The Declaration

Click the title to link to a website

Set 100 years in the future, the story tells the tale of a girl named Anna who is a Surplus. About 60 years ago, drugs that would make people live forever were developed. Everyone started taking them and soon their was “The Declaration” which said that if someone wanted a child they would have to Opt out of the drugs. A life for a life because resources were scarce. Anna’s parents had her anyway and she is taken to Grange Hall to be turned into something useful that will help society. Enter Peter who shakes up Anna’s world and shows her there is more to life than being a dutiful Surplus.

Also in our library is the exciting sequel to this book called "The Resistance".

Chalkline

by Jane Mitchell
This is a moving story of a Kashmiri boy soldier.
It is an ordinary morning at nine-year-old Rafiq's school in rural Kashmir when the silence of dawn prayers is ripped apart by gunfire. Soldiers of the Kashmir Freedom Fighters have raided the village in search of new recruits - they scrawl a line in chalk across the schoolroom wall, and any boy whose height reaches the line will be taken to fight. Rafiq is tall for his age, he is the first boy to cross the chalkline into a life of brutality and terrorism.
This is the story of Rafiq's transformation from child to boy soldier.

Brainjack

by Brian Falkner
A thrilling action novel set in the not-too-distant future in which a brilliant young computer hacker fights to prevent the human race from being erased.
It would take a very special person to crack the computer systems of the White House. Someone like Sam Wilson, brilliant teenage computer hacker. But Sam's obsession is about to lead him into a dangerous world. A world of espionage and intrigue; of cybercrime and imminent war. A world where logging on to your computer could mean the difference between life and death.

The Tomorrow Code

by New Zealand author Brian Falkner

Crack the code, or tomorrow is history!

Tane and Rebecca aren’t sure what to make of a sequence of 1s and 0s, a message that looks like a random collection of alternating digits. As they decode it, slowly it becomes clear -- the messages are being sent back in time from the future! But why...Tane and Rebecca follow the message’s cryptic instructions, but it’s not long before they begin to suspect the worst --that the very survival of the human race may be at stake!

Stormbreaker

By Anthony Horowitz

From the day his uncle died, Alex's life had never been the same. Thrown into a world of spies and secrets, Alex now has to pick up where his uncle left off.
Middle-Eastern multi-millionaire, Herod Sayle is producing state of the Stormbreaker computers and he's offered to give one to every single school in the country. But MI6 thinks it too good to be true.
Only Alex can find the truth. But time is running out and Alex soon finds himself in mortal danger. It looks as if his first adventure may be his last...

Stormbreaker. The first in the amazing series of seven.

Also available at the library as a graphic novel.

Maddigan's Fantasia

By Margaret Mahy

Garland Maddigan is living a life she loves - as the tightrope walker of Maddigan's Fantasia, a traveling circus lead by her father, Ferdy, she journeys all over the world. The Fantasia is her home, her family. But one day, it all falls apart...
When the Road Rats attack, Ferdy is ripped away from his family by a single arrow. Soon after, two boys and their baby sister appear and join the Fantasia. The men that follow them lead Garland to question who the the children are, and why they are in danger.

Playing with time is dangerous...would you dare?

Check out the New Zealand Authors display in the Glenfield College Library!

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment

by James Patterson

Maximum Ride is very different. Her and her flock - Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman and Angel are all 98% human, 2% bird. They all have wings.
The six bird kids grew up in a lab, locked in cages, endless numbers of tests being performed on them everyday, until one of the scientists rescued them.
Now abandoned and hunted by horrible half-wolf half-human creatures, the flock must rescue one of their own, track down their missing parents, scavenge for food, get revenge on an evil traitor and save the world. If there's enough time.

Click on the title of this book to go to the Maximum Ride website

The Secret Life of Bees

Click on the title to see a trailer of the film.

I loved this book, it is a great read.
Set in South Carolina in 1964.
Lily Owens is a 14 year old girl who lives on a peach farm her abusive father owns.
Rosaleen is a black woman hired by Lily's father to be a nanny for Lily, after her mother died in an accident when Lily was young.
When Rosaleen insults some of the biggest racists in their town, Lily takes Rosaleen and runs away to a town she believes her mother once lived.
She looks for someone who knew her mother. She finds August and her two sisters who run a farm and they offer them refuge.
Once living on the farm Lily learns to make honey and many lessons about life as she also learns what it is like to have a real family who love her.

City of Masks

Enter a World of Treachery and Danger...

Lucien is a Stravagante, a traveller between worlds. Using a talisman from our world, he is thrown into the strange new land of Talia and is caught up in the assassination attempt of the Duchessa of Bellezza.

Suddenly, Lucien and his new Talian friend, Arianna, find themselves in the midst of the plot to overthrow the Duchessa as they try to survive the danger that lurks around every corner.

Click here to visit the Stravaganza website

Posted by Chelsea and Sophie

Make a comment on our posts.

Just click the word "comments" under each post and take it from there.

Please check your spelling because some fantastic comments have not been able to be published because of the spelling.

The Looking Glass Wars

Click on the title to go to the Looking Glass Wars website
Written by Frank Beddor, this is the true story of Wonderland.
Murder. Bloodshed. War.
Alyss was destined to become Wonderland's beloved Queen. Until her life was shattered. Seeing her parents killed, she seeks refuge in our world.

This is a fabulous book filled with action, love, death, war.

Alanna The First Adventure

This book is written by Tamora Pierce.

Alanna doesn't want to be sent to become a lady, she wants to be a knight. Her brother doesn't want to be a knight, he wants to be a sorcerer. So the simple solution is - switch places.

Alanna soon learns that pretending to be a boy to become a knight is not as easy as she thought it was going to be, but she is determined to prove to herself and everyone else that she can do it.

By Royal Command

By Charlie Higson.
James Bond. For king and country.
This is the fifth novel in the Young Bond series.
Most James Bond fans will enjoy this series.
It's action-packed, full of mystery and adventure.

Click the title to see information about the entire series.

Terrier

This is the first in a new series by Tamora Pierce.

It features some of the places and people from the other Tortall series.

"Terrier" follows Beka Cooper, a trainee "Dog" in Corus. She has a special gift - she can hear the voices of dead citizens that haven't moved on yet.
She hears about a crimelord kidnapping and killing children right in the city. It is up to her and her Dogs to see justice done.

"Bloodhound" the second book in the series, has just arrived in the Glenfield College library. Be in first - reserve it!

Click the title to link to Tamora Pierce's website.

The Lightning Thief

This is the first novel in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. It is about a boy who discovers that he is a demi-god - his mother is a human but his father is an Olympian God.

What I liked about this book:
It's full of events related to various Greek Myths and Legends and features characters from those stories.
Why you should read it:
It's got a bit of mystery, action, adventure and history. Anyone can read and will thoroughly enjoy it!
Reviewed by Sophie Hayden

City of Bones

The Mortal Instruments - Book 1
Written by Cassandra Clare

If you've read the Twilight series and need another book to read, check out the Mortal Instruments series.
This fantasy novel includes everything we liked in the Twilight series - vampires, werewolves, fights between demonic forces and hunters... it's got it all!

Sapphique

This is the sequel to the ever popular Incarceron by Catherine Fisher.

Finn has escaped from the terrible living Prison of Incarceron, but its memory torments him, because his brother Keiro is still inside. Claudia insists he must be king, but he doubts his own identity.

Twilight

This is the first book in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer and has recently been released as a hit movie.
View the movie trailer here.

Isabella Swan moves to the quiet town of Forks to live with her father. She meets an unusual family of vampires and finds herself falling in love.

Click the title above to go to the official website for the books.

Necropolis

Click the title to link to the series website. Find out more about how it all started, and wait to see how it ends.

An ancient evil is unleashed.
Five have the power to defeat it.
But one of them has been taken.

This is the fourth book in the 'Power of Five' series, following on from Raven's Gate, Evil Star and Nightrise. Matt, Pedro, Jamie and Scott have found each other but feel incomplete without Scarlett.

Slumdog Millionaire

This novel was previously published as Q & A by Vikas Swarup.

The movie, based on this book, has won 8 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Following the order of the twelve questions on the show, "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" Ram tells us which amazing episode in his life taught him the answer to each question. From orphanages to brothels, gangsters to beggar-masters, and into the homes of Bollywood's rich and famous.

A great movie and an even better read!!!!!!!

Welcome back to the Glenfield College Library Blog and a special welcome to new students attending our school. You will find many interesting and new books waiting on our shelves for you to read. We look forward to seeing you in the library.