The serpent's shadow by Rick Riordan

Carter and Sadie Kane face the impossible task of defeating Apophis, the serpent of chaos, before he can destroy the mortal world. Unfortunately, the magicians of the House of Life are on the brink of civil war, the Gods are divided, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House stand almost alone against the forces of chaos. (Publisher) Sequel to: Throne of fire. **BOOK TRAILER**

The enchanted flute by James Norcliffe

A flute that will only play one mysterious song? A strange old man in a wheel chair somehow rejuvenated by this music? A leap from a window into a strange and often frightening world where nobody can be trusted and from which there seems to be no escape? The Enchanted Flute sweeps Becky Pym and Johnny Cadman from the realities of modern day school and the suburbs into an ancient Arcadian world where an old battle is about to be reignited and where even older forces are preparing themselves. The flute Becky's mother bought at a pawn shop proves to be a catalyst, a prize all forces seek. Becky herself, as the one who plays its enchanted music, becomes the focus of their needs and animosities. Lost, pursued, separated at times, Becky and Johnny are swept along by events out of their control until the final confrontation between ancient enemies. (Publisher) NZ Author

Missing by Christine Harris

Raven Lucas appears to have everything, but something is missing from her life. Her father has suddenly and mysteriously disappeared with no words of goodbye. Raven wonders if he has just suddenly left, been kidnapped or died. She is determined to find out what happened even if it kills her, and it just might. Book 1 in the Raven Lucas series

Thea Stilton and the ghost of the shipwreck by Geronimo Stilton

While five mice at Mouseford Academy are looking for their missing biology professor they dive to a haunted shipwreck off Whale Island to find a rare diamond that was lost when the ship sank. Translated from the Italian.

The whizz pop chocolate shop by Kate Saunders

Oz and Lily's family have inherited an ancient chocolate shop and they're moving in upstairs. It's the perfect home ...apart from the small fact that it's haunted. And then they discover some solid gold chocolate moulds - with magic powers! Soon the ghosts are joined by some evil villains determined to get their hands on the priceless secrets of the magical chocolate.

The flask by Nicky Singer

Twelve-year-old Jess is grieving for her beloved Aunt Edie, and anxiously awaiting the birth of her conjoined twin brothers, when she finds a mysterious glass flask hidden in a desk. The flask is beautiful to Jess, and soon she starts to believe that it contains a magical life-force, and that the fate of her brothers depends on the flask.

The kissing game : short stories by Aidan Chambers

This is a collection of stories, or little 'cells', complete in themselves but connected by the overarching themes of betrayal and revenge. All featuring teenagers and often with an unexpected twist, these frighteningly realistic stories will take you to the very edge and beyond. (Publisher)

Slated by Teri Terry

Sixteen-year-old Kyla has been 'slated': all of her past memories erased, her entire personality wiped blank. She has been assigned a new name, a new date of birth and even new parents. The government claims she was a terrorist, and that she has been given a second chance. But Kyla knows that the government has been lying.

The fog boggarts by Linda Chapman & Lee Weatherly

As Guardian, Sophie must protect the world from the nasty creatures that live in the Shadow Woods. Now she must fact the most dangerous shadow creatures yet - the Fog Boggarts.

Divergent by Veronica Roth

In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.

Me before you by Jojo Moyes

Lou Clark knows lots of things but she doesn't know she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane. Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour.

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

At an end of a summer party, Melinda Sordino was raped by a senior student and now carries this terrible secret alone. Although Melinda called the police after the event, she left the party before they arrived and now her friends think she called the police to break up the party and won't have anything to do with her. Melinda tells her story, describing how hard it was for her to start high school under this cloud, and how it has affected her friendships, her school work and her relations with her parents as well. But the worst part is trying to live with her terrible secret.

Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare

Tessa Gray is drawn deeper into the Shadowhunter's underworld of demons and danger. Trying to help her friends, Tessa learns that the Magister blames the Shadowhunters for the murder of his parents nearly a half century ago. But who were his parents, and why did the Shadowhunters kill them? Tessa, Will and Jem travel to Yorkshire, only to find corrupt Shadowhunters intent on burying the past - a past that holds the key not only to the Magister's motivations, but to the secret of what Tessa really is and what she was born to do. Meanwhile, Tessa's feelings for Jem and Will are growing more complicated, and any choice she makes will either save the Shadowhunters of London - or end them forever.

Book 2 in the Infernal Devices series

Love you hate you miss you by Elizabeth Scott

It's been seventy-five days, and Amy still doesn't know how she can possibly exist without her best friend, Julia--especially since it's her fault that Julia's dead. When her shrink tells her it would be a good idea to start a diary, Amy starts writing letters to Julia instead. But as she writes letter after letter, she begins to realize that the past wasn't as perfect as she thought it was--and the present deserves a chance, too.

I am number four by Pittacus Lore

In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien.

"Three are dead."-cover

Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick

The noise between Patch and Nora has gone. They've overcome the secrets riddled in Patch's dark past, bridged two irreconcilable worlds and faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty and trust - and all for a love that will transcend the boundary between heaven and earth. (Publisher)

Sequel to: Hush, hush; and, Crescendo.

Dying to meet you by Kate Klise

In this story told mostly through letters, children's book author, Ignatius B. Grumply, gets more than he bargained for when he rents a quiet place to write for the summer.

Bk 1 in 43 Old Cemetery Road series

Trash by Andy Mulligan

Fourteen-year-olds Raphael and Gardo team up with a younger boy, Rat, to figure out the mysteries surrounding a bag Raphael finds during their daily life of sorting through trash in a third-world country's dump.

The fault in our stars by John Green

Despite the tumour-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

Matched by Ally Condie

"Watched by society. Trapped by rules. Freed by love?"--Cover.

On her seventeenth birthday, Cassia meets her Match. Society dictates he is her perfect partner for life. Except he's not. In Cassia's society, Officials decide who people love. Where they work. When they die. But Cassia is determined to make some choices of her own. And that's when her whole world begins to unravel.