Year 11

These teen novels with gritty stories and diverse themes are ideal for 15-16 year olds. From a range of bestselling authors these are a must for all secondary libraries.

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Collection: Heartstopper | 5 Books

AR RANGE: UY 2.5 - UY 2.9 Heartstopper Volume One: Charlie and Nick are at the same school, but they've never met ... until one day when they're made to sit together. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even ...

ATOS Book Level : 2.5
Book Cover : Paperback

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Heartstopper Vol.5

Nick and Charlie are very much in love. They've finally said those three little words, and Charlie has almost persuaded his mum to let him sleep over at Nick's house ... But with Nick going off to university next year, is everything about to change?...

ATOS Book Level : 2.9
Points Value : 1.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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The Life I’m In

My feet are heavy as stones when I walk up the block wondering why I can't find my old self. Char has always had to be tough. But now the hard edges that have always driven people away are all the protection she has against the world. When ...

ATOS Book Level : 3.5
Points Value : 10.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Lies

It happens in one night: a girl who died now walks among the living, Zil and the Human Crew set fire to Perdido Beach, and amid the flames and smoke, Sam sees the figure of the boy he fears the most. As life in the FAYZ becomes more desperate, no one...

ATOS Book Level : 3.9
Points Value : 13
Book Cover : Paperback

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Hunger

It's been three months since all the adults disappeared. Gone. Food ran out weeks ago and starvation is imminent. Meanwhile, the normal teens have grown resentful of the kids with powers. And when an unthinkable tragedy occurs, chaos descends upon ...

ATOS Book Level : 4
Points Value : 19
Book Cover : Paperback

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What If It’s Us

Meet Arthur and Ben. ARTHUR is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it’s that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it. BEN thinks the universe needs to mind its business....

ATOS Book Level : 4.0
Points Value : 12.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Plague

Disease is spreading through the streets of Perdido Beach: a devastating, hacking cough that makes the sufferers choke their guts up – literally. Across town, Little Pete lies unconscious, struck down by the mysterious illness. With the most ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.1
Points Value : 15
Book Cover : Paperback

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The Skin I’m In

Maleeka suffers every day from the taunts of the other kids in her class. If they're not getting at her about her homemade clothes or her good grades, it's about her dark, black skin. When a new teacher, whose face is blotched with a startling ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.1
Points Value : 4.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before

Lara Jean keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. One for every boy she's ever loved. When she writes, she can pour out her heart and soul and say all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.2
Points Value : 12.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Stay Another Day

The McAllister house on Arboretum Road has seen 120 Christmases since its completion. This year, FERN is bringing her gorgeous boyfriend home and she wants everything to be perfect. But her twin brother ROWAN would rather go on the pull ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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P.S. I Still Love You

Lara Jean didn't expect to really fall for Peter. But suddenly they are together for real - and it's far more complicated than when they were pretending! A risque video of the two of them has been posted online. Will Lara Jean ever live it ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Only On The Weekends

Fifteen-year-old Mack is a hopeless romantic - he blames the films he's grown up watching. He has liked Karim for as long as he can remember, and is ecstatic when Karim becomes his boyfriend - it feels like love. But when Mack's dad gets a job on ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 9.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Fear

Night is falling in the FAYZ. Permanently. The gaiaphage has blotted out the sun and the barrier that surrounds the town of Perdido Beach is turning black. It’s Sam’s worst nightmare. With Astrid still missing and Edilio and Lana struggling to ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 16
Book Cover : Paperback

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We Were Liars

A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends-the Liars-whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.4
Points Value : 7.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda

Straight people should have to come out too. And the more awkward it is, the better. Simon Spier is sixteen and trying to work out who he is - and what he's looking for. But when one of his emails to the very distracting Blue falls into the ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.4
Points Value : 9.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Far From You

Nine months. Two weeks. Six days. That's how long recovering addict Sophie's been drug-free. Four months ago her best friend, Mina, died in what everyone believes was a drug deal gone wrong - a deal they think Sophie set up. Only Sophie knows ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.4
Points Value : 12
Book Cover : Paperback

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When The World Was Ours

Vienna, 1936. Elsa, Leo and Max have always been best friends, a special team of three. Then the Nazis come. As a growing darkness descends around them, Leo and Elsa run for their lives, taking two very different paths across Europe. And ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.4
Points Value : 9.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Noah Could Never

Noah's back, and more bananas! He and Harry are now officially boyfriends, but is Noah ready for the difference? It's no help that a group of cosmopolitan French exchange students have descended on Little Fobbing - including sexy Pierre Victoire, ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.4
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Noah Can’t Even

Poor Noah Grimes! His father disappeared years ago, his mother's Beyonce tribute act is an unacceptable embarrassment, and his beloved gran is no longer herself. He only has one friend, Harry, and school is... Well, it's pure hell. Why can't Noah ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.4
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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It’s Behind You

Five contestants must sit tight through the night in dark and dangerous Umber Gorge caves, haunted by a ghost called the Puckered Maiden. But is it the malevolent spirit they should fear... or each other? As the production crew ramps up the ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.5
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Date Me, Bryson Keller

Everyone at Fairvale Academy knows Bryson Keller, the super-hot soccer captain who doesn't believe in high-school relationships. They also know about the dare Bryson accepted - each week he has to date the first person who asks him out. A single ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.5
Points Value : 10.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Of Mice & Men (Dyslexia-Friendly)

A superb story of power and beauty, critically acclaimed across the world and now available in an accessible, super-readable format with dyslexia-friendly features, for all readers.

ATOS Book Level : 4.5
Points Value : 4
Book Cover : Paperback

Here’s To Us

Ben has spent his first year of college working on his fantasy manuscript with his writing partner Mario, who is a great Spanish tutor, and an even better kisser. So why can’t he stop thinking about the fact that Arthur’s back in town two years...

ATOS Book Level : 4.5
Points Value : 13.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Always And Forever Lara Jean

Lara Jean is having the best senior year a girl could ever hope for. She is head over heels in love with her boyfriend, Peter; her dad's finally getting remarried to their next door neighbor, Ms. Rothschild; and Margot's coming home for the summer...

ATOS Book Level : 4.5
Points Value : 12.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Tag You’re Dead

When teen reality star Anton Frazer unveils his latest stunt - a live-streamed, citywide game of Tag in which the prize is to be one of his live-in acolytes - his fans go wild. The whole world is watching. The contestants are kitted out with ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.5
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

This title contains content which may be considered inappropriate for primary aged children