Year 9-10 English Wide Reading List The 'Tomorrow' Series John ...

Year 9-10 EnglishWide Reading ListThe ‘Tomorrow’ SeriesJohn MarsdenThis series is comprised of seven books, "Tomorrow, when the war began";"The dead of the night", "The third day, the frost"; "Darkness, be my friend";"Burning for revenge"; "The night is for hunting" and "The other side ofdawn".Detailing a high-intensity invasion and occupation of Australia by a foreignpower, the novels are related from the first person perspective by the maincharacter, Ellie Linton, a part of a small band of teenagers waging a guerrillawar on the enemy soldiers in their fictional home town of Wirrawee.EvernightClaudia GrayWhen the story begins, Bianca is a new student at Evernight Academy, acreepily Gothic boarding school where her classmates are somehow tooperfect: smart, sleek and almost predatory. Bianca knows she doesn't fit in.StargazerClaudia GrayStargazer returns to Bianca's story a few months later. Both she and Lucas willstop at nothing to see each other again-even if it means living a life of secretsand lies. But even as Bianca finds herself torn between two worlds, she soondiscovers they aren't the only ones keeping secrets. Will powerful forceswithin Evernight Academy keep her from deciding her own fate, or claim herforever?HourglassClaudia GrayAfter escaping from Evernight Academy, the vampire boarding school wherethey met, Bianca and Lucas seek refuge with Black Cross, an elite group ofvampire hunters. Bianca must hide her supernatural heritage or risk certaindeath at their hands.AfterlifeClaudia GrayBianca and Lucas had always believed they could endure anything to betogether. When a twist of fate not only transforms Bianca into a ghostlywraith, but also turns Lucas into a vampire-the very creature he spent his lifehunting-they are left reeling. A battle between wraiths and vampires looms,and Bianca and Lucas face a terrifying new reality. They've overcome everyobstacle life has thrown at them, but is their love strong enough to survive thechallenges after life?48 Shades of Brown Nick EarlsAustralian teenager Dan Bancroft had a choice to make: go to Geneva with his

parents for a year, or move into a house with his bass-playing aunt Jacq andher friend Naomi. He chose Jacq’s place, and his life will never be the same.Touch MeJames MoloneyThe story of a young Australian named Xavier McLachlan, who is in his finalyear of high school. A keen sportsman, his aim for the year is to be selected inthe school Rugby team and help his friends and team mates win the firstpremiership in twenty years. All is going according to plan until he meetsNuala Magee, an unusual girl with her own agenda.Does My Head Look Big In This?Randa Abdel-FattahSixteen-year-old Amal makes the decision to start wearing the hijab full- timeand everyone has a reaction. Her parents, her teachers, her friends, people onthe street. But she stands by her decision to embrace her faith and all that itis, even if it does make her a little different from everyone else.FallingAnne ProvoostIt is a hot summer. Lucas, bored and confused about life, becomes easy preyfor those trying to stir up racist violence and offering simplistic answers tocomplex questions about refugees and unemployment. The book starts with ahorrific accident that requires Lucas to make a terrible decision and forces himto confront both the past and the present.On the Jellicoe RoadMelina MarchettaAbandoned by her mother on Jellicoe Road when she was eleven, TaylorMarkham 17, finally confronts her past. Hannah, the closest adult she has tofamily, disappears. Jonah Griggs, moody stares and all, is back in town. IfTaylor can put together the pieces of her past, she might just be able tochange her future.Fighting Ruben WolfeMarkus ZusakCameron and Ruben Wolfe are brothers from a family clinging to the raggededge of the working class. Initially to make some money, the boys hook upwith a sleazy fight promoter who sees something marketable and audiencepleasingin the untrained brothers' vulnerability. But the boys soon find thatthey're fighting for more than tips and pay-off money. It becomes for them afight for identity, for dignity, and for each other.The Blue FarawayJanine BurkeCasey hates the way she looks, whilst Zep is a super cool looker. Casey wouldlike to be friends, but doesn't think it possible. Yet, happenstance and theforce of circumstance bind them as fast friends