Summer Reading

Don’t stop reading just because school has finished, we have eBooks you can read on your devices at home. The summer holidays are one of the best times to read while you relax by the pool, in the backyard or when camping.

Visit the Library Canvas page and follow the links to the eLibrary.

Here are a few books you might be interested in checking out.

Have a great break everyone and happy reading from Mrs Williams and Mrs Locke

Catch Me If I Fall by Barry Jonsberg – 12 years+  Australian Author

Ashleigh and Aiden are thirteen-year-old twins who promise to always look out for each other. Aiden is more dedicated to the task than Ashleigh, but when it comes to matters of life and death, they both exhibit a fierce protectiveness that will change the course of their lives.

Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan – 15 years+

A Netflix tie-in edition of the whirlwind holiday romance between cynical Dash and optimistic Lily who trade dares, dreams and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations all across New York City.

Year 2522. Oh. My. Stars.
Junior Officer Ara Lawrence here, reporting for duty. Again. It's situation critical for the security team and everyone in the base - including my parents - with a new attack from the looters imminent, a possible galaxy-wide crime conspiracy, and an unstoppable alien threat. But this all pales in the face of my mind-blowing discovery about the Q-net. Of course, no one believes me. I'm not sure I believe me. It could just be a stress-induced delusion. That's what my parents seem to believe...

Dog by Shaun Tan – 10 years+

A beautifully poetic and gorgeously illustrated reflection on the relationship between dogs and humans. Dog is a stand-alone picture book by Australian Author Shaun Tan.

Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer – 14 years+

Chronic overachiever, Prudence Daniels, is always quick to cast judgement on the residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, after a night out with her friends, she wakes up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her.

The Kerb-Stain Boys by Lucas Wheatle - 12 years+

Life on the Crongton Estate can be rough for Briggy. Dad's lost his job, Mum's working so hard to make ends meet, and big brother, Kingsley, just wants out. With all of the shouting and arguing it's difficult not to get lost in the mix. So when his best mate, Terror, and the coolest chick in the year, Caldonia, cook up a plan to make a quick buck, Briggy hopes this time it might be his chance to shine. Robbing the Post Office ... what could go wrong?

Angel of Waterloo by Jackie French - 12 years+

The soldiers she saved called her the Angel of Waterloo.
The husband she loved and lost called her Hen.
The patients she treated in secret called her Auntie Love.
She was Henrietta Bartlett, a surgeon's daughter, a survivor of the Napoleonic Wars. But now the battlefield is just a blood-soaked memory, and Hen dreams of peace, a home, and a society that allows women to practise medicine. On the other side of the world, the newly founded colony of New South Wales seems a paradise. But Europe's wars cast long shadows ...