willing to pay the price.
Hardcover, 448
pages
Expected publication: May 13th 2014 by Margaret K.
McElderry Books
Out of Control
by Sarah Alderson
When 17 year old Liva witnesses a brutal murder she’s taken into police
custody for her own protection. But when the police station is attacked and
bullets start flying it becomes clear that Liva is not just a witness, she’s a
target.
Together with a car thief called Jay, Liva manages to escape the massacre but now the two of them are alone in New York, trying to outrun and outwit two killers who will stop at nothing to find them.
When you live on the edge, there’s a long way to fall.
Together with a car thief called Jay, Liva manages to escape the massacre but now the two of them are alone in New York, trying to outrun and outwit two killers who will stop at nothing to find them.
When you live on the edge, there’s a long way to fall.
Paperback, 320
pages
Expected
publication: May 22nd 2014 by Simon & Schuster UK
Dark Days
by Kate Ormand
The future world has been divided into sectors--each
the same as the other. Surrounded by thick steel fences, there is no way in and
no way out. Yet a cyborg army penetrates each sector, picking off its citizens
one by one, until no one is left. Behind the sectors' thick walls, the citizens
wait to die. Few will be chosen to survive what's coming; the rest will be left
behind to suffer. A new world has been created, and its rulers are incredibly
selective on who will become a citizen. They want only those with important
roles in society to help create a more perfect future.
Sixteen-year-old Sia lives in one of the sectors as part of a family that is far too ordinary to be picked to live. According to the digital clock that towers high above her sector, she has only fifteen days to live. Sia has seen the reports and knows a horrific death is in store for her, but she is determined to make the most of her final days. Sia refuses to mourn her short life, instead promising herself that she'll stay strong, despite being suffocated by her depressed mother and her frightened best friend. Just when Sia feels more alone than ever, she meets Mace, a mysterious boy. There is something that draws Sia to him, despite his dangerousness, and together, they join a group of rebels and embark on an epic journey to destroy the new world and its machines, and to put an end to the slaughter of innocent people.
Sixteen-year-old Sia lives in one of the sectors as part of a family that is far too ordinary to be picked to live. According to the digital clock that towers high above her sector, she has only fifteen days to live. Sia has seen the reports and knows a horrific death is in store for her, but she is determined to make the most of her final days. Sia refuses to mourn her short life, instead promising herself that she'll stay strong, despite being suffocated by her depressed mother and her frightened best friend. Just when Sia feels more alone than ever, she meets Mace, a mysterious boy. There is something that draws Sia to him, despite his dangerousness, and together, they join a group of rebels and embark on an epic journey to destroy the new world and its machines, and to put an end to the slaughter of innocent people.
Hardcover, 256
pages
Expected publication: June 3rd 2014 by Sky Pony
Press
Say Her Name
by James Dawson
Roberta 'Bobbie' Rowe is not the kind of person who
believes in ghosts. A Halloween dare at her ridiculously spooky boarding school
is no big deal, especially when her best friend Naya and cute local boy Caine
agree to join in too. They are ordered to summon the legendary ghost of 'Bloody
Mary': say her name five times in front of a candlelit mirror, and she shall
appear... But, surprise surprise, nothing happens. Or does it?
Next morning, Bobbie finds a message on her bathroom mirror... five days... but what does it mean? And who left it there? Things get increasingly weird and more terrifying for Bobbie and Naya, until it becomes all too clear that Bloody Mary was indeed called from the afterlife that night, and she is definitely not a friendly ghost. Bobbie, Naya and Caine are now in a race against time before their five days are up and Mary comes for them, as she has come for countless others before... A truly spine-chilling yet witty horror from shortlisted 'Queen of Teen' author James Dawson.
Next morning, Bobbie finds a message on her bathroom mirror... five days... but what does it mean? And who left it there? Things get increasingly weird and more terrifying for Bobbie and Naya, until it becomes all too clear that Bloody Mary was indeed called from the afterlife that night, and she is definitely not a friendly ghost. Bobbie, Naya and Caine are now in a race against time before their five days are up and Mary comes for them, as she has come for countless others before... A truly spine-chilling yet witty horror from shortlisted 'Queen of Teen' author James Dawson.
Paperback, 240
pages
Expected publication: June 5th 2014 by Hot Key
Books
Picture Perfect
by Holly Smale
Paperback, 400
pages
Expected publication: June 5th 2014 by
HarperCollins Children's Books
Chasing Stars
by Helen Douglas
The boy Eden loves just saved her life. Now she
must save his. To do so she must make a huge sacrifice. Eden can never see her
friends or family again, as she travels a hundred years into the future. But
the dangerous risk Ryan took to rescue Eden has been uncovered, and now Ryan
faces an exile ...which will leave Eden separated from him - the one person she
can't live without - and stuck in the future. She must fight to save both of
them.
The mesmerising sequel to the author's wonderful debut, After Eden.
The mesmerising sequel to the author's wonderful debut, After Eden.
Paperback, 352
pages
Expected publication: June 5th 2014 by Bloomsbury
Childrens Books
Unravel
by Imogen Howson
Untold dangers await telepathic twins in this
sequel to the futuristic, romantic thriller called classic sci-fi, space-travel
adventure at its best. After Elissa and Lin exposed the government's secret
experiments inLinked, which Booklistcalled a roller-coaster ride into space that just about everyone should
enjoy, their home planet Sekoia is thrown into chaos. Determined to do their
part to help the planet they've hurt, they return to Sekoia only to discover
that things are far worse that they imagined. Resources are suddenly scarce,
people are scared, and there's a rising current of anger against the Spares.
When Lissa and Lin find themselves among another group of Spares and twins,
they feel like they've found their kindred spirits at last. But a threat none
of them could have expected is lying in wait for Sekoia's Spares.
Hardcover, 480
pages
Expected publication: July 8th 2014 by Simon &
Schuster Books for Young Readers
The Memory Keepers
by Natasha Ngan
"No one can take your memories from you... can
they?"
Seven is a thief with a difference - he steals downloadable memories from banks and memoriums to sell onto London's black market, trading secrets and hidden pasts for a chance at a future of his own. He makes sure he keeps some special stuff back to 'surf' himself though - it's the only real form of entertainment he can afford. But one night, as Seven is breaking into a private memorium in a wealthy part of London, he is caught in the act by one of its residents; Alba, the teenage daughter of London's most famous criminal prosecutor. Instead of giving him away, Alba promises to keep Seven's secret - as long as he allows her to go memory-surfing herself. In doing so, they discover a hidden memory about Seven's past, revealing a shocking secret about Seven's childhood, the government and a mysterious experiment known as The Memory Keepers...
Now Seven and Alba will have to race against time to unlock the maze of The Memory Keepers - but can they keep themselves out of harm's way before the London Guard - and Alba's father - catches up with them?
Seven is a thief with a difference - he steals downloadable memories from banks and memoriums to sell onto London's black market, trading secrets and hidden pasts for a chance at a future of his own. He makes sure he keeps some special stuff back to 'surf' himself though - it's the only real form of entertainment he can afford. But one night, as Seven is breaking into a private memorium in a wealthy part of London, he is caught in the act by one of its residents; Alba, the teenage daughter of London's most famous criminal prosecutor. Instead of giving him away, Alba promises to keep Seven's secret - as long as he allows her to go memory-surfing herself. In doing so, they discover a hidden memory about Seven's past, revealing a shocking secret about Seven's childhood, the government and a mysterious experiment known as The Memory Keepers...
Now Seven and Alba will have to race against time to unlock the maze of The Memory Keepers - but can they keep themselves out of harm's way before the London Guard - and Alba's father - catches up with them?
Paperback
Expected publication: September 4th 2014 by Hot Key
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My local Waterstones is plugging Half Bad like crazy, they have a display for it in the window! While it seems like an interesting read I have no idea why they shoving it in our faces that much, it's not a highly anticipated book ro anything as far as I'm aware.
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