Sarah Crossan - One
Teen 11-14.
434 pages.
Grace and Tippi are twins - conjoined twins. And their lives are about to change. No longer able to afford homeschooling, they must venture into the world - a world of stares, sneers and cruelty. But can they find more than that at school? Can they find real friends? And what about love?
Just as Tippi and Grace have begun to live like normal teenagers, Grace gets sick, so sick separation might be the only option left open to them. But separation could mean spending the rest of their lives in wheelchairs. Separation could mean death. And whatever happens, it means being torn apart.
Sarah Crossan - Moonrise
Teen 14+.
400 pages.
Joe hasn't seen his brother for ten years, and it's for the most brutal of reasons. Ed is on death row. But now Ed's execution date has been set and Joe is determined to spend those last weeks with him, no matter what other people think.
Matt Dickinson - Mortal Chaos
Teen 11-14.
286 pages.
When a butterfly startles a young rabbit, and the rabbit makes a horse rear, it starts a chain of events, over the course of one day, that will change people's lives - and end people's lives.
From the climber on Everest to the boy in Malawi, the commercial pilot to the American psycho, the chaos knows no bounds.
Matt Dickinson - The Everest Files
Teen 14+.
313 pages.
Teenage climber Ryan Hart is still in Nepal, working at a refugee centre and holding on to his dream to summit Mount Everest. His Tibetan girlfriend Tashi shares his passion, but a climbing accident puts their plans on hold.
Later, the courageous young Sherpa Kami comes back into Ryan's life. Ground breaking stem cell treatment has cured his paralysis, and Kami can walk again.
What better way to celebrate than with a trek to Everest Base Camp? The friends set out, but the government of Nepal is no longer in control. Climate change has caused the monsoon to fail, plunging the country into famine...
Lari Don - Mind Blind
Teen 11-14.
303 pages.
Ciaran Bain is a criminal with a special talent: he can read minds. But his skill comes at a price. Lucy Shaw wants justice for her dead sister. Killed for a secret Ciaran's family wants burried, his sister's blood is on his hands.
Only together can the unlikely allies uncover that deadly secret. They can run, but where can they hide if they are never safe, even in their own minds? Themes: Supernatural thriller, conspiracy.
Siobhan Dowd - Bog Child
Teen.
321 pages.
Digging for peat in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it looks like she's been murdered.
As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world around him, a little voice comes to him in his dreams, and the mystery of the bog child unfurls.