The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Series: Refugee issues
Born in a refugee camp, all Subhi knows of the world is that he's at least 19 fence diamonds high, the nice Jackets never stay long, and at night he dreams that the sea finds its way to his tent, bringing with it unusual treasures. And one day it brings him Jimmie. Carrying a notebook that she's unable ...Show more
The Lost Soul Atlas by Zana Fraillon
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
One street-boy's quest to reunite and make amends with his best friend told in an epic story that spans a city, a decade, and the divide of life and death itself. From the award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow. A boy awakens in the Afterlife, with a pocketful of vague memories, a key, a raven, and a ...Show more
Julius and the Watchmaker (#1) by Tim Hehir
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Category: Middle Readers | Series: Watchmaker
A lost diary. A spinning pocketwatch. A gentleman wielding a deadly walking cane. And a boy who's about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. When Julius Higgins isn't running from Crimper McCready and his gang of bullies he's working in his grandfather's bookshop in Ironmonger Lane. Until Jack Spri ...Show more
Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart
$19.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
From the author of the unforgettable "New York Times" bestseller "We Were Liars" comes a masterful novel of psychological suspenseNthe story of a young woman whose diabolical smarts are her ticket into a charmed life. But how many times can someone reinvent themselves?
Came Back to Show You I Could Fly: Text Classics by Robin Klein
$12.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Text Classics | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
Seymour is bored and lonely, and running from a gang of kids when he opens a back-lane gate. And there is Angie. She is older than Seymour, confident, cool and alluring, and she treats him with the affection of an older sister. Seymour is captivated-through Angie he is awakened to the fun and adventure ...Show more
Tiger Heart by Penny Chrimes
$15.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
One magical friendship. One roaring adventure. The magical tale of a bold young chimney sweep and a remarkable tiger, a dangerously hypnotic ruby and a mystical land found across an ocean and through a storm. Perfect for fans of The Girl of Ink and Stars and Pax. Fly never meant to end up in a cage with ...Show more
Roll with It by Jamie Sumner
$14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
In the tradition of Wonder and Out of My Mind, this big-hearted middle grade debut tells the story of an irrepressible girl with cerebral palsy whose life takes an unexpected turn when she moves to a new town. Ellie's a girl who tells it like it is. That surprises some people, who see a kid in a wheel ...Show more
Green Rising by Lauren James
$18.99 AUD
Category: Older readers
Set in a near-future world on the brink of ecological catastrophe, Lauren James's novel is a gripping, witty and romantic call to arms. Gabrielle is a climate-change activist who shoots to fame when she becomes the first teenager to display a supernatural ability to grow plants from her skin. Hester is ...Show more
Following Frankenstein by Catherine Bruton
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Category: Middle Readers
A brilliantly-conceived and hugely imaginative 'sequel' to Mary Shelley's masterpiece, Following Frankenstein is a hugely exciting and beautifully-written historical adventure, perfect for 9-12 year olds. Sometimes I was jealous of the monster of Frankenstein. I grew up believing my father cared more ...Show more
Tumbleglass by Kate Constable
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
Thirteen-year-old Rowan is helping her older sister Ash paint her bedroom when she discovers a mysterious ring that transports them both back in time to 1999. To a party being held in the very same house! While Ash dances, Rowan unwittingly disrupts the laws of time, and when she wakes up back in the p ...Show more
Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina; Ezekiel Kwaymullina
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
An extraordinary thriller, told from the perspective of two Aboriginal protagonists, which weaves together themes of grief, colonial history, violence, love and family. Nothing's been the same for Beth Teller since she died. Her dad, a detective, is the only one who can see and hear her, and he's drowni ...Show more
Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean
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Category: Young Adult
In the summer of 1727, a group of men and boys from St Kilda are put ashore on a remote sea stac to harvest birds for food. No one returns to collect them. Why? Surely nothing but the end of the world can explain why they have been abandoned to endure storms, starvation and terror. And how can they surv ...Show more