A novel exploring how the stupidity and thoughtlessness of some people can cause tragedy for hundreds of others when a bushfire is started in the hot month of February.
Young adult fiction
- Author:THIELE, ColinSummary:
- Author:Murphy, JulieSummary:
Faith Herbert is a pretty regular teen, aside from the small matter of recently discovering she can fly. She soon notices that both animals and people have begun to vanish from her town. Only Faith seems able to connect the dots to a...
- Author:Hocking, AmandaSummary:
Superbes, intrépides, dangereuses… c’est le genre de filles que l’on envie, le genre de filles que l’on veut détester. Étrangères dans une ville pour l’été, Penn, Lexi et Thea ont capté l’attention de tout le monde, mais c’est Gemma qui...
- Author:Reaves, Michael, Reaves, Mallory, Gaiman, NeilSummary:
Joey Harker never wanted to be a leader. But he's the one everyone is looking to now that FrostNight looms, and he'll have to step up if he has any hope of saving InterWorld, the Multiverse, and everything in between.
- Author:Johnson-Shelton, Nils, Frey, JamesSummary:
Twelve ancient cultures were chosen millennia ago to represent humanity in Endgame, a global game that will decide the fate of humankind. And now it's starting. A Player from each culture has been trained for this moment and must play...
- Author:KRUSZELNICKI, KarlSummary:
Dr Karl rampages on, doing what he does best - writing about scientific discovery and endeavours from an expert point of view. He doesn't just let us in on the facts behind the success stories, he tells us about the disasters too!...
- Author:De Leon, JenniferSummary:
"A funny, perceptive, and much-needed book telling a much-needed story." -Celeste Ng, author of the New York Times bestseller Little Fires Everywhere "Written with humor and grace, with intimacy and empathy, Don't...
- Author:Roth, VeronicaSummary:
Dans un monde post-apocalyptique, la société est divisée en cinq factions, chacune consacrée au culte d’une vertu dans l’espoir de former un civilisation parfaite: les Altruistes, les Sincères, les Audacieux, les Fraternels, les Erudits...
- Author:Roth, VeronicaSummary:
Retrouvez la trilogie complète de Veronica Roth avec Divergence, Insurgés et Allégeance. Divergence : Un choix peut vous transformer. Le premier roman de Veronica Roth vous tiendra en haleine dans son monde post-apocalyptique où les...
- Author:Roth, VeronicaSummary:
Dans un monde post-apocalyptique, la société est divisée en cinq factions, chacune consacrée au culte d’une vertu dans l’espoir de former un civilisation parfaite: les Altruistes, les Sincères, les Audacieux, les Fraternels, les Érudits...
- Author:FRANCES, HelenSummary:
Tom's troubles begin when his father is forced to sell his farm, and Tom lands in jail. He escapes with a Finnish sailor and boards a Finnish ship. More terrifying than the dangerous waters are the undercurrents of violence amongst...
- Author:Hardinge, FrancesSummary:
When fifteen-year-old Hark finds the heart of a deity, he uses it to save the life of his best friend, Jelt. But when the heart starts to transform Jelt into a monster, the loyalty between friends is strained.
- Author:GLEITZMAN, MorrisSummary:
It's Amy's birthday, but none of her surprises are what she expected. Her mum's missing, her dad's left and Amy's stuck holding a bawling baby she's never seen before.
- Author:Choi, JohnSummary:
Emerson Yeung seems to have every reason to be happy-- he gets good marks, has some friends, and has a part time job at his parents' dry cleaning business. But Emerson has been hiding something. The pressure to be the perfect son put on...
- Author:Skrypuch, Marsha ForchukSummary:
A teenager leaves his fiancé behind in their Anatolian village to make a new life in Canada for both of them. But when World War I breaks out, he is sent to an internment camp while his betrothed struggles to survive and find a way to...
- Author:Campbell, MelodieSummary:
Sixteen-year-old Penny has moved with her mom and huge dog, Ollie, to live above a small-town pub owned by her aunt. It's a relief to start over in a place where no one knows her father is in prison. It's summer, and the only...
- Author:Acevedo, ElizabethSummary:
Separated by distance, and their father's secrets, two sisters are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered.
- Author:Thomas, AidenSummary:
This program includes a bonus conversation with the author. A trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family summons a ghost who refuses to leave in Aiden Thomas's paranormal YA debut Cemetery Boys,...
- Author:Tamani, LiaraSummary:
Told in fifty-four short, episodic, moving, and iridescent chapters, this novel follows Taja Brown on her journey from middle school to high school while living in Houston, Texas.
- Author:SHAW, IrwinSummary:
A wealthy man is rescued from muggers by a group of teenagers. As time goes by, the group struggles for survival against the overwhelming efforts of their benefactor to, as he sees it, assist them.