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Year Ten: Fierce, Fragile Hearts

Year Ten ROAD

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

American Panda by Gloria Chao

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

Scars Like Wings by Erin Stewart

16-year-old Ava Gardener is heading back to school one year after a house fire left her severely disfigured. She’s used to the names, the stares, the discomfort, but there’s one name she hates most of all: Survivor. What do you call someone who didn’t mean to survive? Who sometimes wishes she hadn’t?

How it feels to Float by Helena Fox

'A profoundly moving story about grief, loss, and love that will take your breath away. Helena Fox is a writer to be reckoned with.' Kathleen Glasgow.

Biz knows how to float. She has her people, posse, her mum and the twins. She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little kid she was, and who shouldn't be here but is. So Biz doesn't tell anyone anything. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she doesn't tell anyone about her dad. Because her dad died when she was seven. And Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface - normal okay regular fine.