Year 9

Explore a collection of fiction suitable for ages 13+, featuring the latest titles from bestselling authors. These books are perfect for topping up any secondary school library or can be used as whole-school reading texts to encourage shared reading experiences and discussions. With a wide range of exciting, thought-provoking stories, these titles are sure to engage students and inspire a love for reading. Ideal for enhancing your school’s library or curriculum, these books offer high-quality content for young adult readers.

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A Game Of Life Or Death

When sixteen-year-old Asha Kennedy discovers her older sister Maya's dead body in their home, her world falls apart. Desperate for answers, and to stay out of the hands of the social services she grew up in, Asha turns to her hacker friends for ...

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

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

A Season For Scandal

An all-female detective agency righting wrongs at the end of the nineteenth century; infiltrating a scandalous upper class world straight out of Bridgerton and using their wit and bravery to unmask a villain. When Marigold Bloom finds her family ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.8
Points Value : 13.0
Book Cover : Paperback

A Sky Painted Gold

Growing up in her sleepy Cornish village dreaming of being a writer, sixteen-year-old Lou has always wondered about the grand Cardew house which has stood empty for years. And when the owners arrive for the summer - a handsome, dashing brother and...

ATOS Book Level : 5.5
Points Value : 15.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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

A Spoonful Of Murder – Murder Most Unladylike Mystery Book 6

When Hazel Wong's beloved grandfather passes away, Daisy Wells is all too happy to accompany her friend (and Detective Society Vice-President) to Hazel's family estate in beautiful, bustling Hong Kong. But when they arrive they discover something ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.2
Points Value : 10.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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

Alex In Wonderland

In the town of Newsands, painfully shy Alex is abandoned by his two best friends for the summer. But he unexpectedly lands a part-time job at Wonderland, a run-down amusement arcade on the seafront, where he gets to know the other teen misfits ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.7
Points Value : 12.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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

All American Boys

A bag of chips. That's all sixteen-year-old Rashad is looking for. What he finds instead is a fist-happy cop, Paul, who mistakes Rashad for a shoplifter, mistakes Rashad's pleadings that he's stolen nothing for belligerence, mistakes Rashad's every ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.9
Points Value : 10.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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

All the Crooked Saints

Here is a thing everyone wants: A miracle. Here is a thing everyone fears: What it takes to get one. Any visitor to Bicho Raro, Colorado is likely to find a landscape of dark saints, forbidden love, scientific dreams, miracle-mad owls, estranged ...

ATOS Book Level : 6.8
Points Value : 13
Book Cover : Paperback

All The Hidden Monsters

A grisly murder. A detective warlock with a dangerous past. A girl out of her depth. Can they solve the case? Sage is an ordinary girl and a werewolf, moving between worlds, desperate to make sense of her life. When her supernatural friend, ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.0
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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

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

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

Animal Farm (Real Reads)

When the animals get rid of Mr Jones and take over the farm, they are excited by their new freedom. But can they run the farm with tools that are designed for humans? Will they be able to harvest the food that they need for the winter? The farmers ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.7
Points Value : 1
Book Cover : Paperback

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

Arsenic For Tea – Murder Most Unladylike Mystery Book 2

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the holidays. Daisy's glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for Daisy's birthday, and the whole family is invited, from eccentric Aunt Saskia to dashing ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.2
Points Value : 9.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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

As Long As The Lemon Trees Grow

A year ago, before the revolution, Salama watched her brother marry her best friend, Layla, and wondered when her own love story might begin. Now she works at the hospital - helping those she can, closing the eyes of those she can't. Layla and her ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.8
Points Value : 15.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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

Baby Love

A heartbreaking, compelling and timely story for older readers about teen pregnancy and its consequences, family trouble and unlikely friendships, set in 1960. When Laura meets a French exchange student, Leon, she is flattered by his interest in ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.8
Points Value : 16.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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

Better Than The Movies

Liz hates her annoyingly attractive neighbour but he’s the only in with her long-term crush… Perpetual daydreamer and hopeless romantic Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.2
Points Value : 13.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Blood Fever – Young Bond Book 2

James Bond has discovered danger. Now it's come looking for him. An Eton boy's family disappears at sea. James uncovers a shadowy society operating in a hidden corner of the school. And far from England, in the bandit-infested interior of ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.6
Points Value : 14.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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

Boy Like Me

It's 1994 and thanks to Section 28, there can be no mention of gay relationships in UK schools. When a kind librarian leads Jamie to a disguised novel in the library that reflects his own confused feelings towards boys, Jamie sees that he's not the ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.9
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Broken Hearts And Zombie Parts

Jesse Spark has a broken heart and in a few short weeks he'll require major surgery to repair it - which means he only has a month to accomplish two almost-impossible tasks. 1) Shoot his epic zombie movie on a shoestring budget if he has any hope ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.1
Points Value : 13.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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By Royal Command – Young Bond Book 5

Life for James Bond will never be the same again. Following a treacherous rescue mission high in the freezing Alps, James Bond is preparing for life back at Eton. But James is under surveillance; his every move is being watched. He alone holds the...

ATOS Book Level : 5.5
Points Value : 14.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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

Call Down The Hawk

The dreamers walk among us...and so do the dreamed. Those who dream cannot stop dreaming - they can only try to control it. Those who are dreamed cannot have their own lives - they will sleep forever if their dreamers die. And then there are ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.5
Points Value : 18.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Catch Your Death

When three girls are stranded at the grand Bramble Estate in the middle of a snowstorm, they stumble into a murder plot. Someone has poisoned wealthy Emily Vanforte in the middle of a family dinner - which means Devi, Lizzie and Jayne are trapped in ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.8
Points Value : 16.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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

Codename Eagle

After his failed escape to England across the Pyrenees, Paul Hansen is living, once again, in France. While the Germans blitz London and other major cities, Paul is getting more and more restless. Though he's part of the resistance movement, the past...

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Cream Buns And Crime

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are famous for the murder cases they have solved - but there are many other mysteries in the pages of Hazel's casebook. From the macabre Case of the Deepdean Vampire, to the baffling Case of the Blue Violet, and their ...

ATOS Book Level : 6.1
Points Value : 7.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Crossover

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...

ATOS Book Level : 4.3
Points Value : 2.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Cuts Both Ways

London is everything to Cynthia, so when her parents move her to a place where there is only one bus an hour and the faint smell of horse manure continuously permeates the air, it's a culture shock, to say the least. As is transitioning to a private ...

ATOS Book Level : 5.3
Points Value : 11.0
Book Cover : Paperback

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Dark Parallel

Josh and Ixchel have travelled back in time, but it might not be so easy to get home again. They've landed in the Mayan era, when the prophecy about the world ending in 2012 was first foretold. And they cannot believe who they have found there. ...

ATOS Book Level : 4.7
Points Value : 11
Book Cover : Paperback