2014 Secondary Fiction

OCTOBER

Nona & Me

By Clare Atkins

Rosie and Nona are sisters. Yapas. They are also best friends. It doesn't matter that Rosie is white ... Read More

Endgame

By James Frey
Illustrated by Nils Johnson-Shelton

Endgame is a revolutionary, fully integrated, multimedia experience that invites its audience to joi ... Read More

Cooper Bartholomew is Dead

By Rebecca James

Cooper Bartholomew's body is found at the foot of a cliff. Suicide. That's the official finding, tha ... Read More

Belzhar

By Meg Wolitzer

I was sent here because of a boy. His name was Reeve Maxfield, and I loved him and then he died, and ... Read More

Pandora Jones

By Barry Jonsberg

It was difficult to know when nightmares ended and the waking world began. Pan is still struggling t ... Read More

State of Grace

By Hilary Badger

Nothing and no-one exists beyond the garden where Wren and the others live, but that's okay - they h ... Read More

Afterworlds

By Scott Westerfeld

Scott Westerfeld is renowned in the YA fiction market, this is a perfect blend of contemporary love ... Read More

The Perfectionists

By Sara Shepherd

In Beacon Heights High, Nolan Hotchkiss is king. His charm, wealth and good looks are deceptively se ... Read More

Sandy Feet

By Nikki Buick

Life was not meant to be easy. It was meant to be a treacherous obstacle course, a cruel gauntlet, a ... Read More

SEPTEMBER

The Jewel

By Amy Ewing

This is a shocking and compelling new YA series from debut author, Amy Ewing. The Handmaid's Tale me ... Read More

The Book of Days

By K.A. Barker

Most people believe the best way to forget someone is to throw them down a well. Or lock them in a r ... Read More

Golden Boys

By Sonya Hartnett

Colt Jenson and his younger brother Bastian live in a world of shiny, new things – skateboards, slot ... Read More

The Year It All Ended

By Kirsty Murray

On Tiney Flynn's seventeenth birthday, every church bell tolled as if heralding a new year, a new er ... Read More

Ghost House

By Alexandra Adornetto

In the spirit of the Halo trilogy, this series from international best-selling author Alexandra Ador ... Read More

The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl

By Melissa Keil

Seventeen-year-old Alba is an aspiring comic-book artist, pastry enthusiast and eternal optimist. Sh ... Read More

AUGUST

One Minute's Silence

By David Metzenthen & Michael Camilleri

In one minute of silence you can imagine sprinting up the beach in Gallipoli in 1915 with the fierce ... Read More

The Protected

By Claire Zorn

I have three months left to call Katie my older sister. Then the gap will close and I will pass her. ... Read More

Tiger Stone

By Deryn Mansell

When you're sworn to silence it pays to keep your eyes and ears open. Tiger eyes, tiger spirit, tige ... Read More

The Raven’s Wing

By Frances Watts

From bestselling and award-winning author Frances Watts comes the first in an incredibly exciting ne ... Read More

Are You Seeing Me?

By Darren Groth

This road trip will have earth-shattering consequences . . . Twins Justine and Perry are about to em ... Read More

Multiversum

By Leonardo Patrignani

Alex and Jenny are sixteen. He lives in Milan; she, in Melbourne. For the past four years, they have ... Read More

The Astrologer’s Daughter

By Rebecca Lim

Avicenna Crowe’s mother, Joanne, is an astrologer with uncanny predictive powers and a history of be ... Read More

JULY

The Crystal Heart

By Sophie Masson

When Kasper joins the elite guard watching over a dangerous prisoner in a tower, he believes he is p ... Read More

Razorhurst

By Justine Larbalestier

The setting: 1932, Razorhurst. Two competing mob bosses - Gloriana Nelson and Mr Davidson - have rea ... Read More

I am Juliet

By Jackie French

The world's most famous love story told by one of Australia's most respected authors. This is the we ... Read More

As Stars Fall

By Christie Nieman

The fire was fast and hot ... only days after it went through, there were absolutely no birds left. ... Read More

Spark

By Rachael Craw

Evie doesn't have a choice. One day she's an ordinary seventeen year old, grieving for her mother. T ... Read More

Writing Clementine

By Kate Gordon

You said we could write anything we wanted. The first thing that came into our minds. Blue fish, red ... Read More

Seven Second Delay

By Tom Easton

Mila has 7 seconds. 7 seconds to fight. 7 seconds to escape. Seeking a new life on the futuristic Is ... Read More

JUNE

Cracked

By Clare Strahan

I'm pretty sure that by the time I finish high school, I'll be cracked into a pile of shards, beyond ... Read More

Head of the River

By Pip Harry

It's the most elite school sporting event in the country. Nine rowers, 2000 gruelling metres and one ... Read More

Intruder

By Christine Bongers

I don't walk past the house next door. I wish the woman who lives in it was dead. Which makes it har ... Read More

Convict Girl

By Chrissie Michaels

Almost one year ago I arrived in this colony on board an English transport. I am to leave on board a ... Read More

Disappearing Act

By James Moloney

Matt Cooper is twelve, and spends quite a bit of his time honing his magic skills and tricks. He doe ... Read More

Take Back the Skies

By Lucy Saxon

Catherine Hunter is the daughter of a senior government official on the island of Anglya. She's one ... Read More

The Eagle Trail

By Robert Rigby

Who is the traitor among us?WWII, German-occupied Antwerp, and life continues as usual for 16-year-o ... Read More

The Truth About Alice

By Jennifer Mathieu

It all started at a party when Alice supposedly was with two guys in one night. But when one of thos ... Read More

MAY

Pandora Jones - Admission

By Barry Jonsberg

Pandora Jones wakes in an infirmary - her body weak, her memory providing only flashes of horrific s ... Read More

Dead Dog in the Still of the Night

By Archimede Fusillo

In the garage at the back of the family home sits Primo's father's pride and joy; a red Fiat 500 Cla ... Read More

Alexander Altmann A10567

By Suzy Zail

The story of a young Jewish boy who must learn to trust others to survive. Based on a true story.Fou ... Read More

No Stars to Wish On

By Zana Fraillon

Each kid only has one pair of shoes here. Number 49's shoes are a pretty good fit for me and I know ... Read More

The Strays

By Emily Bitto

In 'The Strays', Evan Trentham is the wild child of the Melbourne art world of the 1930's. He and hi ... Read More

The Other Side of Nowhere

By Stephen Johnston

When Johnno and his friends survive the freak storm that rips apart their yacht, they're just glad t ... Read More

Maybe One Day

By Melissa Kantor

Zoe and Olivia have always been best friends. And becoming professional ballerinas has always been t ... Read More

APRIL

Machine Wars

By Michael Pryor

'The Bourne Identity' meets 'The Terminator' in this fast-paced technothriller for boys aged 10 to 1 ... Read More

The Forbidden Library

By Django Wexler

Do you remember the first time you climbed into the wardrobe with Lucy and emerged in Narnia? Flew o ... Read More

The Ratcatcher's Daughter

By Pamela Rushby

'A brilliant and richly evocative insight into a fascinating and little-known aspect of our past.' J ... Read More

Midnight Burial

By Pauline Deeves

Florence is confused. Her family says her older sister Lizzie died of fever and should be buried imm ... Read More

Never Ending

By Martyn Bedford

How can she live with what she did?Shiv’s best mate, her younger brother, Declan, died while their f ... Read More

Enmity

By E.J. Andrews

Love vs Life. Good vs Evil. War vs Warfare. Which would you choose?After a solar flare wipes out mos ... Read More

How to Get to Rio: Choose Your Own Ever After

By Julie Fison

For months Kitty MacLean has been crushing on Rio Sanchez - who is probably the cutest boy in the wo ... Read More

To See The World

By Elaine Forrestal

All his life, José has seen the tall ships sailing into Port Louis on the island of Mauritius, where ... Read More

Side Effects May Vary

By Julie Murphy

What if you'd been living your life as if you were dying - only to find out that you had your whole ... Read More

MARCH

Two Wolves

By Tristan Bancks

An old man tells his grandson that there is a battle raging inside him, inside all of us. A terrible ... Read More

Saving Thanehaven

By Catherine Jinks

Imagine if you discovered your whole world was actually in a computer...Noble is a knight with a hea ... Read More

Rock War

By Robert Muchamore

Meet Jay, Summer and Dylan. Jay plays guitar, writes songs and dreams of being a rock star. But his ... Read More

Kokoda: My Australian Story

By Alan Tucker

In his diary, Archie records his own battles at home, against the local bully Beefy; how Townsville ... Read More

Tigers on the Beach

By Doug MacLeod

Have you heard the one about the guy who lost a grandfather, but found a girlfriend? It's funny. It' ... Read More

The First Voyage

By Allan Baillie

30,000 years ago, before the pyramids are built, before the Ice Age comes and goes, and before Neand ... Read More

The One and Only Jack Chant

By Rosie Borella

Sixteen-year-old Amber never expected to find romance while working in an old people's home but then ... Read More

Tribute

By Ellen Renner

What if your greatest enemy was yourself? Zara is a mage, one of the elite in a world where magic is ... Read More

Naveed: Through My Eyes

By John Heffernan

The explosion jolts him awake. He sits up, gasping for air, heart thumping. Was the blast real? Perh ... Read More

FEBRUARY

Coming of Age: Growing Up Muslim in Australia

By Amra Pajalic & Demet Divaroren

In this refreshing and fascinating collection, twelve Muslim-Australians - some well known, some not ... Read More

Pirouette

By Robyn Bavati

Adopted as babies by two different families, Simone and Hannah have never known they are identical t ... Read More

Jumping Fences

By Karen Wood

'You deserve someone who would jump fences to be with you, Zoe.'Zoe wakes up in hospital after a mus ... Read More

The Impossible Knife of Memory

By Laurie Halse Anderson

For the past five years Hayley Kincain and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying lo ... Read More

Quincy Jordan - Crystal Bay Girls Book 1

By Jen Storer

Quincy Jordan doesn't want to meet her hippie cousins and go to school in Crystal Bay. Her life in S ... Read More

Tigerfish

By David Metzenthen

From best-selling and award-winning author David Metzenthen comes a powerful new novel. Better in he ... Read More

Tank Boys

By Stephen Dando-Collins

A gripping story that brings to life one of Australia's World War I military victories. Frankie and ... Read More

Nymph: The Love Oracles Book 1

By Tonya Alexandra

Nymph is the first book in an exciting trilogy, The Love Oracles, by newcomer Tonya Alexandra. An id ... Read More

Nine Open Arms

By Benny Lindelauf

An intriguing novel with a classic feel, featuring three vividly alive young sisters, an eccentric f ... Read More