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The Crown of Embers, by Rae Carson (410 pages) – This is the sequel to The Girl of Fire and Thorns. Elisa has led her people to victory, but now she must harness the power of the Godstone. This can...
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Books for Halloween
Halloween is not so spooky in New Zealand, largely on account of the bright, perky evenings and the fact that pumpkin’s not really in season. Here are some book suggestions to fill the void: The teen...
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Bound, by Erica O’Rourke (353 pages) – This is the third book in the Torn series. Wow have you ever thought that there are so many series in teen fiction? This one is about mortals and magic, and Mo...
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New Books
Heppy new yur! Middle School : Get Me Out of Here!, by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts (257 pages) – Rafe Khatchodorian is in middle school, which I think must be intermediate? Is it? He gets to...
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Flash Point, Nancy Kress (501 pages) – the Collapse has happened, and the economy is a mess. Amy now has to support her family, but it’s hard when there are no jobs. When an opportunity comes up for...
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New Books
The lads edition: Strike three, you’re dead, Josh Berk (250 pages) – There are red herrings galore in this baseball-filled middle-grade murder mystery. Lenny Norbeck and his friends, Mike and Other...
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New Books
another time, another place: The Laura Line, Crystal Allen (326 pages) – Thirteen-year-old Laura Dyson wants two things in life: to be accepted by her classmates and to be noticed by ultra-cute...
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New Books
The Sin-Eater’s Confession, Lisa J. Bick (287 pages) – People in Merit, Wisconsin, always said Jimmy was … you know. But people said all sorts of stupid stuff. Nobody really knew anything. Nobody...
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New Books
featuring fairy tales and ghosts The Shadow Girl, Jennifer Archer (325 pages) – For as long as Lily Winston can remember, she has never been alone. Iris, a shadowy figure who mimics Lily’s movements...
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New Books
Out of this Place, Emma Cameron (402 pages) – Luke spends his days hanging out at the beach, working shifts at the local supermarket, and trying to stay out of trouble at school until he can be on his...
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Best new graphic novels
Our graphic novel section is growing bigger by the day! Here are some of my picks, from the historical to the hysterical. Boxers and Saints – Gene Luen Yang These two graphic novels tell the story of...
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Newly Ordered
This Shattered World, Amie Kaufman (December). This is a companion novel to These Broken Stars (in which Lilac and Tarver are stranded alone on a planet after a catastrophic spaceship crash (Lilac,...
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New books
When Mr. Dog bites, Brian Conaghan Dylan Mint has Tourette’s. For Dylan, life is a constant battle to keep the bad stuff in – the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that escapes whenever he gets...
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We Ordered These Books and They Look Really Good
Some fiction sequels we’ve been hanging out for. The Wicked Will Rise, Danielle Page – the sequel to Dorothy Must Die, a subversive retelling of the Wizard of Oz books by Frank L. Baum. “Amy Gumm must...
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New books: Bumper edition!
The unfinished life of Addison Stone, Adele Griffin From the moment she stepped foot in NYC, Addison Stone’s subversive street art made her someone to watch, and her violent drowning left her fans and...
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New books
Read me like a book, Liz Kessler Ashleigh Walker is in love. You know the feeling – that intense, heart-racing, all-consuming emotion that can only come with first love. It’s enough to stop her...
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New books
Forever for a year, B.T. Gottfred When Carolina and Trevor meet on their first day of school, something draws them to each other. They gradually share first kisses, first touches, first sexual...
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My best picks for 2015
This year’s been a great year for graphic novels and horror, among other things. Here are my top ten picks for the best reads of 2015. 1) The singing bones, Shaun Tan 2) Baba Yaga’s assistant, Emily...
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Halloween series: short story collections
I enjoy settling in with a long novel as much as the next horror fan, but sometimes I like short stories: they’re like the jump scares of scary books. Here are some great collections. Extremities:...
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Halloween series: Hauntings
Everyone loves a good ghost story, right? We’ve got so many that it was hard to pick my favourites. The time of the ghost, Diana Wynne Jones This was Diana Wynne Jones’ thirteenth book ever published;...
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