Swerve
Phillip Gwynne
9780143009337 $19.95

One of the country's finest young cellists, 16 year-old Hugh Twycross has a very bright future that has been mapped out by everybody it seems, except Hugh.

Hugh has a secret: he loves cars. When his grandfather asks him to go on a road trip to Uluru in his 1970 Holden HT Monaro, Hugh decides, for once in his life, to do the unexpected.

Themes of:
• Road trips
• Euthanasia
• Family relationships
• Taking control of your life

Blood Promise
Richelle Mead
9781921518294 $19.95

Readers who fell in love with Rose, Lissa, and Dimitri won't want to miss the much-anticipated, eApic fourth novel in Richelle Mead's enthralling Vampire Academy series. Visit www.penguin.com.au/
vampireacademy

Themes of:
• Loyalty
• Promises made and broken
• Love and relationships

Lady Macbeth’s Daughter
Lisa Klein
9780143203698 $16.95

Albia has grown up with no knowledge of her father, the powerful thane Macbeth, and her mother, the grief-stricken Grelach. Instead she knows the dark lure of the Wychelm Wood and the moors, where she's been raised by three strange sisters.

Themes of:
• Alternate Macbeth story
• Family secrets
• Fate

Strange Angels: Betrayals
Lili St Crow
9781921518331 $16.95

Poor Dru Anderson. Her parents are long gone, her best friend is a werewolf, and she's just learned that the blood flowing through her veins isn't entirely human. The sequel to Strange Angels. Visit www.penguin.com.au/
strangeangels

Themes of:
• Middle secondary
• Mystery
• Fear

The Enemy
Charlie Higson
9780141325026 $19.95

When the sickness came, every parent, police officer, politician - every adult - felt ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry. Only children under fourteen remain, and they're fighting to survive. Click here to view the trailer.

Themes of:
• Post-apocalypse
• Horror
• Fear and courage

That Summer
Sarah Dessen
9780141325828 $17.95

For fifteen-year-old Haven this is the summer where everything changes. Dad is remarrying. Her sister Ashley is planning a wedding of her own. They're both moving on, but Haven is lost in memories of a time when life was happy and her family was whole.

Themes of:
• Broken families
• Forgiveness
• Moving-on

Lock and Key
Sarah Dessen
9780141324937 $17.95

Ruby Cooper likes to expect the worst. That way, she's never disappointed. Abandoned by her mother and forced to leave the house she calls home, Ruby is facing too many changes.

Themes of:
• Abandonment
• Family relationships
• Forgiveness

And Another Thing…
Eoin Colfer
9780718155148 $39.95

And Another Thing … is the rather unexpected, but very welcome, sixth instalment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy by Eoin Colfer. It features a pantheon of unemployed gods, everyone's favourite renegade Galactic President, a lovestruck green alien, an irritating computer and at least one very large slab of cheese.

Themes of:
• Space travel
• Humour
• Adventure

Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher
9780141328294 $17.95

Clay Jensen returns home to find a strange package with his name on it. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker – his classmate and first love – who committed suicide two weeks earlier.

Themes of:
• Suicide
• Mystery
• Love and forgiveness

Ganglands: Brazil
Ross Kemp
9780143503439 $12.95

Deep in the heart of Rio, a new gang has emerged in the favelas. A gang with a sinister reputation, heavy-duty weaponry and a seemingly limitless drug supply. Recruited by the shady organisation Trojan Industries, teenage rebel Luiz Alvez must gain initiation, infiltrate the gang and find out.

Themes of:
• Danger and violence
• Poverty
• Corruption

The Wild Things: A Novel
Dave Eggers
9780241144220 $35.00

This is an all-ages adventure, full of wit and soul, that explores the chaos of youth while Max explores the chaos of the world around him. A full-length novel version of Maurice Sendak’s classic picture book.

Themes of:
• Surviving an unhappy home life
• Adventure
• Imaginations

Splendor: A Luxe Novel
Anna Godbersen
9780141327419 $19.95

It's a brand new year and in this dramatic conclusion to The Luxe saga, the future of Manhattan's favourite socialites is looking decidedly different from the ones they had imagined for themselves.

Themes of:
• Secrets and betrayals
• High society
• Love and relationships