Cambridge High School Library 2024

By: Knitters Location; NF 746.43 Genre: slippers, hats, babies blankets, mittens, socks, scarves, baby booties- I like that idea!  This book is awesome, it teachers you HOW to knit and then it has amazing simple patterns for you to follow. Awesome for the upcoming holidays!!!

By: Lilia Tarawa Location: NF 920 TAR Genre: Gloriavale We hear so much about this place on the media, so many opinions, so many peoples stories and views, it is good to hear first hand from a young woman who was completely submersed in Gloriavale. This is her story... One young woman's true story of growing up in Gloriavale Christian Community, the repressive cult led by her grandfather, the charismatic and controlling Hopeful Christian. In this personal account, Lilia Tarawa exposes the shocking secrets of the cult, with its rigid rules and oppressive control of women. She describes her fear when her family questioned Gloriavale's beliefs and practices.  When her parents fled with their children, Lilia was forced to make a desperate choice: to stay or to leave. No matter what she chose, she would lose people she loved.  In the outside world, Lilia struggled. Would she be damned to hell for leaving? How would she learn to navigate this strange place called 'the worl...

By: Alex  Michaelides Location: FIC MIC Genre:Mystery, Thriller "Clever, and compelling, with a humdinger of a twist- I hope the ‘Silent’ Patient ‘speaks’ to you too!"- Maureen The instant #1  New York Times  bestseller "An unforgettable—and Hollywood-bound—new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy." — Entertainment Weekly The Silent Patient  is a shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a do...

By: Matthew Reilly Location: FIC  Genre: Dystopia, Time Travel THE COMING END When Skye Rogers and her twin brother Red move to Manhattan, rumours of a coming global apocalypse are building. But this does not stop the young elite of New York from partying without a care. CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? And then suddenly Skye is invited to join an exclusive gang known as the Secret Runners of New York. But this is no ordinary clique - they have access to an underground portal that can transport them into the future. And what Skye discovers in the future is horrifying. RUN! AS FAST AS YOU CAN! As society crumbles, Skye and Red race to figure out how to use their knowledge to survive the impending annihilation, they soon discover that the chaotic end of the world is perfect time for revenge. "It's a fun, easy, fast-paced read with a footing based primarily in the improbable; quite a large proportion of what happens is unlikely, but of course, that is the escapism I, and many others...

By: Jenny Han Location: FIC HAN Genre: Romance “When someone's been gone a long time, at first you save up all the things you want to tell them. You try to keep track of everything in your head. But it's like trying to hold on to a fistful of sand: all the little bits slip out of your hands, and then you're just clutching air and grit.”   “Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That's the part of the risk. I don't want to be scared anymore.”   What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them…all at once? Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren’t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she’s written. One for every boy she’s ever loved—five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lar...

By: Justina Ireland Location: FIC IRE Genre:It is everything, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Horror with some Zombies too! Series: Dread Nation #1 Rated 4.12 with 12,000 reviews on Goodreads which mean this book is very very good, just like its cover. I just watched the movie "Lincoln" what a man. Knowing more about him made the Gettysburg speech so much more powerful. I always hope that back in the day I would be on the side that fights for human rights, dignity, and equality. I would like to think that I would be part of the Black Sash in Capetown, that I would be a suffragette, that I would be an abolitionist. Maybe I need to start looking around and see what I need to fight for more in today's world.  Then there is this quote “See, the problem in this world ain’t sinners, or even the dead. It is men who will step on anyone who stands in the way of their pursuit of power. ” This is for you D Trump! Enough of my rant- back to the book... "This is the perfe...

By: Kimberly Reid Location: FIC  Genre: Thriller "It’s fun, suspenseful, and a little bit silly. And Prettyboy is pretty cool.  "This is an over the top adventure – a pure fun adrenaline rush – and I’m very glad I got to read it!" #prettyboymustdie was right up my alley. I very much love espionage, hacking and spies...especially if it's teens--because you don't expect it. So the book, definitely had that going for it.  It was also pretty action-packed from the very beginning. The author wasted no time getting right down to it." Goodreads reviews A CIA prodigy's cover is blown when he accidentally becomes an internet sensation in  #Prettyboy Must Die , Kimberly Reid's fun, fast thriller inspired by the sensational social media #Alexfromtarget story. When Peter Smith’s classmate snaps a picture of him during a late night run at the track, Peter thinks he might be in trouble. When she posts that photo—along with the caption, “See the Pretty Boy ...

By: Devon Taylor Location: FIC TAY Genre: Fantasy Paranormal  Series: # Soul Keepers #1 Death is just the beginning. After dying in a terrible car accident, Rhett awakens in the afterlife and is recruited to join the crew of the  Harbinger , a colossal seafaring vessel tasked with ferrying the souls of the dead. To where exactly, no one knows. But the crew must get the souls there, and along the way protect them from vicious soul-eating monsters that will stop at nothing to take the ship and all of its occupants. Rhett and his new friends have a hard enough time fighting back the monsters that grow bolder and more ferocious every day. But then a new threat emerges, a demon who wants something that Rhett has. And if she gets it, it could mean the end of everything... for both the living and the dead. "This book took me COMPLETELY by surprise!   I quickly got caught up in the fantastic mythology.  To sum it up, this book felt like a mixture of Harry Potter,...

By: Olivia Cole Location: FIC COL Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction Series:  Faloiv#1 Is this how humans got ourselves into this mess? By believing that we have as much right to this planet as the Faloii? Do we think we own the galaxy? Octavia has only ever had one goal: to follow in the footsteps of her parents and become a prestigious whitecoat, one of the scientists who study the natural wonders of Faloiv. The secrets of the jungle’s exotic plants and animals are protected fiercely in the labs by the Council of N’Terra, so when the rules suddenly change, allowing students inside, Octavia should be overjoyed. But something isn’t right. The newly elected leader of the Council has some extremist views about the way he believes N’Terra should be run, and he’s influencing others to follow him. When Octavia witnesses one of the Faloii—the indigenous people of Faloiv—attacked in front of her in the dark of night, she knows the Council is hiding something. They are living i...

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka Location: GRA KRO Genre: Graphic Novel- Family stuff. Memoir I n kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with raising children until Jarrett came along. Jarrett goes through his childhood trying to make his non-normal life as normal as possible, finding a way to express himself through drawing even as so little is being said to him about what's going on. Only as a teenager can Jarrett begin to piece together the truth of his family, reckoning with his mother and tracking down his father. Hey, Kiddo  is a profoundly important memoir ab...

By: Michael Quetting Location: NF 920 QUE Genre: Geese and science and a man The charming true story of one man’s journey to raise seven goslings in the name of science. In Papa Goose, Michael Quetting shares the hilarious and moving true story of how he became a father to seven rambunctious goslings―and the surprising things he learned along the way. Starting right at the beginning, with the eggs, his journey takes him from the incubator all the way to the airstrip, where he must attempt to teach the geese to fly as part of an ambitious scientific research initiative for the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, which tracks animal migrations around the world. For the next eleven months, we follow the newly minted dad as he takes the goslings on daily swims in the lake, tracks them down when they go astray, and watches their personalities develop: feisty, churlish, and lovable. Packed with charm and humor, Papa Goose quickly draws us into the adventure as Gloria, Nemo, and the res...

By: Kate Quinn Location: FIC QUI Genre: Historical WWII This quote is so true and m,y hope is our generation is one that is building a good wall, not a wall to keep people out, not a wall to barricade, but a wall that stops war, that builds generations of good people who care, honour and support other human beings. “Building a generation is like building a wall—one good well-made brick at a time, one good well-made child at a time. Enough good bricks, you have a good wall. Enough good children, you have a generation that won’t start a world-enveloping war.” From the author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling novel, The Alice Network, comes another fascinating historical novel about a battle-haunted English journalist and a Russian female bomber pilot who join forces to track the Huntress, a Nazi war criminal gone to ground in America. In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted… Bold, reckless Nina Markova grows up on the icy edge of Soviet Russia, ...

By: Bren MacDibble Location: FIC MAC Genre: Sci Fi, Environment, Climate Change, Family This book is a winner: Winner of the NZ Book Prize for Junior Fiction 2018 Winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia 2018 Winner of the Patricia Wrightson Prize in the NSW Premiers Awards. Shortlisted: Queensland Literary Prize Shortlisted: South Australian Festival Literary Prize Shortlisted: Aurealis Award Shortlisted: Ditmar Award   Peony lives with her sister and grandfather on a fruit farm outside the city. In a world where real bees are extinct, the quickest, bravest kids climb the fruit trees and pollinate the flowers by hand. Will Peony's grit and quick thinking be enough to keep her safe? A story about family, loyalty, kindness and bravery, set against an all-too possible future where climate change has forever changed the way we live.  I love Dimitys review on this book in Goodreads This is a brave story set in Australia in the not-too-distant future but has g...

By: Mindee Arnett Location: FIC ARN Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Series: Rime Chronicles This cover, oh my. It is stunning! “At once fresh, at once classic,  Onyx and Ivory  is a page-turning blend of monsters, magic, and romance.” —Susan Dennard,  New York Times  bestselling author of  Truthwitch Acclaimed author Mindee Arnett thrusts readers into a beautiful, dangerous, and magical world in this stunningly epic and romantic fantasy for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sarah Raasch. “There is no greater weapon than knowledge.” They call her Traitor Kate. It’s a title Kate Brighton inherited from her father after he tried to assassinate the high king of Rime. Cast out of the nobility, Kate now works for the royal courier service. Only the most skilled ride for the Relay and only the fastest survive, for when night falls, the drakes—deadly flightless dragons—come out to hunt. Fortunately, Kate has a secret edge: She is a wilder, born with forbidden magic that ...

By: Charles Soule Location: FIC SOU Genre:  Sci Fi - Thriller “Soule’s  The Oracle Year  is like a sliding puzzle, except every time you think you can predict what the image will be, new pieces slide into place. It’s a wonderfully mysterious thriller that proves Soule is as much a master of prose as he is of comic book script.” Chuck Wendig From bestselling comic-book franchise writer Charles Soule comes a clever and witty first novel of a twentysomething New Yorker who wakes up one morning with the power to predict the future—perfect for fans of Joe Hill and Brad Meltzer . Knowledge is power. So when an unassuming Manhattan bassist named Will Dando awakens from a dream one morning with 108 predictions about the future in his head, he rapidly finds himself the most powerful man in the world. Protecting his anonymity by calling himself the Oracle, he sets up a heavily guarded Web site with the help of his friend Hamza to selectively announce his revelations. In no t...

By: Holly Ringland Location: FIC RIN Genre: Contemporary Fiction "It is a fierce and assured piece of writing that makes a solid commentary on family dynamics, domestic drama and self discovery." Amanda “The more she cried, the more Alice believed she really did have some of the sea inside her.” This is an irresistible, deeply moving and romantic story of a young girl, daughter of an abusive father, who has to learn the hard way that she can break the patterns of the past, live on her own terms and find her own strength. After her family suffers a tragedy when she is nine years old, Alice Hart is forced to leave her idyllic seaside home. She is taken in by her estranged grandmother, June, a flower farmer who raises Alice on the language of Australian native flowers, a way to say the things that are too hard to speak. But Alice also learns that there are secrets within secrets about her past. Under the watchful eye of June and The Flowers, women who run the farm, Ali...

By: Sarah Dessen Location: FIC DES Genre: Dessen, is that enough:) OK -it is also a Romance Zemira reckons  it is always a good idea to read one of Sarah Dessen's books. They always bring a smile to her face and make her feel like everything will be okay. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen comes a big-hearted, sweeping novel about a girl who reconnects with a part of her family she hasn’t seen since she was a little girl—and falls in love, all over the course of a magical summer.   Emma Saylor doesn’t remember a lot about her mother, who died when she was ten. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever, with cold, clear water and mossy trees at the edges. Now it’s just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictable…until Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mother’s family—her grandmother and cousins she hasn’t seen since she was a little girl. When Emma arrives at North...

By: Jordanna Max Brodsky Location: FIC BRO Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction THIS IS A VERY OLD STORY, RARELY TOLD, OF A WOLF THAT RUNS INTO THE OCEAN AND BECOMES A WHALE. Blending myth and magic from Norse and Inuit folklore, The Wolf in the Whale is a captivating tale of identity and survival. featuring an unforgettable narrator who will do anything to protect those she loves. "Spirit upon spirit curled one within the other like the spirals of a shell.” The Wolf in the Whale is a powerful tale of magic, discovery and adventure, featuring an unforgettable narrator ready to confront the gods themselves. A young Inuit shaman's epic quest for survival in the frozen lands of North America in 1000 AD. Born with the soul of a hunter and the language of the gods, Omat is destined to become a shaman like her grandfather. To protect her people, she invokes the spirits of the sky, the sea, and the air. But the gods have stopped listening, the seals won't come, and Oma...

By:Blake Couch Location: FIC CRO Genre: Si Fi/Thriller ' Brilliant. . . I think Blake Crouch just invented something new. ' - Lee Child   Boxes and multiverses and quantum physics,  oh my! “We're more than the sum total of our choices, that all the paths we might have taken factor somehow into the math of our identity.” From Blake Crouch, the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy, Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human - a relentlessly surprising thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we'll go to claim the lives we dream of, perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Ready Player One. Are you happy in your life?' Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakes to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before the man he's never met smiles down a...

By: Jane Burton Location: On a table near you probably Genre; PUPPIES  This needs nothing more than the title and the cover photo. This book is huge AND  has adorable pictures and I want a puppy!

By: Jackie French Location: FIC FRE Genre: Historical Fiction Who was Mary? How old was she? Was she beautiful? Did becoming a mum to Jesus destroy her, or make her? Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a truly extraordinary woman. And after 2000 years, the story of her brave and remarkable life continues to inspire and enthrall us, as that young woman from Nazareth was never 'just a girl'. In 72 AD, as the Roman army pillages Judea and destroys their village, fourteen-year-old Judith hidesher younger sister, her great-grandmother Rabba, a Roman slave called Caius and an unwilling goat in a cave used to store food. Judith's skills will save them as wolves - and humans - threaten the group during that long, icy winter. There are feasts to enjoy as they listen to Rabba tell stories of her youth; of her wealthy marriage in Jerusalem and her life in Nazareth as a child. But there is one story Rabba will not tell, no matter how much they coax her. It is the story of Maryiam,...

By: Fiona Shaw Location: FIC SHA Genre Sci Fi Dystopia In this tense, page-turning story of survival in near-future England, Jacob must go to all lengths to find his dog and escape to freedom with a gang of rebel children. In a frighteningly real near future England, Jacob escapes from the Academy orphanage to reenter a world that is grimly recognizable. The Coalition can track anyone, anywhere, from a chip implanted at birth. Now Jacob must fulfill his promise to his parents, find his dog, Jet, and navigate his way out of England. Their only hope is a band of children who have found a way to survive off the grid: The Outwalkers. Their rules are strict, but necessary if they're going to get out alive... Outwalkers follows a gang of kids and their perilous journey to make it through a country where the government is tracking everyone and their every move is analyzed and controlled. They must live on their wits, and must work together to survive and escape. "Starts ou...

By: Sonya Sones location: FIC SON Genre; Verse Novel. Mental Illness Right before winter break, fourteen-year-old Molly Rosenberg reluctantly volunteers to participate in Santa Monica’s annual homeless count, just to get her school’s community service requirement out of the way. But when she ends up meeting Red, a spirited homeless girl only a few years older than she is, Molly makes it her mission to reunite her with her family in time for Christmas. This turns out to be extremely difficult—because Red refuses to talk about her past. There are things Molly won’t talk about either. Like the awful thing that happened last winter. She may never be ready to talk about that. Not to Red, or to Cristo, the soulful boy she meets while riding the Ferris wheel one afternoon. When Molly realizes that the friends who Red keeps mentioning are nothing more than voices inside Red’s head, she becomes even more concerned about her well-being. How will Molly keep her safe until she can figure out ...