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Skeeta Anderson wakes up one summer morning to find that part of him is gone, something he thought he'd never miss - his bum. He discovers that almost every single backside in the town of Bugalugs has been stolen - and 496 bums is a lot of bums to go missing without a trace. It's up to Skeeta to catch the thief. And the embarrassed people of Bugalugs find it hard to own up…43 p.

The Bugalugs bum thiefBy Tim Winton

Notes from the teenage undergroundby Simmone Howell

Anti-social teenagers

Gem, Mira and Lo go underground. They want to be ‘extreme’ and ‘anti-establishment’. Gem makes an underground film, but what has Lo got planned?

The novel is a look at friendships, family, and life.

294 p.

The Black Dog gang by Robert Newton

Mickey had an idea – make a gang to catch rats. The rats were coming off ships and spreading disease, so it was a service to the government and would earn the gang a tuppence a rat. It is not as easy as that though. Someone gets really sick, Mickey’s Dad finds his rats and chains him up, and that’s not all…

178 p.

Go ask Aliceby Anonymous

This is a controversial book. Some people love it, some hate it. It is a teenage girl’s journal, and tells of her fall into the world of drugs and the mark that they leave. It started when she was served a drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Her lifestyle takes her from her comfortable family home to an unforgiving city. As you read this book you can see the main character robbed of her innocence and youth.

213 p.

Painted love letters by Catherine Bateson

This novel is a story of the heart. It is about death and those that are going to be left behind. It is a novel about life. The back cover says the story is ‘A tiny, beautiful observed gem packed with incident, experience, insights and intense emotions’.

93 p.

Don't call me Ishmael! By Michael Gerard Bauer

There's no easy way to put this, so I'll say it straight out. It's time I faced up to the truth. I'm fourteen years old and I have Ishmael Leseur's Syndrome. There is no cure. And there is no instant cure to not fitting in.

That won't stop Ishmael and his intrepid band of misfits from taking on bullies, bugs, babies, the Beatles, debating and the great white whale in the toughest, the weirdest, the most embarrassingly awful and the best year of their lives.

277 pages.

Joel and Cat set the story straightBy Nick Earls and Rebecca Sparrow Joel and Cat hate each other, but they are partnered together in a writing assignment. Soon they find themselves in an all-out tandem-story war! Then Cat’s dad and Joel’s mum start dating, and they can finally agree on something – it’s got to stop!

240 p.

Macbeth you idiot!By Don Henderson

Andy Macbeth is the star player on the school football team. He knows a few tricks, but does he know enough to survive his first year of high school? Andy thinks he does. So what can bring him down?

- Falling for Fifi L’Amour?- Betraying his best mate?- Being a deadset idiot??

186 p.

The Greatest Blogger in the WorldBy Andrew McDonald

Charlie Ridge has a secret goal – to win the Greatest Blogger in the World competition. Charlie is never short on material. His best mate runs an illegal red-cordial business at school. His little brother wears a tux to kinder. And, then there’s his pet duck, Barcode. How can he keep his blog a secret if he also want to Be the Hero, Get the Girl, and Save the Day?

257 p.