UKYA

Celebrating Young Adult fiction by UK authors


Waterborn by Rachel Ward

waterbornNicola’s dad has been terrified around water for as long as she can remember, and will never come to watch her swim.

But then Nicola starts to hear a voice in the pool which changes everything.

When girls start drowning, who’s to blame? What secrets lurk beneath the surface?


The Drowning by Rachel Ward

16120205_thumbWhat happens if you’ve done something terrible? But you can’t remember what. And you don’t know how to put it right …

When Carl opens his eyes on the banks of a lake, his brother is being zipped into a body bag. What happened in the water? He can’t remember And when he glimpses a beautiful girl he thinks he recognizes, she runs away. Suddenly he knows he must find her – because together they must face the truth before it drowns them.


Numbers (trilogy) by Rachel Ward

Since her mother’s death, fifteen-year-old Jem has kept a secret. When her eyes meet someone else’s, a number pops into her head the date on which they will die.

Knowing that nothing lasts forver, Jem avoids relationships, but when she meets a boy called Spider, and they plan a day out together, her life takes a new twist and turn.

Waiting for the London Eye, she sees everyone in the queue has the same number – something terrible is going to happen.

Visit Rachel’s site to read about Numbers, Numbers 2: The Chaos, and Numbers 3: Infinity