Moira Young(Marion Lloyd Books, an imprint of Scholastic Children’s Books) Saba has been brought in the harsh, unforgiving and isolated landscape of Silverlake, with her twin brother Lugh, and their younger sister Emmi. Her whole world revolves around Lugh, and her pet crow Nero. She knows nothing of the violent world outside of Silverlake. When …
road trips
Tomorrow When the War Began
John Marsden(Quercus) When seventeen year-old Ellie Linton decides to “go bush” with her school friends for a final adventure before going back to school and leaves her home town of Wirrawee behind, she can’t know that she is also leaving life as she knows it behind. While the seven friends are having fun in an isolated idyllic spot …
On the Road with Mavis and Marge
Niamh Sharkey(Walker Books) Mavis the cow and Marge the chicken are no regular farmyard animals. They yearn for adventure, for exploration and for the unexpected! So they decide to leave the farm behind and hit the road … on a bicycle. Things don’t go quite to plan with their mode of transport but thankfully they are rescued …
Unhooking the Moon
Gregory Hughes(Quercus) When their father dies unexpectedly, Marie-Claire (better known as the Rat) and her older brother Bob find themselves orphaned. Desperate not to be separated, they would rather walk from the Canadian prairies to downtown New York to find their only remaining family member, an uncle they have never met, than to be discovered and taken in by …
Paper Towns
John Green(Bloomsbury) Quentin has always had a thing for Margo. As children they were inseparable but as time went on they grew apart, Margo joining the in-crowd, whereas Quentin joined the band geeks, despite not playing a musical instrument. These days Margo barely looks at him, despite living next door and Quentin admires her, and …