Victoria Reilly has a dream. She wants to be a famous drummer, travelling the world with well-known bands, maybe even having her own band. Vic knows she has to work for it, as she goes to every possible band audition in Melbourne. But when a top producer in the music industry tells her only boys can be considered serious drummers she decides there’s only one thing she can do to secure her life-long dream. Victoria Reilly becomes Charlie Golden, and when Vic, as Charlie, is offered a position in British boy group One Direction’s live band, she is thrown into the fast world of music, love and brutal truths. Soon enough, Vic discovers she might have underestimated the job a bit, as living with the most famous boy band doesn’t prove to be as easy as it looks.

Everyone dies, someday and somehow. Sixteen year old Allie is dying of cancer. More than anything, she wants to be a normal teenager. But pretending is exhausting and the lies pile up. With a chance at first love and true friends, Allie must choose between maintaining the pretence or risking everything with the truth. Can Allie open her heart and embrace love? If you liked 'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Green or 'A Walk to Remember' by Nicholas Sparks, you'll love Awakening to Life.