Book Spotlight Heartstopper volume 1 by Alice Oseman 20 Jul 202017 Aug 2020 Heartstopper is a boy meets boy story about Charlie and Nick. Charlie is the openly gay boy in Year 10, while Nick is the rugby star who is a year…
Book Spotlight The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper 14 Jul 202017 Aug 2020 “At home, I’m invisible. At school, I’m bizarre. But to the rest of the world I’m a journalist.” This is the opening line of ‘The Gravity of Us’ by Phil…
Book Spotlight Taking Down Evelyn Tait by Poppy Nwosu 1 Jun 202017 Aug 2020 Sonder - it means to understand that everyone around you is living a life as complex and vivid as your own. To me, this is the heart of 'Taking Down…
Book Spotlight Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard 23 Feb 202017 Aug 2020 In a small town, everyone thinks they know you: Charlie is a hardcore rocker, who's not as tough as he looks. Hammer is a footy jock with big AFL dreams,…
Book Spotlight Monuments by Will Kostakis 14 Oct 201917 Aug 2020 All 16-year-old Connor is trying to do is avoid his ex-best friend when he stumbles upon a trapdoor to a secret chamber under his school. But when Sally Rodgers breaks…
Book Spotlight Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner 28 Jul 201917 Aug 2020 Brynn Harper's life has one steadying force - Rachel Maddow. She watches her daily, and after writing to Rachel for a school project, Brynn drafts emails to Rachel but never…
Book Spotlight I Had Such Friends by Meg Gatland-Veness 8 Oct 201817 Aug 2020 When Charlie Parker dies, it affects everyone who knew him. Everyone, that is, except for seventeen-year-old Hamish Day, the boy who lives on a cabbage farm and only has one…
Book Spotlight Flying Tips For Flightless Birds by Kelly McCaughrain 29 Jul 201817 Aug 2020 Twins Finch and Birdie Franconi are stars of the flying trapeze in their family circus school. But when Birdie suffers a terrifying accident, Finch must learn to find his place…
Book Spotlight The dangerous art of blending in by Angelo Surmelis 20 Feb 201817 Aug 2020 This book, the story of seventeen year-old Evan, is not an easy read. Evan is the victim of long-term physical and psychological abuse from his mother. He has survived by…
Book Spotlight Draw the line by Laurent Linn 19 Feb 201817 Aug 2020 What would you do if you witnessed a hate crime? Would you stand back and watch or would you take a stand? That is the situation that Adrian Piper finds…