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Wool by Hugh Howey

I really loved this sci fi novel. It's exciting and intelligent too with some great characters. It's the first of a trilogy, the second one being Shift. I enjoyed that one just as much. Apparently, the last one will be out in a couple of months. The story involves the world a few hundred years into the future and the characters live underground in a vast multi levelled silo. What happened to the Earth and why they're living in a silo comes out over the course of reading Wool and Shift. This knowledge though brings great danger for the characters who try to find out if there is life beyond the silo.

NZ Post Book Award winners announced

A teen novel that begins its dramatic journey on New Zealand’s East Coast has picked up the top prize at this year’s New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards.

Ted Dawe’s book Into the River won the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year and was also the winner of the Young Adult Fiction category.  This engaging coming of age novel follows its main protagonist from his childhood in small town rural New Zealand to an elite Auckland boarding school where he must forge his own way – including battling with his cultural identity.

The New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards promote excellence and provide recognition for the best written and illustrated children’s books published by New Zealand authors each year.

As the winner of both the Young Adult Fiction category and the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, Mr Dawe received a total of $15,000 in cash prizes.

The New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards winners for 2013 are:

Best Young Adult Fiction and New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Into the River* by Ted Dawe Mangakino University Press ISBN 9780473205089
Best Non-Fiction 100 Amazing Tales from Aotearoa by Simon Morton & Riria Hotere Te Papa Press ISBN 9781877385797
Best Junior Fiction My Brother's War by David Hill Penguin Group NZ ISBN 9780143307174 (paperback) ISBN 9781742532653 (e-book)
Honour award, Junior Fiction The Queen and the Nobody Boy: A Tale of Fontania series by Barbara Else Gecko Press ISBN 9781877579493
Best Picture Book Mister Whistler by Margaret Mahy & Gavin Bishop Gecko Press ISBN 9781877467929
Best First Book Reach by Hugh Brown HarperCollins ISBN 9781869509569
Children’s Choice Melu by Kyle Mewburn, Ali Teo & John O’Reilly, Scholastic NZ ISBN 9781775430278

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Jamie's 15 minute meals

This cookbook is for people who are in a hurry but want  interesting and healthy meals.  There are yummy recipes from around the world like Spicy cajun chicken, Asian beef and many fish and vegetarian recipes. This cookbook is clearly set out and you are even told what pans/saucpans etc to have ready and at what temperature. The pictures of the food look really colouful and Jamie says his book is "suitable for all ages and skill levels.
Next week I will put some of the recipes to the test see how long it takes me and let you know how it goes!

New Skulduggery Pleasant title!

The new Skulduggery Pleasant title has been announced. 'Last stand of Dead Men' will be released at the end of August this year. In the meantime if you are missing your favourite Skulduggery characters we have a novella from the world of Skulduggery Pleasant featuring Tanith Low in "The Maleficent Seven". This is a high action tale featuring many of the regular characters from the Skulduggery stories. It fills in some of Tanith Low's history and sets up some background for the title coming out in August. A good snack for fans to help them make it to August.

Library Funnies

       

Read the Hunger Games? What next...

If you enjoyed the Hunger Games we have lots of other dystopian novels you might like to try or take a look at this list for some new ideas.
So You Loved The Hunger Games...What Should You Read Next? What kind of narrator do you want? GIRL Legend by Marie Lu GUY Divergent by Veronica Roth FANTASY The Maze Runner by James Dasher There are like 100 holds on Divergent.
I want something today! The Bar Code Tattoo
by Suzanne Weyn Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld Article 5 by
Kristen Simmons I’ve already read
The Maze Runner! I want to try something a little different but as good as The Hunger Games
The Scorpio Races
by Maggie Stiefvater Graceling by Kristen Cashore Cinder by Marissa Meyer Still
looking?
Try the next page The Knife of Never Letting Go
by Patrick Ness
With
Romance ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER OR FUTURISTIC OR PARANORMAL OR WAR Blood Red Road
by Moira Young America Pacifica
by Anna North Ashes, Ashes
by Jo Treggiano Life as We Knew It by
Susan Beth Pfeffer The Supernaturalist
by Eoin Colfer How about... Ashfall by Mike Mullin The Diary of Pelly D
by LJ Adlington Under the Never Sky
by Veronica Rossi Enclave
by Ann Aguirre Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi Cherry Heaven
by L.J. Adlington The Carbon Diaries
by Saci Lyod REPRODUCTION ARRANGED MARRIAGE DISEASE The Masque of the
Red Death
By Bethany Griffin Eve by Anna Carey Unwind by
Neal Shusterman The Declaration
By Gemma Malley The Kindling by
Jennifer Armstrong The Selection
by Kierra Cass Wither by Lauren Destafano Delirium by Lauren Oliver Bumped by Megan McCafferty Incarceron by
Catherine Fisher Birthmarked by
Carragh M O’Brien Matched by
Ally Condie Don’t worry...there’s more! PRESENT DAY CLONING/GENETICS GAMING COMPUTERS SPACE Feed by M T Anderson Variant by
Robinson Wells Little Brother by
Cory Doctorow The Line
by Teri Hall Candor by
Pam Bachorz Across the Universe
by Beth Revis The Adoration of
Jenna Fox
by Mary E Pearson The House of the Scorpion
b y Nancy Farmer Epic by
Conor Kostick Ender’s Game by
Orson Scott Card Or how about a classic? Gathering Blue
By Lois Lowry Neuromancer by William Gibson
The Handmaid’s Tale by
Margaret Atwood
1984 by George Orwell Brave New World
By Aldous Huxley Fahrenheit 451
By Ray Bradbury

The Hunters

This is the third installment in John Flanagan's Brotherband series. Hal and his crew are still in pursuit of the pirate Zavac attempting to retrieve the Andomal he stole from them. This is a fast paced story with lots of battles and adventures and fans of the series will not be disappointed. The Ranger's Apprentice series ran for eleven books so it will be interesting to see what other adventures John Flanagan has planned for the Heron Brotherband.

THAI-RIFFIC and THAI-NO-MITE

by Oliver Phommavanh

(Junior fiction 10- 14 yrs)


Thai-riffic and Thai-no-mite (the next instalment of the series) tells the story of Lengy, Australian born, but of Thai descent.  Lengy just wants to eat burgers or pizzas but this is a bit difficult when your parents run the local Thai restaurant. Thai-riffic is a funny, enjoyable novel and is a sensitive look at cultural diversity. Oliver Phommavanh is a stand-up comic and teacher and he says that his books are guaranteed 5 laughs a second.  Read it and find out for yourself!
I thought it was very funny and even though it is aimed for younger teens it would still be an easy but enjoyable read for older readers.