Young adult
We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
Four Seattle high-school students are finishing up their studies, excited at what the future holds. Peter is set to go to California to play basketball, Anita is moving onto an Ivy League school, Eliza can’t wait to just get the…
The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex by Gabrielle Williams
It’s 1986 and Picasso’s famous painting ‘Weeping Woman’ has been stolen from the walls of the NGV. The people of Victoria are torn between being angry at the theft or bemused that the ‘kindergarten-like’ painting has been stolen and cracking…
Nightbird by Alice Hoffman
Twig lives in a small town called Sidwell with her mother and brother in a house that has belonged to their family for years. Twig’s family suffered a curse many years earlier at the hands of a witch who, at…
The Sin Eater's Daughter by Melinda Salisbury
Debut author Melinda Salisbury has built an authentic fantasy world in this first book in a trilogy. In the land of Lormere, Twylla is considered incredibly dangerous. A touch from her can kill a person because her body is covered…
Eventual Poppy Day by Libby Hathorn
Two artists, white feathers, first loves and broken promises: Eventual Poppy Day is a story about learning to look at the world in a different light. Australian writer and poet Libby Hathorn (Thunderwith) has created a story that…
The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand
Lex is a self-confessed maths geek with a dream to go to MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) where she can pursue her love of everything mathematics. But when her brother, Taylor, commits suicide in their garage, Lex suddenly has a…
I Was Here by Gayle Forman
‘I regret to inform you that I have had to take my own life’ – what a way to open a book! When Cody receives this line in an email one day after her best friend Meg has taken her…
The Door That Led to Where by Sally Gardner
Sally Gardner’s stories step right into to your imagination and don’t leave until long after the final page and The Door That Led to Where is no exception.
Sixteen-year-old AJ Flynn is given an old key that leads him through…
A Small Madness by Dianne Touchell
This is a beautifully crafted, cautionary tale for teenagers on the perils of unprotected sex and the dangers of keeping the truth hidden. Michael and Rose are both good kids going into their final year at high school – studious…
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Theodore Finch first meets Violet Markey on the ledge of the school bell tower. Violet is up there grieving for her sister, who was killed in a car accident. Theodore has gone up to see what the tower would be…
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