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Year Eight: Relationships

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Mr Romanov's Garden in the Sky by Robert Newton

Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Cohn and Levithan

Holly Goldberg Sloan

Tin Heart

Roger's Reads

In this video, Roger provides an interesting review of the book Tin Heart by Shivaun Plozza.

The First Third - Will Kostakis

Will Kostakis tells us about his book 'The First Third'.

Lucky Strikes

The Other Side of Summer

The Other Side of Summer extract

Summer is trying to recover from a tragedy, but it seems impossible when her family is falling apart around her. Having an extraordinary best friend like Mal helps a little, but Summer’s secret source of happiness is a link to the past: one very special guitar. 

Now her dad’s plan to save them is turning Summer’s life upside down again. The next thing she knows, they’ve moved to the other side of the world.

In Australia, Summer makes an unlikely friend, who seems to be magically connected to her guitar. Is this for real? Has a mysterious boy been sent to help Summer? Or could it be the other way around?

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The Square Root of Summer

The Square Root of Summer extract

Gottie H. Oppenheimer is...seventeen. Motherless. A math genius. And she's losing time. Literally.

When the fabric of the universe surrounding Gottie's sleepy seaside town begins to fray, she is hurtled through wormholes to her past:

To last summer, when her grandfather Grey died.

To the afternoon she fell in love with Jason, who wouldn't even hold her hand at the funeral. 

To the day her childhood best friend Thomas moved to Canada, leaving her behind with a scar on her hand and a black hole in her memory.

Although Grey is still gone, this summer Jason and Thomas are back, and Gottie's past, present, and future are about to collide -- and be changed forever.

With time travel, quantum physics, and world-stopping kisses, this stunning YA debut is an exponentially enthralling story about love, loss, and figuring it all out.

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Metal Fish, Falling Snow

More Relationships books

             

Flying Tips for Flightless Birds by Kelly McCaughrain

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

Nova Weetman

When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee

Susin Nielsen

Susin Nielsen on her latest release 'Optimists Die First'.

Author Susin Nielsen reads a segment from her young adult novel, "Word Nerd"

Sister of the Bollywood Bride

Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta

When Rain Turns to Snow

When Rain Turns to Snow extract

A runaway, a baby and a whole lot of questions...

Lissa is home on her own after school one afternoon when a stranger turns up on the doorstep carrying a baby. Reed is on the run - surely people are looking for him? He's trying to find out who he really is and thinks Lissa's mum might have some answers. But how could he be connected to Lissa's family - and why has he been left in charge of a baby? A baby who is sick, and getting sicker ...

Reed's appearance stirs up untold histories in Lissa's family, and suddenly she is having to make sense of her past in a way she would never have imagined. Meanwhile, her brother is dealing with a devastating secret of his own.

A beautiful and timely coming-of-age story about finding out who you are in the face of crisis and change.

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This Raging Light

Annabel Pitcher