The KBR recommends the summer reads: Young adult share I off fiction

Some wonderful young adult books were released during 2010 - here are just some that will make for great reading over the summer holidays.When Nick's mother dies suddenly, the fourteen-year-old is sent straight into a boys' home, where he finds institutional intimidation and violence keep order. After countless fights and punishments, Nick thinks life can't get any worse - but the professionally respected deputy head, Mr Creal, who has been grooming him with sweets and solace, has something much more sinister in mind. The scarring, shaming experience he suffers at the hands of Mr Creal can never quite be suppressed, and when the old hatred surfaces, bloody murder and revenge lead to an unforgettable climax.Title: Nicholas DaneAuthor: Melvin BurgessPublisher: Penguin, $19.95 RRPPublication Date: July 2010! Format: PaperbackISBN: 9780141316338Type: NovelThis book is available onlineBefore the attack, sixteen-year-old Tom Harvey was just an ordinary boy.But now fragments of a shattered iPhone are embedded in his brain and it's having an extraordinary effect...Because now Tom has powers. The ability to know and see more than he could ever imagine. And with incredible power comes knowledge â€" and a choice. Seek revenge on the violent gangs that rule his estate and assaulted his friend Lucy, or keep quiet?Tom has control when everything else is out of control. But it's a dangerous price to pay. And the consequences are terrifying...Title: iBoyAuthor: Kevin BrooksPublisher: Penguin, $18.95 RRPPublication Date: August 2010Format: PaperbackISBN: 9780141326108Type: Novel! This book is available onlinePersimmon lives a solitary life, pouring her passion into the florist shop she owns in the underground railway station. Her only companion is Rose, a talking cabbage. Intriguing young men come and go but Persimmon has yet to find the love of her life.Several levels beneath Persimmon's shop lives a mouse called Epiphany. Epiphany has a questing mind. She wants to know what lies beyond the dark tunnels of her home. As in all good fables, Persimmon and Epiphany are destined to meet. And when they do, life will never be the same again.Title: The Three Loves of PersimmonAuthor: Cassandra GoldsPublisher: Penguin, $17.95 RRPPublication Date: August 2010Format: PaperbackISBN: 9780143205012Type: NovelThis book is available onlineOliver’s world has shrunk. It’s all about Year 12 finals. It’s about that magic 80% average he needs to get into uni, get his dream job and get cashed up. If only he can find a quiet place to study â€" away from the chaos and mess of living with two small kids and his Mum’s booming muffin business.A study break in a small coastal town seems just the ticket. But Sunny Haven Recreation and Leisure Centre is like some weird parallel universe. He arrives cashless, bookless, phoneless and fuming in the back of his Dad’s clapped out Cortina only to find his new study space is home to an array of elderly citizens.They’ve each got their own opinions on Oliver’s life plans and he “doesn’t wanna hear it!” But gradually, with their help Oliver’s universe expands.Title: WavelengthAuthor: A.J. BettsPublisher: Fremantle Press, $17.95 RRPPublication Date: August 2010Format: PaperbackISBN: 9781921696305Type: NovelThis book is available onlineCassie is in grief over the death of her best friend, Julia, who died behind the wheel in a road accident. She had unrequited romantic feelings for her friend, and now she is determined to cycle from Illinois to California with Julia's ashes, so she can scatter them in the ocean that Julia never managed to see.Over the course of her trip, through various experiences and encounters, Cassie confirms to herself that she is gay. And then, when her bike and most of her money is stolen, she discovers her true friends and a sort of unhoped-for salvation.Interspersed through the narrative is the unfolding love story between Heather and Cassie, as Heather slowly reveals to Cassie her true feelings, and Cassie begins to open up to the possibility of reciprocal romance.Title: A Love Story Starring my Dead Best FriendAuthor: Emily HornerPublisher: Peng! uin, $19.95 RRPPublication Date: June 2010Format: PaperbackISBN: 9780143204312Type: NovelThis book is available onlineAt last there is peace in the city. A shipment of vicious creatures will be exported faraway. Their containers rattle, howl and smell of death. But not everyone is keen to see them leave. Shouldn't the place that makes the monsters keep them? Ewan has returned to the city for his father's trial. May has joined a school for special talents. Andrew wants only to keep out of trouble. But trouble is sure to find them. It has their scent.Title: Lost DogsAuthor: Garrett CarrPublisher: Simon and Schuster, $17.99 RRPPublication Date: January 2011Format: PaperbackISBN: 9781847385994Type: Novel
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