Children's / Teenage fiction: Thrillers

Thirteen-year-old Skandar Smith has only ever wanted to be a unicorn rider. To be one of the lucky few selected to hatch a unicorn. To bond with it for life; to train together and race for glory; to be a hero. But just as Skandar's dream is about to come true, things start to take a more dangerou...

Raised in a climate-ravaged, frozen world, every day is a struggle for survival for Chobahm. Her only solace comes in the form of reality television shows, streamed directly from Snowglobe - the climate-controlled domed city at the heart of her world, and the only warm place left on the planet. T...

Late one night a schoolgirl is attacked in a city park. When a stranger rushes to her rescue, Genna Adams believes it's luck that their paths crossed. Then a week later, the same boy saves her from being kidnapped and Genna realises this is no coincidence. But the explanation offered by the boy, ...

Amelia was determined to get her head down and finish senior year without incident, keeping her dramatic past a secret from everyone. Then she met the school's hottest bad boy, Aiden Parker and neither could deny the intensity of the spark between them. They now both know each other's deepest sec...

Homeless, frightened and alone, Link finds himself down-and-out in London. He only survives because he is befriended by street-wise Ginger. When Ginger disappears Link is in despair, especially when other street kids start to go missing.

Fourteen-year-old Hollie has always lived in the small town of Loweburgh on the south coast. When she and her best friend, Parker, start researching repairs to the sea defences, they find that low grade steel has been used to protect the town walls. If there was a terrible storm, bigger than anyt...

When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, Alex Rider goes from schoolboy to superspy within days as his world is turned upside down. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex must discover the truth about the Stormbreaker computer.

Sean Harker is good at two things: stealing cars and fighting. One earns him money, the other earns him respect from the gang that he calls family. A police chase through the city streets is just another rite of passage for Sean - as is getting nicked. But a brutal event behind bars convinces him...

Lydia Cornwallis arrives and finds acceptance, even adoration, from the close-knit social circle on the exclusive island of Fengari. But there are two girls in particular that Lydia simply can't wait to meet: the Harrington sisters. That's because Lydia's not really Lydia Cornwallis. And the Harr...

Shafeen's father, Prince Aadhish, has had a heart attack and is close to death. Desperately worried, Shafeen and Greer race from S.T.A.G.S. to Rajasthan. But Prince Aadhish is in a coma and unresponsive and they begin to realise that the Prince received a terrible shock, triggered by a decades-ol...