Kidnapping, murder and mayhem, oh my!
Girl In The Window
Author: Penny Joelson Publisher: egmont, children’s contemporary fiction WAS it really a kidnapping? Kasia isn’t sure if it is just her eyes playing tricks on her. She is sick, which means that she spends days on end stuck at home. And nothing ever happens on her street, so when this happens, it turns her world upside down. Still, if she could just talk to the girl in the window opposite, she might get some answers.
Diary Of A Rich Kid
Author: Malcolm Mejin Publisher: self-published, adventure ROBIN Jin and his friends are all set for their holiday. However, this being Robin Jin whose father owns the megarich Jin Corporation Inc, it’s no ordinary holiday to Penang but rather a luxury trip to the Bahamas! But the trip doesn’t quite go as Robin envisioned what with a spa full of worms and the-shark-thatshall-not-be named, among other encounters .... But with best friends Charlie and Ken around, there’s always fun to be had.
The Dark Vault
Author: V.e. schwab
Publisher: Titan Books, fantasy THE bestselling author of the Shades Of Magic series begins a new one set in the strange world of the Archive where, instead of books, dead people lie on shelves ....
Every single body here has a story to tell, and only the Librarians can read them. Mac isn’t a Librarian, though, she is a Keeper, tasked with stopping the dead from waking up and walking out. But someone is creeping around and deliberately altering the past. Can Mac get to the bottom of this in time? Or will she have to stand and watch as everything around her crumbles into rubble.
Broken Things
Author: Lauren Oliver Publisher: harper collins, murder mystery SUMMER is dead and everyone thinks that Mia and Brynn killed their best friend, even if there’s no actual evidence of a crime. It is just a game gone wrong, the adults all seem to think. But Mia and Brynn have always maintained their innocence. Five years later, the past gets dragged up again and the two teens have no choice but to confront it.
Bridge Of Clay
Author: Markus Zusak Publisher: Transworld, contemporary fiction FROM the author of the huge hit novel The Book Thief (2005) comes this story about five brothers and their estranged father. The father comes back into their lives with a surprising request: for someone to build a bridge with him. In the end, it is Clay, a boy tormented by a deep, dark secret, who accepts. This is the story of a boy who has to destroy everything he has in order to embrace what lies ahead. In a house with no adults and no rules, how will these brothers adjust to having a new face around?
Five Feet Apart
Author: rachael Lippincott Publisher: simon & schuster, contemporary fiction STELLA needs a lung transplant and Will wants to get out of the hospital. They find each other, fall for each other, but because Stella needs to keep herself six feet away from anyone who could pass along an infection, they can never touch. But would decreasing the distance to five feet really be so much of a problem?
White Stag (Permafrost #1)
Author: Kara Barbieri Publisher: Macmillan, fantasy THIS first book in a new series follows the adventures of 17-yearold Janneke who finds herself torn between two worlds: the goblins’ and humans’. The goblins had destroyed her village and kept her as a slave for years but now, the time to choose a new goblin king had come, and Janneke sees her chance. But she will have to ally with Soren, her goblin master, to hunt down the fabled white stage and find her place. As new loyalties are forged, can she hold on to what keeps her human? Does she even want to?