John Green
We have added 4 books by the award winning author John Green to the library.  They are:  Looking for Alaska; An Abundance of Katherines; The Fault in our Stars and Will Grayson, Will Grayson.

Looking for Alaska
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.

The Fault in our Stars
 Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.







Will Grayson, Will Grayson
When two teens,one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend.






An Abundance of Katherines
19 Katherines and counting. When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an over-weight, Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun - but no Katherine's. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl.

Mockingjay

By Suzanne Collins
Now that you have read The Hunger Games and Catching Fire find out what happens to Katniss in the final book of the series. Will she become a pawn and accept responsibility to change the future of Panem. She must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. To do this will be a matter of personal cost. Will she or won't she?

My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece

By Annabel Pitcher

This is the story, an unflinchingly real yet heart-warming account of a young boy's struggle to make sense of the loss that tore his family apart.

Black Painted Fingernails

by Steven Herrick

James is heading into the country on his first teacher-training round when a mysterious girl asks him for a ride. Sophie has him all worked out.

Find out what secret she reveals to him.

Ballad

by Maggie Stiefvater

This is the stunning sequel to Lament in which Dee falls in love with a faerie and James realized she'd never feel the same way about him again.

Trying to escape into music, James finds himself surrounded by more faeries than ever. Before he knows it James is trapped in a dangerous game. One where the only way to win is to betray the one you love ....

Resurrection

by Mandy Hager Maryam fights for her life, freedom and love in this thrilling finale in the Blood of the Lamb series. Maryam must get the islanders to listen to her plea that they start thinking for themselves - hoping to stir the independance in thir hearts, even as she finds herself on the brink of death.

The North Shore : an illustrated history

by David Verran

This history tells the story of the Shore's development from Maori times to the formation of the first North Shore City in 1989. It covers information about transport, population, settlement, industry, religion and sport.

Click the title to see information about the new Auckland Super City

Day of the Predator

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by Alex Scarrow

Time Riders series.
Liam should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 1910. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2029. But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose - to prevent time travel destroying history. When Maddy mistakenly opens a window when she shouldn't have, Liam is trapped in a time sixty five million years ago in athe hunting ground of a deadly and until now undiscovered species of predator. What will happen !!!!!!! Will Liam survive. Will he make contact with the others. Will history be changed.

Fierce September

by Fleur Beale

The sequel to Juno of Taris.

Juno and the Taris inhabitants have to leave their dying island and go Outside.
But only days after the group arrives, a pandemic hits that has drastic consequences for Juno and her people.

Playing Dead

by Tim Bowler

This is part one of a new series called Blade.
Blade is hiding, playing dead.
He knows people are looking for him, but he doesn't want to be found.
He knows these people aren't messing about.
Can he look after himself ???
The library has seven books in this new gripping series.
Try reading them.

Warrior Princess:Rhiannon of the spring

by Allan Frewin Jones

The Old Gods are sleepless this night

They watch and they wait

For the land is in peril once more

And Shining Ones gather

To choose a weapon, to save the land

The Warrior

The Sword of Destiny

A Worthy human to be their tool.

I rate this book 10/10. I couldn't put it down.

by our anonymous book reviewer

The Cardturner

By Louis Sachar.

This is a brillant and funny novel.

When Alton's blind uncle asks him to attend bridge games with him Alton agrees, mainly because his mother reminds him it is good to be on the right side of your rich uncle. Alton soon finds himself getting to know a lot not only about his uncle and his family's history but also about himself. As one mystery unfolds, another is discovered.

by the same author who wrote "HOLES"

Guardian of the Dead

By Karen Healey

Strange mists surround Mansfield College, Christchurch. When Eleanor Spencer sees a strange woman walk out of the mist, she is drawn to her and to the mysterious boy walking around on campus. She thought she knew all the myths of the world...but she doesn't know this one.

Ancient Maori tales come to life in this novel, and Eleanor finds herself fighting not just for her own survival, but for the survival of New Zealand.

Come find this amazing book in the Glenfield College Library now!

Cosmic

by Frank Cottrell Boyce

One small fib for twelve year old Liam Digby
ONE GIANT ROCKET-FUELLED ADVENTURE FOR MANKIND

Liam Digby was a very, very tall ordinary twelve-year-old. Some people even think he's a grown-up.
This is the story of how he told some fibs, nearly stole a Porsche, went to a theme park and sort of by accident ended up in space.

Other books by this author include "Millions" and "Framed"

Click on the title for information about Frank Cottrell Boyce

Ebony Hill

by Anna MacKenzie

The gripping sequel to "The Sea-wreck stranger"

Two halves of a community trying to find a way forward from the tragedy of the past. But theirs is not the only way. In a battle for survival, is endurance enough? Is there more than one kind of courage? As conflict rages, Ness and her fellow islander Ronan must come to terms with themselves, with each other and with their attitudes towards violence and belonging.

Will they be strong enough to survive the decisions they must make?"