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  The Brotherband Chronicles: Book 1

  The Outcasts

  by John Flanagan

  They are outcasts. Hal, Stig, and the others - they are the boys the others want no part of. Skandians, as any reader of Ranger's Apprentice could tell you, are known for their size and strength. Not these boys. Yet that doesn't mean they don't have skills. And courage - which they will need every ounce of to do battle at sea against the other bands, the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race. The icy waters... (more)
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  I Am the Messenger

  by Markus Zusak

  "I Am The Messenger" is a book about mystery, friends, and the social life of an accidental hero. Ed Kennedy, a big-city cab driver, has been chosen by an unknown source to save people from their trapped life. Different victims create a different puzzle for Ed to figure out. From a lonely woman to a runner who needs bare feet, Ed finds what is missing from their life and seals that gap. He creates good by doing... (more)
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  Wolfe: Book 2

  Fighting Ruben Wolfe

  by Markus Zusak

  Cameron and Ruben Wolfe come from a family clinging to the ragged edge of the working class. To make money, the boys hook up with a sleazy fight promoter who sees something marketable in the untrained brothers¹ vulnerability. But the Wolfe brothers are fighting for more than tips and pay-off money. It soon becomes a fight for identity, for dignity, and for each other.
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  Wolfe: Book 3

  Getting the Girl

  by Markus Zusak

  (Originally published in Australia as When Dogs Cry).Cameron Wolfe is the quiet one in his family, not a soccer star like his brother Steve or a charming fighter with a new girl every week like his brother Rube. Cam would give anything to be near one of those girls, to love her and treat her right. He especially likes Rube's latest, Octavia, with her brilliant ideas and bright green eyes. But what woman... (more)
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  Surrender

  by Sonya Hartnett

  I am dying: it’s a beautiful word. Like the long slow sigh of a cello: dying. But the sound of it is the only beautiful thing about it. As life slips away, Gabriel looks back over his brief twenty years, which have been clouded by frustration and humiliation. A small, unforgiving town and distant, punitive parents ensure that he is never allowed to forget the horrific mistake he made as a child. He has only two... (more)
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  Princes

  by Sonya Hartnett

  In a dilapidated mansion overrun by rats, Indigo and Ravel Kesby have gone to war. Identical twins, their two selves have gradually entwined until they have become all but interchangeable: no one can tell them apart. But when one twin attempts to sever the ties to his brother, their insular world quickly disintegrates into madness, treachery, and violence. As the story sweeps toward a shocking and inexorable... (more)
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  Wolfe: Book 1

  The Underdog

  by Markus Zusak

  Boys are like dogs - ready to bite, bark and beg to be given a chance to show their value.. "I vowed that if I ever got a girl I would treat her right and never be bad or dirty to her or hurt her, ever." Cameron Wolfe is a dirty boy. He knows it. His brother Rube knows it, because he's one too. they could change - but what would it take?
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  Five Parts Dead

  by Tim Pegler

  What do you do when you've just lost three of your best mates? Who do you turn to when your life is suddenly bound to a wheelchair? Dan has dodged the Reaper again-but his mates didn't even get a second chance. He's still grieving their deaths when he's dragged on a family holiday to a remote island lighthouse. Left alone, at what feels like the end of the earth, Dan starts sensing a mysterious girl. Is she a... (more)
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  Vinnie's War

  by David McRobbie

  Just then came: crump, CRUMP, CRUMP! Three bombs in quick succession, coming frighteningly closer. With each explosion, the ground shook. Dust and chips fell from the ceiling. Everyone in the shelter gasped at the same time. Vinnie held his breath, waiting for the fourth bomb, but it didn't come. When Vinnie is sent away from the bombs in London, he has no idea what awaits him. All he has left of his old life is... (more)