Years 11 & 12 - Literacy - Year 5 to 7 - LibGuides at St. Joseph’s Nudgee College

Must Reads

Because you'll never meet me by Leah Thomas
Call Number: SEN F THO
Ollie and Moritz are best friends, but they can never meet. Ollie has a life-threatening allergy to electricity, and Moritz's weak heart requires a pacemaker. If they ever did meet, they could both die. Living as recluses from society, the boys develop a fierce bond through letters that become a lifeline during dark times--as Ollie loses his only friend, Liz, to the normalcy of high school and Moritz deals with a bully set on destroying him. But when Moritz reveals the key to their shared, sinister past that began years ago in a mysterious German laboratory, their friendship faces a test neither one of them expected.
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Follow me back by Nicci Cloke
Call Number: F CLO
Do you really know who you are talking to?
There was no sign of a struggle. She took her phone but left her laptop behind. Apparently, she'd met someone online.

Did she leave?
Or was she taken?

Told from the perspective of her ex-boyfriend, who has many secrets, and is fast becoming the police's main suspect.

Boys 23 by Jim Carrington
Call Number: SEN F CAR
Boy 23 isn't in My Place any more. He can't see The Screen, he can't hear The Voice. Boy 23 is alone.

One dark night, Boy 23 is thrown in the back of the van and driven out of My Place - the only home he has ever known. He is abandoned in a forest with a rucksack containing the bare essentials for survival. Before the van drives away, a voice tells him he must run as far as he can. His life depends on it. Boy 23 has never known another human. Boy 23 has never even been outside. So who is he? Why do people want to kill him? And more to the point, who is the voice that wants to save him?

For Fans of Game of Thrones

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Call Number: SEN F MAA
After serving out a year of hard labour in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before Crown Prince Dorian who offers her her freedom on the condition she act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men, warriors, thieves and assassins from across the empire. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom. When one of the other contestants turns up dead, quickly followed by another, Celaena must figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim herself.
The Conqueror series by Colin Iggulden
Call Number: F COL
Chronicles the rise to power of Genghis Khan, a Mongol ruler who transformed the world map from China to Europe and became one of the most ruthless conquerors in history. He was born as Temujin and raised in a clan of hunters migrating across the rugged steppe.
City of Bones (Mortal Instrument series #1) by Cassandra Clare
Call Number: SEN F CLA
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder― much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing―not even a smear of blood―to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

Stories about relationships and differences

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B by Teresa Toten
Call Number: SEN F TOT
When Adam meets Robyn at a support group for kids coping with obsessive-compulsive disorder, he is drawn to her almost before he can take a breath. He's determined to protect and defend her--to play Batman to her Robyn--whatever the cost. But when you're fourteen and the everyday problems of dealing with divorced parents and step-siblings are supplemented by the challenges of OCD, it's hard to imagine yourself falling in love. How can you have a "normal" relationship when your life is so fraught with problems?
We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach
Call Number: SEN F WAL
Before the asteroid we let ourselves be defined by labels:
The athlete, the outcast, the slacker, the overachiever.

But then we all looked up and everything changed.

They said it would be here in two months. That gave us two months to leave our labels behind. Two months to become something bigger than what we'd been, something that would last even after the end.

Two months to really live.
Are you seeing me? by Darren Groth
Call Number: SEN F GRO
This road trip will have earth-shattering consequences . . .

Twins Justine and Perry are about to embark on the road trip of a lifetime in the Pacific Northwest.

It's been a year since they watched their dad lose his battle with cancer. Now, at only nineteen, Justine is the sole carer for her disabled brother. But with Perry having been accepted into an assisted-living residence, their reliance on each other is set to shift. Before they go their separate ways, they're seeking to create the perfect memory.

Action, Adventure & Espionage

The Hit by Allen Zadoff
Call Number: F ZAD
He is 'Boy Nobody' - the perennial new kid at school. New town, new name ... new mission.
The perfect assassin - kill your target and move on. No fear. No sympathy. No remorse.
Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly
Call Number: SEN F REI
BOOK 1 IN THE JACK WEST SERIES
"Exciting and entertaining." Chicago Sun Times
"A nonstop rollercoaster ride." Library Journal

Two thousand years ago, it was hidden within the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Now, in the present day, it must be found again...
Captain Jack West Jr - part soldier, part scholar, all hero. The odds are stacked against him and his loyal team: nine brave companions taking on the most powerful countries on earth.

Mystery and Suspense

Game Theory by Barry Jonsberg
Jamie's sister has been kidnapped. And Jamie is convinced he can save her using the principles of game theory. But is strategy the best option when his little sister's life is at stake?
The Hidden Child by Camilla Läckberg; Steven T. Murray (Translator)
Call Number: SEN F LAC
Crime writer Erica Falck is shocked to discover a Nazi medal among her late mother's possessions. Her enquiries lead her to a retired history teacher who was among her mother's circle of friends during the Second World War. Two days later he meets a violent death. Detective Patrik Hedstrom, Erica's husband, soon becomes embroiled in the murder investigation. Who would kill to bury secrets so old?
The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Call Number: F HOR
It is November 1890 and London is gripped by a merciless winter. An agitated gentleman arrives unannounced at 221b Baker Street. He begs Sherlock Holmes for help, telling the unnerving story of a scar-faced man with piercing eyes who has stalked him in recent weeks. Intrigued by the man's tale, Holmes and Watson find themselves swiftly drawn into a series of puzzling and sinister events, stretching from the gas-lit streets of London to the teeming criminal underworld of Boston.

Literacy - Year 5 to 7: Years 11 & 12

Must Reads

For Fans of Game of Thrones

Stories about relationships and differences

Action, Adventure & Espionage

Mystery and Suspense