The Library Scoop
Year 7 & 8 - Term 3, 2024
What are you reading in Term 3?
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GRAPHIC NOVELS
Winter Turning
Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family, unlike his sister Icicle, who has been raised to challenge IceWing queen -- but now that Icicle has broken the truce and escaped from Jade Mountain Academy, so Winter, accompanied by his new clawmates, Moon, Qibli, and Kinkajou, embarks on his own quest to free his brother from the clutches of Queen Scarlet, and win the respect of his family.
Cross My Heart and Never Lie
Tuva is starting seventh grade, and her checklist of goals includes: writing out a diary, getting a trendy look, building the best fort in the woods with her BFFs, and much more. But when she starts school, nothing is how she hoped it would be. Seventh grade has split her friends into rival factions: Team Linnea and the girls who fall in love and Team Bao and the girls who never fall in love. Linnea has a boyfriend, Bao hates everything related to love. Worst of all, Linnea and Bao expect Tuva to choose a side! Then Miriam shows up and suddenly Tuva feels as if she's met her soulmate.
The Fall of Tane
This Land #2
With the heart-racing conclusion of This Land Book One The Search for Maui leaving mysteries to be solved and questions to be answered, Book Two takes readers on an adrenaline-pumping journey to uncover Maui and defeat the evil god, Whiro. But a battle with Shepherd and her mercenaries is imminent ... will Hell'na and her ragtag crew live to see another day?
Straight on Till Morning
Sixteen-year-old Wendy Darling’s life is not what she imagined it would be. After nearly meeting her hero, Peter Pan, four years earlier, she still holds on to his shadow—and the hope that his magical home truly exists.
So when the chance to travel to Never Land arises, Wendy makes a deal with Peter’s nemesis in exchange for passage. But the Never Land she discovers isn’t the wondrous place she Peter is nowhere to be found, and his pixie friend Tinker Bell refuses to speak to her.
Still, when Captain Hook reveals some evil and rather permanent plans for Never Land, it’s up to Wendy and Tink to save Peter Pan—and his world.
Shiny Misfits
Bay Ann wants to shine. She's sure her moment in the spotlight has arrived when she wins the school talent show with a showstopping tap routine! But then her classmate and crush, Alyee Maq, causes her to wobble and almost fall. The video of him catching her goes viral, making Alyee an overnight sensation for "helping her." Bay Ann is reduced to her disability and her talent is ignored. Bay Ann doesn't want her classmate to get all the fame, and she is NOT satisfied being anything but the best. She'll do everything in her power to beat Alyee at his own attention-seeking game. With the help of her two best friends, Michelle and Davey Matt, she'll go up against Alyee and his crew to prove she's number one. But as Bay Ann tries to find the thing that really makes her stand out, everything she tries goes disastrously wrong. What if the only way to beat her enemy . . . is to join him? This is a hilarious and one-of-a-kind graphic novel about fame, friendship, and fighting to take back your own story.
MANGA UPDATE
Our manga section is undergoing a renovation - all manga will soon be shelved alphabetically by series name, so it's easier to find your favourites!
Check out these brand new series:
Blue Lock 1-4
Blue Period 1-3
Crossplay Love 1-3
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation 1-2
NEW FICTION
The First Summer of Callie McGee
It’s the last summer before Callie starts high school and she’s been dragged along to yet another ‘family friends’ holiday. Determined to change her nerdy reputation, Callie sets out to make waves but nothing is quite as she expects. Her usual ally, Sasha, has outgrown Callie; her nemesis, Mitch, has brought his cousin Owen along; and the boring south coast town of Sawyer’s Point has been rocked by a series of burglaries. Callie, Owen and Mitch decide to investigate the robberies, bringing them face to face with a local gang ... and a possible ghost. But when Sasha goes missing, Callie must draw on all her smarts to find her friend, and discovers that being Callie McGee has its benefits. A middle-grade mystery about growing up, figuring things out, and solving the puzzle of who you are.
Stitch
Stitch is not a monster - he's a creation. He and his friend Henry Oaf were brought to life by the genius Professor Hardacre, and have spent all their days in a castle deep in the woods, far from humankind. But when the Professor dies and his pompous nephew comes to take over the laboratory, they soon find out that his sights are set not on scientific discovery, but personal glory. And Henry is his next experiment. Can Stitch and Henry escape his clutches and make their way in a world they were never built for - one that may never be ready for them?
My Brother, Finch
Finch and Wren were as close as a brother and sister can be. When he vanished, when they were nine years old, her world cracked in two. Finch was never found. On the same day that Finch disappeared, another girl was lost, too. Her name was Ava. Her parents were rich tourists, from Sydney. Ava’s story got all the media attention. And Finch was forgotten. But not by Wren. Never by Wren. Three years on, Finch is still with her, whispering in her ear, guiding her through life. As Wren begins high school and forms a new, bewildering friendship with a mysterious girl called Freddie, Finch is there, urging her on. To go bolder. To go braver. To grab life with two hands. When another girl goes missing – a strange girl called Johanna – Wren feels compelled to search for her. To her surprise, Freddie does, too. The two of them try and piece together who Johanna is and why she ran away. Or did she run away? Was the truth more awful? And was it all tied together with what happened to Finch and Ava? My Brother, Finch, is a story of family, of loss, of friendship and of grief, and of what it truly means to let go and move on.
Ambush at Sorato
Ranger's Apprentice: The Royal Ranger - Book 7
Will and Maddie are in Toscana on a diplomatic mission when word comes of a cavalry force crossing the northern body and marauding through the countryside. At the behest of the emperor, the rangers head north to investigate. They discover that the invaders are a group of Temujai - a reconnaissance force searching for a place to penetrate and invade. So Will and Maddie must split up to gather forces and information in order to push the Temujai back once again. As the Temujai move their forces ahead, cutting at the Toscan forces, Maddie and Will must step up and lead their allies to victory, despite the danger of one of their greatest enemies.
The Secrets of the Snakestone
Zélie is often accused of being a witch, but she doesn’t believe in magic. Until Jules climbs up from the reeking Parisian sewer and hands Zélie the golden locket he discovered there. The locket once held the magical Snakestone, and Zélie knows that if she can find the stone, she might also find her missing father. But a dangerous secret society are equally desperate to get their hands on the Snakestone and its powers. With their lives under threat, Zélie and Jules embark on a desperate hunt for the treasure, facing ancient riddles, a mysterious circus, and the miles of murky tunnels that twist beneath the ancient city above…
The Puppets of Spelhorst
Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends--a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl--bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance, bonded by the heart's mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room in the home of two little girls, the truth is more astonishing than any of them could have imagined.
Marion and the Forty Thieves
Marion’s life is anything but ordinary. The daughter of the principal, Captain Neitenstein, she is the only girl aboard a magnificent floating boys’ school, anchored permanently in Sydney Harbour in the late 1800s. Her best friend has boarded a steamship to France and now it’s just her and this ship full of ragtag schoolboys. One night, Marion discovers that a new student, Alexander Walker, is escaping the ship to meet up with his vicious gang, the Forty Thieves. Marion bravely follows Walker into the frightening Rocks neighbourhood to investigate…What are the Forty Thieves up to and will Marion be able to stop them before it’s too late?
Liar's Test
Silverleaf Chronicles: Book 1
Seven will come. Two will die. Two will sleep. Two will serve. One will rule. I didn’t want to rule the Risen. Wreak a little havoc upon them, though? That was something else entirely. Bell Silverleaf is a liar. It’s how she’s survived. It’s how all Treesingers have survived since they were invaded by the Risen and their fickle gods. But now Bell is in the Queen’s Test—she’s one of seven girls competing in deadly challenges to determine who will rule for the next twenty-five years. If Bell wins, she’ll have the power to help her people and take revenge on the Risen. But first she has to make it through the challenges alive. She doesn’t know how much she’s been lied to, or where she fits in a bigger story, a mystery stretching back generations. And she’s facing much bigger dangers than the Queen’s Test. She’s up against the gods themselves.
Origin Curse
Dynasty Codes - Book 1
A curse placed on a noble family in the east has unraveled the fragile dynasty codes across the world. Yoshiko, daughter of the daimyō of Hié, has inherited an ancient consuming power-the burning dragon's spirit, Kiyohimé.
Dark Tides
Dynasty Codes - Book 2
The saga continues with a plot that threatens to alter the very fabric of the world ... Gora, captain of the new Hién mercenary ship, Sea Guardian, embarks on a perilous quest to dismantle the heinous pirate circle responsible for abducting and slaying innocent children across the globe.
THE STORY OF AUSTRALIA
New Junior Non-Fiction
Come with Australian Geographic on a story through time as we explore the early history of our nation.
RESEARCH GUIDES
For an extra boost with your unit topics this term, click the following images to be taken to the relevant Research Guides.
Year 7
Year 8
WHAT'S ON IN THE LIBRARY
New Puzzles!
Drop by the counter on Level 1 and help us complete our new Jane Austen jigsaw. How many of her works can you find hidden in these scenes?
Click on the button below to see what's coming up this Term. Signup sheets are located at Level 1 counter.
Friday Writers' Club
Ever wanted to write your own story, but don't know where to start?
Come to The Forum every Friday lunchtime this term for fun activities held by the library's own resident author, Mrs Pickering and kickstart your creativity.
References
Images for books are sourced either from the author's websites or are book and film covers, used as permitted under copyright for promotion. Other images were created by the author using Canva.
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