School drama, life drama, band drama

Pretenders
Author: Lisi Harrison
Publisher: Poppy, 304 pages, fiction

From Lisi Harrison, author of series such as The Clique, Alphas and Monster High, comes another young adult fiction series, Pretenders.

First-year students at Noble High fight to be named one of the Phoenix Five, an elite group chosen as the best of their year. The current Five – Sheridan Spencer, Andrew Duffy, Lily Bader-Huffman, Vanessa Riley and (no-time-for-a-last-name) Jagger – had been told to keep a journal throughout their school year; a supposedly secret journal that no one would ever read. Until now. And now, the whole school is reading the journals of the five most popular kids. Someone who is supposedly tired of everyone pretending to be something they are not – or perhaps someone who’s just jealous – is serialising their deepest, darkest secrets.

Archie 1,000 Page Comics Explosion
Author: Archie Superstars
Publisher: Archie Comics, 1,000 pages, fiction 

Can't get enough of Archie and his friends? This book of 1,000 pages offers a collection of over 100 Archie tales. So here’s your chance to follow your favourite redhead as he awkwardly and hilariously navigates through life.

Pippa Morgan’s Diary
Author: Annie Kelsey
Publisher: Scholastic Press, 256 pages, fiction 

Her parents are getting a divorce. Her best friend has moved away. Life isn’t going well for10-year-old Pippa Morgan. And it’s not about to get any better as her new BFF, who’s the coolest girl in school, enters her in the school’s talent show. But there’s one tiny problem – Pippa can’t sing! What is she going to do? You’ll have to read her diary to find out.

The Haunted Library #1
Author: Dori Hillestad Butler
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, 128 pages, fiction 

After he is separated from his ghost family, young ghost Kaz finds himself in the town library. There, he meets a real girl Claire, who lives above the library with her parents and grandmother. Her special ability to see ghosts allows her to befriend Kaz. And when there’s a ghost haunting the library, the duo joins forces to uncover the mystery. Could it be the work of one of Kaz’s family members?

The Fourteenth Goldfish
Author: Jennifer L. Holm
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books, 208 pages, fiction 

Ellie has never been a fan of changes in life. She misses fifth year, her old best friend and her dead pet goldfish. Then, a strange boy who resembles her grandfather Melvin shows up. Melvin was a scientist who had been obsessed by immortality. Has Ellie’s grandfather found the secret to eternal youth? Could this boy be her grandfather? This book explores questions about family and friends, life and death, as well as immortality and other possibilities.

Hey, Let’s Make a Band! The Official 5SOS Book
Author: 5 Seconds Of Summer
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 288 pages, non-fiction 

With hits like She Looks So Perfect, Don’t Stop andAmnesia, Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer has become one of the darlings of the tween and teen sets. Now, the four-piece band – comprising frontman Luke Hemmings, guitarist Michael Clifford, bassist Calum Hood and drummer Ashton Irwin – has released its official story of how the guys went from covering songs on YouTube to being a global hit.

The book also includes embarrassing photos of the members, as well as some fun facts.