New on the shelves today!

Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful Aunt Alberta and her giant owl will stop at nothing to get it from her. Luckily Stella has a secret - and slightly spooky -weapon up her sleeve...

Features games for all major platforms, organized by game type with handy info on cost, download size and age suitability.

A girl wakes in a field of dead grass. A swirling yellow mist presses close around her, so close that it is more like a blanket than a fog. She has no memory of this place. No memories at all. Except her name - Mara.
If you have been bad and yet escaped punishment, the Messenger of Fear may come to you. He will offer you a game. Should you win the game, you will walk away, free. Should you lose the game, you may well break...
WARNING! Contains scenes of cruelty and some violence.
Here is the trailer....

Hello 2015!

It feels a little late to say Happy New Year but I'm saying it anyway. Welcome back to the OC Library blog - yes I did disappear for a while there - too many books to read over the holidays!
Here are 2 I really enjoyed....

If I Stay by Gayle Forman



Unwind by Neil Schusterman




Yes, we have both of these in the library - ask Sue!

Year 7/8 Book Reviews - Awesome!

Skulduggery Pleasant- Dark Days by Derek Landy

I found it interesting because Stephanie found a Pathway behind a bookshelf because she went to grab a book and the door opened and she saw a pathway.

I think people should read it it’s my second favourite book it’s really cool and it has a lot of detail.Derek Landy has very great books I’m going to try and read all of them.
DENISE.

Chickenhare by Chris Grine

Chickenhare is about a hare that is half chicken and his friend the turtle that has a beard. Along the story they find a monkey and a girl.

In my opinion this would be a good book for people that like graphic novels. I liked the story because it was awesome in some parts and  there was a war.
by Caleb

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

I would rate this book a 7 out of 10.

Sometimes I get nervous or scared reading this book and I would normally read at night so it would make me even more nervous than before.

When I read this book I feel happy but then I feel sad that Prim dies.

Sometimes in the middle it’s gets yuck because they kiss a lot.

By Jessica Mcarley  

To hound a hog by Brett Huddleston

To hound a hog is about hunting , it is pretty cool because it tells you lots of stories about hunting trips and they have lots of cool pictures , I recommend this book to people who like hunting.

Oterangi

New Books! Shiny Covers! Read Me!

Skye and Summer Tanberry are identical twins, and Skye loves her sister Summer more than anyone else in the world. Skye wants to be her own person, but with an effortlessly cool twin, will she ever step out of Summer's shadow and find her own chance to shine?

Imagine an ancient manuscript no one can read.
Imagine a secret code for someone just like you.
Imagine the chance to uncover a Truth hidden for centuries - but the Rules say it's forbidden to even try. Brodie Bray likes a challenge. But when she and her friends try to crack the code, she finds someone will kill to stop them.

How far would you go for freedom?
Would you lie to your family? Break up with your best friend?
Would you risk your life?
It's 1940. Europe is at war, and fifteen-year-old Nicole's city has been invaded by the Nazis. Desperate but determined, she joins a secret group of freedom fighters - and learns that she is not too young to fire a gun, plant a bomb....

For Fin, it's just like any other day - racing for the school bus, bluffing his way through class and trying to remain cool in front of the most sophisticated girl in his universe. Only it's not like any other day because, on the other side of the world, nuclear missiles are being detonated.

When a boat carrying a group of asylum seekers is sunk by a freak wave, Faris wakes from the shipwreck in an Australia he's always dreamed of.

Every teenager must take the test.
If you pass, you live.
If you fail, you're forsaken.

Eleanor is the new girl in town.
Park is the boy at the back of the bus.
Slowly, steadily, through late-night conversations and an ever-growing stack of mix tapes, Eleanor and Park fall for each other.
Note: Not suitable for younger readers!

There is no escape from the Rig. A maximum security juvenile prison stranded in the middle of the Arctic Ocean - every moment is tracked, every door is locked.
But Will Drake likes a challenge, and this will be the biggest one yet. Imprisoned in an impossibly secure institution for the very worst of the world's kids, Drake knows two things - he will have to be tough to survive, and there is always a way out.

Can twins Jack and Jaide find the mysterious Golden Card of Translocation and make it out of Rourke Castle alive?

Meet Bugs: smart, sarcastic, sixteen and stuck in a small town without a driver's licence.
Bugs has been best mates with Jez forever; they've always been Jez and Bugs, Bugs and Jez.
That is until Stone Cold, the new girl, arrives in town. The year was already going to be a challenge without adding spoilt, bitchy Stone Cold to the mix. Why would anyone want to be mates with her?

'They're trying to change me, but I won't let them. I won't be Esther. I'm always going to keep on being me, Kirby.'

One night in Chicago, two guys - both named Will Grayson - cross paths.
What follows is...

Hayley Kincain is hoping for a normal life now that she and her father have left their life on the road. But it seems things will never be normal when you dad is running from a past that tortures him and you're trying to block out your own painful memories.

Read a series of books...

The Bride Quartet
Love, friendship, and family - and the unpredictable moments that turn a pretty picture into a true work of art

Brotherband series
A new series from the author of Ranger's Apprentice
'Swashbuckling and adventurous'

Warriors series
'A suspenseful animal adventure that will leave readers eyeing Puss a bit nervously.'

The Fault in our Stars Movie Competition

Whitcoulls launch exclusive Facebook competition in advance of major film premiere

Whitcoulls have teamed up with Twentieth Century Fox to launch an exclusive competition on Facebook, just ahead of the highly-anticipated film release of The Fault in Our Stars, in New Zealand on June 5, 2014.

Whitcoulls launch their consumer competition on Facebook on May 15, 2014, giving New Zealanders the chance to host a private screening of The Fault in Our Stars in the closest cinema to their home town for up to 100 people. The competition runs until May 29, 2014.

To enter, consumers simply visit Whitcoulls on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/whitcoulls, upload a ‘selfie’ with a copy of John Green’s bestselling book The Fault in Our Stars, and say why they are the biggest fan.

New Books Ready to Read!

When you're dealing with a time bomb, it's not the ticking you need to fear. It's what happens when the ticking stops.

Stolen from her family by a cruel Viking chieftain, Thora's future looks bleak. Yet Thora has visions, and in one she foresees a daring escape with a new companion. Seizing this chance involves stealing a ship bound for Iceland - but someone must die.

When a dark family secret is exposed, Sigrun's peaceful life is shattered. Forced to pay for her parents' misdeeds, she finds herself exiled from all she knows - and from the boy she loves - for three long years.

Bound by a vow made to her dying mother, Marianne sells her few belongings and leave Grimsby. Her destination? Denmark, where she will search for her father, Lars Christensen - the golden-haired fisherman her mother fell in love with many years before.

The servants call it the Lady Tower:the isolated part of the castle where Eleanor's mother is imprisoned after a terrible accusation. For four years Eleanor's only comfort has been their secret notes to one another. A chance discovery reveals a plot to murder her mother. Now Eleanor must free her before it is too late.

Nicole is in trouble: her heart pounds; the back of her neck tingles; she falls into the arms of the perfect stranger...

When Carl opens his eyes on the banks of a cold lake, his brother is being zipped into a body bag. And a shivering wet girl is being helped nearby. What happened in the water? he can't remember.

Jimmy Coates seems like an ordinary boy, but he's not. He's genetically engineered to grow into the perfect government assassin. he has to fight not to kill...while his government fights to kill him.

The goal was clear: capture Eichmann and bring him to trial. But for the group of spies charged with carrying it out, it would require false identities, precise teamwork, split-second timing, patient surveillance, and courage beyond anything they'd ever achieved.

In the Dustlands you fight or you die

Abby always had a plan for her life. But that was before she woke up in someone else's version of her life, with memories that didn't belong to her. What would you do if your past wasn't your own anymore?

Elf Girl and Raven Boy are having the exact opposite of a good time. pesky pirates and mean monsters from the deep lurk in wait for them on the stormy, red waves of Scream Sea.

One night, on the dangerous Pakistan border, Enaiatollah's mother tells him there are three things he must never do: use drugs or weapons, cheat, or steal. When the ten-year-old Afghan boy wakes alone the next day, he realises she was saying goodbye - and that it is now up to him to find a place of safety.