Melvin Burgess

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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1996
  • Latest Book:
    August 2024
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Related Books

1 - Bloodtide (Nov-2001)
2 - Bloodsong (Sep-2007)

Book List in Order: 28 titles

  • Smack

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    Gemma: "My parents are incompetent. They haven't got a clue..." Tar: "I know it sounds stupid, but it was like the flowers had come out for Gemma..." Lily: "They did everything they could to pin me down...my mum, my dad, school..." Rob:"We stood f...

  • The Baby and Fly Pie

    After finding a kidnapped baby who is worth millions, three homeless teens are faced with a serious predicament and must decide what to do about the situation, in a powerful story of morals versus survival....

  • Loving April

    Someone mad was screaming at them from the upstairs window of a house next to the station. It was a girl. 'Oh, that's April. Don't mind her...Deaf and dumb, see.' Abandoned by his father to a life of poverty, Tony is angry with everyone, and desperat...

  • The Earth Giant

  • The Copper Treasure

    Jamie, Davies, and Ten Tons are mudlarks, boys who stay alive in 1850s London by finding and selling coal in the banks along the Thames River. Their dream is to find adventure by going to sea, but they'll never get a place on a seagoing ship without ...

  • Birdman

    There's a ragged and strange man on the corner selling caged wild birds. Jarvis feels sorry for them and buys one, intending to set it free. But it sings so sweetly that Jarvis forgets his good intentions. Then one night, when the little robin no lon...

  • Billy Elliot

    Billy Elliot's tough, funny and heart-warming story is given new depth by best-selling author, Melvin Burgess. Billy's mother is dead, and his father and brother are fiercely involved in a bitter miners' fight that has split the local community. Bill...

  • Bloodtide

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    PART I London is in ruins, a once highly advanced city now a gated wasteland. Within its walls, a bloody war rages between two clans. Hope is sparse, but the people believe the gods have risen from the dead. Odin himself has come to play a part in ...

  • Lady: My Life as a Bitch

    If you gotta be a dog, be a bitch. "Ha ha ha," I howled. "That was so funny. Your face. Ow ow ow!" "That'll teach you." He shook himself from head to toe and grinned at me. "It was worth it, baby," he growled, He came over and licked me up, a...



  • Doing It

    Sex is . . . well, it's so rude, isn't it? You wouldn't think girls would like sex. You'd think it's too rude for them. Doing sex with a girl, it's a bit like putting a frog down their backs or scaring them with dead mice or throwing worms at them. T...

  • Sara's Face

    Fame, beauty, and face transplants Sara wants to be famous, and when legendary rock star Jonathon Heat offers to take her under his wing and pay for her cosmetic surgery, it's like a dream come true. But beauty comes with a hidden price...

  • Bloodsong

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    PART II Fifteen-year-old Sigurd, son of King Sigmund, is the last surviving member of the Volson clan. His father's kingdom -- the former city of London -- is gone. And his father's knife, a gift from Odin himself, has been shattered to dust. N...

  • The Call of the Wild

    Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every childTo Buck it was boundless delight, this hunting, fishing, and indefinite wandering through strange places. Pampered dog Buck lives a comfortable life in Santa Clara Valley,...

  • Brainstorms

    A journey into the stigma of depression from writers and artists.

    The "Expression of Depression" anthologies arose from a journal and pad of art therapy pictures recorded during a stint in rehab. The idea was to collate similar pieces from as...

  • Nicholas Dane

    When fourteen-year-old Nicholas Dane’s mother dies, social services sends him to a home for boys where intimidation and violence keep order. After a number of fights and brutal punishments, Nick thinks that life can’t possibly get any worse . . ....

  • Kill All Enemies

    Everyone says fourteen-year-old BILLIE is nothing but trouble. A fighter. A danger to her family and friends.But her care worker sees someone different. Her classmate ROB is big, strong; he can take care of himself and his brother.But his violent ste...

  • Cry of the Wolf

    A hunter determined to wipe out every wolf in England almost succeeds, but then finds himself the prey -- a reissue of the debut novel by the author of the acclaimed Smack It was a mistake for Ben to tell the Hunter that there were...

  • Burning Issy

    A haunting and original retelling of the infamous Pendle witch trials

    "Are you frightened of dying, Issy?"

    Issy is a foster child who doesn't know where she came from or who she really is. Night after night, she has the same ni...

  • The Hit

    Live the ultimate high. Pay the ultimate price. The shocking return to YA by the author of SMACK. A new drug is on the street. Everyone's buzzing about it. Take the hit. Live the most intense week of your life. Then die. It's the ultimate high at ...



  • Junk

    This 20th Anniversary edition of the classic novel comes with an introduction from former children's laureate Malorie Blackman and bonus content following its controversial history, from its writing to when it won both the Carnegie Medal and the ...

  • Persist

  • The Lost Witch

    Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edi...

  • Three Bullets

  • Hunger

  • Count

    Count is a humorous story from the critically acclaimed and bestselling author, Melvin Burgess.Brandon is a boaster – he says he is brilliant at lots of things. Then he is challenged to count up to ten million.So Brandon starts – one, two...

  • Loki

    With the trickster, Loki, as your guide, journey to the ancient forests of Scandinavia and bear witness to the legends of Norse mythology.Starting with the Norse creation myths, the trickster god Loki takes the reader on a wild ride through Nors...

  • Bloodtide & Bloodsong

    Melvin Burgess' dark fantasy epics, inspired by Norse mythology, now available as one sensational duology for a new generation of fans London is in ruins. The once-glorious city is now a gated wasteland cut off from the rest of the country and in the...

  • Angel for May

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    Tam often takes refuge in the ruins of Thowt It Farm when he is unhappy at home. One day he follows an old beggar woman and her dog to the farm and is transported back to the Second World War.

    There he makes friends with May, who has been rescued ...

Award-Winning Books by Melvin Burgess

Doing It
2004 L.A. Times Book Prize -- Young Adult Literature
Junk
1996 Carnegie Medal -- Children's


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Melvin Burgess has published 28 books.

Melvin Burgess does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Bloodtide & Bloodsong, was published in August 2024.

The first book by Melvin Burgess, Smack, was published in January 1996.

Yes. Melvin Burgess has 1 series.
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