Young adult
The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He
This beautiful story set in a fascinating future is narrated in alternating chapters by 16-year-old Kasey Mizuhara and her older sister Celia. These very different young women have become physically separated and are searching for one another. Their world has…
Can’t Say It Went to Plan by Gabrielle Tozer
Gone are the long nights of revising and fretting over textbooks for recent high school graduates Zoë, Samira and Dahlia. With exams finally done and dusted, they are ready to go on Schoolies, a week of fun, sun and partying…
The True Colour of a Little White Lie by Gabriel Bergmoser
If you’re a high school nerd with a severe case of social anxiety, there’s nothing quite so liberating as going somewhere completely new, where no-one knows who you are. That’s the first lesson 14-year-old Nelson learns in Gabriel Bergmoser’s newest…
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
The first in a new fantasy trilogy by acclaimed author Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer is an enthralling read that is not to be missed. It follows Kiva Meridan, a hardened 17-year-old who has spent the past 10 years captive…
The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud
As a first-time reader of Jonathan Stroud, I am seriously impressed with his style. This is a great Bonnie & Clyde-style outlaw adventure set in a post-apocalyptic England that has become brutal and intolerant.
We first meet kick-ass bank robber…
Off the Map by Scot Gardner
Off the Map is a short-story collection featuring all the things Scot Gardner writes about best: families (dysfunctional ones, functional ones and all the varieties in between); snapshots of mundane summer days; and those unseen moments where someone’s world is…
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
The third novel from Australian Krystal Sutherland is a gothic horror story about a trio of sisters that is delightfully scary to read. The Hollow sisters – Grey, Vivi and Iris – are survivors of a mysterious kidnapping that occurred…
Lead the Way by Jean Hinchliffe
Are you a young person? Are you worried about a particular social issue? Do you want to make a change, but are unsure of how to go about it? If you answered yes to any of these questions, Lead the…
Waking Romeo by Kathryn Barker
I can’t tell you how many times Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been retold or offered inspiration to a story. The same goes for Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. But what would the outcome be if these two classic stories…
Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales
Everyone at school knows about locker 89. The process is simple: write a letter confessing your relationship woes, pay a small fee of $10, and wait patiently for the solution to appear in your inbox. Darcy Phillips enjoys her life…
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