Win tickets to Charlie & the Chocolate Factory the musical, & get your work published on Sugarscape! 

Beyond the gates astonishment awaits… Roald Dahl’s deliciously dark tale of young Charlie Bucket and the mysterious confectioner Willy Wonka comes to life in a brand new West End musical directed by Academy Award® winner Sam Mendes.

We are offering one lucky Spinebreaker the chance not only four tickets to see the show, but also to write a page-to-stage review for one of the UK’s leading entertainment websites Sugarscape! 

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Chris Bradford answers your questions! 

Thank you to all of you who submitted questions to Chris Bradford, author of The Young Samurai series, and now The Bodyguard. Click here to view his answers.

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Fantastic interviews with Ruta Sepetys! 

Two of our editors got the chance to interview Out Of The Easy and Between Shades Of Gray  author Ruta Sepetys. Check out Ruta’s view on morals in her stories, New Orleans and much more…

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Out of the Easy 

The eagerly anticipated follow-up from the New York Times bestselling author of Between Shades of Gray.

Josie Moraine wants out of The Big Easy – she needs more than New Orleans can offer. Known locally as a brothel prostitute’s daughter, she dreams of life at an elite college, far away from here.

But then a mysterious death in the Quarter leaves Josie caught between her ambition and a clandestine underworld. New Orleans is luring Josie deeper in as she searches for the truth, temptation beckons at every turn.

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Heroic 

Inspired by S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders and by the battles facing young soldiers all over the world, this is a devastating novel about brotherhood and sacrifice, from the award-winning author of Being Billy and Saving Daisy.

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The Fifth Wave 

After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.

Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave.

Get ready for a thrilling and terrifying dystopia from astoundingly talented author, Rick Yancey.

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“And the winner is…” 

Now that the (glitter) dust has finally settled after the spectacle of the 85^th Academy Awards, it’s now time to reveal the results everyone’s really been talking about…the Spinebreakers Academy Awards!

Over the last couple of months we’ve been asking you to vote for your winners and the votes have been counted and verified and we have the results here…

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My Dream Is To Give A TED Talk Some Day 

Spinebreaker Juwi reports from the TEDxYouth@Hackney event, and gets inspired to get on that big stage one day…

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