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Great Reads for Reluctant Readers
My Teacher Ate My Brain, by Tommy Donavand (Watts)
Josh and his friends go on a school camping trip to a remote Welsh island. However, things go badly wrong when they are all preyed upon by Zombies! Will they escape alive?
Text Game, by Kate Cann (Barrington Stoke)
Everything in Mel’s life is going great and the best part is her boyfriend Ben. Gorgeous and fun to be around, Mel can’t believe how lucky she is. However, when she starts receiving nasty texts claiming that Ben is being unfaithful, Mel starts to doubt their relationship. Are they telling the truth? Or are they from jealous competition?
Falling, by Cat Clarke (Barrington Stoke)
Anna struggles with her sexuality as she attempts to set up her best friend with the only other gay girl at school. When she attends the most anticipated party of the year, hosted by her boyfriend Cam, she sets off a change of events that will change their lives forever.
Petrify, Beth Chambers (Black)
Josh doesn’t believe the superstition that surrounds Ma Jessop's woods. To prove he isn’t scared he goes into the heart of the woods and steals a souvenir. However, soon terrible things start to happen… Can Josh’s friends stop Ma Jessop in time? Or is the horror only just beginning...
Gamer, by Chris Bradford (Barrington Stoke)
Scott is selected as a games tester for Virtual Kombat, the most realistic fighting video game ever invented - so real it hurts! Once a Gamer enters the fighting world, it becomes hard to distinguish between what is real and what is not. Scott must work his way up the ranks to make it out alive, but when friend and rival Kate fails to return from the Virtual Arena, Scott begins to wonder if it's more than just a game...
Tunnel of Terror, by Barry Hutchison (Collins Educ.)
Jim and Karl sneak out to the midnight launch of a new ride, the Tunnel of Terror. They are disappointed when they realise that after all the hype, the ride is a rather boring looking ghost train…or is it?
Shadow Snatcher, by Lou Kuenzler (Black)
Aiden and his sister Eva are alone on Halloween when someone dressed up as death knocks on the door. Believing it to be his Uncle Tony, (in a very convincing consume) Aiden lets him in. Big mistake…
The Chain, by Keith Grey (Barrington Stoke)
Four stories that link together and one book that will change all of their lives…
Tudor Rose: a Timepiece Novel, by Anne Perry (Barrington Stoke)
A school girl find an old watch and travels back to Elizabethan times. With the Spanish Armada approaching and spies all around, Rosie must do all she can to save the Queen…
Emergency Ops, by M Zachary Sherman (Raintree Pub)
During the Vietnam War, a nurse struggles to cope with the blood bath she is faced with on the front line…
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