Tamaya is on a scholarship to the prestigious Woodridge Academy and every day she and seventh-grader Marshall walk to school together. They never go through the woods. And when they arrive at school they stop talking to each other – because Marshall can't be seen to be friends with…

Stolen as a child from a large and loving family, and on the run with her mom for more than ten years, Callie has no idea what normal life might be like. She's never had a home or gone to school, and she gets most of her meals from vending machines.   Then Callie's mom is f…

Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson My rating: 5 of 5 stars The other day I said I was in a thriller-kinda mood... and then remembered that I've had this book in my Google Play app for a while. As soon as I started, I was hooked. Christine wakes up every morning witho…

A tragic accident. It all happened so quickly. She couldn't have prevented it. Could she? In a split second, Jenna Gray's world descends into a nightmare. Her only hope of moving on is to walk away from everything she knows to start afresh. Desperate to escape, Jenna moves…

Peg always felt a little blurred, a little lacking in definition. Her mother died when she was six, her father simply disappeared, and she was brought up by her grandparents and her obese, bedridden aunt. But, despite all this, she never developed the habit of asking questions. At …

Grace and Tippi are twins – conjoined twins.   And their lives are about to change.   No longer able to afford homeschooling, they must venture into the world – a world of stares, sneers and cruelty. Will they find more than that at school? Can they find real friends? And what…

In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters My rating: 5 of 5 stars I finished reading this book this afternoon and absolutely loved it! Mary Shelley Black (love that name!) lives in America during 1918. She's originally from Portland but moves to San Diego to stay with h…

Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley My rating: 5 of 5 stars I'd been hearing a lot of good things about this book when I found out the local library had a copy. So I borrowed it, and my daughter read it first. Well, she actually called it a DNF. She just couldn't get into i…

There's one truth on Australia. You fight or you die. Usually both. Imagine a nightmare from which there is no escape. This is a hell where no one can hide. This is a ship of death, of murderers and cults and gangs. This is Australia. Seventeen-year-old Chan's ancestors l…