Prisoner of Night and Fog (#1) by Anne Blankman
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Category: Contemporary | Series: Prisoner of Night and Fog
An explosive, fast-paced thriller set in Nazi Germany, perfect for readers who enjoyed THE BOOK THIEF.'It's terrifying and incredible to think how much of this story is true' Elizabeth Wein, author of CODE NAME VERITY. Gretchen Muller has, as best she can, dealt with the horrors of her family's past. He ...Show more
In Darkness by Nick Lake
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Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: From 12
In darkness, I count my blessings like Manman taught me. One: I am alive. Two: there is no two. In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, a boy is trapped beneath the rubble of a ruined hospital, thirsty, terrified and alone. Shorty is a child of the slums, a teenage boy who has seen enough violence ...Show more
The Door That Led to Where by Sally Gardner
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Category: Contemporary
When the present offers no hope for the future, the answers may lie in the past. AJ Flynn has just failed all but one of his GCSEs, and his future is looking far from rosy. So when he is offered a junior position at a London law firm he hopes his life is about to change - but he could never have imagine ...Show more
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
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Category: Contemporary
This is the winner of the Carnegie Medal and a 2012 Costa Award winner. Narrated against the backdrop of a ruthless regime determined to beat its enemies in the race to the moon, Maggot Moon is the stunning new novel from award-winning author Sally Gardner. When his best friend Hector is suddenly taken ...Show more
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: From 13
A searing look at the effects of post traumatic stress on soldiers and their families, seen through the eyes of teenage Hayley. Hayley is struggling - struggling to make sure her ex-army dad shows up to work, struggling to avoid her stepmother, struggling not to fall in love with Finn, who really seems ...Show more
One True Thing by Nicole Hayes
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Category: Contemporary
When is a secret not a secret? When your whole life is public. Frankie is used to being a politician's daughter, but with her mum now running for Premier, life's a whole lot crazier than usual. All Frankie wants is to lose herself in her music. So when her best friend, Kessie, invites a student journo t ...Show more
We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
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Category: Contemporary
'This generation's The Stand ...at once troubling, uplifting, scary and heart-wrenching' Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle Before Ardor, we let ourselves be defined by labels - the athlete, the outcast, the slacker, the overachiever. But then we all looked up and everything changed. They said t ...Show more
Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood by Abby McDonald
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Category: Contemporary
Abby McDonald gives L.A. the Jane Austen treatment in this contemporary take on Sense and Sensibility. Hallie and Grace Weston have never exactly seen life eye to eye. So when their father dies and leaves everything to his new wife, forcing the girls to pack up and leave San Francisco for a relative's h ...Show more
Burn (The Rephaim #4) by Paula Weston
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Category: Contemporary | Series: The\Rephaim Ser.
Suddenly, Gaby remembers everything.For a year she believe she was a backpacker chilling out in Pandanus Beach. Working at the library. Getting over the accident that killed her twin brother. Then Rafa came to find her and Gaby discovered her true identity as Gabe- one of the Rephaim. Over a hundred yea ...Show more
Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider
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Category: Contemporary
When he's sent to Latham House, a boarding school for sick teens, Lane thinks his life may as well be over. But when he meets Sadie and her friends - a group of eccentric troublemakers - he realises that maybe getting sick is just the beginning. That illness doesn't have to define you, and that falling ...Show more
Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen
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Category: Contemporary | Series: Evil Librarian
Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Glee! in this darkly comic story. Perfect for fans of Point Horror and R. L. Stine, as well as readers who like their horror and romance with a light-hearted touch. When Cynthia Rothschild's best friend, Annie, falls head over heels for the new high-school librarian, Cyn c ...Show more