Golden Bay High School Library

Why we broke up by Daniel Handler

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:11:33 PST

Sixteen-year-old Min Green writes a letter to Ed Slaterton in which she breaks up with him, documenting their relationship and how items in the accompanying box, from bottle caps to a cookbook,...

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Sea hearts by Margo Lanagan

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:12:20 PST

On remote Rollrock Island the sea-witch Misskaella discovers she can draw a girl from the heart of a seal, so that for a price a man might buy himself a bride, an enchanting sea-wife. But what cost...

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The dragon's child : A story of Angel Island by Laurence Yep

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:13:11 PST

In 1922, ten-year-old Gim Lew reluctantly leaves his village in China to travel with his father to the United States. Before they go, Gim Lew must prepare for a grueling test that he must...

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Wisdom's kiss by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:14:08 PST

A romantic fantasy adventure about a magical family, a kingdom under threat and one very unusual cat. Princess Wisdom, known as Dizzy, longs for a life of adventure beyond the staid old kingdom of...

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Sektion 20 by Paul Dowsell

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:14:53 PST

Alex lives in East Berlin. The Cold War is raging and he and his family are forbidden to leave. But the longer he stays the more danger he is in. Alex is no longer pretending to be a model East...

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Battleground by Chris Ryan

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:15:35 PST

Fourteen-year-old Ben travels to Pakistan with his environmental-activist mother. She continues over the border to Afghanistan, but with all the Taliban activity it's too dangerous for Ben to make...

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Steel Pelicans by Des Hunt

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:16:37 PST

Inseparable Aussie friends Dean and Pelly frequently get up to no good - that's what makes them the Steel Pelicans. But Dean's homemade fireworks take things too far, and then there is a bombshell of...

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The son of Neptune by Rick Riordan

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:38:21 PST

Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that...

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Serpent's gold by Sam Osman

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:39:16 PST

Dark streams of energy have been unleashed through ancient leylines. An evil presence manifests itself in the shadows of a London suburb. Wolfie, Tala and Zi'ib have already discovered their blood...

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Eight keys by Suzanne LaFleur

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:39:53 PST

When twelve-year-old Elise, orphaned since age three, becomes disheartened by middle school, with its bullies, changing relationships, and higher expectations, keys to long-locked rooms and messages...

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Assault by Brian Falkner

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:40:34 PST

It is 2030, and the world is at war with an alien race. The battleground: Earth. Recon Team Angel, made up of teenagers from around the world, has been training for years. Now it is time to act....

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How to steal a dragon's sword by Cressida Cowell

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:41:19 PST

Bad times have come to the Archipelago. Ever since the woods of Berserk burned down, it is almost as if the world is cursed. Dragons are starting to revolt against their Masters. The waters have...

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Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:41:51 PST

Princess Solveig and her siblings are trapped in a hidden fortress tucked between towering mountains and a frozen fjord, along with her best friend and an army of restless soldiers, all awaiting news...

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Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:42:30 PST

In 2073 on the secretive island of Blessed, where rumour has it that no one ages and no children are born, a visiting journalist and a young local woman are ritually slain. Their deaths echo a moment...

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With the enemy by Eva Gray

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:43:08 PST

Now that Maddie has been kidnapped, Rosie, Louisa, and the boys are paying more attention to Evelyn's theories. As the group make their way toward war-torn Chicago, they're under constant threat of...

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Dark river by Erin Hunter

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:43:44 PST

Continues the story of Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw, grandchildren of the Clan Leader Firestar, the three cats are thriving as the newest Thunderclan apprentices. Yet with their new responsibilites...

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Solitary by Alexander Gordon Smith

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:44:27 PST

Furnace Prison Where death is the least of your worries Escape is just the beginning... We thought we'd made it, we thought we were free. But we should have known there was no way out of Furnace. All...

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Ashes, ashes by Jo Treggiari.

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:45:03 PST

In a future Manhattan devastated by environmental catastrophes and epidemics, sixteen-year-old Lucy survives alone until vicious hounds target her and force her to join Aidan and his band, but soon...

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Fly by night by Frances Hardinge

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:45:44 PST

In a cut-throat world of highwaymen, spies and smugglers, and insane rulers in silly wigs, runaway Mosca Mye and her goose companion have uncovered a dark plot winging its way towards the city. Soon...

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A friend like Henry by Nuala Gardner

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:46:38 PST

When Jamie and Nuala Gadner chose a puppy for their son Dale, they weren't an ordinary family choosing an ordinary pet. Dale's autism was so severe that his behaviour could veer from silence to...

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Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:47:50 PST

Sixteen-year-old Gwyneth discovers that she, rather than her well-prepared cousin, carries a time-travel gene, and soon she is journeying with Gideon, who shares the gift, through historical London...

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Heart of danger by Fleur Beale

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:48:31 PST

Juno and her family arrive at their new home, but almost immediately danger threatens Hera and they move to Willem’s protection in New Plymouth, the city Juno most hoped to avoid. Fairlands School is...

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The revenge of the Shadow King by Derek Benz & J.S. Lewis

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:49:12 PST

Max Sumner and his three best friends, Harley, Ernie, and Natalia--who form the secret club The Grey Griffins--seem to be the only people in their very normal Minnesota town to notice that strange...

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The scorch trials by James Dashner

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:49:57 PST

After surviving horrific conditions in the Maze, Thomas is entrapped, along with nineteen other boys, in a scientific experiment designed to observe their responses and gather data believed to be...

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The initiation, and, The captive, part I by L.J. Smith

noreply@blogger.com (GBHS) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:50:47 PST

In this, the bind up of The Initiation and The Captive Part 1, is the start of Cassie's story. Forced to move from sunny California to gloomy New England, Cassie is homesick - until she forms a bond...

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