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The Memory Book by Lara Avery
Samantha McCoy has it all mapped out. First she's going to win the national debating championship, then she's going to move to New York and become a human rights lawyer. But when Sam discovers that a rare disease is going to take away her memory, the future she'd planned so perfectly is derailed before its started. Realising that her life won't wait to be lived, Sam sets out on a summer of firsts. The first party. The first rebellion. The first friendship. The last love.
Call Number: F AVE
ISBN: 9781784299248
Publication Date: 2016
Bang, bang your dead! by Narinder Dhami
School is being evacuated. Rumour has it there's a gunman in the building. And Mia has a horrible feeling she knows who it is ... Her brother has been acting strangely, He's been threatening to do something drastic something frightening, something that cannot be ignored
Call Number: F DHA
ISBN: 9780552560436
Publication Date: 2009
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I'll give you the sun by Jandy Nelson
A story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal told from different points in time, and in separate voices, by artists Jude and her twin brother Noah. Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways . . . until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as someone else--an even more unpredictable new force in her life. The early years are Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the twins don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they could just find their way back to one another, they'd have a chance to remake their world.
Call Number: F NEL
ISBN: 9781406326499
Publication Date: 2015
Catch me if I fall by Barry Jonsberg
Ashleigh and Aiden are thirteen-year-old twins who promise to always look out for each other. Aiden is more dedicated to the task than Ashleigh, but when it comes to matters of life and death, they both exhibit a fierce protectiveness that will change the course of their lives.
Call Number: F JON
ISBN: 9781760877613
Publication Date: 2020
Sad Fiction
Life on the refrigerator door by Alice Kuipers
Claire and her mother are running out of time, but they don't know it. They are rarely in the same room at the same time, and communicate by leaving notes to each other on the refrigerator door. When Claire's mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, their relationship goes through a momentous change. Forced to reevaluate the balance between their personal lives and their bond as mother and daughter, Claire and her mother find new love and devotion for one another.
Call Number: F KUI
ISBN: 9781509801879
Publication Date: 2007
The Memory Book by
Samantha McCoy has it all mapped out. First she's going to win the national debating championship, then she's going to move to New York and become a human rights lawyer. But when Sam discovers that a rare disease is going to take away her memory, the future she'd planned so perfectly is derailed before its started. Realising that her life won't wait to be lived, Sam sets out on a summer of firsts. The first party. The first rebellion. The first friendship. The last love.
Bang, bang your dead! by
School is being evacuated. Rumour has it there's a gunman in the building. And Mia has a horrible feeling she knows who it is ... Her brother has been acting strangely, He's been threatening to do something drastic something frightening, something that cannot be ignored
I'll give you the sun by
A story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal told from different points in time, and in separate voices, by artists Jude and her twin brother Noah. Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways . . . until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as someone else--an even more unpredictable new force in her life. The early years are Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the twins don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they could just find their way back to one another, they'd have a chance to remake their world.
Catch me if I fall by
Ashleigh and Aiden are thirteen-year-old twins who promise to always look out for each other. Aiden is more dedicated to the task than Ashleigh, but when it comes to matters of life and death, they both exhibit a fierce protectiveness that will change the course of their lives.
Life on the refrigerator door by
Claire and her mother are running out of time, but they don't know it. They are rarely in the same room at the same time, and communicate by leaving notes to each other on the refrigerator door. When Claire's mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, their relationship goes through a momentous change. Forced to reevaluate the balance between their personal lives and their bond as mother and daughter, Claire and her mother find new love and devotion for one another.