What's Up with Jody Barton?
10 best books like What's Up with Jody Barton? (Hayley Long): Jessie Hearts NYC, A Change Is Gonna Come, Black Heart Blue, The Worst Girlfriend in the World, The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo, Dear Dylan, Cuckoo, How to Keep a Boy as a Pet, Dead Romantic, A World Between Us
Author | Keris Stainton |
ISBN | 1408304287 |
Jessie is about to embark on the trip of a lifetime. She is spending the whole of the summer in New York with her best friend Emma, at her mum's cool apartment. She is hoping the trip will help her to get over her previous disastrous relationship. Finn, a New York hottie, is having a difficult time dealing...
Author | Mary Bello |
ISBN | 1847158390 |
Featuring top Young Adult authors alongside a host of exciting new talent, this anthology of stories and poetry from BAME writers on the theme of change is a long-overdue addition to the YA scene. Contributors include Tanya Byrne, Inua Ellams, Catherine Johnson, Patrice Lawrence, Ayisha Malik, Irfan...
Author | Louisa Reid |
ISBN | 0141342706 |
Hephzibah
You've no idea what it's like having a freak for a sister.
Rebecca
Born first, prettier, Hephzi's always been the more popular one.
The Father
When he was busy with his bottle we were usually safe. Usually.
The Mother
Her specialist subject...
The Worst Girlfriend in the World
Author | Sarra Manning |
ISBN | 1907411011 |
My best friend was now my deadliest enemy, the one person I'd hate beyond all measure for the rest of my life . . .
Franny Barker's best friend, Alice, is the worst girlfriend in the world according to the many boys of Merrycliffe-on-Sea. She toys with them, then dumps them. But she'll never dump...
The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo
Author | Catherine Johnson |
ISBN | 0552557633 |
A delicious historical romance inspired by the true story of Princess Caraboo.
Cassandra Worrell is beautiful, rich and very, very bored. Trapped in her parents stately home, she dreams of escape. Life suddenly becomes much more interesting with the appearance of a beautiful, disorientated...
“I’m so tired of feeling sad. And waiting for other people to make me happy and they don’t. And if no-one else is going to make you happy, well maybe you just have to do it for yourself?”
Fourteen year old Georgie Harris feels as if the summer holidays are over before they have even begun....
Author | Keren David |
ISBN | 0349002355 |
He's a household name . . . without a home
Jake is an actor, a household name thanks to his role on the UK's most popular soap. But his character went upstairs to his bedroom six months ago and never came down again, and now Jake is facing an uncertain future. Add to that his dad's anger issues, the...
How to Keep a Boy as a Pet
Author | Diane Messidoro |
ISBN | 1405258160 |
The Official Truth about dating the male human species!
Can taming a gorgeous boy really be as easy as walking a dog?
Circe Shaw is on a mission. She must transform into a fabulously sophisticated journalist and discover the amazing scientific truth about boys. Urgently.
But...
Author | C.J. Skuse |
ISBN | 1908435410 |
Dead Romantic was a hilariously spunky tale of Camille trying to find her one true love. She’d fancied the school hottie Damian, but he didn’t show the slightest bit of interest, just for a quickie. And Camille didn’t want this she wanted something more deep and meaningful. That’s where the...
Author | Lydia Syson |
ISBN | 1471400093 |
Spain, 1936. Felix, a spirited young nurse, has travelled to Spain to help the cause of the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War. But she is also following Nat, a passionate young man who has joined the International Brigades fighting Franco. And George - familiar George from home - is not far behind,...
Author | Juno Dawson |
ISBN | 1444004816 |
Something wicked this way comes...
She thought she’d be safe in the country, but you can’t escape your own nightmares, and Lis London dreams repeatedly that someone is trying to kill her. Lis thinks she’s being paranoid - after all who would want to murder her? She doesn’t believe in...
Winner of the Guardian Children Fiction's Prize 2016
Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2017
Living on the South Crongton council estate has its worries - and life for McKay has been even tougher since his mum died. His dad has been working all hours to keep the bailiffs from their door. His...
Author | Catherine Bruton |
ISBN | 1405256524 |
A moving, funny, explosive debut, and a truly memorable voice. Includes the protagonist's eight-page manga comic at the end.
My dad was killed in the 9/11 attacks. But the stuff in this book isn't about that. It's about the summer my mom went away. The summer that me and Jed and Priti tried to catch...
The Twice-Lived Summer of Bluebell Jones
Author | Susie Day |
ISBN | 1407120840 |
On her thirteenth birthday, Blue makes a desperate wish. To be transformed into a cool, confident teenager. Enter Red, appearing from nowhere like a wacky fairy godmother. She's only visible to Blue - in fact, she IS Blue, but a year older. With Red by her side to guide her, Blue can avoid all the gruesome...
Author | Robert Trachtenberg |
ISBN | 0060571462 |
Cute stories from various people about when they realized they're gay. Most are humorous. All bring an insight to the perspective of gay kids.
It's obvious to me that people are born gay, they don't choose to be gay. I always wondered what it must be like for kids to sense there is something different...
Author | Jenny Valentine |
ISBN | 0007283598 |
A stunning new look for the irresistible novel from Guardian-award-winning novelist, Jenny Valentine.
Number 33 Georgiana Street houses many people and yet seems home to none. To runaway Sam it is a place to disappear. To Bohemia, it's just another blip between crises, as her mum ricochets...
A funny, feminist teen story about knowing when to train . . . and when to fight.
Fleur Waters never takes anything seriously - until she turns up at her local boxing club one day, just to prove a point. She's the only girl there, and the warm-up alone is exhausting . . . but the workout gives...