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For fear of hearing the dreaded phrase "I'm booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooored" on the beach this summer, fling your teen this must-read list before you go. Kerry's picked her favourite holiday reads for teenagers. Why not [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk tell us] about your favourites?

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{{topten
|title=A Perfect Ten
|author=Chris Higgins
|rating=4
|summary=A confident and accessible kitchen sink drama about coming to terms with loss. By creating a truly sympathetic character from someone who behaves like a real bitch, it gives teen and tween girls real pause for thought.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340950692</amazonuk>
}}

{{topten
|title=Alice on Deadlines
|author=Shiro Ihara
|rating=4
|summary=A quite extreme manga, in a way, that fans should appreciate, although the plotting leaves some things to be desired.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0759523517</amazonuk>
}}

{{topten
|title=Generation Dead
|author=Daniel Waters
|rating=4
|summary=Unusual and stimulating novel about prejudice and difference. The zombies in high school theme coats serious points with wit and pop culture reference although the plotting is a little heavy-handed.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847383270</amazonuk>
}}

{{topten
|title=Danger Zone: Ice Claw
|author=David Gilman
|rating=4
|summary=A high octane thriller with an environmental twist. The lead character relies on personal endurance and courage rather than Alex Rider-style high-tech gadgetry. One for the adrenalin seeker, thoughit's a trifle long.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141323035</amazonuk>
}}

{{topten
|title=The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
|author=Mark Haddon
|rating=5
|summary=The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time is a much talked-about book. Ignore the different releases - one for children and another for adults. They are irrelevant. It's a serious children's book although adults could also take something from it. Beginning as a whodunnit, Curious Incident transforms into a powerful work on the family and on fitting in. Bookbag thinks it's a tour de force.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099456761</amazonuk>
}}

{{topten
|title=The Declaration
|author=Gemma Malley
|rating=5
|summary=A tense and dramatic novel speculating on life in a future where drugs have banished old age and death. Mostly for teens, but the quality of writing is such that thoughtful younger children could approach it too.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0747587744</amazonuk>
}}

{{topten
|title=Everlost
|author=Neal Shusterman
|rating=5
|summary=Completely gorgeous fantasy adventure set in a kind of afterlife limbo for children. It's exciting and pacy, but it's also irresistibly humorous and utterly serious. The final pay-off is superb. How you get all that into 384 pages, Bookbag doesn't know, but it does stand in awe.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847385044</amazonuk>
}}

{{topten
|title=Incarceron
|author=Catherine Fisher
|rating=4.5
|summary=Beautifully imagined and realised, this novel of future regression is rich with strong characters, big issues and a compelling plot. It is a barnstorming piece of serious fantasy that doesn't put a foot wrong.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340893605</amazonuk>
}}

{{topten
|title=Sapphique
|author=Catherine Fisher
|rating=4.5
|summary=Beautifully imagined and realised, this follow up to [[Incarceron by Catherine Fisher|Incarceron]] continues with big issues and a compelling plot. It is a barnstorming piece of serious fantasy that doesn't put a foot wrong.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340893613</amazonuk>
}}

{{topten
|title=Nation
|author=Terry Pratchett
|rating=4.5
|summary=It takes a good few pages to really get going, but Pratchett's first non-Discworld for a while is really rather good once it hits its stride. Lots of things to say about love, religion and power and lots of rooms for laughs too.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0385613709</amazonuk>
}}

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[[Category:Lists|Beach Reads For Teens]]
[[Category:Teens|*Top Ten Beach Reads For Teens]]
[[Category:Reviewed by Kerry King]]

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	For fear of hearing the dreaded phrase "I'm booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooored" on the beach this summer, fling your teen this must-read list before you go. Kerry's picked her favourite holiday reads for teenagers. Why not [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk tell us] about your favourites?		For fear of hearing the dreaded phrase "I'm booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooored" on the beach this summer, fling your teen this must-read list before you go. Kerry's picked her favourite holiday reads for teenagers. Why not [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk tell us] about your favourites?

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 __NOTOC__
-{{topten
+{{Frontpage
 |title=A Perfect Ten
 |author=Chris Higgins
 |rating=4
 |summary=A confident and accessible kitchen sink drama about coming to terms with loss. By creating a truly sympathetic character from someone who behaves like a real bitch, it gives teen and tween girls real pause for thought.
-|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340950692</amazonuk>
+|isbn=0340950692
 }}
-{{topten
+{{Frontpage
 |title=Alice on Deadlines
 |author=Shiro Ihara
 |rating=4
 |summary=A quite extreme manga, in a way, that fans should appreciate, although the plotting leaves some things to be desired.
-|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0759523517</amazonuk>
+|isbn=0759523517
 }}
-{{topten
+{{Frontpage
 |title=Generation Dead
 |author=Daniel Waters
 |rating=4
 |summary=Unusual and stimulating novel about prejudice and difference. The zombies in high school theme coats serious points with wit and pop culture reference although the plotting is a little heavy-handed.
-|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847383270</amazonuk>
+|isbn=1847383270
 }}
-{{topten
+{{Frontpage
 |title=Danger Zone: Ice Claw
 |author=David Gilman
 |rating=4
 |summary=A high octane thriller with an environmental twist. The lead character relies on personal endurance and courage rather than Alex Rider-style high-tech gadgetry. One for the adrenalin seeker, thoughit's a trifle long.
-|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141323035</amazonuk>
+|isbn=0141323035
 }}
-{{topten
+{{Frontpage
 |title=The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time
 |author=Mark Haddon
 |rating=5
 |summary=The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time is a much talked-about book. Ignore the different releases - one for children and another for adults. They are irrelevant. It's a serious children's book although adults could also take something from it. Beginning as a whodunnit, Curious Incident transforms into a powerful work on the family and on fitting in. Bookbag thinks it's a tour de force.
-|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099456761</amazonuk>
+|isbn=0099456761
 }}
-{{topten
+{{Frontpage
 |title=The Declaration
 |author=Gemma Malley
 |rating=5
 |summary=A tense and dramatic novel speculating on life in a future where drugs have banished old age and death. Mostly for teens, but the quality of writing is such that thoughtful younger children could approach it too.
-|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0747587744</amazonuk>
+|isbn=0747587744
 }}
-{{topten
+{{Frontpage
 |title=Everlost
 |author=Neal Shusterman
 |rating=5
 |summary=Completely gorgeous fantasy adventure set in a kind of afterlife limbo for children. It's exciting and pacy, but it's also irresistibly humorous and utterly serious. The final pay-off is superb. How you get all that into 384 pages, Bookbag doesn't know, but it does stand in awe.
-|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1847385044</amazonuk>
+|isbn=1847385044
 }}
-{{topten
+{{Frontpage
 |title=Incarceron
 |author=Catherine Fisher
 |rating=4.5
 |summary=Beautifully imagined and realised, this novel of future regression is rich with strong characters, big issues and a compelling plot. It is a barnstorming piece of serious fantasy that doesn't put a foot wrong.
-|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340893605</amazonuk>
+|isbn=0340893605
 }}
-{{topten
+{{Frontpage
 |title=Sapphique
 |author=Catherine Fisher
 |rating=4.5
 |summary=Beautifully imagined and realised, this follow up to [[Incarceron by Catherine Fisher|Incarceron]] continues with big issues and a compelling plot. It is a barnstorming piece of serious fantasy that doesn't put a foot wrong.
-|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340893613</amazonuk>
+|isbn= 0340893613
 }}
-{{topten
+{{Frontpage
 |title=Nation
 |author=Terry Pratchett
 |rating=4.5
 |summary=It takes a good few pages to really get going, but Pratchett's first non-Discworld for a while is really rather good once it hits its stride. Lots of things to say about love, religion and power and lots of rooms for laughs too.
-|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0385613709</amazonuk>
+|isbn=0385613709
 }}
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 [[Category:Lists|Beach Reads For Teens]]
 [[Category:Teens|*Top Ten Beach Reads For Teens]]

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