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INSURGENT is the much-anticipated sequel to the number 1 New York Times bestselling DIVERGENT
by Veronica Roth.
Tris is fighting for survival in a shattered world where truth may be her only hope. Tris has survived a brutal attack on her former home and family but the cost has been high. Too high. Tris needs to uncover the truth about her world but she must be stronger than ever because there are more shocking choices and sacrifices ahead.
Graceling Realm series
by Kristin Cashore
Bitterblue
(the latest book in the Graceling Realm series)
Eight years after Graceling, Bitterblue is now queen of a kingdom that was under the spell of a madman for thirty-five years. If you want to read an excerpt just click this link.
Graceling
Katsa is a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill.
She has the ability to kill, a skill she has had since she was eight years old. With her new and unexpected friend Prince Po, they uncover a secret which could destroy all seven kingdoms. Full of adventure and action.
Fire
“War is coming. And the mountains and forest are filled with spies and thieves. This is where Fire lives, a girl whose beauty is impossibly irresistible and who can control the minds of everyone around her.” This is a companion book to Graceling.
Young Samurai
The ring of wind
By Chris Bradford
Jack Fletcher was left stranded and shipwrecked in Japan in the 17th century after his father and crew were slaughtered by ninja pirates. He was rescued by the legendary sword master Masamoto Takeshi and taken to his martial arts school where he trained to become a samurai warrior. Ever since he has had to face danger and fight for his survival.
This is the latest book in the series where the fight continues. Heaps of action and just great for primary and intermediate.
The ring of wind
The ring of water
Northwood
By Brian Falkner
It has been around a wee while now but it is one of those delightful must reads, especially for younger readers.
Fantasy and black lions of Northwood.
The catastrophic history of you and me
By Jess Rothenberg
The story of love after death
At 16 Brie’s boyfriend tells her it is over between them and her heart literally breaks in two causing her death. However, “dying of a broken heart is just the beginning…”
What secret was her best friend keeping from her. And what of the mysterious new guide in the afterlife.
Changeling
By Philippa Gregory
Changeling is the first book in the new Order of Darkness series.
Isolde is a seventeen-year-old girl shut up in a nunnery so she can’t inherit her father’s estate. She is also accused of witchcraft and threatened with burning. Along comes seventeen-year-old Luca Vero who is recruited into a secret sect: The Order of the Dragon and commissioned by Pope Nicholas V to investigate evil. Together, and with new friends, Freize and Ishraq they journey into a world of werewolves, alchemists, witches, and death-dancers. An historical novel with mythical beliefs. Due out this month. Keep an eye out if you like historical novels with a twist.
Under the never sky
By Veronica Rossi
It is a post apocalyptic world where those safe on the inside, fear the savages on the outside. Aria is exiled from the safety of the enclosed city of Reverie. Once, she was safe but now in the outer wastelands, known as the Death Shop, she is in danger. Struggling to survive, her only hope may be the very savages she fears the most.
Struck
By Jennifer Bosworth
WOW!This trailer is brilliant. Movie quality at its best.
To be honest, the trailer kind of freaked me out. Big time! Living in Christchurch, New Zealand, where we have been subjected to thousands of earthquakes, where we have witnessed the deaths of almost 200 people, and the devastation of our lovely city, the earthquake scenes in this trailer truly freaked me out. Very real! Too real in fact!
Mia Price is a lightening addict. Bizarre, yes but intriguing. Cults and doomsady prophecies. So much in this book.
However, I am waiting like so many others for the book’s release in May. Hurry up May!
The future of us
By Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
Simon and Schuster
An easy, pacey story set in 1996. Facebook is far more revealing than you can imagine.
Check out the full review for this topical book on this site.
Love the old dial-up tone at the beginning of the trailer!
Unrest
By Michelle Harrison
Simon and Schuster UK 2012
The cover alone is enough to make me want to read this book. It sounds so intriguing.
Elliot is 17 and has hardly slept in the six months since he had an accident which nearly killed him.
Some nights he wakes up unable to move at all. Suffering from paralysis he is forced to watch ghostly figures move around him. Other nights he has out-of-body experiences where he is moving around while his body sleeps on the bed. He believes this connects him to the spirit world so he eventually finds a job working in one of England’s most haunted places. It is there that he discovers Sebastian, the ghost of a servant boy hanged many years ago for stealing bread. But Sebastion is dangerous. As Elliot leaves his body, Sebastion begins to occupy it and the more he takes over his body, the more resistant Sebastion is to give it back. Sebastion also has an unhealthy interest in Ophelia, the new girl in Elliot’s life. This will be another must read and I have just ordered it at the library.
Dark Eden series
By Patrick Carman
Fear is the cure
Enter Dark Eden if you dare!
Will Besting has phobias so severe he is sent to Fort Eden, an institution which is meant to cure him. There he meets six other teens connected by their fears. However, their phobias are not the only thing to be afraid of. Just what happens in the fear chambers and why are they suffering bruises and aches and pains. Will makes a break for it and while hiding begins to realise that things are seriously wrong but now he is being hunted. A psychological thriller.
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The Magnificent 12
By Michael Grant
The call (Book 1 2010)
“When the Pale Queen rises,
one hero won’t be enough to
stop her. It will take twelve.
But not just any twelve:
The magnificent 12.”
Mack MacAvoy is the first of the 12 and he must find the rest if he is to defeat evil. He must fight deadly elves, an evil princess and so much more. An adventure topped up with heaps of humour.
Great for ages 9 and up. Check out the Magnificent 12 site for more fun.
Not that new but worth taking a look and checking out the book from you library
Body blow
By Peter Cocks.
Walker Books UK April 2012
Eddie Savage is 18 and on the run. Having been shot and left for dead by London’s largest crime family Eddie survives but must hide. Sun, sea and girls, that’s the way he sees it in his new hiding place in Spain. But Spain has its own turf wars. You can run but you can’t hide. This sounds a great one for the guys but thrillers really are for everyone.
Long Reach
By Peter Cocks
This is the first book in the Eddie Savage series. The criminal underwold is a vicious place to be and an even more dangerous place to leave. This first book is set in the ganglands of South London where Eddie is working undercover in order to find the truth about his older brother. Action and danger everywhere. How far will the Kelly gang go?
