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Beth Kemp’s UKYA Books of the Year
Hollow Pike by James Dawson I love this book! A creepy and tense thriller with a heady mix of witchcraft and the high school hierarchy. A Witch in Love by Ruth Warburton Besides being in a contemporary...
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Serendipity Viv’s UKYA Books of the Year
When Keris asked me to pick my favourite UKYA books for 2012, I thought it would be a complete doddle…until I realised how many blooming excellent books I had read in this category. So I’ve written and...
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Author Tanya Byrne’s UKYA Books of the Year
“My two favourite UKYA books of 2012 are James Dawson’s fabulous Hollow Pike, which is fun and sassy and deliciously English and Kim Curran’s Shift, which has running and things blowing up and so much...
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Blogger Kate Ormand’s UKYA Top 10
Blogger Kate Ormand chooses her Top 10 favourite UKYA books. (I didn’t pay her, honest.) Slated by Teri Terry – a brilliantly sinister, gripping mystery packed with danger and suspense. Emma Hearts LA...
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Author James Dawson’s Top 10 UKYA books
Despite legitimately inventing the English language, YA is not dominated by English, or indeed, UK authors. The big boys all hail from the US. While John Green and Cassandra Clare are indeed mega, we...
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UKYA Top Books of 2013 part 2
Karen Saunders, author of Me, Suzy P : The Quietness by Alison Rattle is a beautifully written piece of historical fiction, and a fascinating insight into the darker side of Victorian society....
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Cruel Summer by James Dawson
A year after the suicide of one of their friends, the rest of the group decide to spend the summer together in a holiday villa in the Mediterranean. They’re hoping to get over the terrible events of...
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Guest post: Emma Haughton’s Top 5 UKYA Contemporary Thrillers
Oh god, the agonising! So hard to pick five. But here goes, and in no particular order. 1. Daylight Saving by Ed Hogan I loved this book, and am on a one-woman mission to get everyone to read it. I …...
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Say Her Name by James Dawson
Roberta ‘Bobbie’ Rowe is not the kind of person who believes in ghosts. A Halloween dare at her ridiculously spooky boarding school is no big deal, especially when her best friend Naya and cute local...
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COMING SOON: Under My Skin by James Dawson
Seventeen-year-old Sally Feather is not exactly a rebel. Her super-conservative parents and her treatment at the hands of high school bullies means that Sally’s about as shy and retiring as they come –...
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COMING SOON: All of the Above by James Dawson
When sixteen-year-old Toria Bland arrives at her new school she needs to work out who her friends are in a crazy whirl of worry, exam pressure and anxiety over fitting in. Things start looking up when...
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