Children's / Teenage fiction: Thrillers

Angelo and his friends have faced some truly fearsome foes, from mind-controlling parasites to deadly monsters of the deep and giant spiders to vampire birds - but their adventures aren't over yet! Dread Wood High is suffering from an infestation of caterpillars. But these are no ordinary caterpi...

Everyone in the quadrant knows about The Pinnacle, a reality TV show that will leave the winner with a five million cash prize. For Bex, she can finally leave her family. For Zane, he can save his mum. For Raya, it's her last chance at a better life. But, when the teens are told that everyone the...

The lives of Jill Newman and her friends look perfect, but nothing is as it seems. Jill's best friend, the brilliant, dazzling Shaila, was killed by her boyfriend, but suddenly Jill starts getting texts proclaiming his innocence. But digging deeper could mean putting her friendships, and her futu...

A chance meeting and a secret message drags Libby into a thrilling mystery, but no one believes she can spot the clues. Can she make them realise what she is really capable of, before it's too late? Libby is visually impaired but that doesn't stop her being a keen photographer. She loves going ou...

To its residents, Sandown is home - a tiny village holiday resort in the western United States. To everyone else, it's a minuscule island, that brings tourists in summer and not a lot else the rest of the time. To Mona Perry, it's a mystery. Thirty-four years ago, promising singer and Sandown res...

When Hugh Henry Van Boren, one of the most popular and richest kids in Jess Choudhary's school, is found dead, the student body is left reeling and wondering who the murderer could be. Jess, a student under strict instructions to keep her record clean or risk losing her scholarship, finds herself...

In the unremarkable town of Amberside, the unthinkable has happened: Terrorists have attacked a local festival. No one knows why, and no one knows who the attackers are, but that doesn't matter. What matters first is survival. And what matters after that is survival, too. In this account of hope,...

Senara has never been in love before. She's not done anything exciting before. Always the sidekick. Until the summer that changes everything. Cliff House is closed off for most of the year until its rich Londoner owners come down to Cornwall for the summer. This year, despite herself, Senara find...

The Bloods are in control and they're desperate to turn Britain into the world they want to see: right, white, Christian supremacist. Anyone who they call abnormal is a target. Amidst the chaos of civil war the country is on the move as small militia groups fight each other and a sea of refugees ...

Exciting, funny, heartwarming, and mind-bendingly clever, 'Time Travelling with a Tortoise' is the extraordinary, adventure-packed sequel to Ross Welford's beloved, bestselling debut, 'Time Travelling with a Hamster'.