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Treehouse Joke Book 2 by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
808.8 GRI Australian Author
From fairytale fun to classroom capers and movie madness, there are jokes galore for the whole family.
Q: What did one ghost say to the other ghost?
A: Do you believe in people?
Paranormal Fiction
Ever since they disappeared on a suburban street in Scotland as children only to return a month a later with no memory of what happened to them, odd, eerie occurrences seem to follow in their wake. And they're changing. First, their dark hair turned white. Then, their blue eyes slowly turned black. People find them disturbingly intoxicating, unbearably beautiful and inexplicably dangerous. Now, ten years later, seventeen-year-old Iris Hollow is doing all she can to fit in and graduate high school - something her two famously glamorous globe-trotting older sisters, Grey and Vivi, never managed to do. But when Grey goes missing, leaving behind only bizarre clues, Iris and Vivi are left to trace her last few days.
Graphic Novel
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are having a really tough year: with their father serving in the military overseas, they must work overtime to make ends meet...and each girl is struggling in her own way. Whether it's school woes, health issues, boy troubles, or simply feeling lost, the March sisters all need the same thing: support from each other. Only by coming together--and sharing lots of laughs and tears--will these four young women find the courage to discover who they truly are as individuals...and as a family.
The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
Fantasy Fiction
For centuries, witches have maintained the climate, their power from the sun peaking in the season of their birth. But now their control is faltering as the atmosphere becomes more erratic. All hope lies with Clara, an Everwitch whose rare magic is tied to every season.
In Autumn, Clara wants nothing to do with her power. In Winter, the world is on the precipice of disaster. In Spring, she falls for Sang, the witch training her. In Summer, Clara must choose between her power and her happiness, her duty and the people she loves.
Indigenous Fiction Aboriginal Australian Author
Jacky was running. There was no thought in his head, only an intense drive to run. There was no sense he was getting anywhere, no plan, no destination, no future. All he had was a sense of what was behind, what he was running from. Jacky was running. The Natives of the Colony are restless. The Settlers are eager to have a nation of peace, and to bring the savages into line. Families are torn apart, re-education is enforced. This rich land will provide for all. This is not Australia as we know it. This is not the Australia of our history. This Terra Nullius is something new, but all too familiar.
Exploding Endings 1 by Tim Harris
Comical Short Stories Australian Author
A hilarious collection of short stories.
What are the 79 wackiest excuses for being late to school? How do you stop a maniac dentist from terrorising children? Why is the new smartphone so ridiculously dumb? And what does it take to get every single student at Milford Junior School put on detention? Find out in this hilarious collection of short stories. One thing is guaranteed - you will NEVER pick the endings!
Senseless by Steve Cole
Paranormal Fiction
Gaming and adventure combine in this thrill-a-minute ride.
It's a dream come true - Kenzie has been invited to a big international gaming tournament on a sun-soaked island. But then unreality ratchets up with disturbing scenes involving other contestants, soldiers, and frantic chases through the hotel. Worst of all, Kenzie seems to be losing his senses one by one - and he has no idea whether the dangers he faces are real or the game.
Monstrous Devices by Damien Love
Action and Adventure Fiction
When twelve-year-old Alex receives an old tin robot in the post, the note from his grandfather simply reads: 'This one is special'. But as strange events start occurring around him, it doesn't take Alex long to suspect that the small toy is more than special; it might also be deadly.
Just as things are getting out of hand, Alex's grandfather arrives, whisking him away from his otherwise humdrum life and into a world of strange, macabre magic. From Paris to Prague, they flee across snowy Europe in a quest to unravel the riddle of the little robot and outwit relentless assassins of the human and mechanical kind. How does Alex's grandfather know them? And can Alex safely harness the robot's power, or will it fall into the wrong, wicked hands?
