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Many Stonesby Carolyn Coman

After her sister Laura ismurdered in South Africa,Berry and her estrangedfather travel there toparticipate in the dedication

of a memorial in her name.

Mac Slater Hunts the Coolby Tristan Bancks

Mac, an Australian youth, hasone week to prove that he

can be a "coolhunter,"

identifying emerging trendsand posting images on awebsite, but he is competingagainst a classmate on whomhe has a crush and dealingwith resistance from his bestfriend and his ownconfusion over what "cool"means.

Guardian of the Dead

by Karen Healey

Eighteen-year-old NewZealand boarding schoolstudent Ellie Spencer mustuse her rusty tae kwon doskills and new-found magic totry to stop a fairy-like race of creatures from Maori mythand legend that is plotting tokill millions of humans inorder to regain their lost

immortality.

Diamonds in the Shadowby Caroline B. Cooney

The Finches, a Connecticutfamily, sponsor an Africanrefugee family of four, all of 

whom have been scarred by thehorrors of civil war, and whoinadvertently put theirbenefactors in harm's way.

Willby Maria Boyd

Seventeen-year-old Will'sbehavior has been getting him introuble at his all-boys school in

Sydney, Australia, but his latestpunishment, playing in the band fora musical production, gives him

new insights into his fellow students

and helps him cope with an incidenthe has tried to forget.

The Bite of the Mangoby Mariatu KamaraYA 966.404 KA MA

As a child in a small rural villagein Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamaralived peacefully surrounded byfamily and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than adistant worry. But when 12-year-

old Mariatu set out for aneighboring village, she never

arrived. Heavily armed rebelsoldiers, many no older thanchildren themselves, attacked and

tortured Mariatu. During this brutal act of senseless violencethey cut off both her hands. Stumbling through thecountryside, Mariatu miraculously survived. The sweet tasteof a mango, her first food after the attack, reaffirmed herdesire to live, but the challenge of clutching the fruit in herbloodied arms reinforced the grim new reality that stoodbefore her. In this gripping and heartbreaking true story,

Mariatu shares with readers the details of the brutal attack, itsaftermath and her eventual arrival in Toronto.

A Little Wanting s ongby Cath Crowley

Over one Australiansummer, two very different

sixteen-year-old girls--Charlie, a talented but shymusician, and Rose, aconfident student longing toescape her tiny town--are

drawn into anunexpected friendship.

The Devil’s Breathby David Gilman

When fifteen-year-old MaxGordon's environmentalist-

adventurer father goes

missing while working inNamibia and Max becomesthe target of a would-beassassin at his school inEngland, he decides he mustfollow his father to Africaand find him before theyboth are killed.

The Anatomy of Wingsby Karen Foxlee

After the suicide of hertroubled teenage sister,eleven-year-old Jennystruggles to understandwhat actually happened.