Paula Boock

Louie Angelo, a Woodhaugh High prefect who plans to be a lawyer, falls in love with a girl who lives in a pub and just wants to get through her exams so she can become a chef.

Dare Truth Or Promise

On Make-Up and Makeover

Sass isn't adopted. She only wishes she were, like her older sister Win. That bus driver Pete and cleaner Madge are her natural parents is more than Sass can comprehend, and suddenly she is consumed with the fear that she may end up just like them. Her best friend Martina has changed, and Win is twelve thousand miles away, tracking down her birth mother. Even the fictional world of Vayalon which Sass and Win have always shared seems threatened with extinction. Is being fifteen like this for everyone? 'Sasscat' is a swiftly told contemporary story which sweeps the reader into astonishing events.

Sasscat

"Martin thinks he's got enough problems just dealing with his terminally successful older brother and competing for the attention of Trudi Taylor. But more worrying is the fact that people everywhere are starting to die from a mystery virus. And as society begins to disintegrate, the teenagers realise the horrible truth, all the adults are dying. A new order is about to emerge from the chaos, and Martin finds himself with a key role to play in the future of the world."--Back cover. Suggested level: secondary.

Power and Chaos

The Tribe

This story explores the widening gap between rich and poor and two teenagers' battle to bridge it with their friendship.

Home Run

Novel for teenagers. Bryony starts at a new school in Auckland, New Zealand, and discovers that she's despised because she's a rich white kid. Causing trouble at school leads to popularity, but how far is Bryony prepared to go? The author's other publications include 'Out Walked Mel' which won the 1992 Aim Best First Book Award, and 'Sasscat', which won the Esther Glen Award in 1993.

Fifteen-year-old Sass has to cope with the revelation that her older sister, Win, is adopted, and at the same time come to terms with other profound changes in her life and relationships. Suggested level: Secondary.

Sasscat to Win

A gripping book for teenage readers by award-winning writer - fast-paced, punchy and much loved Mel is short, stroppy and never knows when to keep her mouth shut. When she interferes with her best friend Wai's interaction with none other than the Minister of Education, and the interference isn't appreciated, Mel storms out. Out of school and out of home - and heads north. At first she sees it as an escape from a past and present too messy to deal with. But standing up for yourself is one thing; facing the consequences is quite another. Mel's return journey from one end of New Zealand to the other turns into a discovery of not only truths about her past, but also truths about herself. 'The most nicked book in schools'. Mel is instantly familiar - mixed-up, smart, and sassy.

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