Brit Lit

Previously titled "Naughts & Crosses," this modern-day "Romeo and Juliet" by UK sensation Blackman ("Hacker") is set in a world where black and white mean right and wrong--and life and death. Named as one of the BBCUs Big Read Top 100 Books of All Time.

Sometimes maybe you need an experience. The experience can be a person or it can be a drug. The experience opens a door that was there all the time but you never saw it. Or maybe it blasts you into outer space.

From the bestselling author of "The Princess Diaries." Growing up in India, 16-year-old heiress Lady Victoria Arbutnot is unceremoniously shipped off to London to find a husband.

Lady Mary's life is forever changed when her father, Lord Cawdor, betrays the Scottish king and is hanged as a traitor. Now a ward of Lord and Lady Macbeth, she's trapped in a castle with a power-hungry couple who will do anything to get what they want in this retelling of Shakespeare's tragedy.

After the Russian revolution, Russian countess Anna flees to England and takes a job as servant in the household of the Westerholme family. Desperate to keep her past a secret, Anna is nearly overwhelmed by her new duties--not to mention her instant attraction to Rupert, the handsome Earl of Westerholme.

Those who think they know the story of Ophelia and Hamlet can think again, because when bloody deeds turn the court of Elsinore into a place of treachery and madness, Ophelia alone will find the means to escape, with nothing more than the clothes on her back . . . and one very dangerous secret.

This first volume in the stunning new Withern Rise trilogy is a gripping thriller about a boy and a girl who are the same person--but not quite--and who are living the same life . . . but not quite. Includes a sneak peek at Vol. II, "Small Eternities."

Life was tragic enough before this spring started. With a distinct lack of boobage and an arse so big that birds of prey could nest within its shadows, Jess Jordan is saddled with the Goddess Flora for a best friend, a Britney Spears look-alike so gorgeous that one grain of her divine dandruff could make the blind see again. Jess knows that her soul mate is Ben Jones, a divine mixture of Leonardo diCaprio, Prince William, and Brad Pitt who oozes mystery and charisma. But the campaign to get Ben to notice her brings on a cavalcade of mortification and disaster, including, but not limited to, a minestrone soup explosion that takes place in her bra and a schoolwide viewing of a videotape that features a topless Jess referring to her breasts as "Bonnie" and "Clyde."
Meanwhile, Jess's death-obsessed Granny moves into her bedroom, along wit

Two best friends--who are also stepsisters--are willing to pull out all the stops when they spend a summer in London and both set their sights on England's dashing Prince William.

This riveting historical tale reveals the passion and romance between the world's most famous playwright and the woman who risked everything to be with him.

What is Un Lun Dun?
It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things of London end up . . . and some of its lost and broken people, too - including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken umbrellas; Obaday Fing, a tailor whose head is an enormous pin-cushion, and an empty milk carton called Curdle. Un Lun Dun is a place where words are alive, a jungle lurks behind the door of an ordinary house, carnivorous giraffes stalk the streets, and a dark cloud dreams of burning the world. It is a city awaiting its hero, whose coming was prophesied long ago, set down for all time in the pages of a talking book.
When twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance leading out of London and into this strange city, it seems that the ancient prophecy is coming true

Seven days. Seven keys. Seven virtues. Seven sins. One mysterious house is the doorway to a very mysterious world -- where one boy is about to venture and unlock a number of fantastical secrets.

Calypso returns from Los Angeles to her English boarding school for the summer term. When Calypso and Prince Freddy end up in the tabloids, everything seems set to go down the drain. A fast-paced, laugh-out-loud-funny look at fitting in while still standing out.

Winter is harsh for young Emily Bronte, her sisters Charlotte and Anne, and their brother Branwell. Cooped up in the bleak parsonage, the only break from dull routine comes when they write adventures for the heroes of their secret worlds of Gondal and Angria or when freedom-loving Emily is able to escape onto the moor. Then one day, while out walking with her dog, Emily stumbles across the mysterious outcast, Heslington, whose story of lost love leaves her spellbound. There and then, Emily resolves to help him out of his wretched state whatever the danger. Kate Pennington is the pseudonym of a best-selling author, whose books have sold in the millions.

From the creator of the Discworld series comes this tale of power, magic, adventure, and dreams of a young potential witch who takes on the darkest forces of Fairyland armed with just a frying pan and aided by a clan of small but fierce blue men. Now in paperback.

Lyra Belaqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon familiar Pantalaimon always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle--a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, witch clans and armored bears. And as she hurtles toward danger in the cold, far North, young Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: She alone is destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle.

""EVERY WAR HAS turning points and every person too."
Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she's never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.
As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more isolated. Despite the war, it's a kind of Eden, with no adults in charge and no rules, a place where Daisy's uncanny bond with her cousins grows into something rare and extraordinary. But the war is everywhere, and Daisy and her cousins must lead each other into a world that is unknown in the scariest, most elemental way.
A riveting and astonishing story.

The author of "Friends, Enemies" offers a fresh, funny new novel about sisterhood, friendship, and romance.

When producers chooses Jennifer James's school as the subject of a new reality TV show, brainy and unpopular Jennifer is surprised to be chosen as a participant. The grand prize is entry into an elite college, and Jennifer is determined to win.

Set in modern-day London, this first book in a gripping new trilogy introduces young magician's apprentice Nathaniel. Humiliated by a hotshot wizard, Nathaniel summons the not-so-tame djinni, Bartimaeus, and sends him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand.

This humorous young adult take on "Bridget Jones's Diary" introduces Angelica (Angel) Cookson Potts, who loves food, both cooking it and eating it, and plans to become a famous chef. Angel's own recipes are included.

Octavia Clairbrook-Cleeve has a famous TV star for a mom and a very posh-sounding name, but there's no way she's anything like the shallow, A-list blondes at her private school--until she meets the son of a rock star.