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Haze

Author:  Paula Weston

‘But what if we can’t find Jude?’ 
He leans closer. His breath is warm on my ear. ‘We will.’ 
‘How can you be so sure?’ I want to believe him so badly, but this is Rafa. The guy who’s all action and no plan. His smile is tired, knowing. An echo of a shared past I don’t remember.
‘Because I’m not smart enough to give up, and you don’t know how to.’ 

The Eternal Ones

Author:  Kirsten Miller

Have you ever fallen in love at first sight?

Do you long for a place you've never been?

Do you often experience the sensation of déjà vu?

Ever since Haven Moore can remember, she's experienced visions of a previous life as a girl named Constance, whose love for her soulmate Ethan ended in tragedy.

And then the sight of the world's hotteset movie star, Iain Morrow, brings Haven to her knees. She knows she has met his before. Is Iain her beloved Ethan?

Princess And Her Horse

Author:  Jazzy Remie

This is about a Princess. I mean, duh? Don't people read titles, and ever think of what it's about? Anyways, please give this book a chance.  So in this story, it's about a Princess, wanting to be with her horse, yet she can't. Why? Oh that's right! Her father! So she's more like the rebel and hides a horse of her own. And not only does she find a horse, but also a close friend, or is he?...

Beautiful Disaster

Beautiful Disaster
Beautiful Disaster
Author:  Jamie McGuire

INTENSE. DANGEROUS. ADDICTIVE.

Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn’t drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand.

Life in Outer Space

Author:  Melissa Keil

Sam Kinnison is a geek, and he’s totally fine with that. He has his horror movies, his nerdy friends, World of Warcraft – and until Princess Leia turns up in his bedroom, he doesn’t have to worry about girls.

Then Sam meets Camilla. She’s beautiful, friendly and completely irrelevant to his life. Sam is determined to ignore her, except that Camilla has a life of her own – and she’s decided that he’s going to be part of it.

Sam believes that everything he needs to know he can learn from the movies ... but now it looks like he’s been watching the wrong ones.

Eleanor & Park

Author:  Rainbow Rowell

Meet Eleanor. She's just moved to a new town, is struggling to make friends and is finding it even harder living under the same roof as her dysfunctional family. When she first meets Park, she thinks he's obnoxious.

Meet Park. He's liked by everyone but has never felt liked he fitted in. He loves his family but feels like they don't understand him. When he first meets Eleanor, he thinks she's weird.

Grishma

Author:  Kelly Blount

In the world of Necoh, everyone fears Grishma, a hideous murderous beast responsible for ruining or ending the lives of anyone who dare cross her.

As a young boy, Ryder lived with his family, deep in the caves underneath the Kadin Forest, unaware of the horrors of the world. His simple world was turned upside down one horrible night when Grishma attacked his family, killing his father and kidnapping his mother and younger sister.

New Guinea Moon

Author:  Kate Constable

Julie has grown up not knowing her father, with just the occasional Christmas card and the knowledge that he flies planes for a charter company in New Guinea. When she comes to stay with him one long summer, she learns to appreciate not only her long-lost father and his love of flying, but also New Guinea itself and the people she meets. An awkward romance with a young expat contrasts with her growing attraction to the son of a local coffee plantation owner. And, left to her own devices much of the time, Julie learns to rely on herself and gain her own independence.

Emmy: Everything is changing

Author:  Mette Finderup

In Lerkeveien (3 Lark Road) in Karleager lives Emmy Leander Nielsen, 13, with her mum Dorthe. Far, far away, in Copenhagen, in something that resembles a concrete shoe box, lives Tom, Emmy’s dad, with Emmy’s big brother Martin. To be honest, Emmy thinks it’s quite okay that they live separately like this. It’s been one year since the divorce. She feels she’s had more than her share of changes now, but there are signs that there’s more in store… Emmy’s mum starts acting weirdly. And weird, divorced mums can be just as difficult to understand as the math Emmy struggles with at school…

Reason to Breathe

Reason to Breathe
Reason to Breathe
Author:  Rebecca Donovan

"No one tried to get involved with me, and I kept to myself. This was the place where everything was supposed to be safe and easy. How could Evan Mathews unravel my constant universe in just one day?"