A Single Stone by Meg McKinlay
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Reading Level: Ages 10 +
In an isolated society, one girl makes a discovery that will change everything -- and learns that a single stone, once set in motion, can bring down a mountain. Jena -- strong, respected, reliable -- is the leader of the line, a job every girl in the village dreams of. Watched over by the Mothers as on ...Show more
Hive (The Vault #1) by A. J. Betts
$18.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: The Vault
All I can tell you is what I remember, in the words that I have. Hayley tends to her bees and follows the rules in the only world she has ever known. Until she witnesses the impossible: a drip from the ceiling. A drip? It doesn't make sense. Yet she hears it, catches it. Tastes it. Curiosity is a hook. ...Show more
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Science Fiction/Dystopian | Series: Arc of a Scythe 1 | Reading Level: very good
A dark, gripping and witty thriller in which the only thing humanity has control over is death. In a world where disease, war and crime have been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ("gleaned") by professional scythes. Citra and Rowan are teenagers who have been selected to be scyth ...Show more
The Giver: Collins Modern Classics by Lois Lowry
$17.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: The Giver Quartet | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
Celebrate Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal-winning classic story of a young boy discovering the dark secrets behind his seemingly ideal world in this 25th Anniversary Edition of The Giver. Includes a new afterword from Lois Lowry, as well as her Newbery acceptance speech.The Giver, Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal- ...Show more
Carousel (#1) by Brendan Ritchie
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Carousel
A postapocalyptic mystery-thriller for young adults Nox is an arts graduate wondering what to do with his life. Taylor and Lizzy are famous indie musicians, and Rocky works the checkouts at Target. When they find themselves trapped in a giant mall, they eat fast food, watch bad TV, and wait. But with no ...Show more
The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
$15.99 AUD
Category: Junior Readers | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (An elephant An elephant will lead him there ) sets o ...Show more
The Glass Children by Kristina Ohlsson
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Series: The Glass Children
Billie is forced to leave the only home she's ever known when her mother decides they should move to a new house in a small town. Musty furniture and odd belongings fill the old, dilapidated building, the ghostly remains of its previous tenants - including two small glass figures, one boy and one girl. ...Show more
Out of Heart by Irfan Master
$16.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Donating your heart is the most precious gift of all. Adam is a teenage boy who lives with his mum and younger sister. His dad has left them although lives close by. His sister no longer speaks and his mum works two jobs. Adam feels the weight of the world upon his shoulders. Then his grandfather dies a ...Show more
A Murmuration of Starlings by Franny Billingsley
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
Robber Girl doesn't have a name. Or a home. But she does have a dagger. And she has Gentleman Jack. Together, they are wild.Gentleman Jack has two tasks and he needs Robber Girl with him to complete them. But when a heist to steal back Gentleman Jack's gold goes wrong, Robber Girl is trapped. Instead of ...Show more
Mars Awakens (Mars Duology #1) by H.M. Waugh
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Series: Mars Duology
Kids from rival Martian colonies must come together to fight for survival in this thrilling new middle-grade space adventure from an exciting Australian talent. Raised in rival colonies on Mars, each long ago abandoned by Earth, Dee and Holt have been brought up to hate even the idea of each other. But ...Show more
The List by Patricia Forde
$16.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: The Wordsmith
In the city of Ark, speech is constrained to five hundred sanctioned words. Speak outside the approved lexicon and face banishment. The exceptions are the Wordsmith and his apprentice Letta, the keepers and archivists of all language in their post-apocalyptic, neo-medieval world. On the death of her mas ...Show more
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