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We Will Remember Them: The Story of Remembrance by S. Williams and Oliver Averill
Picture Book
Produced in partnership with the Royal British Legion, this book explains why it's so important to remember those we have lost in wars.
The sensitively written text tells of the world wars as well as other wars that are remembered at this time. It explains the history behind poppies, why we hold 1- or 2-minute silences and what happens in commemorative parades around the world. The book includes poems and quotes from veterans who bravely fought in these wars.
Good Selfie: Tips & Tools for Teens to Nail Life by Turia Pitt
158.1 PIT
Good Selfie contains simple strategies to help kids and teens build self-confidence, get through hard times and go after massive goals. It’s real, straight-talking and funny.
Inside Turia explores how to:
- build self-confidence and self-belief
- get through hard times
- re-frame the way you see your life and your challenges
- set and get big goals
- create a kick-ass support crew
- It’s basically a teen’s guide to a resilient mindset and a kick-ass life!
Superior Spider-Man Team Up: Friendly Fire by Christos Gage
Graphic Novel
Can Spider-Man keep his secrets while facing off with the Secret Avengers? SHIELD has the Chameleon. The Superior Spider-Man wants him. Time to break into the SHIELD Helicarrier! Chameleon is loose onboard the SHIELD Helicarrier, and it's all Spider-Man's fault. And then there's a little matter of SHIELD's newest resident. Big. Green. Angry. Hulk-y.
The Yield by Tara June Winch
Indigenous Author
Knowing that he will soon die, Albert 'Poppy' Gondiwindi takes pen to paper. His life has been spent on the banks of the Murrumby River at Prosperous House, on Massacre Plains. Albert is determined to pass on the language of his people and everything that was ever remembered. He finds the words on the wind.
The True Colour of a Little White Lie by Gabriel Bergmoser
Friendships/Relationships
After a catastrophic attempt to ask out his crush, fourteen-year-old Nelson is desperate for any chance to escape the daily humiliations of his small-town high school. And with his parents taking over a nearby ski lodge, that chance seems to have arrived. Up at the lodge he discovers a whole new freedom in a world where nobody knows he's a loser and he can be whatever he wants. But reinvention is complicated, especially when a few white lies land you in the middle of an unexpected love triangle which leads you to sign up for a ski race that you're nowhere near good enough for.
The Ravens by Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige
Paranormal Fiction
At first glance, the sisters of ultra-exclusive Kappa Rho Nu - the Ravens - seem like typical sorority girls. Ambitious, beautiful, and smart, they're the most powerful girls on Westerly College's Savannah, Georgia, campus.
But the Ravens aren't just regular sorority girls. They're witches.
Scarlett Winter has always known she's a witch - and she's determined to be the sorority's president. But if a painful secret from her past ever comes to light, she could lose absolutely everything...
Burn by Patrick Ness
Fantasy Fiction
“On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron Gas Station for the dragon he’d hired to help on the farm.”
This dragon, Kazimir, has more to him than meets the eye. Sarah can’t help but be curious about him, an animal who supposedly doesn’t have a soul but is seemingly intent on keeping her safe from the brutal attentions of Deputy Sheriff Emmett Kelby. Kazimir knows something she doesn’t. He has arrived at the farm because of a prophecy. A prophecy that involves a deadly assassin, a cult of dragon worshippers, two FBI agents – and somehow, Sarah Dewhurst herself.
Shoe Wars by Liz Pichon
Humorous Fiction
Meet Ruby and Bear Foot. They're running out of time to rescue their inventor dad from his hideous boss Wendy Wedge. She'll do anything to win the glitzy Golden Shoe award and knows that entering flying shoes is her hot ticket to the trophy. Flying shoes that Ruby and Bear just happen to be hiding... This can only mean one thing. It's... Shoe Wars!
