There’s a few new books on display this week. Come and have a browse and borrow for the upcoming school holidays. All new books may be borrowed on Friday.

1. Catch the Zolt by Phillip Gwynne (Instalment One in The Debt series). Summary: Fifteen-year-old Dom Silvagni is cast out of his comfortable life in the Gold Coast’s Halcyon Grove when he inherits an ancient family debt to a secret and powerful organisation. He has six Herculean tasks to perform, or he will lose a pound of flesh. The first task is to catch the Zolt. (source: SCIS). A fast-paced, action-packed Australian suspense story.
2. Revolution 19 by Gregg Rosenblum. Twenty years after robots designed to fight wars abandoned the battlefields and turned their weapons against humans, siblings Nick, Kevin, and Cass must risk everything when the wilderness community where they have spent their lives in hiding is discovered by the bots. (source: Novelist). This is a compelling, page-turning science fiction novel with a movie already in the planning stages.
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins in French.
4. Destined: a house of night novel (bk. 9) and Hidden: a house of night novel (bk. 10) by P.C. & Kristen Cast.
5. Vampire Knight (v. 15) by Matsuri Hino.
6. Code (a Virals novel, bk. 3) by Kathy Reichs & Brendan Reichs. If you enjoyed The Maze Runner by James Dashner, then you might like this suspenseful mystery/science fiction story too. This series features Tory Brennan, the niece of Reichs’ character Temperance Brennan, of the Bones forensic mystery series and TV show. The first book in this series is Virals.
7. Tomorrow when the war began by John Marsden. Seven Australian teenagers return from a camping trip in the bush to discover that their country has been invaded and they must hide to stay alive. (source: Novelist). A suspenseful Australian adventure story that is always a popular choice among students. The movie version has recently been screened on television. MP3 available and it is also a book on the NSW Premier’s Reading Challange (PRC).