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A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
Category: Young Adult | Series: The\Originals Ser.
Reissued in Penguin's ORIGINALS series of iconic teen fiction. After Shell's mother dies, her obsessively religious father descends into alcoholic mourning and Shell is left to care for her younger brother and sister. Her only release from the harshness of everyday life comes from her budding spiritual ...Show more
Abomination by Robert Swindells; Ben Hughes (Designed by)
Category: Children's | Series: The\Originals Ser.
"Martha is twelve - and very different from other kids, because of her parents. Strict members of a religious group - the Brethren - their rules dominate Martha's life. And one rule is the most important of all- she must never ever invite anyone home. If she does, their shameful secret - Abomination - c ...Show more
Across the Barricades (Kevin and Sadie #2) by Joan Lingard
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: The Originals
Across the Barricades is part of Joan Lingard's ground-breaking Kevin and Sadie series, the sequel to The Twelfth Day of July. Both books are part of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first. Kevin and Sadie just want to be together, but it's not that simple. Things are bad in Belfast. Sold ...Show more
Brother in the Land by Swindells Robert
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: The\Originals Ser.
Reissued with a powerful new cover for the Originals series of iconic teen fictionAn 'After-the-Bomb' story told by teenage Danny, one of the survivors - one of the unlucky ones. Set in Shipley, an ordinary town in the north of England, this is a powerful portrayal of a world that has broken down. Danny ...Show more
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: The Originals
With an introduction from Haifaa al-Mansour, director of Mary Shelley. There is something in my soul, which I do not understand. Written by a teenage girl, Frankenstein is one of literature's greatest Gothic horror stories. Now with a striking new cover, discover one of the books considered to be a pion ...Show more
Into Exile (Kevin and Sadie #3) by Joan Lingard
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: The\Originals Ser.
The third of Joan Lingard's ground-breaking Kevin and Sadie books.Protestant Sadie and Catholic Kevin have married and "escaped" to London - but will they ever really be free of Belfast and its troubles? In this third book about Sadie and Kevin, Joan Lingard has added an understanding of the strains of ...Show more
No Turning Back by Beverley Naidoo
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: The Originals
NO TURNING BACK by Carnegie-medal winning author Beverley Naidoo is the powerful and moving story of Sipho and his struggle to survive on the city streets of Johannesburg in the 1990s. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first. South African society is on the brink of a huge cha ...Show more
Postcards from No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: The Originals
Aidan Chambers' Carnegie-medal winning novel is about love, discovery and betrayal. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first. Jacob, aged 17, is abroad on his own for the time, visiting his grandfather's grave at the commemoration of the Second World War Battle of Arnhem in Ho ...Show more
Stone Cold by Robert Swindells
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: The\Originals Ser.
A tense thriller about a serial killer targeting homeless youngsters; Stone Cold won the Carnegie Medal and is now part of the Originals, showcasing Penguin's very best modern classics for young adults.Stone Cold is a Carnegie Medal-winning thriller by Robert Swindells. It is one of The Originals from P ...Show more
The Originals: the Loss by Julie Plec
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: The\Originals Ser.
Family is power. The Original vampire family swore it to each other a thousand years ago. They pledged to remain together always and forever. But even when you're immortal, promises are hard to keep. After a hurricane destroyed their city, Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah Mikaelson have rebuilt New Orleans ...Show more
The Originals: the Resurrection by Julie Plec
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: The\Originals Ser.
Family is power. The Original Vampire family swore it to each other a thousand years ago. They pledged to remain together always and forever. But even when you're immortal, promises are hard to keep. Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah Mikaelson had won it all, only to lose it again by 1788. Control of New Or ...Show more
The Outsiders by S E Hinton
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: The Originals
Three brothers struggle to stay together after their parents' death, as they search for an identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society in which they find themselves "outsiders. "