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Modern Classics

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Call Number: HADD
ISBN: 9781849920414
#dog #murder #mystery #aspergers
How I live now by Meg Rosoff
Call Number: ROSS
ISBN: 0141319925
#england #family relationships #war #rural

Steampunk

Mortal Engines
Call Number: REEV
ISBN: 9781407117041
#distopian #adventure #science fiction
Machine Wars
Call Number: PRYO
ISBN: 9780857982766
#science fiction #distopian

Fantasy

Northern lights by Phillip Pullman
Call Number: PULL
ISBN: 0590660543
#quest #series
The knife of never letting go by Patrick Ness
Call Number: NESS
ISBN: 9781406326314
#dog #politics
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
Call Number: TOLK
ISBN: 9780261102217
#classic #adventure

Philosophy

Genesis by Bernard Beckett
Call Number: BEC
ISBN: 9781921351426
#distopian

Verse Novels

The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick
Call Number: HERR
ISBN: 0702231339
#friendship #running away

Classics

To kill a mockinbird by Harper Lee
Call Number: LEE
ISBN: 9780749301347
#america #racism
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Call Number: ORWE
ISBN: 9780141182704
#allegories #power #revolutions #social classes

Science Fiction

Brave New World
Call Number: HUXL
ISBN: 9780099458166
#Futuristic #genetic engineering #totalitarian regimes
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Call Number: VERN
ISBN: 9780099528494
#quests #classic #adventure

Australian Authors

Tomorrow when he war began by John Marsden
Call Number: MARS
ISBN: 9780330403801
#adventure #war #series #film
The messenger by Markus Zusak
Call Number: ZUSA
ISBN: 9781742613598
#bank robbery #mystery #contemporary #cards
The whole business with Kiffo and the Pitbull by Barry Jonsberg
Call Number: JONS
ISBN: 1741141125
#school # humour #contemporary
Thursday's Child by Sonya Hartnett
Call Number: HART
ISBN: 0140297324
#poverty #family #historical

Librarian

Suzannah Hawtin