Craig Silvey
Author
Language
English
Description
Meet twelve-year-old Liam McKenzie, who patrols his suburban neighborhood as the Masked Avenger-a superhero with powers so potent not even he can fully comprehend their extent.
Along with his sidekick, Richie the Powerbeagle, he protects the people of Franklin Street from chaos, mayhem, evil, and low tire pressure on their cars.
But when he attempts to rescue a damsel in distress from sadness, instead, he finds a powerful, unlikely friendship.
This...
2) Rhubarb
Author
Language
English
Description
Meet Eleanor Rigby: tiny, blind and left behind. Led by her zealous, overprotective guide dog, Warren, she courses constantly through the places she knows. Tired, mired and sequestered from the world, Eleanor can't shirk the feeling she's going nowhere slowly. Until, of course, she recognises something in the sound of Ewan Dempsey, reclusive and compulsive maker and player of cellos, who impels in Eleanor a rare moment of caprice...
3) Jasper Jones
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In small-town Australia, teens Jasper and Charlie form an unlikely friendship when one asks the other to help him cover up a murder until they can prove who is responsible.
7) Jasper Jones
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An Australian coming of age story about Charlie Bucktin, a bookish boy of fourteen. On the night that Jasper Jones, the town's mixed race outcast shows him the dead body of young Laura Wishheart, Charlie's life is changed forever. Entrusted with this secret and believing Jasper to be innocent, Charlie embarks on a dangerous journey to find the true killer.