Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland

$19.99 AUD

Category: Contemporary

Henry Page has never been in love. The slo-mo, can't-eat-can't-sleep kind of love he's been hoping for just hasn't been on the cards-at least not yet. Henry's too busy trying to get into a semi-decent college and become editor of his school newspaper, a dream three years in the making. The rest of his spare time he spends with his best friends, Lola and Murray, playing video games and advising them on their own sordid love lives. Then he meets Grace Town, the elusive new girl in school, who wears oversized boys' clothing, walks with a cane, rarely seems to shower, and is hiding crushing secrets. She's hardly who Henry expected his dream girl to be, but when the two are chosen to edit the paper together, sparks fly. After all this time, Henry's about to learn firsthand just how disastrous the road to first love can be-and that sometimes it's the detours that end up mattering much more. A brilliant novel from the author of A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmaresthat is equal parts humour and heartbreak, Krystal Sutherland's Our Chemical Heartsis a potent reminder of the bittersweet bliss that is first love. ...Show more

Rebel Gods (#2 Monuments) by Will Kostakis

$19.99 AUD

Category: Contemporary | Series: Monuments

With the Monuments gone, newbie gods Connor, Sally and Locky must stop the rebel gods from reducing the world to ruin. Trouble is, they don't know how. While Sally searches for answers and Locky makes plans to change the world, Connor struggles to keep up appearances as an ordinary teenager. But when a rebel god offers them a deal to end the chaos, their lives are turned upside down and they're forced to reckon with the question: Who should decide the fate of the world? Rebel Gods is the gripping conclusion to Monuments, a Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book 2019, from Will Kostakis. It's a heartfelt look at family, friendship and the parallel lives we lead. ...Show more

One of Us is Lying (Bayview High #1) by Karen M. McManus

$17.99 AUD

Category: Contemporary | Series: Bayview High | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 13+

On Thursday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing.Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitc her. And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip app. Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention, Simon's dead. And according to investi­gators, his death wasn't an accident. On Thursday, he died. But on Friday, he'd planned to post juicy reveals about all four of his high-profile classmates, which makes all four of them suspects in his murder. Or are they just the perfect patsies for a killer who's still on the loose? Everyone has secrets, right? What really matters is how far you would go to protect them. ...Show more

Future Girl by Asphyxia

$24.99 AUD

Category: Contemporary

Piper's mum wants her to be 'normal', to pass as hearing and get a good job. But when peak oil hits and Melbourne lurches towards environmental catastrophe, Piper has more important things to worry about, such as how to get food. When she meets Marley, a CODA (child of Deaf adult), a door opens into a new world - where Deafness is something to celebrate rather than hide, and where resilience is created through growing your own food rather than it being delivered on a truck. As she dives into learning Auslan, sign language that is exquisitely beautiful and expressive, Piper finds herself falling hard for Marley. But Marley, who has grown up in the Deaf community yet is not Deaf, is struggling to find his place in the hearing world. How can they be together? Future Girl is the art journal of sixteen-year-old Piper, a visual extravaganza of text, paint, collage and drawings, woven into a deeply engaging coming-of-age story set in near-future Melbourne. ...Show more

Glee: Summer Break by Sophia Lowell

$16.99 AUD

Category: Contemporary

Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories by R. J. Palacio

$19.99 AUD

Category: Contemporary | Series: Wonder | Reading Level: very good

WONDER tells the story of Auggie Pullman- an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face, whose first year at school changed the lives and the perspectives of everyone around him.AUGGIE & ME is a new side to the WONDER story- three new chapters from three different characters - bully Julian, oldest frie nd Christopher and classmate Charlotte - giving an insight into how Auggie has touched their own lives. Thought-provoking, surprising, infuriating, heartbreaking and heartwarming, AUGGIE & ME is a must-read for the thousands of readers who loved WONDER. ...Show more

Hive (The Vault #1) by A. J. Betts

$16.99 AUD

Category: Contemporary | Series: The Vault

All I can tell you is what I remember, in the words that I have. Hayley tends to her bees and follows the rules in the only world she has ever known. Until she witnesses the impossible: a drip from the ceiling. A drip? It doesn't make sense. Yet she hears it, catches it. Tastes it. Curiosity is a hook. What starts as a drip leads to a lie, a death, a boy, a beast, and too many awful questions. Hive is the first in a gripping two-book series by award-winning and international bestselling author A. J. Betts. ...Show more

Weapon (#2 Whisper) by Lynette Noni

$19.99 AUD

Category: Contemporary

The heart stopping conclusion to Whisper from Australia's number 1 bestselling YA author. I already knew he was a psychopath. But now? He's more dangerous than ever. And I have less than twenty-four hours to stop him. After escaping Lengard and finding sanctuary with the Remnants, Alyssa Scott is desp erate to save those she left behind - and the rest of the world - from the power-hungry scientist, Kendall Vanik. But secrets and lies block her at every turn, and soon Lyss is left questioning everything she has ever believed. When long-lost memories begin to surface and the mysteries of her past continue to grow, Lyss battles to retain her hard-won control. Allies become enemies and enemies become allies, leaving her certain about only two things- when it comes to Speakers, nothing is ever as it seems... and the only person she can trust is herself. ...Show more

Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard

$19.99 AUD

Category: Contemporary

An emotional tale of identity, sexuality and suicide derived from personal experience about three teenage boys who struggle to come to terms with their homosexuality in a small Western Australian town. On the surface, nerd Zeke, punk Charlie and footy wannabe Hammer look like they have nothing in common . But scratch that surface and you'd find three boys in the throes of coming to terms with their homosexuality in a town where it is invisible. Invisible Boys is a raw, confronting YA novel that explores the complexities and trauma of rural gay identity with painful honesty, devastating consequences and, ultimately, hope. ...Show more

The Thousand Dollar Tan Line (Veronica Mars #1) by Rob Thomas

$12.99 AUD

Category: Contemporary | Series: Veronica Mars

From Rob Thomas, the creator of the groundbreaking television series and movie Veronica Mars, comes the first book in a thrilling new mystery series. Ten years after graduating from high school in Neptune, California, Veronica Mars is back in the land of sun, sand, crime, and corruption. She's traded in her law degree for her old private investigating license, struggling to keep Mars Investigations afloat on the scant cash earned by catching cheating spouses until she can score her first big case. Now it's spring break, and college students descend on Neptune, transforming the beaches and boardwalks into a frenzied, week-long rave. When a girl disappears from a party, Veronica is called in to investigate. But this is no simple missing person's case; the house the girl vanished from belongs to a man with serious criminal ties, and soon Veronica is plunged into a dangerous underworld of drugs and organized crime. And when a major break in the investigation has a shocking connection to Veronica's past, the case hits closer to home than she ever imagined. ...Show more

Awakened (House of Night #8) by P. C. Cast; Kristin Cast

$29.99 AUD

Category: Contemporary | Series: House of Night Ser.

"Recommended for Young Adult readers"--Publisher.

The Foretelling of Georgie Spider (Tribe #3) by Ambelin Kwaymullina

$19.99 AUD

Category: Contemporary | Series: The\Tribe Ser.

Georgie Spider foresees the future and the end of the world. She sees that Ashala is only person who can prevent it. But then she sees Ashala's death. As the girls deal with threats from others, Georgie must try to prevent harm from coming to Ashala. The future depends on it.