Smashed by Mandy Hager

A new award winning New Zealand book. Toby is 18 and regarded as a puny nerdy Asian guy studying at uni. His mates Don and the energetic Carl are very different to him but are still his best friends. Toby goes to a party and leaves his younger sister in Don's care but the events that unfold threaten to destroy Toby's family and leave one person in hospital in a coma.

Spiral road by Adib Khan

Masud has been away from Bangladesh for some thirty years. His father is dying and he goes back to say say goodbye.
Masud's mother is not happy that her son is still single, her attempts at matchmaking take their toll and the secrets of Omar, Masud's young nephew who has just returned from America are disturbing. So much has changed, his friends, neighbours and his family are not how he left. How can they be thirty years is a long time.

Dreams of water by Nafa Awar Jarrar

Aneesa, leaves her home in Lebanon after the death of her brother and moves to London seeking a new life.

She meets another 'exile' and they share thoughts of their homeland as they form an unlikely friendship. Eventually she returns home to help find out about the disappearance of her brother and to be with her mother who is still grieving.

Shauzia by Deborah Ellis

Shauzia the companion novel to Parvana and Parvana's journey. Shauzia and Parvana met escaping Afghanistan and now Shauzia has made it to the refugee camp in Pakistan. Shauzia and Parvana always said they would catch up again on the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Shauzia is determined to get to Paris and she strives to find paid employment.

Malvolio's Revenge - Sophie Masson

Voodoo and black magic in deepest Louisiana set off a chilling chain of events for Toby and his uncle Theo’s travelling actors. When chance finds them at the door of a young Creole girl, murder and mystery awaits.

The Raging Quiet - Sherryl Jordan

A powerful, moving story of trust and love set in medieval England. The newly married Marnie is suspected of witchcraft and outcast by the village when her husband dies mysteriously. She befriends the “village idiot”, Raver, whom she realises is deaf.

Once - Morris Gleitzman

Once there was a boy who ran away from the safety of his orphanage in search of his missing parents. Felix hides from the brutal Nazi soldiers and wonders “Why do they hate booksellers so much or is it something else they hate?”

Boys of blood and bone - David Metzenthen

Henry meets Cecelia Haineworth while his car is getting fixed in town. She gives him a diary that her late fiancé Andy wrote during First World War. Written in two stories, this book moves from one lifetime to another capturing their experiences.