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The ones we’re meant to Find – Joan He

Genre: Dystopian/Science fiction

Cee woke up on the shores of an abandoned island three years ago with no idea how she got there. Now eighteen, she lives in a shack with an ageing android, and a single memory: she has a sister, and she has to escape to find her.

Can’t Say it went to Plan – Gabrielle Tozer

Genre: Humorous stories

School's out. Forget study, exams and mapping out the future. This novel brings to life the rite of passage that is schoolies with all its magic and madcap mishaps.

Robin Hood series – Robert Muchamore

Genre: Action

Modern take on Robin Hood. He lives in the present day, and besides being an ace shot with his carbon fiber bow and titanium tipped arrows, Robin can hack computers and escape using his parkour skills.

The Outlaw Scarlett & Browne – Jonathan Stroud

Genre: Dystopian/Adventure

England has been radically changed by a series of catastrophes. The surviving population exists in fortified towns where they cling to traditional ways, while strangely evolved beasts prowl the wilderness beyond. Conformity is rigidly enforced and those who fall foul of the rules are persecuted: some are killed, others are driven out into the wilds. Only a few fight back – and two of these outlaws, Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne, display an audacity and talent that makes them legends.

Echo in the Memory - Cameron Nunn

Genre: Historical Fiction

What if memories never die? When fifteen-year-old Will is sent away to stay with his grandparents in rural New South Wales, he finds the isolated farm strangely familiar -- except the memories he’s channelling are not his own. So whose are they? And what does his grandfather know?

Shackleton’s Endurance – Joanna Grochowicz

Adrift on the Antarctic pack ice with no means of escape and no hope of rescue, Ernest Shackleton and his men are surely doomed. An incredible true story brought to life in a highly readable style.

Janene Watson

Resource Centre Manager