Kate McCaffrey

Being fourteen is hard but it's even harder when your parents uproot you from a cosy little country town to a huge urban high school. Already unsettled and anxious about the prospect of starting year ten at a new school, Avalon's first day is a disaster and it only gets worse. She immediately finds herself on the wrong side of the popular girls and within days becomes the subject of a vicious cyber bullying campaign. Miserable and alienated she finds solace with a small group of friends, and for a while things seem okay. But the focus of the bullying shifts to her friend Marshall who becomes the victim of both physical and mental threats which have consequences more terrible than anything anyone could have imagined. Destroying Avalon is about adolescent peer pressure and the search for identity. It's a hard-hitting, uncompromising story of teenage struggle, courage and betrayal. It is also an incredibly moving story.

Destroying Avalon

It only takes a few bloodstained moments for Tessa's life to change forever. Her brother is dead, and her Mum is so deeply enmeshed in grief she might as well be too. Tessa is left with no-one to turn to but Ned. He's been her staunchest ally, privy to her deepest secrets. But even Ned has a dark side. Ned knows all Tessa's weak spots and he'll exploit every single one to keep her by his side.

Beautiful Monster

Tessa's brother is dead, and her Mum is so deeply enmeshed in grief she might as well be, too. Tessa is left with no one to turn to but Ned. He's been her staunchest ally, privy to her deepest secrets. But even Ned has a dark side. He knows all her weak spots and will exploit every one to keep her by his side.

Mia and Sophie have been best friends forever - but that's all about to change. Experimenting with alcohol, flirting with boys and dabbling in drugs, things quickly spiral out of control. Sophie, after a particularly nasty experience, reigns herself in, but Mia seems bent on self-destruction. Rejecting her old life, she embraces the new and exciting world that opens up for her with drugs. Almost lost, Mia finally claws her way back with the help of her family, and, finally, her renewed friendship with Sophie.

In Ecstasy

Lucy is in Year 12 and under pressure to succeed. The last thing she needs now is an intense boyfriend. Breaking up with Carl feels like the only way to keep her dreams on track. But good decisions can have bad consequences. And leaving Carl is going to be a whole lot harder than Lucy could ever have imagined

Crashing Down

When teenagers Mia and Sophie take ecstasy at a party, Mia falls heavily into drug culture while Sophie is sexually assaulted and attempts to hide it from the authorities.

In ecstasy

This established WA-based writer examines notions of truth, gender, identity and acceptance in a compelling novel about a cold-case podcast.

Double Lives

Written from the perspective of a teenager, this chilling psychological thriller follows Tessa as she copes with the blood-stained event that changed her life forever. Set in Perth, Western Australia, this gripping novel demonstrates how Tessa clings to anorexia and to her sinister, imaginary friend, Ned—her greatest support and her staunchest ally who is privy to her deepest secrets—in an attempt to deal with the loss of her brother and the resulting change in her parents.

Lucy is under pressure to succeed and needs to focus on her end-of-year exams—the last thing she needs now is an intense boyfriend. Even though Carl loves Lucy, breaking up with him feels like the only way to keep her dreams on track. But sometimes even right decisions can have awful consequences. Carl crashes his car, breaking his best friend's neck and leaving himself in a coma. Meanwhile, Lucy discovers that she's pregnant. What unfolds is a complex drama, full of unexpected twists and turns that will keep teen readers hooked until the very end.

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