Secondary Fiction 2016

OCTOBER

Everything Is Changed

By Nova Weetman

If only we could all go back to the way it was before . . . Jake and Alex. Best mates. One terrible ... Read More

Our Chemical Hearts

By Krystal Sutherland

First love is an epic disaster. Henry Page has never been in love. The slo-mo, can't-eat-can't-sleep ... Read More

The Book of Whispers

By Kimberley Starr

Tuscany, 1096 AD. Luca, young heir to the title of Conte de Falconi, sees demons. Since no one else ... Read More

Holding Up The Universe

By Jennifer Niven

Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed 'America's Fattest Teen'. But no one's ... Read More

Something In Between

By Melissa De La Cruz

From the No.1 New York Times bestselling author of many critically acclaimed and award-winning novel ... Read More

Cell 7

By Kerry Drewery

A world where justice and the fate of those accused of murder is decided by the public, but has move ... Read More

SEPTEMBER

Freedom Swimmer

By Wai Chim

Ming survived the famine that killed his parents during China's 'Great Leap Forward', and lives a ha ... Read More

Frayed

By Kara Terzis

Dear Kesley, My therapist tells me I should write you a letter. Like flushing all my thoughts and fe ... Read More

Words in Deep Blue

By Cath Crowley

This is a love story. It's the story of Howling Books, where readers write letters to strangers, to ... Read More

The Call

By Peadar O'Guillin

What if you only had three minutes to save your life and the clock is already counting down. Three m ... Read More

Becoming Aurora

By Elizabeth Kasmer

Tonight we are wolves. Our pack moves as one, past empty shop fronts and faded billboards. Sixteen-y ... Read More

Children Just Like Me

By DK

Children Just Like Me is an amazing children's book showing everyday life through the eyes and words ... Read More

AUGUST

Promising Azra

By Helen Thurloe

Azra is sixteen, smart and knows how to get what she wants. She thinks. When she wins a place in a n ... Read More

The Boundless Sublime

By Lili Wilkinson

Ruby Jane Galbraith is empty. Her family has been torn apart and it's all her fault...The only thing ... Read More

Serafina and the Twisted Staff

By Robert Beatty

The much-anticipated and thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling middle grade debut Seraf ... Read More

The Shark Caller

By Dianne Wolfer

Isabel is on a plane heading back to her island birthplace in Papua New Guinea. Izzy is looking forw ... Read More

Saving Jazz

By Kate McCaffrey

Jasmine Lovely has it all – the looks, the grades, the friends. But when a house party spins out of ... Read More

The Memory Book

By Lara Avery

Fans of All the Bright Places and The Fault in Our Stars will fall head-over-heels for this wonderfu ... Read More

Girl Out of Water

By Nat Luurtsema

Stars in her eyes, water in her ears, boys on her nerves... Lou Brown is out of her depth. Lou Brown ... Read More

Songs That Sound Like Blood

By Jared Thomas

Roxy May Reddings got music in her soul and songs in her blood. She lives in a hot dusty town and is ... Read More

JULY

When Michael Met Mina

By Randa Abdel-Fattah

A boy. A girl. Two families. One great divide. When Michael meets Mina, they are at a rally for refu ... Read More

Another Night in Mullet Town

By Steven Herrick

People like you and me, Jonah, we drag down the price of everything we touch. Life for Jonah and Man ... Read More

Black

By Fleur Ferris

Ebony Marshall is in her final year of high school. Five months, two weeks and four days… She can't ... Read More

The Bone Sparrow

By Zana Fraillon

Sometimes, at night, the dirt outside turns into a beautiful ocean. As red as the sun and as deep as ... Read More

One Step

By Andrew Daddo

At 15, Dylan is struggling. He's struggling with his explosive acne that has declared war on his fac ... Read More

The Road to Winter

By Mark Smith

Since a deadly virus and the violence that followed killed his parents and wiped out most of his com ... Read More

Forgetting Foster

By Dianne Touchell

Foster suddenly recognised the feeling that rolled over him and made him feel sick. It was this: Dad ... Read More

The Moonlight Dreamers

By Siobhan Curham

An unforgettable story of friendship, self-belief and love. Amber, Maali, Sky and Rose are not like ... Read More

JUNE

One Would Think the Deep

By Claire Zorn

Sam stared at the picture of the boy about to be tipped off the edge of the world: the crushing weig ... Read More

The Other Side of Summer

By Emily Gale

Summer is trying to recover from a tragedy, but it seems impossible when her family is falling apart ... Read More

The Bubble Boy

By Stewart Foster

Amir is mad. He’s crazy. But the hospital wouldn’t let a crazy person in. They must have interviewed ... Read More

Three

By Justin D'Ath

Sixteen-year-old Sunday Balewo is next in line for the presidency of Zantuga. When his father dies, ... Read More

The Book of Pearl

By Timothee de Fombelle

An ode to the power of storytelling by one of France's greatest writers for children. A compelling s ... Read More

Game Theory

By Barry Jonsberg

Game theory has brought me to this point and I must follow where it leads. Even though this is not a ... Read More

MAY

The Things I Didn't Say

By Kylie Fornasier

I hate the label Selective Mutism - as if I choose not to speak, like a kid who refuses to eat brocc ... Read More

Knights of the Borrowed Dark

By Dave Rudden

Grey placed his finger in the middle of the shadow. 'What's this?' he asked. Denizen frowned. 'It's ... Read More

Time Catcher

By Cheree Peters

In a post-apocalyptic world of rigid rules, Althea's luxurious life is turned upside-down when she i ... Read More

The War that Saved My Life

By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds, set during World War II. Nine-year-old Ad ... Read More

Ruined

By Amy Tintera

Emelina Flores has nothing. Her home in Ruina has been ravaged by war; her parents were killed and h ... Read More

The Girl From Everywhere

By Heidi Heilig

It was the kind of August day that hinted at monsoons, and the year was 1774, though not for very mu ... Read More

The Pain, My Mother, Sir Tiffy, Cyber Boy & Me

By Bauer Michael Gerard

It really all started with The Pain. He officially came into my life exactly nine weeks and one day ... Read More

The Turners

By Mick Elliott

Leo Lennox has an epic problem: it's his thirteenth birthday and he has just grown a tail. You'd thi ... Read More

Serafina and the Black Cloak

By Robert Beatty

"Never go into the forest, for there are many dangers there, and they will ensnare your soul.” Seraf ... Read More

APRIL

Frankie

By Shivaun Plozza

Frankie Vega is angry. Just ask the guy whose nose she broke. Or the cop investigating the burglary ... Read More

The Secrets We Keep

By Nova Weetman

I don't know if you've ever seen a house burn, but it's not like anything else . . . Clem Timmins ha ... Read More

Dreaming the Enemy

By David Metzenthen

Two young Vietnam War veterans who fought on opposing sides return home, struggling to recover from ... Read More

Special

By Georgia Blain

I am a Lotto Girl. I should not be here. Why haven't they come for me? Fern Marlow is alone, datawip ... Read More

Book of Lies

By Teri Terry

Who lies? Who tells the truth? Death hangs on the answer... They are trapped, frozen. Waiting. Strai ... Read More

The Special Ones

By Em Bailey

'Sometimes being me feels like wearing a Halloween costume. One that doesn’t fit. One I can’t ever t ... Read More

MARCH

Front Lines

By Michael Grant

Fan-favourite Michael Grant is back. The best-selling author of both the Gone and the BZRK series re ... Read More

Waer

By Meg Caddy

As night fell, something stirred the darkness. Birds shrieked, rising into the air as the peace crac ... Read More

Where the Shoreline Used to Be

By Susan La Marca

A diverse collection of poetry, short stories, song lyrics, novel extracts and illustrations from so ... Read More

The Sidekicks

By Will Kostakis

The Swimmer.The Rebel.The Nerd.All Ryan, Harley and Miles had in common was Isaac. They lived differ ... Read More

The Yearbook Committee

By Sarah Ayoub

Five teenagers. Five lives. One final year. The school captain: Ryan has it all ... or at least he d ... Read More

The Way We Roll

By Scot Gardner

From the author of the award-winning The Dead I Know comes an urban 'bromance' with an unexpected tw ... Read More

One Thousand Hills

By Noel Zihabamwe and James Roy

Agabande, Rwanda, April 1994. The children in the village are doing childlike things, playing with t ... Read More

FEBRUARY

The Stars at Oktober Bend

By Glenda Millard

Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone, but something inside her is bro ... Read More

The Blackthorn Key

By Kevin Sands

Potions, puzzles and the occasional explosion are all in a day's work for young apothecary Christoph ... Read More

Anna and the Swallow Man

By Gavriel Savit

Anna and the Swallow Man is a stunning, literary, and wholly original debut novel, perfect for reade ... Read More

My Sister Rosa

By Justine Larbalestier

'I promise,' said Rosa. 'I won't kill and I won't make anyone else kill.' I can't see the loophole. ... Read More

Bro

By Helen Chebatte

What happens when you mix teenage boys, a fight club and ethnic rivalries? You get war. Romeo Makhlo ... Read More

The Reluctant Jillaroo

By Kaz Delaney

Heidi Gage is all about sun, skating and waves until her twin sister, Harper, dislocates her knee. I ... Read More

Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club

By Allison Goodman

A tantalising new trilogy set in Regency London from the award-winning author of EON and EONA. Londo ... Read More

Yellow

By Megan Jacobson

If fourteen-year-old Kirra is having a mid-life crisis now then it doesn't bode well for her life ex ... Read More

Ned Kelly

By Hugh Dolan

We all think we know the story of Ned Kelly, Australia’s most famous outlaw, but we’ve never seen hi ... Read More