How I Live Now is a bestselling young adult novel written by Meg Rosoff and published in 2004 in the United Kingdom. This story features love, war and survival as fifteen-year-old Daisy finds herself in the crisis of a third world war.
children books 12-14 years old
Mortal Engines is the first book in the Mortal Engines Quartet written by British author and illustrator Philip Reeve and was published in the United Kingdom in 2001. This science fiction fantasy novel paints the picture of how a mobile, steampunk version of London struggles to survive in a post-apocalyptic future with dwindling resources.
Looking for JJ is a thought-provoking young adult novel written by British author Anne Cassidy. This story explores themes of justice, guilt and forgiveness as we are introduced to Jennifer Jones, a girl who was convicted of murder at a young age, who is also now struggling to fit into society with her new identity, and who also has feelings despite her mistakes.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is an unsettling Holocaust novel written by Irish novelist John Boyne. This young adult novel features an extraordinary friendship between two boys on the opposing side without forgetting to vividly portray the horrors of war.