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"

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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?"

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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