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Holiday Reading
Any students looking for new novels to read might enjoy our recently acquired range of Young Adult Fiction, including:
The Bone Sparrow - by Zana Fraillon
This is a powerful and beautifully written book by a Preshil alumni.
Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian immigration detention centre after his mother fled the violence of a distant homeland, life behind the fences is all he has ever known. But as he grows, his imagination grows bigger too, until it is bursting at the limits of his world. One night Jimmie arrives, a scruffy impatient girl who appears from the other side of the wires, carrying a notebook written by the mother she lost. Subhi and Jimmie might both find a way to freedom, as their tales unfold. But not until each of them has been braver than ever before.
Under the Almond Tree - by Laura McVeigh
Fifteen-year old Samar and her family are refugees fleeing the conflict in Afghanistan in the 1990s. They are aboard the Trans-Siberian Express as it travels across Russia towards an uncertain future.
Mr Romanov’s Garden in the Sky - by Robert Newton
Living in the commission, Lexie is left to fend for herself. Her mother is mostly absent, out searching for something to help her forget the tragic death of Lexie’s dad. But then after witnessing the aftermath of the shocking incident, Lexie finds solace in the most unlikely of places - in a troubled old man called the Creeper. A chance, life-saving encounter on the commission’s roof seeds a friendship between the two and when they enlist the help of Lexie’s friend Davey, the three set off on an epic journey, one that will change their lives and the lives of those around them.
“…a delightful and compelling tale with a strong sense of contemporary, multicultural Australia and a vivid cast of characters.”
The Amateurs - by Sara Shepard
It’s been five years since Aerin Kelly’s sister disappeared and a year since her body was found in woodland near her family’s home. But her killer has never been found and the police have closed the case. Aerin is desperate. What really happened that day? She is determined to investigate.
Frogkisser! - by Garth Nix
Talking dogs, mischievous wizards, an evil stepfather, an abundance of amphibians, such is the life of a Frogkisser! - an exciting, hilarious, irreverent quest full of laughs and danger.
Running Girl - by Simon Mason
Meet Garvie Smith. Highest IQ ever recorded at Marsh Academy, lowest ever grades. What’s the point? Life sucks! Nothing important ever happens. That is until his ex-girlfriend Chloe Dow is pulled from a pond. DI Singh is already on the case. Ambitious, uptight, methodical - he’s determined to solve the mystery - and get promoted and with no help from notorious slacker Garvie Smith.
“ Garvie Smith. Like Sherlock - but lazier!”
Kid Got Shot - by Simon Mason
Second book in the Garvie Smith series.
Everything, Everything - by Nicola Yoon
Live life in a bubble? Or risk everything for love? Maddie is allergic to the world. She hasn’t left her house in seventeen years. Ollie is the boy next door. He’s determined to find a way to reach her.
Illuminae - by Aime Kaufman
Warships, science ships, greedy multi corporations, rebellious teenagers, political intrigue, a fleet's AI which might be friend or foe, a deadly disease, explosions and moral challenges - what more could you want? Space opera at its finest!
Gemina - by Aime Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
The Illuminae files continue. On board the space station Heimdall, Hanna’s life continues as usual as does Nik’s. Soon the news of the Karenza invasion and Biotech’s machinations will change their lives forever.
Mary Ann Metcalf
maryann.metcalf@preshil.vic.edu.au