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Scorpia Rising

Author:  Anthony Horowitz

Alex Rider wants his life back but when your MI6s top agent you never get a break. join Alex on his last ever mission. One bullet, one life the end starts here.

Bridge To Terabithia

Author:  Katherine Paterson

Bridge to Terabithia is the story of fifth grader Jess Aarons, who becomes friends with his new neighbor Leslie Burke after he loses a footrace to her at school. Leslie is a smart, talented, outgoing tomboy , and Jess thinks highly of her. He himself is an artistic boy who, in the beginning of the novel, is fearful, angry, and depressed. After meeting Leslie, Jess is transformed. He becomes courageous and learns to let go of his frustration.

Ranger's Apprentice: Oakleaf Bearers

Author:  John Flanagan

Just as spring approaches and Will and Evanlyn can finally escape Skandia, Evanlyn is carried off by mysterious horsemen. Will sets out after them, but one boy against six fierce Temunjai warriors is impossible odds - even for a Rangers apprentice. Halt and Horace arrive just in time. But there's no time to celebrate the reunion as halt realizes that these Temujai are only scouts for a massive invasion force. The Araluens must work together with the Skandians to defeat the invaders - if the Oberjarl will accept their help.

Ranger's Apprentice: The Icebound Land

Author:  John Flanagan

Will and Evanlyn are bound for Skanadia as the captives of the fearsome Skanadian wolfship captain, Erak. Halt has sworn to rescue Will, and he will do anything to keep his promise - Even defy his King. Expelled from the Rangers, Halt is joined by Horace as he travels through Gallica towards Skandia. On their way, they are constantly challenged by freelance knights - otherwise known as theiving thugs. Horace Knows a thing or two about combat, though, and he soon and he soon begins to attract the attention of knights and warlords for miles around with his uncanny skill.

Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan

Author:  John Flanagan

Will has always wanted to be a knight, But he is about to find more exitement and adventure than he could have dreamed of as an aprentice to the mysterious Rangers.

Divergent

Author:  Veronica Roth

 

One Choice

Decides Your Friends,

Guantanamo Boy

Fifteen year old Khalid likes seeing his friends, playing football down the park, the normal things.  He isn't too excited about going to visit his family in Pakistan, but his mum and dad want him to come with them.  So he goes.

And a living nightmare begins.

Khalid is kidnapped and forces to go to a place no teenager should ever see.  A plsce where torture and terror are the normal things.  Somewhere he doesn't know if he will ever ascape from.

A place called Guantanamo Bay.

Liberator

The sequel to Worldshaker again sees Col and Riff doing battle as rebellion continues within the Liberator and beyond as the other Imperialist juggernauts suspicion about life on Liberator threatens their empires too.


Steampunk fans will soak this up.


 


 


 


 

Out of Shadows

Author:  Jason Wallace

'If I stood you in front of a man, pressed a gun into your palm and told you to squeeze the trigger, would you do it?'


'No, sir, no way!'


'What if I then told you we'd gone back in time and his name was Adolf Hitler? Would you do it then?'

Getting Air

Author:  Debra Oswald

Zac and Corey are best mates. They skate in deserted carparks, along the streets, wherever they can. It's so unfair that they're always getting in trouble for it. It's not as if there's anywhere else to skate.