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 All of these new books are available now in the OC Library.

Clues From Beyond and Never Alone

Debbie Malone, a psychic medium, explores the truth about some intense real-life Australian crimes. She has assisted police departments across Australia in missing persons and murder investigations for over two decades.

Welcome to the Strangeworlds Travel Agency where every suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside. Pack your bags for a magical adventure!

Havenfall

Maddie Morrow knows that Havenfall is more than it seems. Beneath the beautiful sprawling Inn lie the hidden gateways to three ancient realms: Bryn, Fiordenkill and Solaria. Maddie’s destiny is here, rooted in her family’s promise to protect the fragile alliance between the worlds.

Monstrous Devices

When twelve year old Alex receives an old tin robot in the post, the note from his grandfather simply reads: ‘This one is special.’ But as strange events start occurring around him, it doesn’t take Alex long to suspect that the small toy is more than special; it might also be deadly.

We Dream of Space

Family is a complicated galaxy. Cash, Fitch, and Bird live in the same house but exist in their own orbits, dreaming of hope, dreaming of belonging, dreaming of friendship, dreaming of family, dreaming of space.

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

Agent: Brangwain Spurge – elfin emissary and historian; spy.

Mission: to cross the Bonecruel Mountains, infiltrate the dark, foul goblin kingdom and spy on the evil goblin government and the kingdom’s mysterious overlord, Ghohg.

Objective: send visual transmissions back to Lord Clivers, elfin spymaster, and – with luck – do what no elf in living memory has done: return from the goblin kingdom alive.

TRUEL1F3

A grimy, beautiful, devastating, hilarious, all-out post-apocalyptic girl-buddy-road-warrior-lost princess-techno-thriller.

 Girl Upside Down

The upside to hitting rock bottom is that there’s only one direction left to go. Up!

Gloves Off

Lily is sixteen and feels utterly trapped. Bullied at school, she doesn’t want to lay her unhappiness at her parent’s door – they have their own problems. When the kids at school finally go too far, lily and her family must face reality and decide if she’s going to fight back or remain a victim. An extraordinary story of a girl taking on the world, boxing, and body-image.   A verse novel.

War stories

From World War II to the Crusades, 1970s Beirut to the modern-day Middle East, these stories sweep across wars throughout history. Both heartbreaking and heartwarming, they consider not only the immediate consequences of war but also what happens after the fighting is over.

Love Lie Repeat

Three girls loyal to each other? That never happens. All the groups of three implode eventually. Two in, one out. Change. Betrayal. Again and again. But not us. I make sure of it. I’ll keep us safe, whatever it takes. Watch me!

Football crazy

Darren and his mates are over the moon when football legend Jock Ramsey agrees to coach their team. For the first time ever the Rovers might have a chance of winning something! But Ramsey’s a tough coach. They train every night and Saturday’s too. It’s a lot of pressure for lads who just want a kickabout in the park

Football mad

It’s 2-1 to Dale Juniors. They are about to win the schools’ cup final. But then – DISASTER – Scott scores and own goal… But this is only the start of Scott’s problems.

19 love songs

A new collection of stories about love born from Leviathan’s tradition of writing a story for his friends each Valentine’s Day. This anthology brings together a spectrum of romantic tales, including fiction, non-fiction and stories in verse.

Alpha Girls

Award-winning journalist Julian Guthrie takes readers behind the closed doors of venture capital, an industry which transforms economies and shapes how we live. We follow the lives and careers of four women who shaped the tech landscape we know today while overcoming unequal pay, actual punches, betrayals and the sexist attitudes prevalent in Silicone Valley. Despite the setbacks, they would rise to rewrite the rules for an industry they love.

The cats came back

Small-town librarian Kathleen Paulson often seems to get mixed up in murder, but luckily, her very special cats always find a way to help her close a case…

The light in hidden places

Everything changes when the German army invades Poland. Stefania is alone in an occupied city and the only one left to care for her six-year-old sister. Then comes the knock at the door. Max Diamant has jumped from a train headed to a death camp. Stefania makes the dangerous yet extraordinary decision to hide Max, which will eventually lead to her  hiding thirteen people in her home. But discovery could destroy everything…

The Six

Six friends are trapped by one dark secret. But now the pact has been broken. And the killing has started again… Who knows what we did? And what price will they make us pay?

All the way to summer

A powerful collection of stories exploring love and longing. This volume brings together a variety of Kidman’s previously published stories as well as several that are new or previously uncollected. All moving, insightful and written with love.

Bugs in danger

Bees are disappearing. Populations of butterflies and ladybugs have all been in decline too. Learn how much bugs matter in our world and maybe start to take action to save bugs in your own backyard.

Dare you to lie

When her FBI agent father is framed for murder, Kylene is forced to move back to the small town that turned its back on her, and the boy who betrayed her. All Ky cares about is clearing her father’s name, but her reappearance comes with its own consequences.

New on OC Library shelves this week...

 

Justice League

More heroes and villains in the Quick Read section.

The tell

Rey ‘Raze’ Tanic is not like other 14 year olds. His dad is a mafia boss. His dad is also in jail. When Rey’s life explodes, every decision he makes will shape the rest of his life. How far does the apple fall from the tree?

The honey bee

Bees know left from right, have a concept of zero, can count up to four, memorise landmarks on an internal brain map, and if they are ill they will go on a health food diet. Explore the mysteries of the life of the queen, workers and drones and their sophisticated language and navigation systems…

Orion lost

There was a ship, in space, lost. The transport ship Orion is four months out of Earth when catastrophe strikes – leaving the ship and everyone on board stranded deep in space. A heavily-damaged ship, space pirates, a mysterious alien species, and an artificial intelligence that Beth doesn’t know if she can trust means that getting home has never been so difficult.

The sky is mine

Izzy feels invisible. Trapped under the weight of expectation and censored by shame. As threats to her safety grow, Izzy wants to scream. But first she must find her voice. And if the sky is the limit, then the sky is hers.

Just wreck it all

Two years ago, Bett was badass – the type of person who’d bike down a mountain ledge just for the thrill of it. Give her a dare and she’d get it done, no question. But then her best friend attempted one of Bett’s Fizzicle Feets, and instead of a thrill came horror and guilt.

Amazing dogs with amazing jobs

Find out how Bailey the border collie became the Assistant Director of Seagulls at the Australian National Maritime Museum, or what Caesar, the Western Bulldogs’ mascot, does during footy season.

Conscious leadership

Reveal your potential. Inspire excellence. Be the change.

The sun sword trilogy

After their village is attacked, a young brother and sister set off on a dangerous quest to save their captured family and friends – and free their land from the Sedah invaders. Where are Ethan and Lily’s parents being held? And where have the Sun Sword and its magical gems been hidden?

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Yes!! Diary of a Wimpy Kid in Te Reo.

If only love and politics could mix!

How do you defend the present when you have no future?

New Melissa De La Cruz Descendants novels

Tell me how you want your story to go, he says, and we’ll write it straight across the sand.

When your best friends are pop superstars, how do you sing your own song?

10:00am The principal finishes her speech.

10:02am The students get up to leave the auditorium for their next class.

10:03am The auditorium doors won’t open

10:05am Someone starts shooting.

He has no name, only a rank, Eigth. He doesn’t know the details of the mission, only the instructions that hum in his mind. Dart the humans. Leave them where they fall.

Evelyn is breaking up with her boyfriend as she’s seen their dismal future together singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to a Chihuahua and arguing about cheese. Godfrey is proposing to his girlfriend who’s not quite willing to take that leap. The Evelyn and Godfrey meet and from that moment their lives become entwined.

A wise, tough, heart-breaking, funny love story about facing your demons.

Aurora – queen of the Peaceforest and queen of the Moors – is reigning under the weight of two crowns and is determined to sign a treaty to unify humans and the Fair Folk. But who can she trust when it becomes apparent that an underhanded plot poses an unforeseen danger?

Fox is a branded thief, convinced he is on an inevitable journey to the gallows. Wynter is a water diviner hunted for witchcraft. Trapped in a dangerous web of superstition and injustice, they unite in the hope of making a brave new life.  But in their perilous world, can they do it?

15 year old Ricky lives in Aspiring, a town that’s growing at an alarming rate. But he’s stuck in a loop: student, uncommitted basketballer, and puzzled son, burdened by his family’s sadness. And who’s the weird guy in town with a chauffeur and half a Cadillac?

In 1960s NZ, conventional middle-class lives are not always as respectable as they appear. When his grandfather is threatened, Callum confronts authority and power and uncovers forces hell-bent on destruction.

Lele sits alone at lunch until, overnight, her newfound digital fame catapults her into popularity. She now has to deal with the cliques, the drama, the cute boys…

Friends – music – lies

With fireworks, fireflies and midnight swims, the summer feels full of possibility and, for the first time, Taylor wants to hold on to the moment but is one summer really enough to have a second chance – with family, friends and love?

Ross Maloy just wants to fit in but after he is diagnosed with a rare eye cancer he suddenly becomes the ‘cancer’ kid of his school. Now he has to deal with weird hats, a squinty eye, and – hardest of all – disappearing friends.

When Kate is forced to travel to Greece with her parents, family secrets begin to surface, and she discovers there are complex, missing pieces to her troubled life.

A gripping tour of how cars will change in decades to come