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The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl by Melissa Keil
Eden Valley is a beautiful, small country town that has never seen much of anything. Alba – aspiring comic-book artist and creator of Cinnamon Girl – can’t figure out why, after graduating high school, she’s the only one of her…
Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan
It was Christmas Eve when Apple’s mum walked out, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Throughout the last 11 years, not a moment has passed that Apple hasn’t longed for her to return. Then one day she comes…
Magisterium: The Iron Trial by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black
Call’s father always warned him that magic school was bad news, and so when the time comes to take the Iron Trial entrance exams, he tries his hardest to fail. But despite his natural talent for mayhem, Call passes and…
As Red As Blood by Salla Simukka
Lumikki Andersson is not your typical teenager. She lives on her own in a small town in Finland and likes it that way. She doesn’t trust people and doesn’t like to get involved in anyone else’s business. But when she…
Falling into Place by Amy Zhang
When a car accident puts the most popular girl in school, Liz Emerson, in hospital, it seems as if the whole school has turned up to find out if she lives or dies. But was it an accident or a…
Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka and Brian Biggs
Frank Einstein is planning something very big for the school science fair. He is busy with his pair of intelligent robots, Klink and Klank, making an ‘Antimatter Motor’ in his grandad’s garage. All is well until T Edison appears –…
How to Save the Universe in 10 Easy Steps by Allison Rushby
Cooper thinks his twin sister, Molly, is a real bore until the day she tells him the end of the world is at hand unless Cooper can save it. No pressure, of course.
Molly is an alien, as is their…
The Jewel by Amy Ewing
This book took me by surprise. My instinct is usually to pass on anything with an elaborate dress on the front cover, but this was thoroughly entertaining melodrama. The premise has a hint of The Handmaid’s Tale: girls born…
Messenger of Fear by Michael Grant
Mara awakes surrounded by a strange mist with no memory of what has happened or who she is, other than that her name is Mara. Guided by the mist to a church, she finds a young man, a Messenger, who…
Spud & Charli by Samantha Wheeler
Charli dreams of owning a horse; if she could only learn to ride and win the gymkhana she might convince her parents to buy her one. It’s a big challenge but Charli has determination in spades – especially when it…
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