Treskellion by Will Peterson

With their parents embroiled in a bitter divorce, Rachel and Adam are sent from New York to stay with their grandmother in the English village of Treskellion. But there's something strange and sinister about Treskellion, something from another world is affecting life today and it is a something the villagers want to protect at all costs - even murder.

Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr

"I was thirteen when my Dad caught me with Tommy Webber in the back of Tommy's Buick. Tommy was seventeen and the supposed friend of my brother, Darren. I didn't love him. I'm not even sure I even liked him."

In a single moment Deanna's life changes - her father barely speaks to her and she's become the "school slut". But life goes on and this is the story of how Deanna copes and eventually deals with what happened to her.

The Lord of the Beasts by Justin Elliott

A Barghest is (according to the Oxford Dictionary) 'a goblin in the shape of a large dog, fabled to portend death or misfortune'.

And one's been set to kill Hunter Greenman.

After being attacked by the school bullies, Hunter's life changes forever. He discovers he has special powers and those powers threaten the world of the Fae. Hunter and his friends Donn, Brigid and Sara are drawn into a quest. They must find the dagger Athame and destroy the Barghest.

But that's not going to be the end of the story ...

Tim: Defender of the Earth by Sam Enthoven

Tim is actually short for 'Tyrannosaur: Improved Model', and he's been created by a top-secret military experiment. Problem is, the new Prime Minister doesn't think he's worth the billions of dollars spent on his development. Luckily, before he can be put down, Tim escapes. Lucky because at the same time in another feat of mad science, a Professor Mallahide has gone to the opposite extreme - nanoscience - and created a swarm of nanobots. These more than microscopic machines can take anything apart (like skyscrapers or people), atom by atom, and then put them back together - exactly the same or altered. It is diabolical plan to make the world as he wants it to be. In between these forces are Chris and Anna (Mallahide's daughter) who must stop the nanobots, before the United Nations nukes Britain.

I Am The Great Horse by Katherine Roberts

Alexander the Great's proud warhorse tells his story.

Have you given the horse strength?
Have you clothed his neck with thunder?
Can you make him leap like a grasshopper?
The glory of his nostrils is terrible.
He paws at the valley and rejoices in his strength.
He goes to meet the armed men,
He mocks at fear and is not afraid,
Neither does he turn back from the sword.
The quiver rattles against him,
The glittering sword and the shield.
He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage,
He is trained to charge at the sound of the trumpet-
He says among the trumpets, 'Ha! Ha!'
And he smells the battle from afar,
The thunder of the captains and the shouting'
- the Bible (Book of Job, 39:19-25).

Boot Camp by Todd Strasser

"You don't get out by giving them what you think they want. You don't get out until you are what they want".

This is a scary story based on fact. In the US there are an estimated 1-200 boot camps - military-style schools where parents can send their children if they think they are going off the rails and need some army-type discipline. Often they operate like a private prison system. You have no rights. Abuse is easy. This is Garrett's story.

Flesh and Bones by Alan Durant

An historical novel which switches between present time and the sixteenth century. Liam's dad is one of those scientists who can take a skull and build a face from just the bones. Liam finds himself strangely drawn to one of these skulls and is pulled into events at a monastery 500 years ago. He keeps hearing the message "Foul deeds. Murder. The Black Art" Who was the young monk and why did he die? Uncovering the young monk's story forces Liam and his father to confront the recent death of Liam's mother.