Check out some of the new books in the library!

Tom Gates: WHAT monster? By Liz Pichon
Comical Fiction

This book contains monsters – mystery – a music festival – missing stuff – me and Marcus (not necessarily in that order), and a very strict supply teacher, but don’t let that put you off.

Caster by Elsie Chapman
Fantasy Fiction   13years+

Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Fight Club in this action-packed fantasy about a secret, underground magic fighting tournament.
Aza Wu knows that real magic is dangerous and illegal. After all, casting killed her sister, Shire. As with all magic, everything comes at a price. For Aza, it feels like everything in her life has some kind of cost attached to it. Her sister had been casting for money to pay off Saint Willow, the gang leader who oversees her sector of Lotusland. If you want to operate a business there, you have to pay your tribute. And now with Shire dead, Aza must step in to save the legacy of Wu Teas, the teahouse that has been in her family for centuries. 

The Kensington Reptilarium by N.J. Gemmell
Mystery Fiction

The Caddy kids are home alone and they're having the best time ever. Until a stranger arrives with news . . . This is the story of how four loud, grubby urchins from the Australian outback find themselves in London for the first peacetime Christmas after years of war. But their new guardian hates children. He prefers the company of the hundreds of snakes in his house – the Kensington Reptilarium. Fate lends Kick, Scruff, Bert and Pin a helping hand when outraged citizens call for the Reptilarium to be shut down. With the police about to descend, can the Caddy kids warm Uncle Basti's heart – and have their Christmas wishes granted – before it's too late? 

Survivors: The empty City by Erin Hunter
Fantasy Fiction

Lucky has always been a lone dog, but when the devastating Big Growl Earthquake strikes, his life changes forever. In a dangerous new world without humans, Lucky must learn to live and hunt with a pack in order to survive.

Nat Enough by Maria Scrivan
Graphic Novel

For fans of Dork Diaries and Wimpy Kid comes a funny, heartfelt story about friendship!
Natalie has never felt that she's enough - athletic enough, stylish enough, or talented enough. On the first day of middle school, Natalie discovers that things are worse than she thought: now she's not even cool enough for her best friend, Lily! As Natalie tries to get her best friend back, she learns more about her true self and natural talents. If Natalie can focus on who she is rather than who she isn't, then she just might realize she's more than enough, just the way she is. 

Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
Fantasy Fiction  13years+

In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born: three queens, all equal heirs to the crown, and each possessor of a coveted magic. Mirabella is a fierce elemental, able to spark hungry flames or vicious storms at the snap of her fingers. Katharine is a poisoner, one who can ingest the deadliest poisons without so much as a stomach ache. Arsinoe, a naturalist, is said to have the ability to bloom the reddest rose and control the fiercest of beasts. But becoming the Queen Crowned isn't solely a matter of royal birth. Each sister has to fight for it. And it's not just a game of win or lose... it's life or death. The night the sisters turn sixteen, the battle begins. The last queen standing gets the crown.