Eli didn't think much about the city's newest so-called hero, but he supposed Vigilante wasn't all that bad. Granted, he was kind of a jerk and if he ever tried to kiss Eli again he was definitely getting punched. A story about a starving college student, making a living serving coffee and the local vigilante with a crush. - - - - - - - - - Highest rank #1 in Action, Wattys 2016 winner in the Trailblazers category! Featured 6/3/2016-7/23/2017

RANKED #11 IN HORROR Pain? Loss? Insanity? Please. No one could even begin to think about that. True pain is when your entire body goes numb in surrender, when your brain gives in and you find yourself choking on regret, when you are so helpless your mind can't even comprehend what's happening to you. True loss is when you're holding someone you love in your arms, your clothes stained in their blood just waiting for them to open up their eyes and tell you they're okay, desperate for them to give you a smile, twitch their fingers, anything! And true insanity is when you lose every emotion you once had, every memory you made and every person you cared for within the length of one heartbeat. Kathryn Blue is kidnapped after working a late shift at her job one night. After waking up in some stranger's basement with some new allies and finding out things about the world that she can't quite accept she must escape the pain and torture of her tormentors 'games' and figure out a way to see the light of day again before it's too late.

Samuel Brandt woke up with his thoughts written all over his body. His brother woke up with his head missing. His sister woke up to find that her skin would crack open unless she stayed in water. All of the other children in the secluded Iowa town of Oak Knoll woke up having undergone strange transformations. Now, they are all forced to live at 407 West Marshall Street, the mysterious house outside of town. With the new name of The Boy with Words for Skin, Samuel wants nothing more than to hide from his new life. He painfully and unpredictably sheds his skin, there is a Voice in the entryway closet that is often cruel, and-perhaps worst of all for a naturally shy boy-the other children look to him as a leader. As his seven-year-old brother struggles with their new life, as terrifying growls start to come from the pitch black basement, and as his feelings for a girl begin to grow, The Boy with Words for Skin realizes that he wants to change. He wants to put others first, learn from his peers, and let himself hope that things will get better. The Boy with Words for Skin is the first book in the 407 West Marshall Street series. Each book will advance the story but be told from a different character. Book 2 will be The Girl without Eyes.

It all started with the cream letter in the red envelope. It had always been Natasha and her Dad until one day she had receives a letter from her mum. Soon Natasha finds herself on a plane, leaving everything she loves behind on her way to who-knows-where! To meet a woman who she has never met. Follow Natasha as she makes tough life choices and gets swept up in the world of romance. Or as Natasha would put it: "Seriously?! This can't be my life. You have got to be kidding me!"

Twelve-year-old Carmen has a secret: she can talk to her cat Grim. But the powerful Brotherhood has banned pets, and the penalty is death. Ward is the most wanted boy in the world. The only thing standing between him and the hangman's noose is master criminal Saint Nick. In exchange for Nick's protection, Ward must find the long-lost horn called the Oliphant, said to have the power to wake legendary beings known as the Sleepers, whom Nick believes can aid him in his guerilla war against the Brotherhood. This leads Ward to Carmen, whose family has a long and mysterious association with the Oliphant. Ward and Carmen are soon hot on the trail of the horn, but the Brotherhood are closing in on Carmen's family. Ward and Carmen realise that waking the Sleepers may be the only thing that can save Carmen's parents from certain death. If only they knew how. FOR READERS WHO LIKED Scarlett & Browne - Jonathan Stroud Fly By Night - Frances Hardinge His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman