Bookmarks

This week, all our reviews are of titles from our eBook collection. Students can access the collection of eBooks via the Library Homepage and follow the link to ePlatform to login.

Junior Readers

‘Jake Atlas and the Quest for the Crystal Mountain’ by Rob Lloyd Jones.

Love action and adventure? Try this action-packed title with futuristic gadgets and belly laughs. Jake Atlas is a treasure hunter, a tomb robber and an all-round trouble maker. And he is rather good at it. As Jake and his family begin a search for an emerald tablet that will reveal secrets about history, the People of the Snake use explosives and drastic measures to try and stop them. Jake will have to use all his skills in a high-altitude mission.

Middle Readers

‘Everything I’ve Never Said’ by Samantha Wheeler.

Ava would love to talk to her family. She’d love to tell them she likes pink not purple. She’d love to say that she would rather watch teen movies than kid shows. And she’d really love to tell them that she loves them. But Ava has Rett syndrome and so Ava can’t move her body the way she would like to, can’t nod, blink, wave and certainly can’t talk. When tragedy strikes her family and throws her life into chaos, Ava knows she must talk, must help save her family. With the help of new friends, Kieran and Aimee, Ava just might have the chance to find her voice and tell the world, tell her family, everything she’s always wanted to say.

Senior Readers

‘Warcross’ by Marie Lu.

Warcross is a dramatic and thrilling science-fiction, it has everything that will keep readers glued to the pages. Emika Chen is a bounty hunter. She hunts criminals who gamble on the world-wide phenomenon, virtual reality game, Warcross. It's the only way she can afford to live and slowly repay her father's debts. But in a moment of desperation, Em accidentally glitches herself into the biggest Warcross game of the season, instantly displayed across the vision of millions of people. Instead of being arrested though, Emika is recruited by the game's founder, Hideo Tanaka, to play in the Warcross championship, working undercover to help him find the person responsible for dangerously hacking into the games.

Ms Madison Dearnaley, Teacher Librarian