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The Call by Peadar O'Guilin $16.75. What if you only had three minutes to save your life and the clock is already counting down. Three minutes: you wake up alone in a horrible land. A horn sounds. You realise you've been Called. Two minutes: they're getting closer and despite all your training you're exhausted, you can't see anywhere to hide. One minute: you're glad you can run. Nessa can't, her polio twisted legs mean she'll never survive her Call, will she? Suddenly, a hand grabs your wrist and it's more painful than anything you have ever experienced before in your life... Times up. Could you survive The Call? -
Assassin's Heart by Sarah Ahiers $15.95 With shades of Game of Thrones and Romeo and Juliet, this richly imagined fantasy from debut author Sarah Ahiers is a tale of love, lies, and vengeance. -
This Savage Song by V. E. Schwab $13.75. Thereâs no such thing as safe in a city at war, a city overrun with monsters. In this dark urban fantasy from acclaimed author Victoria Schwab, a young woman and a young man must choose whether to become heroes or villains and friends or enemies with the future of their home at stake. The first of two books, This Savage Song is a must-have for fans of Holly Black, Maggie Stiefvater, and Laini Taylor. -
Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley $16.25. Second-hand bookshops are full of mysteries. This is a love story. It's the story of Howling Books, where readers write letters to strangers, to lovers, to poets, to words. It's the story of Henry Jones and Rachel Sweetie. They were best friends once, before Rachel moved to the sea. Now, she's back, working at the bookstore, grieving for her brother Cal. She's looking for the future in the books people love, and the words that they leave behind. Sometimes you need the poets -
My Best Friend is a Goddess by Tara Eglington $15.25. My Best Friend is a Goddess is about what happens to a friendship when two girls change - and not just on the outside. -
The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid $15.95. A Diabolic is ruthless. A Diabolic is powerful. A Diabolic has a single task: Kill in order to protect the person youâve been created for. Nemesis is a Diabolic, a humanoid teenager created to protect a galactic senatorâs daughter, Sidonia. The two have grown up side by side, but are in no way sisters. Nemesis is expected to give her life for Sidonia, and she would do so gladly. She would also take as many lives as necessary to keep Sidonia safe. -
Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven $14.75. Jennifer Niven delivers another poignant, exhilarating love story about finding that person who sees you for who you are - and seeing them right back. -
Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland $16.75. John Green meets Rainbow Rowell in this irresistible story of first love, broken hearts, and the golden seams that put them back together again -
The Graces by Laure Eve $14.75. The Craft meets The Secret History in this seductive, powerful and startlingly original YA thriller. -
Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer $15.95. A novel about growing up ... and blowing up. -
Cell 7 by Kerry Drewery $14.75. Sixteen year old Martha has confessed to killing a famous celebrity. But has she done it? And if not, why has she claimed the murder? Perhaps she wants to show up the flawed and brutal system by sacrificing herself in the hope of a better world.... -
The Road to Winter by Mark Smith $16.75. Twenty years ago, John Marsden's Tomorrow series captivated a generation of readers. Now, Mark Smith's The Road to Winter tells a thrilling, primal, twenty-first century story of courage and survival in the Australian wilderness. Since a deadly virus and the violence that followed killed his parents and wiped out most of his community, Finn has lived alone on the rugged coast with only his loyal dog Rowdy for company. -
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So far we've brought you the top recommended middle fiction, picture books, junior fiction and Australian stories books from the Kids' Reading Guide for 2016-17.
Now it's time for the teen book recommendations. This category has an absolute wealth of wonderful books to ignite those sometimes flagging imaginations. Get them ditching the smartphones for at least a few hours a day and back to reading, with this brilliant list of twelve book suggestions.
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