NEW BOOKS

Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson’s Journal by Jeff Kinney

Rowley’s best friend Greg Heffley has been chronicling his middle-school years in thirteen Diary of a Wimpy Kid journals and counting. But it’s finally time for readers to hear directly from Rowley in a journal of his own.

In Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid, Rowley writes about his experiences and agrees to play the role of biographer for Greg along the way. (After all, one day Greg will be rich and famous, and everyone will want to know his life’s story.) But Rowley is a poor choice for the job, and his biography of Greg is a hilarious mess.

Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid – Rowley Jefferson’s Journal offers readers a new way to look at the Wimpy world – one fans won’t want to miss!

48 Hours #2: Medusa Curse by Gabrielle Lord

Vicious thieves smash a cursed Medusa statue and steal the supercomputer Sapphire in a terrifying museum raid. Jazz and Phoenix are first on the scene and they soon find themselves in the midst of a dangerous mystery. Their friend and museum owner, Dr Zhang, is the prime suspect, but he is nowhere to be found. Determined to prove him innocent and find Sapphire, Jazz and Phoenix have just 48 HOURS to follow the trail of evidence before it goes cold. Will the amateur investigators discover that a centuries-old curse has struck again, or is something even more sinister going on? The clock is ticking…

Murder at the Museum (Agatha Oddly, Book 2) By Lena Jones

Thirteen-year-old Agatha Oddly is a bold, determined heroine, and the star of this stylish new detective series. She is set to become the youngest member of the Gatekeepers' Guild, but before that, she’s got a mystery to solve!

There’s been a murder at the British Museum and, although the police are investigating, Agatha suspects that they’re missing a wider plot going on below London - a plot involving a disused Tube station, a huge fireworks display, and five thousand tons of gold bullion.

V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, and David Lloyd

A powerful story about loss of freedom and individuality, V for Vendetta takes place in a totalitarian England following a devastating war that changed the face of the planet.

In a world without political freedom, personal freedom and precious little faith in anything comes a mysterious man in a white porcelain mask who fights political oppressors through terrorism and seemingly absurd acts. It’s a gripping tale of the blurred lines between ideological good and evil.

Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches from Turkey, Syria, and Iraq by Sarah Glidden

Cartoonist Sarah Glidden details her two-month long journey through Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. Glidden accompanies her two friends who are reporters and founders of the journalistic non-profit the Seattle Globalist as they research stories on the Iraq War’s effect on the Middle East and, specifically, the war’s refugees.

Everyone has a story to tell: the Iranian blogger, the United Nations Refugee administrator, a taxi driver, the Iraqi refugee deported from the US, the Iraqis seeking refuge in Syria, and even the American Marine. The journalists struggle equally with how to tell these stories and with how to market them into articles people will want to read. Glidden records all that she encounters with a sympathetic and searching eye.

Special Forces Cadets 1: Siege by Chris Ryan

From the bestselling author of STRIKE BACK, Chris Ryan returns with a new action-packed series. Tough enough? Smart enough? Max will require all his skills just to stay alive as a Special Forces Cadet…

A top-secret government program needs a crack team of undercover military operators. They must have awesome levels of determination, endurance and fitness. They must be able to think on their feet. The recruits undergo the most rigorous and testing selection process the modern military can devise. And in order to operate in circumstances where adult forces would be compromised, the recruits must be under sixteen.

Only a few are tough enough and smart enough to make it and once out in the field, they will require all their skills just to stay alive.

The Sun is also a Star by Nicola Yoon

The internationally bestselling love story from Nicola Yoon, author of Everything, Everything. Now a major film starring Yara Shahidi.

Natasha – I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story.

Daniel – I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents' high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store-for both of us.

The Universe – Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single

moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?

The Honeyman and the Hunter by Neil Grant

In the long and drifting summer, Rudra begins to mark time from the appearance of his grandmother, as if his life has pivoted on this point and will never be the same.

When sixteen-year-old Rudra Solace’s grandmother arrives from India and a long-hidden secret is dredged from the bay, life in his sleepy fishing village of Patonga shifts dramatically. It is not long before Rudra and his mother are bound for Bengal on a journey of discovery and danger.

A wonderfully compelling tale of belonging and loss, of saltwater and mangroves, of migration and accepting change; a story of decisions that, once made, break through family histories like a cyclone swell.

The Hate U Give (Film Tie-In edition) by Angie Thomas

LSC INSTAGRAM

Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram at lalorsc_library to find out about new books and events in and around the library

STUDENTS NEED SCHOOL LIBRARIES

Did you know… that your school library supports your child to engage with a diverse range of books to extend their imagination and develop a lifelong love of reading?

Did you know… that school libraries are responsive and collaborative learning spaces that provide students with access to a wide range of resources that are relevant and appropriate to their learning needs?

Did you know… that school libraries support your child to reach their potential by teaching them how to become capable researchers and to navigate the world of online information and fake news?

Did you know... that teacher librarians hold specialised qualifications as both a teacher and a librarian? Quality library staff are trained to support keen and reluctant, successful and struggling learners.

Students need school libraries. If you are keen to ensure that EVERY child in Australia has access to a quality school library, check out the information available at https://studentsneedschoollibraries.org.au

Georgia Flaskas - Library Resource Centre Manager

Sickbay

Note from Sickbay