Title: One Step
Author: Andrew Daddo
Ease: Easy
Rating: 5/5
One Step is an emotional roller-coaster of a book that literally had me on the edge of my seat.
Tag: 5/5
The Cruelty by Scott Bergstrom
Title: The Cruelty
Author: Scott Bergstrom
Ease: Moderate
Rating: 5/5
The Cruelty takes us on a dark, dangerous, journey into the seedy world of spies and organised crime. Gwendolyn is forced to do the unthinkable to save her father and thereby sacrifices her innocence forever.
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Title: Violence 101
Author: Denis Wright
Ease: Moderate
Rating: 5/5
Violence 101 is dark, disturbing and takes us deep into the mind of a psychopath.
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Title: Freedom Ride
Author: Sue Lawson
Ease: Moderate
Rating: 5/5
Freedom Ride takes a look at the efforts by Australian Indigenous people and their supporters to bring attention to the inequities they were being subjected to everyday, from the point of view of Robbie, a white teenager who knows something is wrong but doesn’t know if he can, or should, stop it. Continue reading
Don’t Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Title: Don’t Look Back
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Ease: Moderate
Rating: 5/5
Sam has it all – wealth, popularity and a boyfriend that every girl in the school wants – but after a suspicious accident, she hasn’t got a clue who she is. Someone doesn’t want Sam to regain her memories of what happened that night to her or to her best friend.
The Whole of My World by Nicole Hayes
Title: The Whole of My World
Author: Nicole Hayes
Ease: Moderate
Rating: 5/5
I didn’t realise that this book was set in the late 80s/early 90s until the protagonist, Shelley, used a scrunchy to put her hair up. The mention of Jason Donovan was the next hint. The story though, of girl grieving for the life she lost and looking desperately for a future, is timeless.
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson
Title: The Impossible Knife of Memory
Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Ease: Moderate
Rating: 5/5
The Impossible Knife of Memory is a dark story, tinged with humour and suspense. It has a unique voice and a brave, snarky, protagonist who balances the trials of adolescence with caring for her father – an ex-soldier haunted by his past. Continue reading
Life Of Pi by Yann Martel
Title: Life of Pi
Author: Yann Martel
Ease: Challenging
Rating: 5/5
If you enjoy books that make you think, that take you on a journey and that refuse to be predictable than this is the book for you. Continue reading
