AustLit

'"There are some things you should know about me if we are going to be friends. Like I don't believe in ghosts."

'Freya Jackson Kramer has done some stupid things before, but this is the first time they've been splashed across Facebook. When she escapes to Vinegar House for the holidays, she thinks she's leaving her troubles behind. But Freya's troubles are just beginning. How will she deal with her manipulative cousin, Rumer? How can she avoid the ex-love of her life, Luke Hart? And what secrets lie in the locked attic?

'This is a book for readers who believe in ghosts, for readers who disbelieve, and for those who are still sitting on the fence.' (From the publisher's website.)

'Six by Karen Tayleur takes the reader into the lives of six teenagers on the brink of adulthood. The story begins where it ends, in the aftermath of a terrible car accident. But something else is lurking behind the apparently normal lives of these Year 12 students. Five of them have found a body in the woods during the summer. When they report it anonymously, the discovery has implications for all of them.

'Relationships are developing and changing. All of the characters are facing the pressures of Year 12 and the spectre of the future. All of them have secrets and the way in which these are revealed is one of the many engaging features of this novel.'  (Publication summary)

'What if you could have your life over again. Would it be different?

'Tully becomes a hostage when she is abducted from a chemist on Christmas Eve. Her ordeal lasts 24 hours.

'Or so she says.' (From the publisher's website.)

'When Miles Cameron was allowed to go trick or treating for the first time, everyone warned him to stay away from Stingy Jack's house.

'If only he had listened.' (From the publisher's website.)

'People have been telling me what to do my whole life. And now that I have a choice to make, I don't know if I can do it.'(Publication summary) 

To prevent the election of his old nemesis, Rose Thornton, David Mortimore Baxter runs for class office but soon finds himself overwhelmed by campaign promises.