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A Boat for Bridget by James Roy
Category: Children's | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
Meet Bridget. Bridget's father loves to sail. Her mother loves to garden. Is there a problem? Not until Will's love for the sea draws him back to the thrill and excitement of ocean racing, a world he left behind before Bridget was born.From the author of Captain Mackcomes a story in the tradition of the ...Show more
A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove by James Moloney
Category: Fiction | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
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A New Kind of Dreaming by Anthony Eaton
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
A story of a boy's journey to reveal a dark and buried secret, and of a town too scared to face the future because of its past. Murder and mystery against the backdrop of the bush. For ages 14+.
A Place Like This by Steven Herrick
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
Jack and Annabel have decided to put off university and drive around the country. It all seems wildly romantic, but when their car dies two days into the trip, they end up at George's apple orchard. They figure it's a temporary pit stop--and at first it is. But when Jack recognizes a familiar suffering ...Show more
Alex Jackson: Swa by Pat Flynn
Category: Children's | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
When Alex Jackson joins a group known as Skateboarders with Attitude, he quickly gives into peer pressure and becomes involved in dangerous stunts and illegal activities.
Angel of Barbican High by Taylor, Michelle A.
Category: Fiction | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
Through a series of poems written to a personal angel, Jez shares her love for her boyfriend and her guilt over his death, but as her grief and depression intensify, it is her friendship with class nerd Tommy that may save her.
Bloody Liggie by Ken Catran
Category: Fiction | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
Liggie Tanner, with an axe, Gave her step-mum forty whacks. When she saw what she had done . . . "Bloody" Liggie, the media labelled her. She was locked away but broke out and drowned crossing a river. So . . . was this the end of Liggie? Two years on, there's a new girl in class. Cool and closed . . . ...Show more
Daredevils by Bill Condon
Category: Teen Fiction | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
Jack's life changes dramatically from the moment the friendly new boy, Tony Thornton, sits next to him in class. Soon Jack is involved in daring deeds such as challenging the school bullies, taking a day of school, and more. Ages 12+.
Darkness by Anthony Eaton
Category: Fiction | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
In the small coastal town of Isolation Bay, a shadow hangs over the lives of Rohan Peters and his mother Eileen. Bound together by small town superstition, their lives are dominated by fear.Into this setting comes Rachel, a girl on the run from her own dark history. As Rohan and Rachel struggle to build ...Show more
Love Ghosts & Nose Hair by Steven Herrick; Gregory Rogers (Illustrator)
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
Jack is 16. He's obsessed with the beautiful Annabel, the ghost of his mother and nose hair. This is a bitter-sweet comedy written in verse for young adults.
The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
My hand in his stops trembling, for a moment. When the paths of a runaway teenage boy, an old hobo and a rich girl intersect in an abandoned train yard, each carries their own personal baggage. Over early mornings, long walks and cheap coffee they discover, no matter how big or small, it's the simple gi ...Show more
The Year it All Happened by Bateson, Catherine
Category: Fiction | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
I throw the dice - four or over I stay, one to three I pack up. Six dots stare back, telling me I've nothing left to lose.John stays with the dice but not all choices can be left to fate. Merri makes a loaded decision. Nick takes his heart in his hands and gets a second chance. Leigh revs up her life wi ...Show more
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