Teachers' picks: Year 9

The Lie Tree

By Hardinge, Frances

The Bone Sparrow

By Fraillon, Zana

The Host

By Meyer, Stephenie

The Nickel Boys: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2020

By Colson Whitehead

The Cousins

By McManus, Karen M.

Holding Up the Universe

By Niven, Jennifer, Jennifer Niven

SLAWTER: Book 3 (The Demonata)

By Shan

Bone Talk

By Gourlay, Candy

Am I Normal Yet? (The Spinster Club Series #1)

By Holly Bourne

How Hard Can Love Be? (The Spinster Club Series #2)

By Holly Bourne

Wranglestone

By Charlton, Darren

Empire Of The Sun :

By Ballard, J. G., J. G. Ballard

Darkside

By Tom Becker

The Resistance

By Malley, Gemma

The Hobbit (Essential Modern Classics)

By Tolkien, J. R. R., J. R. R, Illustrated by Author

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1 of Percy Jackson)

By Riordan, Rick

What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

By Munroe, Randall

Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics

By Tim Marshall

Persepolis

By Satrapi, Marjane

Noah Can't Even

By Simon James Green

Abomination

By Swindells, Robert, Robert Swindells

Adventures of a Young Naturalist: SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S ZOO QUEST EXPEDITIONS

By Attenborough, Sir David

The Perks of Being a Wallflower: the most moving coming-of-age classic

By Stephen Chbosky

Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Enter another world in this magical SUNDAY TIMES bestseller: 1/3 (Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy)

By Taylor, Laini

When Mr Dog Bites

By Conaghan, Brian, Brian Conaghan

Red Queen: Red Queen Book 1

By Victoria Aveyard

The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

By Frank, Anne, Pressler, Mirjam, Frank, Otto

Infinity Son: The much-loved hit from the author of No.1 bestselling blockbuster THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END!

By Adam Silvera

Scythe (Arc of a Scythe)

By Shusterman, Neal

Children of Blood and Bone

By Adeyemi, Tomi