Red House Book Award 2014

The shortlist for the 2014 Children's Red House Book Award has been published.

Anne Cassidy - Killing Rachel
Rose's mother and Joshua's father have disappeared. Police inquiries have gone nowhere and the case, it seems, is closed: Rose and Joshua have been told that the police believe their parents are dead. But Rose and Joshua still hold out hope that they are alive.

Eoin Colfer - Warp The Reluctant Assassin

W.A.R.P The Reluctant Assassin tells the story of Riley, a Victorian boy accused of murder who has suddenly been transported into the 21st century... Pulled into the covert Witness Anonymous Relocation Program, Riley teams up with young FBI Agent Chevie Savano and the pair are forced to flee from the terrifying assassin Albert Garrick, a man who will stop at nothing until he's hunted Riley down.

Rick Yancey - The 5th Wave

The 1st wave took out half a million people, the 2nd put that number to shame. Rick Yancey's frightening dystopia is now anticipating its 5th hit and no one knows what to expect.