Young adult
A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos
The first volume of this best-selling French quartet has now been translated into English and is available locally. The story is set in a world that is fractured into floating chunks, known as ‘arks ’, each overseen by an immortal…
Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl
Five former high-school friends gather for a reunion. The sixth member, Jim, mysteriously died over a year ago. Beatrice Hartley (Bee for short) hasn’t spoken to her best friends since the mysterious death of her boyfriend. She knows they weren’t…
The Rift by Rachael Craw
Returning to her childhood home of Black Water Island is as terrifying as it is exciting for Meg Archer. She has spent the past nine years living on the mainland with her mother after the accident that left her and…
A Curse of Ash and Embers by Jo Spurrier
Elodie has an iron will – with a stepfather who loathes her and a mother who does nothing to defend her, it’s the only way she’s been able to survive her hard upbringing. When she receives word that she’s being…
The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
Felicity Montague is determined to study medicine. Unfortunately, eighteenth-century society has other ideas about what a woman is supposed to do with her life (i.e. marry the kind baker and bear children), and despite her obvious talent, Felicity faces constant…
Girl in the Window by Penny Joelson
Kasia is mostly stuck in her room after a case of tonsillitis leaves her with the debilitating condition myalgic encephalomyelitis (chronic fatigue). Too weak to attend school, she watches life passing by her bedroom window. One evening she sees what…
What the Woods Keep by Katya de Becerra
When Hayden was eight her mother, Ella, disappeared in the woods near their small-town home of Promise. Not long after, Hayden was expelled from school due to an incident, and her physicist dad was fired after trying to convince his…
And the Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness & Rovina Cai
What if Moby Dick were told from the perspective of the whale? This is the question that inspired And The Ocean Was Our Sky, but it doesn’t nearly begin to sum it up. The story is told through the…
Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina & Ezekiel Kwaymullina
Catching Teller Crow is a story told through two unique voices, both belonging to young Aboriginal women. Beth Teller has died in a tragic accident but she stays with her father, who is aware of her presence. They can communicate…
The Things That Will Not Stand by Michael Gerard Bauer
You meet a girl, oh the perfect girl, and then you meet the wrong girl and life gets really interesting!
The day starts simply for Sebastian and his best mate, Tolly. They are at an open day at uni, and…
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