Young Adult Contemporary

Two intrepid girls go from ladies-in-waiting to knights-in-action when they rip up the rule book and go searching for adventure! Wondermere is the luckiest kingdom in the land, all thanks...

Welcome to the Isle of Smile - home of The Mubbles, where the beautiful island runs on SUN, WIND and FLOWER POWER. Like the Wibbles of Wobble mountain, the Earworms...

Anna's goldfish Jaffa has just died and now her Grandma is acting really strange. What is going on? This sensitively written children's book tackles the poignant subject of a child...

TAYSHAS 2014 Reading list Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books of 2013 It is the summer after Frenchie Garcia's senior year, and she can't come to grips with the death of...

Everyone in Clade City knows the Great Big One is coming--a tsunami guaranteed to decimate the West Coast and sink their small coastal town. If they manage to live that...

Fifteen-year-old Lola lives in a quiet, rural town with her mother, her over-achieving older brother, Daniel, and her annoying but lovable younger brother, Toby. When Lola s mother receives an...

When Marvin Johnson's twin, Tyler, goes to a party, Marvin decides to tag along to keep an eye on his brother. But what starts as harmless fun turns into a...

What if you could write your dreams into reality with the stroke of a pen? Sixth grade is off to a difficult start for Josephine Rose Silver. Her best friend,...

In an abandoned city lot, Cat lives alone in a cardboard box. He leaves only to find food. One day, Cat discovers an unbroken egg too beautiful to eat. Soon,...

A chilling new novel about a girl who must delve into her past if she wants to live long enough to have a future, when a series of murders that...

Don Schmidt knows his name has changed from Stanley, and he believes he had a sister and she died of scarlet fever when she was fifteen but these and other...

Consumption of alcohol: Illegal. Football and other "violent" sports: Illegal. Ownership of guns, chain saws, and/or large dogs: Illegal. Body piercings, tattoos: Illegal. Its late in the twenty-first century, and...

Where does a firstborn girl fit in a world dominated by men When Tiadone was born, her parents had two choices: leave their daughter outside the community to die in...

Eighteen-year-old Cayenne barely remembers her mother, who died of breast cancer when Cayenne was four. The women in her family have a history of dying young. Cayenne figures she'll meet...

This smart and whimsical portrait of the inhabitants of a town reveals the joys of discovering what makes each person unique and extraordinary. Nico lives in a small coastal town,...

Fred is a dreamer who likes to give the teacher answers the teacher does not expect. Fred even points out where he thinks the teacher gets it wrong. To make...

For the past five years Hayley Kincain and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that...

A black comedy that begins at a funeral. Max has a plan. A plan to help out his favourite uncle one last time. Even if Dad grounds him. Even if...

A moving and triumphant illustrated verse novel about the importance of friendship. "Toppling" is a fantastic new verse novel from Sally Murphy and a fitting partner title with her first...

'UTTERLY,' the waves were whispering, 'UTTERLY...' It was always at sundown they were seen. In that twilight hour, when the walls between the worlds grew thin, strange things might slip...

A glorious sequel to Good Dog McTavish, this endearing story is packed with Meg Rosoff's quirky humour and astute eye for both the details of canine-human dynamics and the oddities...

Ollie has a mystery to solve, and Bea suspects FOWL play! Ollie is OWL grown up and doesn't play with stuffed toys - but then where did Bea's toy go?...

The shark was pale, shiny grey and quite magnificent. Hypnotised by the creature's eyes, like large black discs, he was hardly aware of other people gathering tightly around him.It's the...

Louis's best mates, Singo and Hassan, are into basketball and skateboarding, and his dad is into arm-wrestling. Dad wants to build Louis up with wrestling moves like the Walls of...

'ADVENTUROUS AND OUTLANDISH, WHIMSY AND WOE WILL HOOK KIDS IN FROM THE FIRST PAGE.' -- Books+Publishing , four stars After being abandoned by their thespian parents, Whimsy and Woe Mordaunt...

Super Heroes are people, too, just like us. In this brand-new series, Hello!Lucky shows us how the Avengers would act in relatable, hilarious situations that even the strongest hero would...

In the depths of a reservoir lives a monstrous creature. Its existence is unknown to anyone except the teenage boy who feeds it. Six years ago it was a vicious...

A gently lyrical story about discovering Country and the importance of family, friendship and the magic of the bush, from an emerging Indigenous talent and winner of a black&write! Fellowship....

A thrilling, resonant and inspiring novel about justice, privilege and the power of the young to strive for change. Set in a world where Adam and Leila and their friend...

The Stunningly original new YA novel from renowned spoken-word poet Steven Camden, AKA PolarBear Marcie is real. With real problems. For years she has been hitching a ride on the...

An exuberant and relatable picture book about sibling rivalry, ballet, and finding your free-form self. Confidence goes a long way, and so does practice-but the support of a loving family...

Everything changes for Aster the night her brother dies. Suddenly she's the only hope of the family, and instead of an early marriage to a boy from her small village...

Welcome to New York, a city ruled by teens. After a mysterious Sickness wipes out the rest of the population, the young survivors assemble into tightly run tribes. Jefferson, the...

" Terry's Crew is a true delight from beginning to end. It's sure to provide a much-needed mirror and sliding glass door for countless kids." -Angie Thomas, author of The...

This super fun, bold and scribbly book about dogs and their owners is a lovely one for young ones and even older babies who will like the bold lines and...

It's a tuesday morning in Brooklyn, a perfect September day. Wendy is at school when the news breaks: aplane has crashed into the World Trade Center, the building where her...

A changing planet means new problems - and new friends - for nuestros amigos favoritos! Meet Lupe, a whip-smart impala with a flair for mechanics Flapjack, a sweet young octopus...

Rabbit wakes up to a blanket of snow, but just as he goes out to play he spots a giant snowball... he darts out the way just in time! Soon...

Titchy-witch thinks flying is easy-breezy. But when she sets off on her first solo flight, she finds that riding a broomstick is much harder than it looks! Don't miss the...

Move over, Sherlock Holmes! Drusilla is a quiet, thoughtful little girl who has a small toy hippopotamus and four older brothers. Her hippo (Mrs Mu) goes everywhere with Drusilla. Her...

My Story: Mary Prince - the thrilling story of the former slave and abolitionist. Born in enslavement in Bermuda, Mary Prince travelled to England, escaped slavery and became a prominent...

Hattie Larken doesn't know if she's ever really been real in her life. A compulsive liar with a quick-witted response to everything, she's willing to do whatever it takes to...

A monstrously fun story that puts a wholesome twist on a familiar fear. Blossom loves jumping snake, swimming in the bog, and playing slime ball. She doesn't love the creepy...

Jesse Sharpe, child prodigy and secret agent, is assigned to infiltrate a camp for children and locate two targets. One is a C2 agent working undercover. The other is a...

Jesse has a new assignment - a foreign agent is on the loose and C2 are desperate to find him. Anxious to prove to her partner she's not just a...

Alex Rider has competition ...from a girl. Jesse Sharpe, child prodigy and reluctant spy, is on her first mission: to protect a young girl from a kidnap attempt. Brought up...