 | Skellig by David Almond
Buy new: £3.97 / Used from: £0.35 A modern tale - dark yet hopeful. A good introduction to David Almond.
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 | Kit's Wilderness by David Almond
Buy new: £4.01 / Used from: £1.77 David Almond at his disturbing best - for teenage to adult.
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 | Mortal Engines
Buy new: £6.52 / Used from: £4.07 A futuristic, complex and gripping vision.
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 | Predator's Gold (Mortal Engines Quartet) by Philip Reeve
Buy used from: £0.01 The action continues from Mortal Engines - you may as well read all four.
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 | Northern Lights (His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman
Buy new: £4.97 / Used from: £0.01 A much deeper vision than the film could hope for - you'll want to complete the trilogy.
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 | The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall
Buy new: £3.46 / Used from: £0.01 Let's not forget Westall - a modern classic that'll take you back to bomb craters of the blitz.
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 | Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
Buy new: £3.14 / Used from: £0.01 Morpurgo's best book? A fast-pace and twists in the plot - what more do you need?
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 | The Seeing Stone (Arthur) by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.01 An astonishing book. Very short chapters keep the pace fast and weave the legends of King Arthur with medieval history. A complex and satisfying story.
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 | At the Crossing-Places: Arthur 2 by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £0.01 The story of medieval knight-to-be Arthur continues. You won't be able to stop yourself reading the whole trilogy.
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 | The Snow Spider Trilogy by Jenny Nimmo
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.68 Magic isn't fun. Magic is frightening. Magic is dark and mysterious. Magic has power that will haunt you.
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 | The Recruit: Bk. 1 (CHERUB) by Robert Muchamore
Buy new: £4.89 / Used from: £0.01 A darned good read. Fast, fun and plenty of fighting. Your mum won't approve.
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 | CHERUB: Class A by Robert Muchamore
Buy new: £4.37 / Used from: £0.01 You'll want to follow 'The Recruit'. This is the next, darker, episode.
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 | Stormbreaker (Alex Rider 1) by Anthony Horowitz
Buy new: £4.37 / Used from: £0.01 If you thought the film was lame, don't worry. The book is grittier and much better for it.
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 | Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Buy new: £4.04 / Used from: £0.01 Fun. It won't take you long and it'll give you a grin or two.
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 | Wolf Brother: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Book 1 by Michelle Paver
Buy new: £4.37 / Used from: £0.01 Plenty of action and lots of stone-age detail to give it depth.
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 | Spirit Walker: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Book 2 by Michelle Paver
Buy new: £4.38 / Used from: £0.01 If Wolf Brother has left you wanting more, this is the one. Some say it's better than the first. You be the judge.
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 | The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
Buy new: £5.22 / Used from: £0.01 A bleak, dangerous vision. A good introduction to sci-fi.
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