I've just started my PGDE (Post-Graduate Diploma in Education) for becoming a secondary school English teacher in Scotland. As well as the reading lists we have been provided with, one of my tutors has recommended that we start reading YA fiction to give us an idea of what the age group we will end up teaching (for those outside Scotland the age-group is 11-18) are reading and to help us think about texts we could teach.
I'm really sorry if this question has been asked many times before but obviously new novels come out all the time and I would like to keep up to date.
So, can people give me suggestions? I'm looking for both popular and more acedemic Young Adult fiction from any time period written in English. I would be even more grateful for a couple of Scottish suggestions as there is a real emphasis on Scottish cultural identity in the syllabus here (and I'm not Scottish!).
I have already read the Twilight books, the Harry Potter books and His Dark Materials so no need to suggest those.