Books published by publisher Accent Press

Poppy Orpington is going racing. With or without your approval. Following a controversial loss at the Purley Cup, Poppy Orpington and her petrol-fuelled race car, Thunderbus, are dominating the headlines. But not one article is complimentary, or even unbiased.In spite of these daily slanderous reports on her character, Poppy is determined to make something of herself. She continues racing, she starts up her own factory hoping to sell her father's patented petrol-run cars, she buys her own house and speaks up for the down-trodden. But all the while she is still seen as just a woman.A woman unwilling to squeeze into the female mould created by men of power - and so the mould must be broken.

'The new Harry Potter? No, even better.' AMAZON REVIEWER 'A truly enchanting journey!' GABRIELLA LEPOREFor as long as she can remember, thirteen-year-old Mag has lived with her father at a home for the mentally ill.The patients are all clearly mad, so when the usually silent Grace claims that she’s Mag’s real mother – and also a witch – Mag’s world is turned upside down.As things take a turn for the weird, and Mag sees things that others can’t, it may just be that she is a witch after all.In this new world, Mag discovers that the difference between good and evil isn’t exactly black and white…WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT BETWEEN THE RAVEN AND THE DOVE:'Full of twists and turns that keep you on the edge of your seat''I hardly breathed until I'd finished it''Has powerful things to say about magic, friendship, and growing up''Full of characters that leap from the page''A brilliantly gripping YA novel''Fresh and original'

Paul is in trouble - moved from a young offenders' prison to a hospital for the mentally ill because he sees and talks to his dead sister. He knows she's real. And she has something important to say. The doctors' methods are painful and disturbing. As the treatments build up, Paul is increasingly confused about what is real and who he can trust. But he is not the only patient - not the only one who hears voices that seem connected to strange and inexplicable powers. When some of his friends are transferred to the mysterious Ty Eidolon, Paul becomes suspicious that they are destined for a sinister fate. As his grip on reality weakens, Paul must make a decision - whether to escape alone or help the others escape with him into an uncertain and dangerous future.

Brooke Keller's a high school junior who never spent much time living in one place. She's finally in a town long enough to almost snag the boy of her dreams, until her life is threatened by a fanged man in his attempt to kidnap her. Brooke begins a dangerous journey to find out who is after her and how to stop them. Thrown into a world with powerful and prejudiced vampires, Brooke must tap into the side of herself that she never knew existed, at the risk of losing her life in order to save it. EXCERPT:A twig snapped, and I jerked my head to the right. I caught the glint from the eyes of a mountain lion creeping toward us, his ears pulled back, teeth bared. I froze, hoping we weren't the prey he stalked.Kaitlynn shrieked. She grabbed my arm and tried pulling me with her as she ran back to the cars.The lion rose from his crouch and started charging down the mountain straight for us.We didn't have enough time for both of us to make it out of there alive, and the lion sped up at the site of Kaitlynn running away.I planted my feet. Something clicked inside of me; heat coursed through my veins. My vision intensified, and I could distinguish the areas of down between the lion's coarse fur as his muscles flexed and stretched. I'd heard before that you shouldn't look a wild animal directly in its eyes, but my instinct screamed for me to not turn my back on my attacker. I listened to my gut and looked the mountain lion square into his charging eyes.The lion and I connected on an intellectual level: predator versus predator. Only I knew, and I deemed the lion knew, as well, that I outranked him as the more fearsome predator. How I recognized this, or how I knew the lion realized this, I couldn't fathom. I had never been hunting before, so this instinct didn't come from a belief that man ruled supreme on the food chain. And this moment felt different somehow. It wasn't man versus beast; it was beast versus beast.

My brother, not my responsibility Robert and Tom are practically identical - same height, same hair, equally good looking - but Tom never had the same confidence as his older brother, and for that reason, he is in awe of him. When Robert's girlfriend, Michelle, tells him that she's pregnant, Robert disappears leaving Tom to clean up his mess. As Tom spends time with Michelle, reassuring her that she is not alone in this, the both begin to fall in love. But is Michelle settling for second best? Is Tom losing himself in what should have been his brother's life? Sixteen years later, without warning, Robert comes home and Tom has to find the courage to stand against the brother he idolized.

"Powerful and moving. The story and characters will stay with me for a long time." ? Keris Stainton`You haven?t said a single word since you?ve been here. Is it on purpose?? I tried to answer David but I couldn?t ? my brain wanted to speak but my throat wouldn?t cooperate?Adam blames himself for his best friend?s death. After attempting suicide, he is put in the care of a local mental health facility. There, too traumatized to speak, he begins to write notebooks detailing the events leading up to Jake?s murder, trying to understand who is really responsible and cope with how needless it was as a petty argument spiralled out of control and peer pressure took hold.Sad but unsentimental, this is a moving story of friendship and the aftermath of its destruction.

What happens when unscrupulous people take technology into their own hands?When fifteen-year-old Stella runs away from home she comes across a group of teenagers living in a hidden camp. They are the Labs- clones secretly made to replace the body parts of the rich and famous - who have escaped the sinister 'Centre' where they were created.The group blends into human culture with Stella's help. But the Centre is looking for them and there are still clones inside, facing certain death once they are no longer useful.Once the truth about the Centre's work is uncovered, the Labs hope they will finally have justice.Can Stella and her friends find a voice in their struggle for equality?