Heroes of the Secret Underground by Susanne Gervay
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
A timely and powerful time-slip story inspired by the author's family in Budapest during the Holocaust Louie lives with her brothers, Bert and Teddy, in a hotel run by their grandparents. It is one of Sydney's grand old buildings, rich in history ... and in secrets. When a rose-gold locket, once thoug ...Show more
Echo in the Memory by Cameron Nunn
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
What if memories never die? An evocative Australian YA novel about family, place, and how history has a way of weaving itself into our present. When fifteen-year-old Will is sent away to stay with his grandparents in rural New South Wales, he finds the isolated farm strangely familiar; except the memor ...Show more
One Wrong Turn (#1) by Chenée Marrapodi
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
In the competitive world of ballet you always need to be on pointe. If I wanted the lead role, Valentina had to go. A contemporary Ballet Shoes set in an elite dance academy, this compelling coming-of-age novel is all about overcoming pressure, standing up for yourself and the joy of ballet! The perfect ...Show more
Frogkisser! by Garth Nix
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Poor Princess Anya. Forced to live with her evil stepmother's new husband, her evil stepstepfather. Plagued with an unfortunate ability to break curses with a magic-assisted kiss. And forced to go on the run when her stepstepfather decides to make the kingdom entirely his own. Aided by a loyal talki ...Show more
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
$14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
"A classic is something utterly strange and original, and yet as deeply familiar and necessary as your own hands. The Iron Man is like no other story in the world and, fifty years after its first publication, we need it as much as ever." - Philip Pullman Part modern fairy tale, part science-fiction myt ...Show more
The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
One extraordinary year will change them all... Sorrento, Victoria, 1999. Fred's family is a mess. Her mother died when she was six and she's been raised by her Pop and adoptive father, Luca, ever since. But now Pop's had to go away, and Luca's girlfriend Anika and her son have moved in. More and more it ...Show more
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge (PB) by M. T. Anderson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
Subverting convention, award-winning creators M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin pair up for an anarchic, outlandish, and deeply political saga of warring elf and goblin kingdoms.Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into goblin territory, ...Show more
Rainfish by Andrew Paterson
$16.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
'You don't kill them rainfish 'cause they'll bring trouble. Rainstorms and floods and bad things.' Aaron lives with his mum and older brother in a small town on the edge of a rainforest in tropical Far North Queensland. He's sick of being the little brother, left out of all the interesting stuff the old ...Show more
Dodger by Terry Pratchett
$17.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
Dodger is a tosher - a sewer scavenger living in the squalor of Dickensian London. Everyone who is nobody knows Dodger. Anyone who is anybody doesn't. But when he rescues a young girl from a beating, suddenly everybody wants to know him. And Dodger's tale of skulduggery, dark plans and even darker deeds ...Show more
Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fantasy & Magical Realism | Reading Level: Teen
Winner of the Davitt Award for Young Adult Crime 2020 A thrilling debut YA fantasy novel for fans of The Red Queen and Three Dark Crowns. Four Queens. A divided nation. A ruthless pickpocket. A noble messenger. And the murders that unite them. Seventeen-year-old Keralie Corrington is one of Quadara's ...Show more
Catch a Falling Star by Meg McKinlay
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Reading Level: Younger Readers
This coming-of-age story by multiple-award-winner Meg McKinlay is about loss and grief, dealing with change and fighting to hold on to what you can, while letting go of what you can't. It's 1979 and the sky is falling. Skylab, that is. Somewhere high above Frankie Avery, one of the world's first space s ...Show more
Rebel Skies by Ann Sei Lin
$18.99 AUD
Category: Older readers | Series: Rebel Skies 1 | Reading Level: near fine
A fantasy adventure set in a world of flying ships and sky cities, where chosen ones have the ability to bring paper to life and work as Crafters – people who hunt wild paper spirits called shikigami. Inspired by Asian culture and exploring themes of empire, slavery and freedom. Kurara has never known a ...Show more