Year 9

Fiction suitable for ages 13+, all the latest titles and bestselling authors, ideal to top up any secondary school library or to be used as whole school reading texts.

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The Amazing Maurice & His Educated Rodents (Playscript)

An engaging classroom playscript. Maurice is no ordinary cat. He's amazing. He can think, he can talk...and he has an amazing scam going. And all he needs to pull it off is an army of intelligent rats and one stupid-looking kid. But when his gang ...

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Bog Child (Playscript)

DIGGING FOR PEAT in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it looks like shes been murdered. As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world around himhis brother on hunger-strike in prison, his growing feelings ...

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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
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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
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The Greatest

Great sporting title, packed with facts about Muhammad Ali. When Ali's bike is stolen by a local bully, he turns to the story of Muhammad Ali for inspiration - the greatest boxer of all time, inspiring the fight of Ali's young life. A brilliant read ...

ATOS Book Level : 2.9
Points Value : 1.0
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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
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Lost

When Alfie Turner loses his mum, it feels like his world is falling apart. She was the glue that held their family together and, now that she's gone, Alfie and his dad don't really know how to be a family without her. And then Alfie meets Alice....

ATOS Book Level : 3.7
Points Value : 6.0
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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
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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
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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
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Passing For White

It's 1848 in the Deep South of America. Rosa is a slave but her owner is also her father and her fair skin means she can 'pass for white'. With the help of her husband Benjamin, she disguises herself as a young southern gentleman - and Benjamin's ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.1
Points Value : 3.0
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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
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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
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Tunnels Of Blood (Cirque Du Freak)

Darren Shan and Evra Von follow a trail of corpses and confront a foul creature of the night. A new enemy or Mr Crepsley? When Mr Crepsley is called upon by the Vampire Generals, Darren and the snake-boy, Evra Von, leave the Cirque Du Freak and ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.2
Points Value : 6
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The Vampire’s Assistant (Cirque Du Freak)

Darren Shan has been made a half-vampire by Mr Crepsley, but the Cirque Du Freak holds more unpleasant surprises for the vampire’s assistant. Darren joins the vampire, Mr Crepsley, as his assistant and they return to the Cirque Du Freak. There, ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.2
Points Value : 6
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Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai

When Jenna Sakai gets dumped over winter break, it confirms what she learned from her parents' messy divorce: Relationships are risky and only lead to disappointment. So even though she still has to see her ex-boyfriend Elliott at newspaper club, ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.2
Points Value : 7.0
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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
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Stone Robbers

No wonder Rico hates his Mayan culture. His dad died fighting to keep the old ways. Now Rico and his sister Delfina must scratch a living selling clothes in San Pedro market. But it's hard when swindlers like Enzo try to cheat them. Rico means to ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.2
Points Value : 1
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Splinters Of Sunshine

I pick up the envelope . . . As I rip down the sides, there's loads of paper bursting out; stuck on flowers, dandelions, roses . . . Spey recently received two surprises. The first: his ex-prisoner dad turning up unannounced, and the second: a ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.2
Points Value : 10.0
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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
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You Can Trust Me

When Alana's best friend is found drowned in a pool, the forensic reports discover date-rape drug GHB in her blood. GHB from a drink Alana knows was meant for her. Despite the swirling rumours, the suspected group of boys seem untouchable. To ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 13.0
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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
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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
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Elsewhere

Welcome to Elsewhere. It is warm, with a breeze, and the beaches are beautiful. It's quiet and peaceful. You can't get sick and you can't get older. In Elsewhere, death is only the beginning . Elsewhere is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 9.0
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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
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