Australian young adult fiction 2018

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The Last Days Of Us

Beck Nicholas

On one unforgettable road trip, Zoey faces her greatest loss and learns self-acceptance, while finding love along the way. This emotional coming-of-age story will resonate with anyone who’s ever messed…

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Palace of Fires (Initiate, Book 1)

Bill Bennett

She turned and saw them. Three black shapes in a crowd of colour, moving slowly like scuttling roaches.

Three women, dressed in leathers, carrying biker helmets.  They had come here…

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Tin Heart

Shivaun Plozza

When Marlowe gets a heart transplant and a second chance at life, all she wants is to thank her donor’s family. Maybe then she can move on. Maybe then she’ll…

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White Night

Ellie Marney

Bo Mitchell has little on his mind except school, footy and friends. Rory Wild has grown up on a nearby commune and is attending a ‘normal’ high school for the…

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Paris Syndrome

Lisa Walker

For fans of John Green, this funny and poignant coming-of-age story is about that crazy thing called love. And how it can be found anywhere.

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Between Us

Clare Atkins

Winner of the CBCA Book of the Year Award for Older Readers 2019. Ana’s in a detention centre and Jono’s life is spiralling out of control. Can their growing romance…

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Ironheart

Jodi McAlister

Ironheart is the second page-turning book in Jodi McAlister’s thrilling Valentine series.

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If I Tell You

Alicia Tuckerman

Life and love don’t wait until you’re ready, but what if finding yourself means losing everything you’ve ever known?

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P is for Pearl

Eliza Henry Jones

From the talented author of the celebrated novels In the Quiet and Ache comes a poignant and moving book that explores the stories we tell ourselves about our families, and…

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The Centre of My Everything

Allayne L. Webster

Justin’s back, and wants to put the past behind him. Corey’s a footy hero and high-school dropout who can’t even find work picking fruit. Tara wants to be loved. But…

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Amelia Westlake

Erin Gough

From Ampersand Prize-winning author Erin Gough comes this ferociously funny romp through an elite private school, and a brilliant feminist hoax that could change - or ruin - everything.   

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Neverland

Margot McGovern

Kit Learmonth would rather die than grow up and leave Neverland …

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A Thousand Perfect Notes

C.G. Drews

An emotionally charged story about the power of dreams, and how passion can turn to obsession.

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Whisper

Lynette Noni

A girl known as Jane Doe who has the power to change reality has been held in a secret government facility, but everything changes when she gets a new handler...

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Bonesland

Brendan Lawley

Shortlisted for the 2017 Text Prize, Bonesland is an authentic look at the small-town agonies of adolescence that introduces a unique new voice to the LoveOzYA community.

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Stone Girl

Eleni Hale

A heartbreaking novel of raw survival and hope, and the children society likes to forget. A stunning and unforgettable debut YA. 

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Changing Gear

Scot Gardner

The vivid story of a teenage boy and the road trip that clears his head and his heart.

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The Art Of Taxidermy

Sharon Kernot

A lyrical verse novel exploring love and grief and the strange and wonderful art of taxidermy.

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Brontide

Sue McPherson

Brontide is a coming of age story about four boys and their lot in life. Recounted through storytelling sessions at their school over a period of five days, these boys…

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Hive

A. J. Betts

A compelling and immersive alternate-world story from the award-winning and bestselling author of Zac & Mia.

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Mercy Point

Anna Snoekstra

From the author of the acclaimed debut novel Only Daughter comes a book about how much you’d be willing to risk to find out who you really are.

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Just Breathe

Andrew Daddo

Hendrix’s father has a vision - to see Hendrix run for Australia at the Olympics. Hendrix’s days are completely mapped out - what he eats, when he trains, when he…

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The Finder

Kate Hendrick

Two misfits embark on a road trip of a lifetime in this gentle and funny contemporary YA novel

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The Happiness Quest

Richard Yaxley

Tillie Bassett is sad, and she doesn’t understand why. Her parents and friends suggest very different, allegedly helpful, remedies. But it is the suggestion of her counsellor, Gilbert the Goldfish…

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I Am Out With Lanterns

Emily Gale

A beautiful novel about friendship, first love and the power of art to change lives.

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After the Lights Go Out

Lili Wilkinson

What happens when the lights go off after what might truly be an end-of-the-world event? How do you stay alive? Who do you trust? How much do you have to…

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Just Flesh & Blood

Jane Caro

Just Flesh & Blood is the highly anticipated conclusion in the popular trilogy about Queen Elizabeth I.

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I Had Such Friends

Meg Gatland-Veness

A moving debut set in a rural Australian town, I Had Such Friends by Meg Gatland-Veness encourages young adults to see the gaps in our friends’ silence and question the…

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The Things That Will Not Stand

Michael Gerard Bauer

Sebastian is at a university open day with his best friend Tolly when he meets a girl. Her name is Frida, and she’s edgy, caustic and funny. She’s also a…

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Catching Teller Crow

Ambelin Kwaymullina,Ezekiel Kwaymullina

Winner of the Prize for Young Adult Writing at the 2019 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.  Told in two unforgettable voices, this gripping novel interweaves themes of grief, colonial history, violence…

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The Bogan Mondrian

Steven Herrick

A powerful and heart-stopping young adult novel from a master storyteller. This is Steven Herrick at his best.

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Inside the Tiger

Hayley Lawrence

It’s not because Bel’s mother was murdered. It’s not because her father is a politician. Bel writes to a Death Row prisoner as an easy way out of an assignment…

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Liberty

Nikki McWatters

In 1472, Jeanne’s father has arranged her marriage to the French Lieutenant Lagoy against her wishes, but armed forces are swelling outside the stone walls and so Jeanne risks her…

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