Here are the 6 books selected to be the finalists in the Manchester Book Award 2010. Who will win?
Another mysterious, sudden death at Ellerton High. Darina must help the Beautiful Dead to find peace and justice to free them from limbo.
They know who you are… Is it possible that Joe’s dad’s colleagues have brought something terrible back from their explorations in Mexico?
Theo is determined to find his father. The clues lead him to Rachel and together, they make dramatic and startling discoveries about their identities.
A comic or an urban myth? Seth and Kady are forced deep into a world of nightmares when their friend Luke disappears into its pages.
Molly runs away on a dark and stormy night. In the howling darkness, she sees a desperate figure, running for his life from a terrifying midnight hunt.
I am a cleanaholic. I spend most of my life on Dirt Alert. Now I’ve met Sol, I’m on Flirt Alert. Maybe something good could happen…
Here are the books that didn’t get through to the finalist stage this year, but they are still great reads!
A missing girl. An unsolved mystery from fifty years ago. Tanya and Fabian want to find the truth. Is the manor’s sinister history about to repeat itself?
33 Georgiana St: house of many, home to none. Crowded, ordered chaos, but dig deep enough and you find that everyone has something to hide.
A mysterious gunman takes a class hostage at Mia’s school. She knows who the gunman might be. If she’s right, she’s the only one who can save her schoolmates.
The UK has introduced carbon dioxide rationing to combat global warming. Laura Brown’s diary writes about issues that matter: love, floods – and pigs!
His father was a werewolf. His uncle may be a vampire. It’s time for 14-year-old Trey to discover the beast within.
George is a self-confessed social reject, but when he tries a new aftershave, he finds that women just can’t resist him. What will he do when the magic wears off?
Billi is the only girl in the Knights Templar: it’s a rigorous round of weapons, demon killing and occult lore. Can she break free and choose her own destiny?
Summer 1940. The British Secret Service discovers that kids working undercover will help them win the war. Officially, these children do not exist.
Mike and his friends make chilling discoveries on a mysterious barren island. Then a helicopter blows up their boat and they’re stranded – and falling ill…
Taj has 23 minutes to get the other side of the estate, or his dad will be killed by a hitman. It’s going to take some serious freerunning. Will he make it?
When Elise’s best friend Carl starts dating an American girl, she thinks it will just be a quick fling. When she realises it’s not, Elise takes matters into her own hands.
Kenny, Sim and Blake take the ashes of their best friend Ross on a road trip to Ross in Scotland. It’s not really kidnapping if he’s dead – is it?
Elbow. It’s raining. Bea and Sam find a dead body and a mystery, but they’re being watched and the more they discover, the more dangerous things become…
What you don’t know can’t harm you – can it? Nettie is about to discover that everyone has a facade. Everyone has a secret.
Rowan knows he’s strange – but dangerous? Beyond the bars of the window, England is at war. Behind them, Rowan’s own battle is only just beginning.
14-year-old Leo has run away. She wants to uncover the feud between her father and his Chinese family. She meets a cast of fabulous characters along the way.
Ethan and Cathy embark on a night of macabre tales with a mysterious visitor. What terrible truths will be revealed with the dawn?
1611. Shipwrecked, Jack is alone in Japan. He must learn to speak, eat and find a way to belong in his new home. Can Akiko help him?
