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The first book in the ground-breaking Hunger Games trilogy.  Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her younger sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature. A major feature film starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson & Liam Hemsworth. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781407132082 • Author:  Suzanne Collins • Publisher:  Scholastic • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  435 • Dimensions: 12.8 x 19.9 x 3.4 cm

Dangerous, suspenseful, and seductive, this sequel to the story of Signa and Death is as utterly romantic as it is perfectly deadly. A duke has been murdered. The lord of Thorn Grove has been framed. And Fate, the elusive brother of Death, has taken up residence in a sumptuous estate nearby. He’s hellbent on revenge after Death took the life of the woman he loved many years ago . . . and now he’s determined to have Signa for himself, no matter the cost. Signa and her cousin Blythe are certain that Fate can save Elijah Hawthorne from prison if they will entertain his presence. But the more time the girls spend with Fate, the more frightening their reality becomes as Signa exhibits dramatic new powers that link her to Fate’s past. With mysteries and danger around every corner, the cousins must decide if they can trust one another as they navigate their futures in high society, unravel the murders that haunt their family, and play Fate’s unexpected games-all with their destinies hanging in the balance. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781399705165 • Author: Adalyn Grace • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton • Format: Paperback • Pages: 480 • Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.8 cm

A billion-dollar fortune to die for. A deadly game. The winner takes all... Avery has a plan: keep her head down, work hard for a better future. Then an eccentric billionaire dies, leaving her almost his entire fortune. And no one, least of all Avery, knows why. Now she must move into the mansion she's inherited. It's filled with secrets and codes, and the old man's surviving relatives - a family hell-bent on discovering why Avery got 'their' money. Soon she is caught in a deadly game that everyone in this strange family is playing. But just how far will they go to keep their fortune? Product Information:  • ISBN:  9780241476178 • Author:  Jennifer Lynn Barnes • Publisher:  Penguin Random House Children's UK • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  376 • Dimensions: 13 x 19.6 x 3.3 cm

Two sisters. One throne. Who will ultimately rise to power and wear the crown? Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she would steal her sister’s place in the palace. Trained from birth to avenge her parents’ murder and usurp the princess, she will do anything to rise to power and protect the community of witches she loves. Princess Rose Valhart knows that with power comes responsibility including marriage into a brutal kingdom. Life outside the palace walls is a place to be feared and she is soon to discover that it’s wilder than she ever imagined. Twin sisters separated at birth and raised into entirely different worlds are about to get to know each other’s lives a whole lot better… Product Information:  • ISBN: 9780755503643 • Author: Catherine Doyle & Katherine Webber  • Publisher: Electric Monkey • Format: Paperback • Pages: 528 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 3.3 x 19.8cm

Online Only! Get more for less with The Work’s expertly hand-picked Book Bundles. These are a collection of great quality products, grouped together to give you amazing value. Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called The Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. This incredible bundle includes the first two instalments of the worldwide phenomenon, The Hunger Games which changed the face of global YA. A major feature film starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson & Liam Hemsworth.

A beautifully written and pacy teen fantasy adventure, set in a world of flying ships, sky cities and powerful paper spirits. Inspired by Asian cultures and exploring themes of empire, slavery and freedom. Kurara has never known any other life than being a servant on board the Midori, but when her party trick of making paper come to life turns out to be a power treasured across the empire, she joins a skyship and its motley crew to become a Crafter. Taught by the gruff but wise Himura, Kurara learns to hunt shikigami – wild paper spirits sought after by the Princess. But are these creatures just powerful slaves, or are they beings with their own souls? And can a teenage girl be the one to help them find their voice – and change the course of an empire? Excellent world-building, a dramatic and pacy plot, and an array of deep and believable characters – explored through multiple perspectives – make this a hugely exciting fantasy adventure debut. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781406399592 • Author: Ann Sei Lin • Publisher: Walker Books Ltd • Format: Paperback • Pages: 352 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.1cm

Can Katniss Everdeen win the final fight against the Capitol? Against all odds, she’s survived the Hunger Games twice. But the Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who does it expect to pay for the unrest? Katniss. Even worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss’s family, not her friends, not the people of District 12… The only way to solve this crisis? A butt-kicking showdown and an epic rebellion! Book 3 in The Hunger Games series. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781407132105 • Author: Suzanne Collins • Publisher: Scholastic Limited • Format: Paperback • Pages: 464 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 2.9cm

November 1999, North Dana, Massachusetts. The body of Bastion Attia – high school quarterback, secret witch, and Nesbit Nuñez’s even-more-secret boyfriend – is discovered at the edge of Stepwood Cemetery. As Nesbit and his coven of queer misfits investigate Bastion’s death they discover local folktales of Mr. Nous, a terrifying wish-granting creature, one whose gifts come at a terrible price. The coven must do battle against an age-old evil before it strikes again … Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008623494 • Author: Freddie Kolsch • Publisher: Farshore • Format: Paperback • Pages: 448 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 3 x 19.8cm

The must-read new bold and immersive West African-inspired fantasy series, as featured on Cosmo, Bustle, Book Riot and Refinery 29. In this world, girls are outcasts by blood and warriors by choice. Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in Otera, a deeply patriarchal ancient kingdom, where a woman's worth is tied to her purity, and she must bleed to prove it. But when Deka bleeds gold - the colour of impurity, of a demon - she faces a consequence worse than death. She is saved by a mysterious woman who tells Deka of her true nature: she is an Alaki, a near-immortal with exceptional gifts. The stranger offers her a choice: fight for the Emperor, with others just like her, or be destroyed... Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781474959575 • Author:  Namina Forna • Publisher:  Usborne Publishing • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  416 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.8 cm

Love is an impossible mission . . . the enemy is everywhere in the pulse-pounding follow-up to international heist sensation, Thieves' Gambit.  Six months into working for the Gambit, Ross is reeling from the betrayals of the competition – focusing all her hatred on Devroe – the lover she thought she could trust. On a new heist that takes her across continents, Ross encounters a rival gang stopping her every move. Devroe's mother is at the heart of this dangerous feud and he must decide where his loyalties lie, before there are deadly consequences . . . Product Information: • ISBN: 9781398526747 • Author: Kayvion Lewis • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Format: Paperback • Pages: 368 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 2.2 cm

Six years have passed since the end of Sister, Missing and Madison is now a teenager.  During a visit to older sister Lauren, she learns that their biological father was an anonymous sperm donor and sets out to track him down.  Her search bears fruit sooner than expected, but is the father she discovers all he seems? As Madison gets drawn into a mysterious investigation involving missing girls and secret hideaways, she finds herself embroiled in more and more danger. . .  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781471185793 • Author: Sophie McKenzie • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s UK • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  320 • Dimensions:  19.8 x 13 x 1.9cm

A story of best friends, bad luck and the consequences of breaking the rules in a town built on secrets and superstitions. I am girl of Ember Grove, and these are my woods… Growing up in Ember Grove, Bitsy Clark knows better than to mess with the long-held traditions of her hometown. Until her best friend, Amy, persuades her to sneak into the Revelry – the end-of-school party in the woods, to which only those leaving are invited.  When she wakes the next day, Bitsy can’t remember anything from the night before. Weirder still, whenever she tries to speak about the Revelry, Bitsy chokes on the words. But this is just the beginning, and what starts out as a run of bad luck starts to feel like a curse. As Bitsy’s life goes from bad to worse, things only get better and better for her best friend. It's as if there’s only so much luck to go around and Amy’s getting all of it... Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781406388442 • Author:  Katherine Webber • Publisher:  Walker Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  272 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 3 cm

Jude and her twin Noah were incredibly close - until a tragedy drove them apart, and now they are barely speaking. Then Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy as well as a captivating new mentor, both of whom may just need her as much as she needs them. What the twins don't realize is that each of them has only half the story and if they can just find their way back to one another, they have a chance to remake their world. Product Information:  • ISBN: 9781406362220 • Author: Jandy Nelson • Publisher: Walker Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages: 428 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 3.3cm

Discover the gripping sequel to Namina Forna's  YA fantasy, The Gilded Ones. It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera, and discovered who she really is... but war is waging across the kingdom, and the real battle has only just begun. For there is a dark force growing in Otera - a merciless power that Deka and her army must stop. Yet hidden secrets threaten to destroy everything Deka has known. And with her own gifts changing, Deka must discover if she holds the key to saving Otera... or if she might be its greatest threat. The Merciless Ones is the second, thrilling instalment of the epic fantasy series in which a young heroine fights against a world that would dare tame her.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781474959582 • Author:  Namina Forna • Publisher:  Usborne Publishing • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  480 • Dimensions:  20 x 13 x 2 cm

Introducing our Book of the Week! Each week we personally recommend a trending title that we're super excited about. Want to find a bestselling book worthy of a spot on your bookshelf? Then look no further… This was a mistake, the voice in her head whispered. You should never have come... Sade Hussein is the new girl at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy. She has no idea what to expect of her mysterious new boarding school - an institution steeped in tradition and secrets. But she certainly didn't imagine her roommate, Elizabeth, to go missing on her first night. Or for people to think Sade had something to do with it. Suddenly everyone is talking about Sade, including the Unholy Trinity: the three most popular girls at school. Swept up in their circle, Sade can't shake the sense that there's more to Elizabeth's disappearance - especially as the teachers don't seem to care. And then a student is found dead. It's clear there's more to Alfred Nobel Academy and its students than Sade could have imagined - and she must race to uncover the truth. But secrets lurk around every corner and beneath every surface...secrets that rival even her own.  Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781474967549 • Author:  Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé • Publisher: Usborne Publishing   • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  576 • Dimensions:  19.8 x 13 x 2 cm

Seventeen-year-old Indigo has had a tough start in life, having grown up in the care system after her dad killed her mum. Bailey, also seventeen, lives with his parents in Hackney and spends all his time playing guitar or tending to his luscious ginger afro. When Indigo and Bailey meet at sixth form, serious sparks fly. But when Bailey becomes the target of a homeless man who seems to know more about Indigo than is normal, Bailey is forced to make a choice he should never have to make. A life-affirming story about falling in love and everyone's need to belong. The breathtaking second book from the author of Orangeboy, winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Readers, the YA Book Prize, the CrimeFest award, and shortlisted for the Costa Book Award . Product Information: ISBN: 9781444927184 Author: Patrice Lawrence Publisher: Hodder Children's Books Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Dimensions: 13.5 x 19.7 x 3.3cm

A beautiful and warm YA contemporary about finding love after loss, from a stunning new voice. This is a story about Noori and Aamir. A story about grief, family, and the unexpected turns life can take. A story of first love.  Noori has it all sussed out. She may only be sixteen and a Bollywood fanatic with an incredible lack of foresight, but she knows a thing or two about life and its messy heartaches. When she runs into Aamir, a scruffy desi dude with tea-stained eyes, her confused soul turns upside-down. There is something about him she can’t work out.  Aamir is trying to escape a misunderstood and painful past. When his world collides with Noori’s, life gets even more complicated. Invisible threads connect them. Will they both realize what's at stake, before they run out of time? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529513967 • Author: Rebeka Shaid • Publisher: Walker Books • Format: Paperback • Pages: 304 • Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.7 x 19.8cm

A fast-paced, romantic and feminist YA fantasy full of danger and courtly intrigue. The royal court of Galla is as dangerous as it is glamorous... Kalothia will need every ounce of courage and wit, if she is to avenge those she loves... and stay alive. Kalothia has grown up in the shadows of her kingdom, hidden away in the East after her parents were outed as enemies of the king. When assassins attack her home on her sixteenth birthday, she must flee to the king’s court – a beautiful but lethal nest of poison, plots and danger, overseen by an entrenched patriarchy. Can Kalothia navigate this most worldly of places to find her own role? What if she must choose between her country and her heart? Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781529503715 • Author:  Shade Lapite • Publisher:  Walker Books • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  304 • Dimensions: 19.7 x 12.8 x 1 cm

12-year-old Josh and his twin Jordan have basketball in their blood. They’re kings of the court, star players for their school team.  Their father used to be a champion player and they each want nothing more than to follow in his footsteps.Both on and off the court, there is conflict and hardship which will test Josh’s bond with his brother.  In this heartfelt novel in verse, the boys find that life doesn’t come with a play-book and it's not all about winning. Product Information:  • ISBN:  9781783443673 • Author:  Kwame Alexander • Publisher:  Andersen Press • Format:  Paperback • Pages:  240 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.46 cm