Red Rock by Kate Kelly

SPSFC 2023

The ice caps have melted but as 14-year-old Danni discovers – this isn’t the first time. Danni’s life is turned upside down when her Aunt is assassinated. With her dying breath she entrusts Danni with a strange, small rock, and warns Danni not to tell a soul. But what is the rock for and to what lengths must Danni go to keep it safe? Danni soon discovers that friends are not always what they seem, and a rock is not always just a rock.

The Arid Lands by Kate Kelly

The Tyrhennians struggle to survive in the dried out basin of an ancient ocean. Inez knows no other world than this endless cycle of heat and brine, but listens to the stories of a distant land of great cities and endless seas. She never believed them, until the day her brother is injured by a strange craft crossing the desolate plains. So she discovers that the stories are true. But as she tries to find her brother in a strange city she realises that she is not the only person from the salt plains here. Others from the Arid Lands have infiltrated the city - and they have a plan.