Plague by Michael Grant05/04/2011  The fourth book in the "Gone" series is here! Suddenly it's a world without adults and normal life has crashed and burned. When life as you know it ends at 15, everything changes. This series is an excellent read for boys aged 12+ who love action packed adventure stories with a sci-fi twist. The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman05/04/2011  Jen and Wes do not fall in love at first sight. They do not swoon with scorching desire. They do not believe that they are instant soul mates destined to be together forever. This is not that kind of love story. It is romantic in the way that truth can be romantic and uncertainty can be the biggest certainty at all. Tales from the Tower: The Wilful Eye05/04/2011  Edited by Isobelle Carmody and Nan McNab, this is a volume of fairy tales with a twist. In this bewitching collection, six great writers chose a classic fairy tale and cast their own spell over it. They are provocative tales of enchantment, jealousy and deception, as well as courage, daring and passion. Magical reading for any lover of fantasy, fairy tales and transgression! Being Here by Barry Jonsberg10/02/2011  Sixteen-year-old Carly is interviewing Leah Cartwright for her local history project. But Leah resists, determined instead to tell her own story: that of a lonely child on an isolated farm, a girl whose only escape is into the world of books. And when Adam appears in the orchard Leah discovers a friend. A secret friend. Leah draws Carly in with the magic of story - to her present, her past, her secrets, and her unique friendship with Adam. Being Here is a beautifully told story about a girl whose rich imagination rescues her from a grim reality, and an unlikely boy who changes everything. Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld10/02/2011  Behemoth follows the adventures of His Majesty's Airship Leviathan to Istanbul, capital of the Ottoman Empire and home to countless secret societies and revolutionaries. Deryn and Alek find themselves at odds with their mentors and with each other, as their duties collide with the politics of war and peace. Will the Ottomans join the Clanker allies in the Great War? Or will Dr Barlow's diplomatic mission succeed? Will Deryn's secret be revealed?  Vlad's running out of time. The Elysian Council has given him only weeks to live, and that's if the Slayer Society doesn't kill him-along with all the citizens of Bathory-first. Then there's the issue of Vlad's father, who may or may not still be alive after all there years. Oh yeah, and that tiny little detail in the Pravus prophecy about Vlad enslaving Vampirekind and the human race. So much for college applications. In this epic finale to Heather Brewer's heart-stopping Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, dark secrets will be revealed, old friends will become enemies, and warm blood will run cold. Just be careful it isn't yours. Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen16/10/2010  THE YEAR IS 1929. NEW YORK IS RULED BY THE BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS: FLAPPERS AND SOCIALITIES SEEKING THRILLS AND CHASING DREAMS IN THE ANYTHING-GOES EAR OF THE ROARING TWENTIES Letty Larkspur and Cordelia Grey have escaped their small Midwestern town for New York's glittering metropolis. All Letty wants is to see her name in lights, but she quickly discovers Manhattan is gilled with pretty girls who will do anything to be a star . . . Cordelia is searching for the father she's never known, a man as infamous for his wild parties as he is for his shadowy schemes. Overnight, she enters a world more thrilling and glamours than she could have imagined-and more dangerous. It's a life anyone would kill for . . . and someone will. Torment (Fallen #2) by Lauren Kate16/10/2010  How many lives do you need to live before you find someone worth dying for? In the aftermath of what happened at Sword & Cross, Luce has been hidden away by her cursed angelic boyfriend, Daniel, in a new school filled with Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans. Daniel promises she will be safe here, protected from those who would kill her. At the school Luce discovers what the Shadows that have followed her all her life mean - and how to manipulate them to see into her other lives. Yet the more Luce learns about herself, the more she realizes that the past is her only key to unlocking her future ... and that Daniel hasn't told her everything. What if his version of the past isn't actually the way things happened ... what if Luce was really meant to be with someone else?  One night in the rain, Ethan Wate opened his eyes and fell in love with Lena Duchannes. His life would never be the same. Lena is a Caster and her family is locked in a supernatural civil war: full of darkness and demons. On her sixteenth birthday Lena made a terrifying choice, which now haunts her day and night. And as her seventeenth birthday approaches Lena and Ethan face even greater danger. A Caster and a Mortal can never truly be together. Every kiss is a curse. Ethan's next heartbeat could be his last. It is their curse now . . . Lies (Gone #3) by Michael Grant02/09/2010  It's been seven months since all the adults disappeared. Gone. It happens in one night. A girl who died now walks among the living; Zil and the Human Crew set fire to Perdido Beach; and amid the flames and smoke, Sam sees the figure of the boy he fears the most: Drake. But Drake is dead. Sam and Caine defeated him along with the Darkness—or so they thought. As Perdido Beach burns, battles rage: Astrid against the Town Council; the Human Crew versus the mutants; and Sam against Drake, who is back from the dead and ready to finish where he and Sam left off. And all the while deadly rumours are raging like the fire itself, spread by the prophetess Orsay and her companion, Nerezza. They say that death is a way to escape the FAYZ. Conditions are worse than ever and kids are desperate to get out. But are they desperate enough to believe that death will set them free? | CategoriesAll ArchivesJanuary 2012 |
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