Spring Reads for years 7 & 8: Home

A young woman accepts a position as nanny to the young daughter of a handsome, wealthy, and mysterious Chinese businessman--only to discover her new employer is really a god...and every foul demon in creation is out to destroy him!

Sixteen-year-old Sparrow swims. One, two, three, breath. There are sharks and crocs around him but the monsters he fears most live in the dark spaces in his mind.

Is the chance to serve as an extra for Hitler's favorite filmmaker a chance at life-or a detour on the path to inevitable extermination? One ordinary afternoon, fifeen-year-old Lilo and her family are suddenly picked up by Hitler's police and imprisoned as part of the 'Gypsy plague.' Just when it seems certain that they will be headed to a concentration camp, Lilo is chosen by filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl to work as a film extra.

Within the confines of Oaktree boarding school, Millie Hendrick and her friends are privileged kids in a future world, where robots are hired help for everyone. But Millie has never trusted the Units. They're just... creepy. When pupils start disappearing, and no one else shares her increasing terror, how can Millie find out whether she is the only person who can see the truth, or is simply going crazy?

Young Jewish girl Marta's life in Budapest has been shattered by the Second World War. But Marta and her family are among the fortunate ones. They may have a chance of survival, thanks to the efforts of Raoul Wallenberg. A fictional account.

Seventeen-year-old Iliad Piper, Ily for short, is named after war and angry at the world. Growing up with a violent father and abused mother, she doesn't know how to do relationships, family or friends.

A graphic memoir about how hard it is to find your real friends--and why it's worth the journey. When best friends are not forever . . . Shannon and Adrienne have been best friends ever since they were little. But one day, Adrienne starts hanging out with Jen, the most popular girl in class and the leader of a circle of friends called The Group.

It's the first real summer since the accident that killed Cedar's father and younger brother, Ben. Cedar and what's left of her family are returning to the town of Iron Creek for the summer. They're just settling into their new house when a boy named Leo, dressed in costume, rides by on his bike. Intrigued, Cedar follows him to the renowned Summerlost theatre festival.

Shaghai in 1926 is a dangerous time for gangs and unrest but Ruby Harkner's troubles are closer to home. Her brother is dead, she's at war with her parents, and her best friends have vanished. And now she's seeing ghosts.

The Marin family are outcasts of the ghost hunting world. They run a two-man operation in inner city Melbourne. Anton has the Ghost-sight, but his father does not. Rani Cross is supremely skilled in hand-to-hand combat, with enhanced speed and strength thanks to her magical initiation into the Company of the Righteous.