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New Books!

1. The Fifth Room by A.J. Rushby
Four students are chosen to study in The Street Bunker and Miri is one of them. The idea of the Bunker is to push yourself to experiment and discover new ideas that can set you up for life. Some of the students experiment on themselves and this has led to disaster in the past. Miri also has the added burden of discovering her boyfriend is one of the four and relationships are not allowed. On top of this, a fifth student appears and is hell-bent on winning!

Find it in Fiction: F RUS




2. Untidy Towns by Kate O'Donnell
Seventeen-year-old Adelaide is fed-up with always being expected to succeed. She only has one more year of school to go, but decides to run away from the boarding school she attends anyway. Addie just wants to chill out, read and dream in her sleepy hometown. But her grandfather has other ideas and gets her a job working for the local historical society - an opportunity that makes her new life dusty and dull. Things change when she starts hanging out with Jarrod, a boy who seems full of possibilities, but it actual fact, is just as stuck as she is. Addie soon realises that when you want something in life, you've actually got to do something about it.

Find it in Fiction: F ODO



3. Unrequited by Emma Grey
Kat Hartland loathes Unrequited, the world's biggest boy band. Is she the only girl in Sydney who can't be bothered with perfect-looking Angus Marsden? Kat wants a real musician, like the boys from 5 Seconds of Summer! Or maybe even the super-hot med student who rescued her on the train. But when Kat comes face-to-face with Angus Marsden himself, things start to get complicated. When did life get so crazy? Kat's just a simple schoolgirl - isn't she?

Find it in Fiction: F GRE




4. Take Three Girls by Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell and Fiona Wood
ADY - not the confident A-Lister she appears to be.
KATE - brainy boarder taking risks to pursue the music she loves.
CLEM - disenchanted swim-star losing her heart to the wrong boy.
All are targeted by PSST, a toxic website for cyber-bullies that deals in gossip and lies. In response, the school forms a Year 10 Wellness Program, but sometimes all it takes is three girls exploring friendship, feminism, identity and belonging to solve the problem.

Find it in Fiction: F CRO


5. Ban This Book by Alan Gratz
It all started the day Amy Anne Ollinger tried to check out her favourite book, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, from the school library. That's when Mrs. Jones, the librarian, told her the bad news: the book was banned. All because a parent thought it inappropriate for children. Amy Anne decides to fight back by starting a secret banned books library out of her locker. Soon, she finds herself on the front line of an unexpected battle over book banning, censorship, and who has the right to decide what she and her fellow students can read. Ban This Book is a love letter to the written word and its power to give kids a voice.

Find it in Fiction: F GRA

Novels to Read Before They're Movies

There are literally over a hundred books being adapted to movies at any given time. If you want to read the next Hunger Games before it becomes the next Hunger Games, find out which novels are currently in the works to become films!

1. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
What it's about: This sci-fi tale is the first book in a trilogy about Kady and Ezra, two former love interests whose planet is invaded in the year 2575. Breakup stress and intergalactic warfare abound.
Who's starring: Brad Pitt is producing the film.


Find it in Fiction: F KAU





2. Death Cure by James Dashner
What it's about: In the final book in the Maze Runner series, Thomas finally attempts to take down the organization WICKED.
Who's starring: Dylan O'Brien is reprising his role as Thomas.


Find it in Fiction: F DAS 





3. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
What it's about: Teenager Wade Watts gets sucked into a virtual universe in a dystopian future society in 2044.
Who's starring: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn and Vin Diesel (voice) will costar in the sci-fi flick, which is being directed by Steven Spielberg.


Find it in Fiction: F CLI




4. Looking For Alaska by John Green
What it's about: A cerebral teen falls for a girl, the titular Alaska, in the first novel from The Fault in Our Stars author, John Green.
Who's starring: Screenplay will be adapted by same team who did The Fault in Our Stars.


Find it in Senior Fiction: SF GRE






5. The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson
What it's about: In Jandy Nelson's tear-jerking novel, 17-year-old Lennie deals with the fallout around her after her older sister passes away from a heart attack.
Who's starring: Though Warner Bros. has optioned the book, the adaptation is yet to cast.

Find it in Fiction: F NEL





6. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
What it's about: Fourteen-year-old Meg Murry's father goes missing after working on a government project, setting off Meg's fantastical journey through space and time.
Who's starring: Chris Pine as Dr. Alex Murry, and Reese Witherspoon as Mrs. Whatsit. Ava DuVernay to direct and Disney is producing the film.

Find it in English Texts: YR 7 ENG



7. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
What it's about: In this romantic novel, a girl named Violet falls for Finch, a boy who is intent on ending his life.
Who's starring: Elle Fanning is starring, and Miguel Arteta is directing.


Find it in Fiction: F NIV





8. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
What it's about: This novel depicts a world where two different kinds of people exist - the privileged few with superhuman abilities, and the underprivileged with no abilities - and a young woman, Mare, who infiltrates the other side.
Who's starring: Elizabeth Banks set to direct.

Find it in Fiction: F AVE

International Day of the Girl

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International Day of the Girl

Since 2012, 11 October has been marked as the  International Day of the Girl. The day aims to highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face, while promoting girls' empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights.

Adolescent girls have the right to a safe, educated, and healthy life, not only during these critical formative years, but also as they mature into women. If effectively supported during the adolescent   years, girls have the potential to change the  world – both as the empowered girls of today and as tomorrow’s workers, mothers,  entrepreneurs, mentors, household heads, and political leaders. There are millions of inspiring women and girls in our world - many of whom you can read about right here in your very own school library. 

Premier's Reading Challenge Author Talks

With the Premier's Reading Challenge coming to an end for another year, make sure that you take the time to catch up with some of the incredible resources made available right now through your Library.

First featured at BookFest, there are 20 author and illustrator interviews free to view in one handy location. Featuring: Morris Gleitzman, Jackie French, Lauren Child, Deborah Abela, Kate Di Camillo, Belinda Murrell, Garth Nix and many more!   CLICK HERE

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

City of Glass is a thrilling novel, featuring Demons, Angels and Shadowhunters. It is about a girl named Clary Fray who thinks she is a normal girl until she starts seeing people that no one else can-Shadowhunters. This is the first book in the Mortal Instruments series and it is also my favourite.

Kellie Lai 7D

CBCA Book Week Winner

Book of the Year for Older Readers

A book where Sam is forced to re-evaluate everything he thinks he knows about himself, his family and his place in the world.