Of Poseidon Syrena Legacy Trilogy by Anna Banks

Fantasy Fiction

Galen is gorgeous, with striking violet eyes and a toned body that makes people tremble – and that’s just when he’s in human form. He’s from the House of Triton, god of the sea, and he’s desperate to find the right girl; one who has the Gift of Poseidon. For it is only that girl who can stop his brother from marrying a fraud. Emma is an eighteen-year-old accident-prone human. Or so she thinks. When Emma meets Galen on the beach, they both sense a sizzling chemistry. But can Galen convince her that she holds the key to his kingdom – without letting on that he’s falling for her?

Jemima Small Versus the Universe by Tamsin Winter

Comical Fiction

Jemima Small just wants to be like other girls. She hates being called "Jemima Big", being forced to join the school health group - aka Fat Club - and that she can't apply for her favourite TV show without worrying everyone will laugh. But she also knows that the biggest stars in the universe are the brightest. So maybe it's her time to shine.

The Conference of the Birds – the fifth novel by Ransom Riggs

Paranormal Fiction

A fragile peace. An apocryphal warning. Chaos waiting in the heart of the storm.
With his dying words, H - Jacob's final connection to his grandfather Abe's secret life is to entrust Jacob with a mission: deliver newly contacted peculiar Noor Pradesh to an operative known only as V.

Noor is being hunted. She is the subject of an ancient prophecy, one that foretells a looming apocalypse. Save Noor, save the future of all peculiardom. But with only a few bewildering clues to follow, time is running out.

The Princess and the Fangirl by Ashley Poston

Friendship/Relationship Fiction

Movie star, Jessica Stone, can’t go up onstage at another con and pretend to love Starfield anymore except that she’s contractually obligated. She never dreamed she’d be playing Princess Amara for life, but people love Princess Amara, and for better or worse, Princess Amara has Jessica Stone’s face. But it turns out, so does someone else - Imogen Weatherby.

When Jess spots Imogen, she has a brilliant idea - swap places. Jessica can live her life out of the spotlight while Imogen pretends to be her on the rest of the con circuit, and Imogen can ditch her crappy barista job and finally get to see something beyond her hometown.

When an obsessive fan finds out the truth and threatens to expose Jess for the fake geek girl she is, it will take both Jess and Imogen to stand up for the truth - that there is no such thing as a fake geek girl, and that if you are a fan, then you are accepted. And that even if you aren’t a fan, you are worthy, and that you are not invisible.

The Last Paper Crane by Kerry Drewery

War Fiction

Japanese teenager, Mizuki, is worried about her grandfather who is clearly desperately upset about something. He says that he has never got over something that happened in his past, and gently Mizuki persuades him to tell her what it is.
We are taken to 1945, Hiroshima, and Mizuki's grandfather as a teenage boy chatting at home with his friend Hiro. Moments later the horrific nuclear bomb is dropped on Hiroshima. What follows is a searing account of the blinding flash, the harrowing search for family, and devastation that is both human and physical. There is also a very moving and human story as the two teenage boys, with great bravery, search for and find Keiko, Hiro's five-year-old sister. But then Keiko is lost when Mizuki's grandfather has no option but to leave her in a safe place while he goes for help...Despite a desperate search in the aftermath of the bomb, where he leaves origami folded paper cranes for Keiko with his address on everywhere a survivor could be, he cannot find her...

The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell

Action and Adventure

Vita’s beloved grandfather, Jack, has been cheated out of everything he owns by a notorious conman. Vita is determined to set things right – so she devises a plan to outwit Jack’s enemies. She finds a young pickpocket and two boys with highly unusual skills and secrets of their own. Each will play a part in her lawless, death-defying plan.

The Good, the Bad and the Silly by John Dickson

994 DIC                         Australian Author

The Good, The Bad and The Silly is a taste of the intriguing history of Australia and the storytelling treasures that have been unearthed about Australia’s settlement history.