Change the Locks by Simon French
$16.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Steven has spent much of his childhood looking after himself and his younger brother, Dylan. But when he hears a stranger's name, memories from when it was just him and his mum living in the city start to emerge. Steven pieces together what his family has been through, but he still has that niggling fee ...Show more
Variant (#1) by Robison Wells
$14.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Variant
Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life. He was wrong. Now he's trapped in a school that's surrounded by a razor-wire fence, where video cameras monitor his every move--and where breaking the rules equals death. All Benson wants is to fin ...Show more
Just-a-girl by Kirsten Krauth
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Layla is only 14. As she sits in bed with a laptop, her mother Margot sleeps in the next room. But what separates them is more than just a wall. It's every mother's nightmare. Layla cruises online. She catches trains to meet strangers. And Margot never suspects. Not even when Layla brings a man into the ...Show more
A Prince without Kingdom (Vango #2) by Timothee de Fombelle
$24.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Vango | Reading Level: very good
This is the thrilling conclusion to the critically acclaimed series, by an award-winning author and translator. Vango has been in danger for as long as he can remember. He has spent his life jumping across rooftops, fleeing to mysterious islands and evading capture. But Vango will not run for much longe ...Show more
Are You Seeing Me? by Darren Groth
$18.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Twins Justine and Perry have left their home in Australia and embarked on the road trip of a lifetime in the Pacific Northwest.It's been a year since their dad lost his battle with cancer and Justine became the sole caregiver for her autistic brother, Perry. Now Perry has been accepted into an assisted- ...Show more
Mr Kiss and Tell (Veronica Mars #2) by Rob Thomas
$12.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Veronica Mars
In the second book in the New York Times bestselling mystery series, Veronica Mars is back with a case that will expose the hidden workings of one of Neptune's most murderous locations. The Neptune Grand has always been the seaside town's ritziest hotel, despite the shady dealings and high-profile scan ...Show more
Origin (#1) by Jessica Khoury
$12.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Origin
Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest. She was raised by a team of scientist who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of her 17th birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds the compound and sneaks out. F ...Show more
In Darkness by Nick Lake
$16.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: From 12
In darkness, I count my blessings like Manman taught me. One: I am alive. Two: there is no two. In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, a boy is trapped beneath the rubble of a ruined hospital, thirsty, terrified and alone. Shorty is a child of the slums, a teenage boy who has seen enough violence ...Show more
One True Thing by Nicole Hayes
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
When is a secret not a secret? When your whole life is public. Frankie is used to being a politician's daughter, but with her mum now running for Premier, life's a whole lot crazier than usual. All Frankie wants is to lose herself in her music. So when her best friend, Kessie, invites a student journo t ...Show more
We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
$14.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
'This generation's The Stand ...at once troubling, uplifting, scary and heart-wrenching' Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle Before Ardor, we let ourselves be defined by labels - the athlete, the outcast, the slacker, the overachiever. But then we all looked up and everything changed. They said t ...Show more
Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood by Abby McDonald
$16.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Abby McDonald gives L.A. the Jane Austen treatment in this contemporary take on Sense and Sensibility. Hallie and Grace Weston have never exactly seen life eye to eye. So when their father dies and leaves everything to his new wife, forcing the girls to pack up and leave San Francisco for a relative's h ...Show more