What to read if you enjoyed Stolen
Held Edeet Ravel Seventeen year old Chloe is on a summer holiday in Greece. While she sits and enjoys a breathtaking view she is grabbed, blindfolded and bundled into a car. As a bright, well informed girl she fears torture and a cruel death by a group making a political gesture but her captor seems so polite and apologetic. As the months creep by Chloe wonders who to place her trust in. |
Raw blue
Kirsty Eager Carly has dropped off the path her life was taking her on. She had finished school and was at uni... but now she is just wasting her life away surfing and working at a cafe. These things stop her from thinking about what happened to her at Schoolies but also from healing and resuming the path she had been on. When she meets Ryan out in the surf, their pasts combine and she has to decide whether she is willing to confront what happened to her, heal and trust him. A very open and honest look at sexual assault that lives up to the title. |
The face on the milk carton
Caroline Cooney This is the first of a series dealing with Janie. As the story begins, Janie is a happy girl living with her parents. She is the centre of their world and she loves her life and friends. Then she is in the school cafeteria staring at a milk carton and feeling glum because she has been diagnosed as gluten intolerant... when she sees her own face in the old photo on the carton. Surely it couldn’t be her? We go on the journey with Janie as her world unravels. Books in the Janie Johnson series 1. The face on the milk carton 2. Whatever happened to Janie? 3. The voice on the radio 4. What Janie found 4.5. What Janie saw (e-book) 5. Janie face to face |
The killing woods, by Lucy Christopher Emily’s dad is accused of murdering a teenage girl. Emily is sure he is innocent, but what happened that night in the woods behind their house where she used to play as a child? Determined to find out, she seeks out Damon Hillary, the enigmatic boyfriend of the murdered girl. He also knows these woods. Maybe they could help each other. But he’s got secrets of his own about games that are played in the dark. |
Intruder, by Christine Bongers
I don't walk past the house next door. I wish the woman who lives in it was dead. Which makes it hard . . . because she was the one who came running when I screamed. Kat Jones is woken by an Intruder looming over her bed. She's saved by Edwina – the neighbour Kat believes betrayed her dying mother. Her dad issues an ultimatum. Either spend nights next door, or accept another Intruder in her life – Hercules, the world's ugliest guard dog. It's a no-brainer, even for dog-phobic Kat. When she meets adorkable Al at the dog park, finally Kat has someone to talk to, someone who cares. But the prowler isn't finished with Kat. To stop him, she needs Edwina's help . . . and what Kat learns could mend fences – or break her fragile family apart forever. Borrow on the Inaburra eLibrary |
Friday Brown, by Vikki Wakefield
I am Friday Brown. I buried my mother. My grandfather buried a swimming pool. A boy who can’t speak has adopted me. A girl kissed me. I broke and entered. Now I’m fantasizing about a guy who’s a victim of crime and I am the criminal. I’m going nowhere and every minute I’m not moving, I’m being tail-gated by a curse that may or may not be real. They call me Friday. It has been foretold that on a Saturday I will drown… Friday, 17, flees memories of her mother, granddad, and the family curse. She joins Silence in a street gang led by beautiful charismatic Arden, and escapes to a ghost town in the outback. In Murungal Creek, the town of never leaving, Friday faces the ghosts of her past. Sometimes you have to stay to finish what you started, and before you can find out who you are, you have to become someone you never meant to be. Borrow on the Inaburra eLibrary |
Escape under the forever sky, by Eve Yohalem
Lucy's mother is the U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, so Lucy's life must be one big adventure, right? Wrong. Lucy's worrywart mother keeps her locked up inside the ambassador's residence. All Lucy can do is read about the exotic and exciting world that lies beyond the compound walls and imagine what it would be like to be a part of it. That is, until one day Lucy decides she has had enough and she and a friend sneak off for some fun. But to their horror, Lucy gets kidnapped! With only herself to rely upon, Lucy must use her knowledge of African animals, inventiveness, will, and courage to escape, and in the process embarks on an adventure beyond her wildest imagination. |
Eleven days, by Michael Manuell En route to England with her father, 13-year-old Isabella meets a young European, Leo, travelling with his Aunt Helena. Isabella senses a mystery and soon finds out that the two are political refugees from Domeria. In London, Aunt Helena is kidnapped, and Leo is on the run. Isabella and her father are soon ensnared in a complex web of international espionage and intrigue. |
The industry, by Rose Foster Kirra Hayward is an ordinary sixteen year old - smarter than most, but otherwise completely anonymous. When she stumbles across an unusual puzzle on the internet and manages to solve it, she has no idea of what she's letting herself in for. Kidnapped by a shadowy organisation known only as The Industry, Kirra soon discovers how valuable her code-breaking skills are. And when she stubbornly refuses to help them, they decide to break her... by any means at their disposal. Kirra knows that to protect herself, she must trust no one, not even her fellow prisoner, Milo. But as time goes by she realises he might be the only person she can rely on... |
Girl, stolen, by April Henry
Sixteen-year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of the car while her stepmom fills a prescription for antibiotics. Before Cheyenne realizes what's happening, the car is being stolen. Griffin hadn't meant to kidnap Cheyenne and once he finds out that not only does she have pneumonia, but that she's blind, he really doesn't know what to do. When his dad finds out that Cheyenne's father is the president of a powerful corporation, everything changes--now there's a reason to keep her. How will Cheyenne survive this nightmare? Borrow on the Inaburra eLibrary |
Room, by Emma Donoghue
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits. Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough ... not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work. Borrow from the Inaburra eLibrary |
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