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25 September 2009| Fiction
Arrival
Book 1; The Phoenix Files
Author: Chris Morphew
Call No: YF MOR
Luke is having a rough year. He has moved with his mum to Phoenix, a tiny town in the middle of nowhere, built from the ground up by the enigmatic Shackleton Co-operative. There are no cars, no phone lines, and a private security force instead of police.
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24 September 2009| Fiction
The 10pm question
Author: Kate De Goldi
Call No: NZ F DEG and NZ Y DEG
Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons has rather large, quirky family. Until now they've been the centre of his universe, but now Frankie's view of his world begins to change. There's a new arrival at school- a dredlocked girl called Sydney who becomes perplexingly fascinating to him. She even starts to draw him away from his best friend, Gigs.
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12 September 2009 |
Graphic novel
The good neighbors. 1 KinAuthor: by Holly Black & [illustrated by] Ted Naifeh
Call No: YGN BLA
Sixteen-year-old Rue Silver, whose mother disappeared weeks ago, believes she is going crazy until she learns that the strange things she has been seeing are real, and that she is one of the faerie creatures, or Good Neighbors, that mortals cannot see.
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12 September 2009 |
Graphic novel
Steampunk: manimatronAuthor: created, drawn and written by Chris Bachalo and Joe Kelly ; inked by Richard Friend
Call No: YF BAC
Comatose for over a century, Cole Blaquesmith is awakened in a time he does not recognize, with a bizarre mechanical apparatus for an arm that he does not remember, in a world he does not know. Suddenly living in a high-tech Victorian-age London, Cole is thrust into the role of hero as he leads the London Underdwellers in a revolt against the evil despot, Lord Absinthe. Attempting to piece together his past while leading a revolution, Cole and his compatriots unearth Absinthe's dark secret and learn of the unholy alliance that he has forged with the Iron Monk and his soul-stealing Consecration Engine.
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12 September 2009 |
Graphic novel
X-Men: bizarre love triangleAuthor: by Peter Milligan
Call No: YF MIL
The X-Men travel to Antarctica to respond to an S.O.S. from a colony of mutants... and what they find is far more shocking than they expected! Will the X-Men share the colony's gruesome fate? A new student has arrived at the Xavier Institute. She's sexy, sassy, and has the hots for Gambit! Will Remy be seduced by this little Lolita, or will Rogue do the unthinkable to keep her man?!
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12 September 2009 |
Fiction
The road of bonesAuthor: by Anne Fine
Call No: YF FIN
Told who to cheer for, who to believe in, Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged - where even one's neighbours are encouraged to report any dissension to the authorities. But it is still a shock when a few careless words lead him to a virtual death-sentence - sent on a nightmare journey up north to a camp amidst the frozen wastes. What, or who, can he possibly believe in now? Can he even survive?
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12 September 2009 |
Fiction
The sisterhood of the traveling pantsAuthor: by Ann Brashares
Call No: YF BRA
During their first summer apart, four teenage girls, best friends since earliest childhood, stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes to their different summer experiences.
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8 September 2009 |
Graphic novel
Sanctuary (Wicked lovely, desert tales vol. 1)
Author: story by Melissa Marr ; art by Xian Nu Studio: [Irene Diaz & Laura Moreno]
Call No: YGN MAR
The desert is far away from the schemes of the Faerie Courts - and that's how Rika likes it. Once a mortal and now a faery, Rika seeks isolation and revels in her ability to appear invisible to humans. Then, she meets him. Artistic and kind, Jayce is the last person Rika wants to hide from. But change is coming, challenging Rika's freedom and her new romance, as her past pursues her, even into the heart of the desert.
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5 September 2009 |
Graphic novelSwamp thing: bad seedAuthor: Andy Diggle, writer ; Enrique Breccia, artist ; Martin Breccia, colorist
Call No: YF DIG
Originally published in single magazine form as Swamp Thing 1-6.
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5 September 2009 |
Graphic novel
Wolverine: soultakerAuthor: writer, Akira Yoshida ; illustrator, Shin "Jason" Nagasawa
Call No: YF YOS
Wolverine returns to Japan only to get caught in the middle of an ancient war between gods and demons! Can Logan tip the balance for good and save his soul, Japan and the world? And what does the mysterious Mark of Mana have to do with it?
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4 September 2009 | Graphic novel
Batman: as the crow flies
Author: Judd Winick, writer ; Dustin Nguyen, artist ; Richard Friend, inker ; Alex Sinclair, colorist
Call No: YF WIN
Originally published in single magazine form as Batman 626-630.
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3 September 2009 | Graphic novel
Deff SkwadronAuthor: Gordon Rennie & Paul Jeacock
Call No: YF REN
The author of Bloodquest and Kal Jerico chronicles the adventures and exploits of the bloodthirsty orks of the Deff Skwadron, in an original graphic novel.
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31 August 2009 | Fiction
The Cry of the Icemark (Chronicles of Icemark: Book 1)
Author: Stuart Hill
Call No: JF HIL / YF HIL
Fourteen year old Thirrin became queen when father died in battle. She must find a way to protect her people from the most terrible invasion her nation has ever known and achieve this before the end of the winter snows.
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