This workshop began on Tuesday this week, and the students created the fibre optic headpiece that is attached into their hair and then stuck to the face along with make-up, creating a fantasy look. We all had fun and I am looking forward to our next after school workshop to apply the make-up.
All the students that participated in the Light Up Fascinator Workshop have now finished their Top Hats. Great work girls, now we need another challenge perhaps we can incorporate lights and feathers to a 3D printed mask to celebrate the olympic games in RIO.
Check out the pics below and scroll down to see all the designs.
Most of the students from the second workshop have completed or nearly completed their Top Hat light up fascinators. Everybody has enjoyed themselves and are pleased with their creation.
Check out some of the completed ones. Great work !
Check out the Mad Hatters creative work… Beautiful.
A new group of student has joined the Cre8 Lab LED light up fascinator workshop. You are all welcome to post a message to this blog, give some suggestions on future workshops and let us know how you have enjoyed this workshop.
Here are a few pics of the progress so far
The students are nearly finished their Top Hats, it is getting exciting now
Six students starting their LED light up fascinators today. They are all doing really well and I can hardly wait to see their finished products.
The general consensus is to complete a mini Top Hat.
Tomorrow the girls will start on their hats…stay tuned
The LED light up 3D printed choker workshops started last week. After a few technical issues the students have managed to complete a couple of chokers.
Finished off today at lunchtime
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Welcome to Cre8 Lab, we have a couple of workshops available for students at the beginning of Term 3 2016.
Watch the presentation below to see what is happening during the term .
All students are welcome to come along… Look forward to seeing you all there.
A Ghost in My Suitcase by Gabrielle Wang Fantastic short story based around Chinese culture, family and ghost hunting. (Selina Ryan)
The flute music stops, and my breath catches in my throat. Silence falls like a veil. Then I hear something – no, I feel it in my chest. ‘Steady yourself,’ Por whispers. ‘It’s here…’
When Celeste travels to China to visit her grandmother, she uncovers an incredible family secret. And with this secret comes danger and adventure. GOODREADS
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan Fast paced adventure of a brother and sister duo battling Egyptian gods in an effort to release their parents. (Selina Ryan)
‘I guess it started the night our Dad blew up the British Museum…’
Carter and Sadie Kane’s dad is a brilliant Egyptologist with a secret plan that goes horribly wrong. An explosion shatters the ancient Rosetta Stone and unleashes Set, the evil god of chaos.
Set imprisons Dr Kane in a golden coffin, and Carter and Sadie are forced to run for their lives. To save their dad, they embark on a terrifying quest from Cairo and Paris to the American South-west….
Hate List by Jennifer Brown The list was my idea. I didn’t mean for anyone to die. Will you ever forgive me?
Five months ago, Valerie Leftman’s boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Val was as shocked as everyone else – but, despite her own serious injury, she’s implicated in the crime because of the list. The list she and Nick made of people they hated.
Now, after a summer of seclusion, Val is forced to confront her guilt as she returns to school to complete her senior year.
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim EdwardsA thought-provoking, powerful story about choices, and the effects these decisions have on the person who made them and those involved. (Selina Ryan)
This novel begins on a winter night in 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr David Henry to deliver his own twins. His son, born first, is perfectly healthy, but the doctor immediately recognises that his daughter has Down’s syndrome. For motives he tells himself are good, he makes a split-second decision that will haunt all their lives forever. He asks his nurse, Caroline, to take the baby away to an institution. Instead, she disappears into another city to raise the child as her own.
Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
What would you do, if the person who murdered your family offered to save your young child? (Selina Ryan)
One day June Nealon was happily anticipating a lifetime of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart.
For Shay Bourne, life holds no more surprises. The world has given him nothing, and he has nothing to offer the world. In a heartbeat, though, something happens one day that changes everything for him. Now he has one last chance for salvation, and it lies with June’s twelve-year-old daughter, Claire. But between Shay and Claire stretches an ocean of bitter regrets, past crimes and the rage of a mother who has lost her child. BLURB
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Quirky characters produce an entertaining and funny story about finding the perfect wife. ( Selina Ryan)
Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has convinced him that he is simply not wired for romance. So when an acquaintance informs him that he would make a “wonderful” husband, his first reaction is shock. Yet he must concede to the statistical probability that there is someone for everyone, and he embarks upon The Wife Project. In the orderly, evidence-based manner with which he approaches all things, Don sets out to find the perfect partner.
And then he meets Rosie Jarman… GOODREADS
This series is one of my favorites because of the fantastic descriptions of the steampunk costumes and steam machinery. Set in the 1900s this
# 1 The Girl with the Steel Corset
In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one… except the “thing” inside her.
When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch…
Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she’s special, says she’s one of them. The orphaned duke takes her in from the gas lit streets against the wishes of his band of misfits: Emily, who has her own special abilities and an unrequited love for Sam, who is part robot; and Jasper, an American cowboy with a shadowy secret. GOODREADS
# 2 The Girl in the Clockwork Collar
Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her ‘straynge band of mysfits” have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper is in the clutches of a devious former friend demanding a trade – the dangerous device Jasper stole from him… for the life of the girl Jasper loves.
# 3 The Girl with the Iron Touch
When mechanical genius Emily is kidnapped by rogue automatons, Finley Jayne and her fellow misfits fear the worst. What’s left of their archenemy, The Machinist, hungers to be resurrected, and Emily must transplant his consciousness into one of this automatons – or forfeit her friends’ lives.
# 4 The Girl with the Windup Heart
In 1897 London, a final showdown is about to begin.
London’s underworld is no place for a young woman, even one who is strong, smart and part-automaton like Mila. But when master criminal Jack Dandy inadvertently breaks her heart, she takes off, determined to find an independent life, one entirely her own. Her search takes her to the spangled shadows of the West End’s most dazzling circus.
Meanwhile, taken captive in the Aether, Griffin King is trapped in an inescapable prison, and at the mercy of his archenemy, the Machinist.
Northwood by Brian Falkner and Donovan BixleyCecilia Undergarment likes a challenge. So when she discovers a sad and neglected dog, she is determined to rescue him. No matter what. But her daring dog rescue lands her in deep trouble. Trouble in the form of being lost in the dark forest of Northwood. A forest where ferocious black lions roam. A forest that hides a secret castle, an unlikely king and many a mystery. GOODREADS
I loved these books, simply because it is a fictional tale about real people such as Nicholas Flamel, Dr John Dee and William Shakespeare. The series also describes famous places around the globe, including Nicholas Flamel’s home in Paris, which is still standing and is home to a famous restaurant in Paris. Check out the restaurant below. (Lynette Skeers)
# 1 The Alchemyst
The truth: Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on 28 September 1330. Nearly seven hundred years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is staid that he discovered the secret of eternal life.
The records show that he died in 1418. But his tomb is empty.
The legend; Nicholas Flamel lives. But only because he has been making the elixir of life for centuries. The secret of eternal life is hidden within the powerful book he protects – the Book of Abraham the Mage. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world.
That’s exactly what Dr. John Dee plans to do when he steals it. BLURB
# 2 The Magician
In the hands of Dr. John Dee and the Dark Elders, the book of Abraham the Mage could mean the destruction of the world as we know it. The most powerful book of all time, it holds the secret of eternal life—a secret more dangerous than any one man should ever possess. And Dee is two pages away from the knowledge that would bring the Dark Elders into ultimate power.
His only obstacle? Josh and Sophie Newman—who are eight thousand miles away. GOODREADS
# 3 The Sorceress
Nicholas Flamel’s heart almost broke as he watched his beloved Paris crumble before him. The city was destroyed by Dee and Machiavelli, but Flamel played his own role in the destruction. Sophie and Josh Newman show every sign of being the twins of prophecy, and Flamel had to protect them and the pages from the Dark Elders. GOODREADS
# 4 The Necromancer
Josh and Sophie Newman are finally home. And they’re both more confused than ever about their future. Neither of them has mastered the magics they’ll need to protect themselves, they’ve lost Scatty, and they’re still being pursued by Dr. John Dee. Most disturbing of all, however, is that now they must ask themselves, can they trust Nicholas Flamel?
# 5 The Warlock
The twins of prophecy have been divided—the end has begun.
Although their ally Dr. John Dee has been declared utlaga, Machiavelli and Billy the Kid will follow the plans the Elders have laid before them: they will lose the monsters of Alcatraz on the city of San Francisco, thereby triggering the end of the human race. GOODREADS
# 6 The Enchantress
The two that are one must become the one that is all. One to save the world, one to destroy it.
Nicholas and Perenelle Flamel have one day left to live, and one job left to do. They must defend San Francisco. The monsters gathered on Alcatraz Island have been released and are heading toward the city. If they are not stopped, they will destroy everyone and everything in their path. GOODREADS
The Hollow by Jessica VerdayThis books adapts the fantastical spookiness of the ‘Legends of Sleepy Hollow’ story, with a modern-day story about seeking the truth, friendship, love and ghosts. (Ruth Van Der List)
When Abbey’s best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, everyone else is all too quick to accept that Kristen is dead… and rumours fly that her death was no accident. Abbey goes through the motions of mourning her best friend, but privately, she refuses to believe that Kristen is really gone. Then she meets Caspian, the gorgeous and mysterious boy who shows up out of nowhere at Kristen’s funeral and keeps reappearing in Abbey’s life.
Caspian clearly has secrets of his own, but he’s the only person who makes Abbey feel normal again… but also special. BLURB
(Note): This book has two sequels, but they are not on our library catalogue).
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H. WintersPart of the Quirky Classics series which introduced Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to the world, this “quirky interpretation” mixes mysteries of the deep ocean with a classic story of strength, sense, truth and love. A surprising book that twists and melds the classic story in a fantastical way. (Ruth Van Der List)
The family of Dashwood has been settled in Sussex since before the Alteration, when the waters of the world grew cold and hateful to the sons of man, and darkness moved on the face of the deep.
From the publisher of ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’, ‘Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters’ expands the original text of the beloved Jane Austen novel with all-new scenes of giant lobsters, rampaging octopi, two-headed sea serpents, and other biological monstrosities.
As our story opens, the Dashwood sisters are evicted from their childhood home and sent to live on a mysterious island full of savage creatures and dark secrets. While sensible Elinor falls in love with Edward Ferrars, her romantic sister Marianne is courted by both the handsome Willoughby and the hideous man-monster Colonel Brandon.
# 1 Magyk
The seventh son of the seventh son, aptly named Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife who pronounces him dead. That same night, the baby’s father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a new born girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take this helpless newborn into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to their beloved son Septimus? GOODREADS
# 2 Flyte
It’s been a year since Septimus Heap discovered his real family and true calling to be a wizard. As Apprentice to Extra Ordinary Wizard Marcia Overstrand, he is learning the fine arts of Conjurations, Charms, and other Magyk, while Jenna is adapting to life as the Princess and enjoying the freedom of the Castle. GOODREADS
# 4 Queste
There’s trouble at the Castle, and it’s all because Merrin Meredith has returned with Darke plans for Septimus. More trouble awaits Septimus and Jenna in the form of Tertius Fume, the ghost of the very first Chief Hermetic Scribe, who is determined to send Septimus on a deadly Queste. But Septimus and Jenna have other plans – they are headed for the mysterious House of Foryx, a place where all Time meets… GOODREADS
# 5 Syren
Septimus ends up on a captivatingly beautiful island, one of seven set in a sparkling sea. He’s stranded there with his badly injured dragon, Spit Fyre, along with Jenna and Beetle. There are some strange things about the island, including a Magykal girl named Syrah, a cat-shaped lighthouse that has lost its Light, and an eerie presence that sings to Septimus—can he escape the persistent call?
# 6 Darke
Alther Mella has been Banished, a Darke Domaine engulfs the Castle, and a Darke dragon is on the loose. Septimus Heap must use all of his skills to save the Castle and the Wizard Tower from destruction: He must enter the Darke. But he cannot do this alone.
# 7 Fyre
Favourite characters return in this stunning seventh and final book in Angie Sage’s New York Times bestselling magykal series…
Jenna will soon be Queen and Beetle is now Chief Hermetic Scribe. Septimus, however, must rid the Castle of the Darke Domaine by destroying the Two-Faced Ring. His skills in both Magyk and Physik will be tested, as will his loyalties. GOODREADS
The Comfort of Figs by Simon ClearyWonderful storytelling giving a vivid insight into the birth of the city of Brisbane, and a new appreciation of the city’s landmarks, both natural structural, that we walk past every day. (Kate Carey)
In 1939. A bridge is built, and a country town becomes a city. Three young men forge a close friendship as they labour precariously high above the river, but one slip transforms their lives. A generation later, Robbie, a young landscaper, is grappling with those who should be closest to him – his father, whose past is linked with the iconic bridge, and his girlfriend, Freya, who is left shattered after a vicious assault. GOODREADS
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Absolutely stunning imagery and storytelling – a captivating story of courage and survival, and against all odds, human goodness. (Kate Carey)
Marie-Laure LeBlanc is blind and lives with her father, the Master of Locks at the Museum of Natural History in Pars. When the Nazis invade, they flee to the coast, carrying a dangerous secret.
Werner Pfennig is an orphan who wins a place at a brutal military academy. But on joining the army, he grows ever more aware that his way out of obscurity is built on suffering.
In a walled city by the sea an old man with a radio set creates new worlds without ever setting foot outside. And yet, impending danger will not allow him to remain shut in for ever.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA good classic to have read. (Maria Galati)
Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.
A lawyer’s advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this enchanting classic – a black man charged with the rape of a white girl.
Told through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties.
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Clare, a beautiful, strong-minded art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry thirty-one. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: his genetic clock randomly resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. GOODREADS
Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly Edge of your seat reading, fast paced, hard to put down. (Maria Galati)
Four and a half thousand years ago, a magnificent golden capstone sat at the peak of the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was a source of immense power, and reputedly capable of bestowing upon its holder absolute global power. But then it was divided into seven pieces and hidden, each piece separately, within the seven greatest structures of the age. GOODREADS / BLURB
Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire This book weaves the traditional fairy tale of Snow White into the political intrigue of the Borgia Family, one of the major city state powers of the Italian Renaissance. The perspective of the seven dwarves provides an interesting counterpoint to the human drama in this historical-fantasy, and a poignant insight into the nature of humanity. (Corinne Fiechter)
The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente.
But one day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding slopes to the farm – and the world comes to Montefiore. In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sister, the lovely and vain Lucrezia – decadent children of a wicked pope – no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a years-long quest to reclaim a relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, he leaves Bianca under the care – so to speak – of Lucrezia.
She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but in the dark forest there can be found salvation as well … GOODREADS
When Lily’s blind dog, Lucky, slips his collar and runs away across the wide-open blueberry barrens of eastern Maine, it’s Salma Santiago who manages to catch him. Salma, the daughter of migrant workers, is in the small town with her family for the blueberry-picking season. After their initial chance meeting, Salma and Lily bond over painting bee boxes for Lily’s grandfather, and Salma’s friendship transforms Lily’s summer. But when Salma decides to run in the upcoming Blueberry Queen pageant, they’ll have to face some tough truths about friendship and belonging. Should an outsider like Salma really participate in the pageant—and possibly win? (Goodreads)
Attack of the Fluffy Bunnies, by Andrea Beaty and Dan SantatAt Camp Whatsitooya, twins Joules and Kevin and new friend Nelson face off against large, rabbit-like creatures from the Mallow Galaxy who thrive on sugar, but are not above hypnotizing and eating human campers. (Goodreads)
The Schnoz of Doom, by Andrea Beaty and Dan SantatWhen film-loving twins Joules and Kevin Rockman left their summer camp, they thought their days of fighting evil bunnies from outer space were over. Surely there won’t be giant rabbits bent on world domination at their school, right? Wrong. Luckily, these bunnies aren’t FLUFFS (Fierce, Large, Ugly, and Ferocious Furballs)—sugar-addicted giant rabbits out to hypnotize and kill. Unluckily, they’re worse: the FOOFS (Fierce, Obnoxious, Odoriferous Furballs)—seemingly normal-size rabbits (with extra-large noses) out to take over the world! Can Joules and Kevin save themselves, and their school, from the Schnoz of Doom? (Goodreads)
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When Terence’s best friend goes off to Summer camp, he feels that he has nothing to do but spend time with Lucy, the weirdest girl in school. She paints butterflies and thinks she is a bat. Terence doesn’t know how to deal with the bat thing, but when she gets into trouble, the bats stick together. (Goodreads)
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Talented ten-year-olds Emily, Bella, Chloe and Grace are sick of adults trying to turn them into helpless princesses.
When maths whiz Emily Martin’s mother enters her in the local beauty pageant, it’s the last straw – the four friends form the Anti-Princess Club, with the motto WE DON’T NEED RESCUING. Can they use their awesome skills to show the world that girls want to be valued for more than what they see in the mirror? (Goodreads)
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Talented ten-year-olds Emily, Bella, Chloe and Grace are sick of boys who want them to be helpless princesses.
Design genius Bella Singh has built a clubhouse in her backyard, where the anti-princesses meet to thumb their noses at the notion that boys are best. But when they receive angry anonymous emails telling them to act like girls or else, followed by sabotage of their beloved clubhouse, it’s clear they have a new mission. Can they unite their awesome talents to beat the bullies? (Goodreads)
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Chloe’s River Rescue, by Samantha Turnbull and Sarah DavisTalented ten-year-olds Emily, Bella, Chloe and Grace are sick of people treating them like helpless princesses.
Science star Chloe Karalis’s favourite person in the universe is her grandmother – so she’s thrilled when Yiayia comes along for a fab summer holiday with Chloe and her three besties. But when Yiayia goes missing on her daily walk, the foursome know that they’re faced with their biggest mission yet. Can they combine their unique talents to rescue their beloved mentor? (Goodreads)
If you’re like most readers, you’re probably wondering just how Andy and Terry met. Well, it’s a long story, but a pretty exciting one, and it’s mostly true! Come on up, choose a hammock, and they’ll tell you all about it (just don’t go in the maze they’re still ironing out a few bugs…).
The 39-storey treehouse – Andy Griffiths, Terry DentonAndy and Terry’s amazing treehouse has 13 new levels including a chocolate waterfall, a non-erupting active volcano, an opera house, a baby-dinosaur petting zoo, Andy and Terry’s Believe it or Else! museum, a not-very-merry merry-go-round, a boxing elephant called the Trunkinator, an X-Ray room, a disco with light-up dance floor, the world’s scariest roller-coaster and a top-secret 39th level that hasn’t even been finished yet!
The 52-storey treehouse – Andy Griffiths, Terry DentonAndy and Terry’s amazing treehouse has 13 new levels including a chainsaw-juggling level, a make-your-own-pizza parlour, a rocket-powered carrot-launcher, a life-size snakes and ladders game, a remembering booth, a Ninja Snail Training Academy and a high-tech detective agency, with all the latest high-tech detective technology, including a hot-donut vending machine! Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!
Sword Art Online , Fairy dance 2 – Reki Kawahara, Tsubasa HadukiKirito jumps into a new VRMMORPG called ALfheim Online (ALO) in search of Asuna, who still hasn’t regained consciousness. On his quest to find the World Tree and reach Asuna, he meets a sylph girl named Leafa. A veteran player experienced with the sword, Leafa recognizes that Kirito is motivated by serious circumstances and decides to help him.
The ABC murders – Agatha ChristieThere’s a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way through the alphabet. And as a macabre calling card he leaves beside each victim’s corpe the ABC Railway Guide open at the name of the town where the murder has taken place.
An abundance of Katherines – John GreenKatherine V thought boys were gross
Katherine X just wanted to be friends
Katherine XVIII dumped him in an e-mail
K-19 broke his heart
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact.
Adam & Matthew – Ariel SchragWhen Adam Freedman — a skinny, awkward, inexperienced teenager from Piedmont, California — goes to stay with his older sister Casey in New York City, he is hopeful that his life is about to change. And it sure does.
Afterworld – Lynette LounsburyDom is the youngest person ever to arrive in the Necropolis, the ‘waiting place’ between death and what comes after. And it isn’t long before he catches the attention of Satarial, a cruel Nephilim from the beginning of time, who has grim plans to use Dom as entertainment in his vicious gladiatorial games.
All the bright places – Jennifer NivenThe Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this exhilarating and heart-wrenching love story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning!
Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.
Amy & Matthew – Cammie McGovernAmy and Matthew are two teenagers that not only have to deal with the usual trials and tribulations of adolescence, but also cerebral palsy (her) and obsessive compulsive disorder (him). Right from the get-go, the reader will completely fall in love with Amy and her cheerful determination to make friends by hiring schoolmates to be her helpers. Several students sign up, sometimes just to improve their school credits, but Matthew and Amy soon realise they have a bond which develops into more than a friendship.
The beast of Blackmoor Bog – Kate ForsythAfter escaping the bog-men in the wilds of the Witchwood, Sebastian, Quinn, Elanor and Tom journey south on their impossible quest. Sebastian and Elanor seek help from Crowthorne Castle, but both allies and enemies will reveal themselves. Tom and Quinn venture into the mysterious moors…where a hideous beast lies waiting.
Belzhar – Meg WolitzerIf life were fair, Jam Gallahue would still be at home in New Jersey with her sweet British boyfriend, Reeve Maxfield. She’d be watching old comedy sketches with him. She’d be kissing him in the library stacks.
The black guard – A.J. SmithThe launch of an heroic fantasy saga set in the lands of Ro, an epic landscape of mountain fortresses, vast grasslands, roiling ocean and slumbering gods.
The blood of Olympus – Rick RiordanThough the Greek and Roman crew members of the Argo II have made progress in their many quests, they still seem no closer to defeating the earth mother, Gaea. Her giants have risen—all of them—and they’re stronger than ever. They must be stopped before the Feast of Spes, when Gaea plans to have two demigods sacrificed in Athens. She needs their blood—the blood of Olympus—in order to wake.
Blue Lily, Lily Blue – Maggie StiefvaterThere is danger in dreaming. But there is even more danger in waking up.
Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs.
Breathe – Abbi GlinesThere is danger in dreaming. But there is even more danger in waking up.
Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs.
Bride of the Water God. Vol. 15 – Mi-Kyung YunMui and Soah’s attempts to live happily in the human world are complicated by Soah’s former human fiancé and his sister — who quickly falls in love with the powerless Mui. The former water god’s odd curse remains, too, making him revert to his childish form whenever Soah is near. More vulnerable than ever, several devious schemers in the realm of the gods and on earth wish to rend Mui away from his lover! Mi-Kyung Yun’s lavishly detailed, romantic manhwa series of draws you in from the first exquisitely drawn page!
Change of heart – Jodi PicoultThe acclaimed #1 “New York Times” bestselling author presents a spellbinding tale of a mother’s tragic loss and one man’s last chance at gaining salvation.Can we save ourselves, or do we rely on others to do it? Is what we believe always the truth?
The children act – Ian McEwanFiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She is fiercely intelligent, well-respected, and deeply immersed in the nuances of her particular field of law. Often the outcome of a case seems simple from the outside, the course of action to ensure a child’s welfare obvious. But the law requires more rigor than mere pragmatism, and Fiona is expert in considering the sensitivities of culture and religion when handing down her verdicts.
Code – Kathy Reichs, Brendan ReichsThe Virals are put to the ultimate test when they find a geocache containing an ornate puzzle box. Shelton decodes the cipher inside, only to find more tantalizing clues left by “The Gamemaster.” A second, greater geocache is within reach—if the Virals are up to the challenge.
The coldest girl in Coldtown – Holly BlackTana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadent bloody mix of predator and prey. The only problem is, once you pass through Coldtown’s gates, you can never leave.
Countdown – Natalie StandifordThe clock has finally run out for the Cahills. As the leaders of the world’s most powerful family, Dan and Amy have been in the crosshairs for too long. It was only a matter of time until luck failed them.
D.Gray-man. 10 – Katsura HoshinoCursed teenage boy saves mankind one soul at a time. Set in a fictional 19th century England, D.Gray-man is the story of Allen Walker, a 15-year-old boy who roams the Earth in search of Innocence. Washed away to unknown parts of the world after The Great Flood, Innocence is the mysterious substance used to create weapons that obliterate demons known as akuma.
D.Gray-man/ 9 – Katsura HoshinoHordes of akuma are arriving in Edo to join the Earl, who has found a nefarious use for one of the greatest of all Biblical artifacts. Meanwhile, one akuma has invaded the Asian Branch of the Dark Order to take care of Allen once and for all. Allen doesn’t appear to stand a chance, but the very nature of the akuma’s attack starts something no one could have anticipated, and might wind up changing the fate of the world!
D.Gray-man 8 – Katsura HoshinoThe battle on the sea continues, with the swarm of evolved akuma pressing hard on the Exorcists. Lenalee tries to tackle one akuma on her own, but realizes she can prevail only by unleashing the full force of her Innocence. Back on the ship Lavi prepares to call on a special attribute of his own Innocence. Will any of this be enough? Can the Exorcists hold on, or will they need help that may or may not come?
D.Gray-man 7 – Katsura HoshinoAllen has disappeared. Lavi and Lenalee rush to find him, only to wind up confronting a horde of akuma pursuing Allen’s golem Timcanpy. After dealing with this they are ordered to continue their mission without Allen, his place to be taken by a new Exorcist–Miranda Lotto. Allen, meanwhile, wakes up inside the Asian Branch of the Black Ministry to the sobering reality that he has lost his Innocence!
D.Gray-man 6 – Katsura HoshinoA horde of akuma is closing in on Allen, but instead of attacking him they mysteriously head right for another exorcist, Suman Dark! His tragic story and the secret of his unique Innocence are revealed, but in the process Suman’s life is threatened. Allen tries his best to save his comrade by putting himself in grave danger!
Deadly little sins ; a prep school confidential novel – Kara TaylorIn Kara Taylor’s Deadly Little Sins, Anne Dowling investigates a mysterious disappearance in this fast-paced, twisty conclusion to the Prep School Confidential series.
Diary of a wimpy kid; the long haul – Jeff KenneyGreg Heffley and his family hit the road in author-illustrator Jeff Kinney’s latest installment of the phenomenally bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
Divergent – Veronic RothIn Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue–Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives.
The dying of the light – Derek LandyThe War of the Sanctuaries has been won, but it was not without its casualties. Following the loss of Valkyrie Cain, skullduggery Pleasant must use any and all means to track down and stop Darquesse before she turns the world into a charred, lifeless cinder.
Earth Flight – Janet Edwards
It’s time to risk it all!
The thrilling conclusion to Janet Edward’s sensational debut YA sci-fi trilogy.
Jarra never wanted to be a celebrity. All she ever wanted was to gain some respect for the people left on Earth: the unlucky few whose immune system prevents them from portalling to other planets.
Earth Girl – Janet Edwards
A sensational YA science fiction debut from an exciting new British author. Jarra is stuck on Earth while the rest of humanity portals around the universe. But can she prove to the norms that she’s more than just an Earth Girl?
Earth Star – Janet Edwards
18-year-old Jarra has a lot to prove. After being awarded one of the military’s highest honours for her role in a daring rescue attempt, Jarra finds herself – and her Ape status – in the spotlight. Jarra is one of the unlucky few born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets. Derided as an ‘ape’ – a ‘throwback’ – by the rest of the universe, Jarra is on a mission to prove that Earth Girls are just as good as anyone else.
Starters – Lissa Price
Callie lost her parents when the Spore Wars wiped out everyone between the ages of twenty and sixty. She and her little brother, Tyler, go on the run, living as squatters with their friend Michael and fighting off renegades who would kill them for a cookie. Callie’s only hope is Prime Destinations, a disturbing place in Beverly Hills run by a mysterious figure known as the Old Man.
Enders – Lissa Price
Someone is after Starters like Callie and Michael – teens with chips in their brains. They want to experiment on anyone left over from Prime Destinations –With the body bank destroyed, Callie no longer has to rent herself out to creepy Enders. But Enders can still get inside her mind and make her do things she doesn’t want to do. Like hurt someone she loves.
Eventual poppy day – Libby HathornPainstakingly researched and extremely well written, this is a novel that moves deftly and easily from one time period to another and yet still allows the novel to retain an overall sense of cohesion. Respected YA author Libby Hathorn has drawn on family history and done extensive research to write a fascinating book that profiles two young protagonists, both seventeen years of age, who are related: Maurice, who went to Gallipoli and the Western Front and his great-great nephew, Oliver, who is trying to deal with difficult family circumstances but whose discovery of Maurice’s WW1 diary changes the way he sees the world.
The evolution of Mara Dyer – Michell HodkinThe truth about Mara Dyer’s dangerous and mysterious abilities continues to unravel in the New York Times bestselling sequel to the thrilling The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. Mara Dyer once believed she could run from her past.She can’t. She used to think her problems were all in her head. They aren’t. She couldn’t imagine that after everything she’s been through, the boy she loves would still be keeping secrets. She’s wrong. In this gripping sequel to The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, the truth evolves and choices prove deadly. What will become of Mara Dyer next?
17-year-old Lucy is an attractive mage-in-training who wants to join a magician’s guild so that she can become a full-fledged magician. The guild she dreams about joining is the most famous in the world and it is known as the Fairy Tail. One day she meets Natsu, a boy raised by a Dragon who mysteriously left him when he was young. Natsu has devoted his life to finding his Dragon father. When Natsu helps Lucy out of a tricky situation, she discovers that he is a member of the Fairy Tail magician’s guild and our heroes’ adventure together begins.
The testing – Joelle CharbonneauKeep your friends close and your enemies closer. Isn’t that what they say? But how close is too close when they may be one in the same?
The Seven Stages War left much of the planet a charred wasteland. The future belongs to the next generation’s chosen few who must rebuild it. But to enter this elite group, candidates must first pass The Testing—their one chance at a college education and a rewarding career.
And then there were none – Agatha ChristieFirst, there were ten – a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they’re unwilling to reveal – and a secret that will seal their fate. For each has been marked for murder. This shattered world – Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner. The second installment in the epic Starbound trilogy introduces a new pair of star-crossed lovers on two sides of a bloody war. Jubilee Chase and Flynn Cormac should never have met. Lee is captain of the forces sent to Avon to crush the terraformed planet’s rebellious colonists, but she has her own reasons for hating the insurgents.
Thousand words – Jennifer BrownAshleigh’s boyfriend, Kaleb, is about to leave for college, and Ashleigh is worried that he’ll forget about her while he’s away. So at a legendary end-of-summer pool party, Ashleigh’s friends suggest she text him a picture of herself — sans swimsuit — to take with him. Before she can talk herself out of it, Ashleigh strides off to the bathroom, snaps a photo in the full-length mirror, and hits “send.”
TV star : tales from the no-so-fabulous life – Rachel Renee RussellIt’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid for girls in this hilarious novel!
Everyone’s been rooting for me and my crush, Brandon—and now I can FINALLY write all about what did – or didn’t – happen with our first kiss!
Sighhhhh. There’s a LOT happening right now! A reality TV crew is following me and my friends as we record our hit song together, plus there are voice lessons, dance practice, and my little sister Brianna’s latest wacky hijinks (they NEVER end).
Undivided – Neal ShustermanTeens control the fate of America in the fourth and final book in the New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology by Neal Shusterman.
Proactive Citizenry, the company that created Cam from the parts of unwound teens, has a plan: to mass produce rewound teens like Cam for military purposes. And below the surface of that horror lies another shocking level of intrigue:
HE’S A BOY WHO DOES STUNTS.
Someone was out to get my dad.
Everyone said it was an accident but I didn’t believe them, not even for a second…
and Stunt Boy is going to prove it.
With his amazing wonder dog Blindfold and his best friend Benny, Stunt Boy has to find out who is trying to sabotage their Stoked Stunt Circus and close it down forever!
Alice-Miranda in Japan – by Jacqueline Harvey
The Case of the Missing Moonstone – by Jordan Statford , Kelly MurphyHistory, mystery, and science collide in a new series for middle-grade readers, perfect for fans of The Mysterious Benedict Society and Lemony Snicket!
Jordan Stratford imagines an alternate 1826, where Ada Lovelace (the world’s first computer programmer) and Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) meet as girls and form a secret detective agency!
Figgy in the World – by Tamsin Janu
Kelsey and the Quest of the Porcelain Doll – by Rosanne HawkeA captivating story of adversity, adventure and love from award-winning author Rosanne Hawke.
‘Nanna, can you tell me a story just as if I were with you?’
Kelsey is in Pakistan and wants to go home. Mum and Dad are busy helping flood victims and she misses her friends. But most of all, Kelsey misses Nanna Rose.
A Lesson for Lina – by Sally RippinThe Olympics are over, and everyone is feeling flat – including Lina. As she reads the newspaper every night with her father, Lina finds out that some of the Hungarian athletes have stayed behind and are hiding in Melbourne so they don’t have to face the fighting in their homeland. Lina begins to suspect that one is being hidden by her cranky old neighbour, Mrs Bencszik. S
MasciulloLetty’s journey concludes in this, the last of four exciting books about a free-settler girl in a new land.
When times turn bad on the land, Letty must return to Sydney, leaving the Grey family behind. But what will she do once she gets there? Letty could never have imagined the surprises that await her
Lina at the Games – by Sally Rippin, Lucia Masciullo
Lina’s Many Lives – by Sally RippinIt’s 1956 and Lina has won a scholarship to a wonderful girls school. As hard as she tries, fitting into St Brigid’s isn’t easy – especially when she’s the only Italian and the only student from a poor family. When she and her friend Mary have a wonderful idea, everything starts to fall into place – until the class bully gets involved, and Lina’s worlds collide.
Meet Lina – by Sally Rippin
Pearlie the Spy – by Gabrielle Wang
Pearlie’s Ghost – by Gabrielle WangIt’s 1942 and Darwin is under attack. While bombs are falling, Pearlie is doing all she can to save her beloved pets and help the wounded soldiers. But it’s too dangerous to stay, and when Pearlie finally has to say goodbye, only the thought of being reunited with her best friend Naoko can cheer her up. But Naoko has a problem of her own: a ghostly mystery that will truly test Pearlie’s newfound courage . . .
It’s 1931 . . . and Kettle Farm is starting to feel like home, but Ruby is still desperately worried about her dad. He hasn’t written for weeks, and nobody knows where he is. Will Dad ever come back to them? When nobody will give Ruby any answers, she sets out to find him herself . . .
Plenty – by Ananda Braxton-SmithA place to call home.
Maddy Frank has always lived in Jermyn Street. Always. But now her mum and dad are making her move from the city, far away to some place called Plenty. How will Maddy survive without everything and everyone she knows? Nobody understands. But what about her mysterious new classmate, Grace Wek, who was born in a refugee camp? Could Grace actually understand A place to call home.
Maddy Frank has always lived in Jermyn Street. Always. But now her mum and dad are making her move from the city, far away to some place called Plenty. How will Maddy survive without everything and everyone she knows? Nobody understands. But what about her mysterious new classmate, Grace Wek, who was born in a refugee camp? Could Grace actually understand how Maddy feels?
Run, Pip, Run – By J.C. JonesA smart but prickly ten-year-old must survive on wits and luck when she goes on the run in modern-day Sydney.
Pip Sullivan’s tenth birthday was a disaster — and that was only the beginning.
With her beloved Sully in hospital and the welfare hot on her heels, Pip needs time, money and a place to stay. She’s determined to stay one step ahead of Senior Constable Molly Dunlop! With help from her friends — including a psychic cat and a canine escape artist — Pip needs to stay out of dreaded foster homes so she can help Sully get better.
Run, Pip, Run is a warm-hearted story about a small girl on her own in a big city, but who knows a thing or two about loyalty, bravery and friendship.
The Scarecrow and His Servant – by Phillip Pullman
