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Say Yes: A Story of Friendship, Fairness and a Vote for Hope by Jennifer Castles, Illustrations by Paul Seden

Picture Book Australian Author

Once there were two little girls who were best friends. They did everything together. As they got older they weren't allowed to do the same things anymore. Because they looked different. Because of the law.
This is a story about the landmark 1967 Referendum, the two women who came together to change the law ... and how the Australian people said YES.

Panic by Lauren Oliver

Action and Adventure

Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a poor town of twelve thousand people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do.
Heather never thought she would compete in panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She'd never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought. Dodge has never been afraid of panic. His secret will fuel him, and get him all the way through the game; he's sure of it. But what he doesn't know is that he's not the only one with a secret. Everyone has something to play for.

Verity Sparks, Lost and Found by Susan Green

Mystery Fiction Australian Author

Melbourne. 1879. Verity Sparks has found her father. But she has lost her gift - the ability to find lost things. Papa Savinov, eager for Verity to become a proper lady, sends her to the exclusive boarding school Hilltop House. But Verity is more interested in solving the case of the missing Ecclethorpe heiress. As the investigation deepens, danger and intrigue grow closer. Will Verity's gift return before it’s too late?

You’ll be the Death of Me by Karen McManus

Mystery/Crime

Ivy, Mateo, and Cal used to be close - best friends back in middle school. So, when Cal pulls into campus late for class, and runs into Ivy and Mateo, they decide to ditch school. Just like old times. But they're not the only ones skipping school that day. When the trio spot classmate Brian 'Boney' Mahoney acting suspiciously downtown they follow him into an empty building and walk straight into a murder scene. Brian's not the only one keeping secrets, and when their day of freedom turns deadly it's only a matter of time before the truth comes out.

Lucy in the Sky by Kiara Brinkman

Graphic Novel

It’s the first day of seventh grade, and everything is going downhill for Lucy Sutcliffe. At school, she has the feeling her friends are all leaving her behind. At home, her single father is in a rut, and her perpetually traveling photojournalist mother is more absent than ever. Worst of all, Lucy’s grandmother is undergoing chemotherapy and is no longer the warm, vibrant presence that her family has come to depend on. But everything changes the day Lucy discovers a box of her father’s Beatles records. Inspired by their music, she gets a drum set and forms an all-girl rock band with her friends. But can she keep the band together when petty rivalries, unrequited crushes, and outside pressures threaten to tear it apart?

Mystic and the Midnight Ride by Stacy Gregg

Adventure Fiction

Issie loves horses more than anything!
And she especially loves her pony Mystic, but on a fateful day at Chevalier Point Pony Club, a tragic accident happens…
Heartbroken Issie is asked to care for an abandoned pony, Blaze, rescued by her instructor. The spirited new horse tests Issie’s riding skills and makes her wonder – is Blaze really out of danger? And can beloved pony Mystic somehow return to help her?

Blended by Sharon M. Draper

Family/Relationships

“You’re so exotic!” “You look so unusual.” “But what are you really?”

Eleven-year-old Isabella is used to these kinds of comments – her father is black; her mother is white – but it doesn’t mean she likes them. And now that her parents are divorced (and getting along WORSE than ever), Isabella feels like a push-me-pull-me toy. Being split between Mum and Dad is more than switching housed, switching nicknames, switching backpacks: It’s switching identities. And if you’re only seen as half of this and half of that – if people base identity on skin tone – how can you ever feel whole?

Trinkets by Kirsten Smith

Friends/Relationships Grade 9+

Sixteen-year-old Moe's Shoplifters Anonymous meetings are usually punctuated by the snores of an old man and the whining of the world's unhappiest housewife. Until the day that Tabitha Foster and Elodie Shaw walk in. Tabitha has just about everything she wants: money, friends, popularity, a hot boyfriend who worships her...and clearly a yen for stealing. So does Elodie, who, despite her goodie-two-shoes attitude pretty much has "klepto" written across her forehead in indelible marker. But both of them are nothing compared to Moe, a bad girl with an even worse reputation.