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Adventure

BOYCE, Frank Cottrell
Framed
Macmillan 9780330434256
A mysterious convoy of lorries winds its way through a remote Welsh town and up a steep mountain. Where are they going and what are they up to? Dylan is determined to find out.

HIGSON, Charlie
Silverfin
Puffin 9780141318592
James Bond's first adventures as a schoolboy at Eton! He goes to stay in Scotland where he finds odd things happening at the local Laird's estate.

Fantasy

BILLINGSLEY, Franny
The Folk Keeper
Bloomsbury 9781408813195
Corinna Stonewall is fifteen and an orphan who is also the Rhysbridge Foundling Home's Folk Keeper. The Folk are savage creatures that cause havoc and only pacified by gifts of cream, salt and other luxuries. But Corinna is mysterious and is drawn to the sea.

Girly

GREGG, Stacy
Riding Star
Harpercollins 9780007333455
One of the Pony Club Rivals series, Georgie finds a girls team to compete in the Blainford Round Robin Polo match. One for horse lovers!

LIMB, Sue
Chocolate S.O.S
Bloomsbury 9780747599173
A teen angst story with humour which the girls will relate to. A Jess Jordan story.

Horror

BARRACLOUGH, Lindsay
Long Lankin
Corgi 9780552563215
Sisters Cora and Mimi are sent to live with an aunt in a remote country village but their presence reawakens an evil presence that has been dormant since their aunt was a young girl. The sisters wish to return to London but must stay and discover the truth behind this darkness over the village.

MCNISH, Cliff
Hunting Ground
Orion 9781780620169
A truly scary story that will make your hair stand on end. Brothers, Elliot and Ben move into a crumbling old house with their father and gradually discover the presence of a murderous ghost. Read in the daytime!

Life

BRESLIN, Theresa
Saskia's Journey
Corgi 9780552548656
Saskia goes up to Scotland to spend sometime with her great aunt who lives by the sea. The aunt has a mysterious secret that she must share with Saskia.

GIBBONS, Alan
Blood Pressure
Dolphin 9781842551998
Aidan has a privileged life - plenty of money, brains and boyfriend of the lovely Emily. A trip up north to visit his dying grandfather teaches Aidan about real life and some secrets from his own past.

NADIN, Joanna
Paradise
Walker 9781406324747
Billie inherits her grandmother's house and hopes to find her father, who she has never met. During her time there she begins to find out hidden secrets about her mother.

Science Fiction

DICKINSON, Matt
Mortal Chaos
OUP 9780192757135
The first in a series that explores the concept of the butterfly effect, how one action has a ripple effect everywhere. Different people in different places but all connected. A new series with non-stop action!

REVIS, Beth
Across the Universe
Razorbill 9780141333663
Amy is in a cryogenic sleep on the way to a new planet but it violently woken up 50 years before arrival, alone and vulnerable. Can anyone save her from those that want to kill her? The first in a trilogy.