Warehouse
by Keith Gray
Red Fox
ISBN: 0099414252

A community of young people have gathered in an old warehouse to get away from a world they don't fit in to. Through separate but interweaving narratives Warehouse tells the stories of three of the community's members: Robbie who is running away from his violent older brother; Amy, who's supposed to be travelling in Europe but has had her rucksack stolen and is too proud to ask her smothering family for help; and Lem, an ex-drug-addict and founder of the Warehouse community.

Warehouse is about many things. It's about the inequality of life. It's about bad luck and evil people. But it's also about strength gained through friendship, loyalty and trust.

Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants
by Ann Brashares
Corgi Childrens
ISBN: 0552548278

When life-long friends Carmen, Tibby, Lena and Bridget turn 16, they find they have separate plans for the summer, but the girls are determined to keep in touch.

Tibby buys a pair of jeans in a second-hand shop and the girls discover that the trousers magically fit each of them perfectly, despite their different figures and heights. They hit upon a wonderful plan of sharing the jeans throughout the vacation - sending them on to the next friend when they feel the time is right. Over the course of the summer, the girls - and the traveling pants - encounter first love, family upset and fatal illness. The girls return home with a wealth of new experiences to share. A perfect teen-chick summer read; a quirky, humorous and memorable cut above the rest.

Magenta Orange
by Echo Freer
Hodder Children's Books
ISBN: 0340841486

Magenta is 13, bright, sassy, but rather accident-prone. Her neighbour - and nearest thing to a best friend a boy can be - Daniel, tries hard to dissuade her from some of her more impulsive actions but, inevitably, ends up drawn into her schemes with hilarious results.

Letters to Liz - Jo's Letter
by Mary Hooper
Walker Books
ISBN: 0744559871

Problems with boys? Home? Can't talk to your friends because it's them that's the problem? Four friends write letters to the "Dear Liz" section of their favourite magazine in an attempt to solve the various problems and issues surrounding their friendship

Bad Company
by Catherine McPhail
Bloomsbury Children's Books
ISBN: 074755076X

When troubled Lissa meets new girl Diane at school it seems like a gift from the gods. She sympathises with Lissa, doesn't make fun of her dad, who has just got out of prison, and tells Lissa to ignore the taunts at school. But Lissa doesn't realise that Diane is very manipulative. And she doesn't realise either how much her dad loves her. It is only when a combination of events come together that she has to face facts about who and what are important to her.