Series:  Alex Rider - Crocodile Tears by Anthony Horowitz It's just another day in the life of an average kid. If you're Alex Rider, that is. A con artist has realised there is big money in charity - the bigger the disaster, the greater the money flow! So that is what he will produce: the biggest disaster known to man, all thanks to genetically modified corn that can release a virus so potent it can knock out an entire country in one windy day. But Alex Rider will face whatever it takes - gunfire, explosions, and hand-to-hand combat with mercenaries - to bring down his most dangerous adversary yet.	The Diary of Laura's Twin by Kathy Kacer (Historical Fiction) Three weeks before her Bar Mitzvah, Laura is given a mysterious dairy, written more than sixty years ago in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. Soonshe is swept up in Sara's story- the story of a girl just like herself, whose experience and courage can now help Laura to confront prejudice in her own time. A moving story that exemplifies the power of fiction to reveal the truths of history.
Brainjack by Brian Falkner (NZ Author) (Cyber space action thriller) It would take a very special person to crack the computer systems of the White House. An expert. A genius. A devil. All of the above , some would say. Someone like Sam Wilson, brilliant teenage computer hacker. But Sam's obsession is about to lead him into a dangerous world. A world of espionage and intrigue: of cyber crime and imminent war. A world where logging on to your computer could mean the difference between life and death.	Series:  Book One - Witch and Wizard by james Patterson This is the astonishing testimonial of Whit and Wisty Allgood, a brother and sister who were torn from their family in the middle of the night, slammed into prison, and accused of being a witch and wizard. They are not alone in their terrifying predicament. Thousands of young people have been kidnapped. Their fate is unknown, and the worst is feared - for the ruling regime will stop at nothing to suppress life and liberty. Most copies of this story have already been seized, shredded or burned. Read this rare surviving edition and pass it along with care- before it's too late.
Thirteen Reasons Why  by Jay Asher Clay Jenkins returns home from school to find a mysterious box lying on his porch. Inside he discovers 13 cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he'll find out how he made the list.	Series: Furnace   Book one -  Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith  (Sci -Fi Thriller) Beneath Hell is Furnace Prison where death is the least of your worries. Escape is just the beginning. We thought we'd made it, we thought we were free. But we should have known there was no way out of Furnace. All we did was slip deeper into the guts of thre prison into solitary confinement, where the real nightmares live - the warden, the Wheezers, and something much much worse. The clock's ticking. Because if we don't escape soon they will turn us into freaks - like them. Forever.
Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera  Fifteen year old English schoolboy Khalid, on holiday in Pakistan, is suspected of terrorism and imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay detention centre. It is a place where torture and terror are normal- and a living nightmare begins. Thought-provoking, psychological drama of the frustration of being wrongly accused, written by the  human rights activist Anna Perera.  Really cool orange book cover to match prisoner uniforms.	Starseeker by Tim Bowler Luke is in trouble. Skin and the gang have a job for him. They want him to break into Mrs. Little's house and steal her jewellery box. But Luke finds something so unexpected in the house that it helps change his life forever and lets him tackle the issues troubling his life.  A story filled with love, loss and healing and a sense of the universe bursting with music. Set in a present day English village. Unputadownable from the first page to the last. Luke makes a major morally challenging decision that really makes you wonder what you would have done. Carnegie award winning author.
Ugly Shy Girl by Laura Dockrill This is the story of Abigail (Ugly Shy Girl). It is the twisted tale about the struggle of growing up in a place where you don't belong, surrounded by people who hate you…. And how delicious getting your own back can be!!.  Written in Dear Diary form with wonderful doodle illustrations, we follow Abigail through a couple of very rough weeks of her life.   The characters are funny, endearing and completely original.  Thoroughly recommend this quick read, (only a couple of hours) with the ending being fairly bizarre.	Thornspell by Helen Lowe A forbidden wood, an enchanted castle, a sleeping princess…. And the prince destined to break the spell. Prince Sigismund has grown up hearing fantastical stories about enchantments and spells, dragons, knights and heroic quests. He'd love for them to be true- he's been sheltered in a country castle for most of his life and longs for adventure- but they are just stories. Or are they? From the day that a mysterious lady in a fine carriage speaks to him through the castle gates, Sigismund's world starts to shift. He begins to dream of a girl wrapped, trapped, in thorns. He dreams of a palace, utterly still, waiting. He dreams of a man in red armour, riding a red horse- and then suddenly the man arrives at his castle! Sigismund is about to learn that sometimes dreams are true.
Twilight Director's Notebook by Catherine Hardwicke (non-fiction 791.4372) In this book you will follow the director through the creative process that went into making Stephenie Meyer's hypnotic novel come alive on screen. Get the inside scoop on the wardrobe, storyboard sketches, behind-the-scenes photos and personal notes from the director on her favourite scenes. A must read for all TWILIGHT fans.	When the Hipchicks went to War by Pamela Rushby For sixteen-year-old Kathy, life in the sixties is all about miniskirts, the Beatles, discos and her fab new boots! But the outside world is rapidly changing. With her brother going off to fight in Vietnam and her best friend protesting against the war, Kathy is not sure where she fits in until…… The chance comes for her to join an entertainment troop in Vietnam. She slips on her boots and walks away from her quiet existence in suburban Australia and heads off to war. But Kathy soon finds out the reality of war is no song and dance.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E Pearson Who is Jenna Fox? Seventeen-year-old Jenna  awakes from a coma with no memory of the devastating accident  that killed her friends. But her miracle recovery has come at a cost. A gripping thriller about medical technology. Set in a near future America, it takes readers on an unforgettable journey through questions of bio-medical ethics and the nature of humanity. Mary Pearson's vividly drawn characters and masterful writing soar to a new level of sophistication.	The Vanished by Celia Rees The dark stuff sent to Fraser and Cassie's student newspaper is disturbing. Old tales are being rewritten - tales of plague graves, vanished children and hidden steps leading to a festering underworld. Old songs used to ensnare the innocent. But when another child goes missing, Fraser wonders if there's some truth in the tales, as the dank tunnels running under the city are real enough.