Running Wild

When 10 year old Will's father dies in the Iraq war, his mother surprises him with a trip to Indonesia. But little could she have known what awaited them both there. The first Will knows that anything is wrong is when Oona, the elephant he is riding along the beach, begins to spook. Then, suddenly , she takes off into the jungle with Will on her back. And that's when Will sees the wave come crashing in! With his mother almost certainly drowned, with nothing to cling onto but an elephant and nothing to help him but the clothes on his back, Will faces a terrifying future. But maybe the jungle, and Oona the elephant, can help him!

Dark Days

by Derek Landy
This is the fourth Skulduggery Pleasant adventure!

What can we say, without giving too much away?
Not much, is the answer.
But what we CAN say is that this book is hilarious, it′s tense, and it′s packed with all the eye-popping action, crackling one liners and imaginative set pieces you′ve come to expect.

Will Skulduggery make it out of the Faceless Ones′ dimension? Who knows. The problem is, he may not have much to come back to...

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Liar Liar

by Justine Larbalestier

Micah Wilkins admits she's a liar. But will murder be enough of a reason to stop lying?

A breathtaking roller-coaster read that will have you grasping for the truth until the very last page.

I lost my mobile at the mall

by Wendy Hamer

I lost my mobile at the mall and am now facing certain death. My mother will accuse me of being lazy, ungrateful and plain old stupid. My father's shoulders will sag, as if I deliberately lost my phone. My best friend will kill me because there's a photo in my phone of her standing next to Hugh Jackman. I'm not an overly dramatic person, but a year's worth of numbers, texts, and photos were in my phone. If I don't get it back, my life is not worth living.

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. An expert. A genius. A devil. All of the above, some would say. 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.

A NZ Post Children's Book Awards, 2010 Finalist

Anzac Day 25th April

Books, posters and displays have been

put up in the library to acknowledge

Anzac Day this Sunday.

Come in and have a look.

Zero hour : the ANZACS on the Western Front

Zero Hour : The ANZACS on the western front.
By Leon Davidson.

When the Austalians and New Zealanders arrived at the Western Front in 1916, the fighting had been going for a year and a half and there was no end in sight.
These soldiers took their places in trenches and beyond these trenches was no-mans'- land. An eerie wasteland where rats lived in the ribcages of the dead and the wounded cried for help. Beyond that was the German army.
This is the third book by Leon Davidson.
"Scarecrow Army", "Anzacs at Gallipoli" and now "Zero Hour".

Willie Apiata, VC The Reluctant Hero

By Paul Little and John Lockyer

This is the story of Willie Apiata, VC - an ordinary Kiwi bloke, a very reluctant hero.

On an Afganistan hilltop, Lance Corporal Willie Apiata, a New Zealand special air service trooper, was trapped at the front of a major fire-fight. One of his mates was bleeding to death and they were pinned down by intense enemy machine gun and rocket fire.

For Willie there was no choice. With the lives and safety of his mates his only priority, Willie performed an act of courage that has now become part of New Zealand history and saw him awarded the highest military honour for bravery in the Commonwealth - the Victoria Cross.

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X

By James Patterson
Fifteen year old Daniel is on a mission to kill the creature that killed his parents. Being number one on the alien hunter's List, the Prayer, is his number one target.
But before he can reach number one he must battle some of the other aliens. Number 6, Ergent Seth, is one such alien. With his mind-blowing skills like telepathy and the ability to transform and create, Daniel is more than a match for this alien. Or so he thinks...
With his friends Willy, Joe-Joe, Emma and Dana he hunts down the aliens on the list, waiting to reach number one. But as he battles towards his number one target he can't forget that on the alien's list there is only one name at the top, and that's his.

Crocodile Tears

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The eighth book in the famous Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz.

New Year's Eve and Alex Rider is enjoying a normal life. But then he meets Desmond McCain Chief of an international charity, First Aid, and what starts off as a simple card game, rapidly becomes a duel to the death.
Alex is in more danger than ever before.

Crocodile Tears is explosive, thrilling and absolutely un-put-down-able.

Walk in my Shoes

By Alwyn Evans

Have you ever wondered what refugee life is like?

This story tells the life of a Afghanistan family who find themselves in Australia. It tells of their struggles of leaving their homeland and making a new life in Australia.

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

By Rick Riordan

Percy Jackson is an ordinary boy - or so he thinks. On a school trip to a museum, he has to suddenly fight for his life when his teacher turns into a ferocious beast! Now, everything his mother ever told him about his long-dead father and the rest of his world is coming undone.

Percy is the son of Poseidon, and is now on the run...

Have you seen the movie? If not, it's in cinemas now. Check it out!

Percy Jackson Movie Homepage - Have a look at the trailer!

If you have already read this book or seen the movie, you can find the rest of the series in our library.

The Declaration

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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.