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Big decisions and messy relationships. It's all part of life for Kai. A must-read queer coming of age story for fans of Sarah Crossan and Sex Education, written in verse by Stonewall-Award-winning, Carnegie-shortlisted...

A stunning debut novel about first love and finding your place in the world while caught between two cultures. For fans of Ayisha Malik, Candice Carty-Williams and Beth O'Leary. Soraya...

The new novel from the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature - 'a maestro' (Guardian). A captivating story of the intertwined lives of three young people coming-of-age in...

Looking for Lucie is a contemporary YA novel that explores identity, self-discovery, and newfound friendship as an 18-year-old girl sets out to uncover her ethnic heritage and family history. "Where...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024 'A beautiful and evocative novel about grief, about growing up, about losing and winning. The people and...

A propulsive retelling inspired by the Greek myth of MedeaCalcutta, 1757.Bengal is on the brink of war. The East India Company, led by the fearsome Sir Peter Chilcott, are advancing...

Moving between Ghana and London, Hold is an intimate coming-of-age novel. It's a story of friendship and family, shame and forgiveness; of learning what we should cling to, and when...

AN OBSERVER TOP TEN DEBUT 2020 'The kind of novel you never knew you were waiting for. An explosive work that reels from sex, to sin, to salvation all the...

A magical poetic coming-of-age story, drawing on feminine power, Indian mythology and healing from bestselling poet, writer and artist Nikita Gill. Picked as as one of STYLIST'S *BEST AUTUMN READS...

A memoir of a gay Muslim's journey to acceptance A Dutiful Boy is Mohsin's personal journey from denial to acceptance — a revelatory memoir about the power of love, belonging,...

Fiercely told, this is a powerful coming-of-age story told in verse, from one of the UK's leading poets, Dean Atta. Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Jason Reynolds, & Kacen...

A rite-of-passage novel in the life of a young gay man growing up in a colourful and chaotic dictatorship Riverrun is a novel that talks about the rite of passage...

Mack never thought he'd find love, but now two boys want to be with him. Will he choose Karim or Finlay? And can true love last for ever? A must-read...

African myth and magic beat in the dark heart of this fable about witchcraft, superstition, the bonds we choose and those we cannot. Born into a family of West African...

A stunning debut novel about first love and finding your place in the world while caught between two cultures. For fans of Ayisha Malik, Candice Carty-Williams and Beth O'Leary. Soraya...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, MAAME is the most moving debut - and a heroine you'll never forget. Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi, but...

'She's no good, that girl. Much too individualistic' This is the story of Fenfang who, determined to carve out a life more independent than her provincial roots, gets a job...

Lily is a sixteen-year-old living in Manchester. It is nearly five years since her father's death, and she is soon to return to her birthplace in Nigeria to reunite with...

Kian and Shirin haven't spoken for ten years. Will a chance encounter change everything? A moving story of second chances and finding your place in the world, from the author...

The Things That We Lost is a standout coming of age novel from winner of the 2021 #Merky Books New Writers' Prize, Jyoti Patel. AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF 2023 Nik...

Good for Nothing is a warmly written YA story that explores grief, small UK towns, police prejudice and the power of friendship. It is the perfect next read for fans...

All you have are your words. AS RECOMMENDED BY MALALA YOUSAFZAI AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A TOP TEN SUNDAY POST BESTSELLER A STYLIST BEST BOOK OF 2020 'A...

'A rollicking debut' - Telegraph  'A necessary exploration of identity and belonging' - Derek Owusu, author of That Reminds Me  In Ashleigh Nugent's dynamic coming-of-age comedy of errors, Locks, teenager Aeon is on a quest...