Dancing is Byron Carelse's life. It's his energy, his passion, his happy place ... his spark. When the rhythm takes hold of his body, he forgets about all the troubles waiting for him at home.His best friend Tasha says he shouldn't allow other people to steal his spark. But she doesn't have a clue about the things going on in Byron's home. And perhaps it's better that way. What will she think of him?One day, somebody spots Byron's talent. Along with a group of other township kids, he gets the opportunity to take part in a show at a big arts festival. But what are you supposed to do when life tries to steal your dream from you?

When we reported to Training Camp Alpha at seventeen, we each got our own S13. That day, when I wrapped my hands around the black metal casing of the rifle, something in me died. I just didn't realise it yet.Thirty soldiers in a dystopian state receive intense military training from chilhood.Six young soldiers, depraved of their humanity and their youth, remain and are deployed to the Front.One of them murder their section leader.All of them deny guilt.Which one of them is lying?

Set in South Africa, MindF**k is a powerful, disturbing, and at times frightening story. Chris Burns, and his friends - Kerbs and Sky Eyes - take to the road, heading for the MindF**k rock festival. Along the way they pick up the gorgeous Partygirl. Burns and Partygirl connect immediately. But on the first night, while the rockmusic blasts from the stage, something unexpected happens - Burns's world gets turned on its head as one of the boys emerges from the tent with blood on his hands. MindF**k is a real page-turner. The gripping, character-focused, first-person narrative delves right to the heart of a life on-the-edge and virtually out of control. Gritty, hard-hitting, and often shocking, it is packed with drama, emotion, suspense and intrigue from one page to the next. And there is a serious sting in the tail. MindF**k is part of the Cutting Edge series: fast-paced, quick reads for teens and young adults looking for fiction which chimes with their perspective on life.

Part of the Cutting Edge series, Scarred Lions, is a gritty, honest and hard-hitting quick read for teens and young adults who find conventional fiction irrelevant to them or too hard to read. Buyisiwe feels like a stranger in the place where he grew up. He simply cannot shrug off the feeling of dread following him through the streets of London. And then he receives the terrible news. His mother can't take care of him anymore; he has to go and live with his estranged father, Themba, in Africa. Africa is not what Buyisiwe expected it to be. It is a place of great beauty and splendour, magnificent animals and terrible danger. And now a scarred, man-eating lion prowls the game reserve, waiting for his next victim. The hunt is on. Who will survive? And will Buyisiwe finally find a place where he really belongs? The Scarred Lions is a moving story about alienation and the magic of friendship. The fast-moving, character-focused narrative delves right to the heart of a tougher side of life....