Justine Larbalestier
1) Razorhurst
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In 1932, in Sydney's deadly Razorhurst neighborhood, where crime and razor-wielding men rule, two girls with contrasting lives who share the ability to see ghosts meet over a dead body and find themselves on the run from mob bosses.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his father's business takes the family to New York City, a seventeen-year-old Australian boy must balance his desire to protect his ten-year-old sister, a diagnosable psychopath, from the world with the desperate need to protect the world from her.
3) Liar
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Compulsive liar Micah promises to tell the truth after revealing that her boyfriend has been murdered.
Author
Series
Magic or madness trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
From the Sydney, Australia home of a grandmother she believes is a witch, fifteen-year-old Reason Cansino is magically transported to New York City, where she discovers that friends and foes can be hard to distinguish.
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In a world in which everyone has a personal fairy who tends to one aspect of daily life, fourteen-year-old Charlie decides she does not want hers--a parking fairy--and embarks on a series of misadventures designed to rid herself of the invisible sprite and replace it with a better one, like her friend Rochelle's shopping fairy.
Author
Series
Magic or madness trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Reason Cansino must uncover the secret of the magic in her family's background to save the lives of her friends Tom and Jay-tee.
Author
Series
Magic or madness trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Reason is pulled through the magical door connecting New York City with the Sydney, Australia, home of her grandmother, she encounters an impossibly ancient man who seems to have some purpose in mind for her.
8) Team Human
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Residing in New Whitby, Maine, a town founded by vampires trying to escape persecution, Mel finds her negative attitudes challenged when her best friend falls in love with one, another friend's father runs off with one, and she herself is attracted to someone who tries to pass himself off as one.
12) Love Is Hell
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Sure, love is hell. But it,s totally worth it. In these supernatural stories by five of today's hottest writers-Melissa Marr (Wicked Lovely), Scott Westerfeld (Specials), Justine Larbalestier (Magic or Madness), Gabrielle Zevin (Elsewhere), and Laurie Faria Stolarz (Blue is for Nightmares)-love may be twisted and turned around, but it's more potent than ever on its quest to conquer all. From two students who let the power of attraction guide them...