Meg Cabot
Size Doesn't Matter

Heather should be happy. She's finally got a boyfriend and although he was only supposed to be her 'rebound guy', things have gotten serious fast. Tad's also got a question he wants to ask her. She's also passing her first college course and, better yet, her dad's moving out. On the down side, her boss, Dr. Veatch, may well be the most boring man on the face of the planet - but that hardly seems reason enough to put a bullet through his head. Can Heather find her boss' murderer, answer Tad's question, and get her landlord Cooper to realise that, by letting her go, he's making the biggest mistake of his life - all while maintaining a diet of fifteen hundred calories per day?

Tim Cahill
Pecked To Death By Ducks

Tim Cahill learns many valuable life lessons along the way in a remarkable collection of hilarious journeys, such as: how to drink with the Aussies (trying to match them beer for beer is not a good idea); a method for developing acute claustrophobia (crawling on your belly for two weeks in total darkness while exploring the world's deepest cave); and the best way to take a nap while observing a grizzly bear at close range. He also finds time to assist the English police with their enquiries, after his fleeting involvement with the Dangerous Sports Club. With great wit and excitement, Pecked to Death by Ducks delivers vicarious thrills so vivid you'll feel like you're there - but be glad that you're not.

Georgia, 1939, and twelve-year-old Joseph Vaughan hears of the brutal assualt and murder of a young girl, the first in a series of killings that will take ten lives in the next ten years. Compelled by fear and duty, Joseph and his friends establish The Guardians, a group of children determined to protect the people of Augusta Falls against the evil within. But the murderer evades them and they watch helplessly as one child after another is taken. The small community is devastated by the crimes, and even when the killings cease, a shadow of fear remains with joseph Vaughan. And it will be another fifty years before the final chapter unfolds and joseph confronts the nightmare that has overshadowed his entire life. A Richard & Judy Book Club Selection.