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BEFORE THE STORM
Sean McMullen
ISBN 9781876462505
RRP AUD$19.95
Fox and BC travel through time from the distant future to 1901. Elite cadets in the Imperial Army, they are young, handsome, well-mannered ... and now, mutineers. They have journeyed into the past to save the opening ceremony of Australia’s first parliament from being bombed. If the cadets fail, thousands will die, sparking a century of total war. However, to change the destiny of the world, the young warriors will need the help of three ordinary teenagers ...
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BIG AND ME
David Miller
ISBN 9781876462697
RRP AUD$26.95
Big and Small are machines that work together as a team. “But some days Big goes a bit wobbly, and I get a lot worried.” Through the book, Big malfunctions in a variety of ways and Small tries to help with the assistance of The Boss, Mechanic and Tools. The story is a metaphor for a child living with an adult who suffers from mental illness. Big and Me is dramatically illustrated with paper sculpture.
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CRIME TIME - AUSTRALIANS BEHAVING BADLY
by Sue Bursztynski, illustrated by Louise Prout
ISBN 9781876462765
RRP AUS$16.95
Crime Time - Australians Behaving Badly is a collection of true Australian crime stories ranging from bushrangers such as Ned Kelly and Mad Dan Morgan through to serial killers, fraudsters and modern celebrity criminals. Crime Time contains details of the crimes, biographical details, portraits by Louise Prout and interesting trivia in Did You Know boxes.
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CROSSING THE LINE
Dianne Bates
ISBN 9781876462703
RRP AUD$16.95
Orphaned then abandoned by long-term foster carers, teenager Sophie lives with Amy and Matt. For a long time and unknown to others, Sophie has been self-mutilating: more recently she has been in therapy. Concerned about Sophie’s increasing depression, the doctor admits her to a hospital. There Sophie is placed in an adolescent ward where she forms tentative relationships with other troubled teenagers and begins sessions with psychiatrist, Helen Marshall. However, the doctor crosses the patient-therapist line, but so too does Sophie ...
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FINDING HOME
by Gary Crew, illustrated by Susy Boyer
ISBN 9781876462871
RRP AUS$26.95
Rich and beautiful, Gary Crew's text is redolent with the sounds and colours of the Australian bush. This picture book for older children is an ode and an obituary to the indigenous landscape, much of which was destroyed by white colonists.
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GAMER'S QUEST
George Ivanoff
ISBN 9781876462864
RRP AUS$16.95
Tark and Syra are teenaged thieves on a quest. In a world of magic and science, where dragons and mages exist alongside drones and lasers, they endeavour to reach the haven of Designers' Paradise. But their world is not what it appears to be and their haven is about to come under threat of destruction. Can Tark and Zyra save Designers' Paradise...and their own world?
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IN LONNIE'S SHADOW
Chrissie Michaels
ISBN 9781876462918
RRP AUD$19.95
Lonnie McGuinness knows only one thing for sure - there doesn't seem to be any fairness in life for him or his mates. So he decides to take matters into his own hands. But when does a favour turn into a crime? And when should a secret no longer be kept?
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MY EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND DEATH
Doug MacLeod
ISBN 9781876462796
RRP AUS$19.95
What exactly is The Tight Trouser Club? Where do you buy children at bargain prices? How do you survive a father who buries you in the garden whenever you misbehave? And whom do you contact when your wife starts to shrink? None of these questions are answered in My Extraordinary Life and Death, though what do you expect if the author is dead? A roller coaster of madness and surreal comedy awaits the reader brave enough to open the pages of this truly remarkable book.
Based on a false story.
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MY PRIVATE PECTUS
Shane Thamm
ISBN 9781876462833
RRP AUS$19.95
'There's something different about my body. It's like the missing piece of a jigsaw you can't take your eyes off. If I were to take off my shirt you wouldn't see my face, freckles or ratty hair. All you'd see is the hole in the middle of my chest.'
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POOL
Justin D'Ath
ISBN 9781876462512
RRP AUD$19.95
Something strange has happened to the public swimming pool in New Lourdes, Victoria. The water is no longer level and is rumoured to have curative powers. When sixteen-year-old Wolfgang MulQueen takes a summer job at the pool, he meets Audrey, a blind girl who claims she’s nocturnal. With the discovery of a butterfly unknown to science, and an unusual request from Audrey’s father, Wolfgang finds himself inextricably drawn into an eighteen-year-old mystery, the tragic resolution of which will change his life forever.
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QUENTARIS 1: THE SPELL OF UNDOING
Paul Collins
ISBN 9781876462536
RRP AUD$15.95
Calamity has befallen the city of Quentaris! Due to a vengeful plot by warlike Tolrush (which backfires), Quentaris is uprooted—city, cliff-face, harbour and all—and hurled into the uncharted rift-maze. Lost and adrift in this endless labyrinth of parallel universes, encountering both friend and foe and facing unknown dangers, Quentaris must somehow forge a new identity and find its way home.
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QUENTARIS 2: THE EQUEN QUEEN
Alyssa Brugman
ISBN 9781876462598
RRP AUD$17.95
The Equen Queen is the second book in the highly successful series: Quentaris ─ Quest of the Lost City and is the sequel to The Spell of Undoing by Paul Collins. While moored to a new world Quentaris is approached by another sky-city. The sky-traders on board seem friendly and generous, offering the Quentarans food and gems, but are in fact setting a trap for Quentaris. What are the equens and can they really heal the sick? Despite losing her special powers Tab Vidler must find some answers fast, before all is lost.
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QUENTARIS 3: THE GIMLET EYE
James Roy
ISBN 9781876462772
RRP AUD$16.95
Much has changes in the sky-city of Quentaris. With the Archon dead, dark forces have come into play. New faces are appearing, familiar ones vanishing, and the horrid Florian has claimed the throne. Then, as Quentaris slips quietly through a vortex into the watery world of the Yarka, Tab Vidler and her friends suddenly realise they are the city's only hope.
Plots, intrigue, magic, mystery, high adventure and more - everything that you've come to expect from the Quentaris series.
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QUENTARIS: SLAVES OF QUENTARIS
Paul Collins
ISBN 073440557 X
RRP AUD$14.99
Yukin and his mate, Yulen, flee their campsite when the Akcarum slave-traders attack. Unable to escape, they are caught and transported to Quentaris. On their journey through the rift caves Yukin discovers a power that taps into the senses of insects and animals. But can it save them in time?
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RUFUS NUMBAT
David Miller
ISBN 9781876462963
RRP AUD$19.95
COMING SEPTEMBER 2010
Rufus Numbat walked out of the bush at the front of the book and back into the bush at the end of the book. Rufus does not care for things of the town like cappuccinos or cream cake, or for the town and its parade and noise. But on his way Rufus startles a cyclist and later a Chinese Dragon creating all sorts of mayhem.
David Miller's minimalist text contrasts with his detailed paper sculptures set over pen and ink backgrounds.
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SOLACE AND GRIEF
Foz Meadows
ISBN 9781876462895
RRP AUD$19.95
Solace Morgan was born a vampire. Raised in foster care, she has always tried to keep her abilities secret, until an eerie encounter with a faceless man prompts her to run away. Finding others with similar gifts, Solace soon becomes caught up in a strange, more vibrant world than she ever knew existed.
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THE GLASSHOUSE
Paul Collins and Jo Thompson
ISBN 9781921665042
RRP AUD$26.95
COMING AUGUST 2010
Clara lives in her balanced world where everything is perfect. Her glasshouse is free of bugs, her prized pumpkins free of blemishes. But then one day a boy walkes into her life and slowly Clara realises that her world is not perfect at all. Her paranoia spreads and she loses all her customers. Finally, she must face up to the realisation that her world is not perfect and she must make allowances and compromise if she is to survive.
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THE ICE-CREAM MAN
Jenny Mounfield
ISBN 9781876462680
RRP AUD$16.95
One summer afternoon three boys play a prank on the ice-cream man. This one decision sets into motion a chain of events that will forge a life-long bond, testing each boy as never before. Three boys united by fear and their need for friendship. Three boys united against the ice-cream man.
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THE JELINDEL CHRONICLES 1: DRAGONLINKS
Paul Collins
ISBN 9780141314259
RRP AUD$24.95
Jelindel does not sit securely in any world. From being a pampered but scholarly daughter of the nobility she is forced to become streetwise when her family is murdered and she is forced into hiding. By having skills from both worlds, she slowly begins to do the most remarkable thing of all – she learns the basics of magic without a teacher.
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THE JELINDEL CHRONICLES 2: DRAGONFANG
Paul Collins
ISBN 9780143003090
RRP AUD$24.95
“Anyone who has read Dragonlinks will recognise Paul Collins as a writer who truly understands the power of high fantasy. It is the power to tease the imagination with worlds so exotic, yet so seemingly familiar, that we allow ourselves to recognise within them the best and worst that we can be. From the opening battle with the deadmoon warriors to the final confrontation with the Preceptor’s fearsome legions, through the wonders and dangers of paraworlds, the Countess Jelindel, scholar, Adept and fighter, must call upon all her power, intelligence and courage ─ and trust in the loyalty of friends ─ to restore balance. Share the journey on the Dragonfang. The ride is exhilarating!” BRIAN CASWELL
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THE JELINDEL CHRONICLES 3: DRAGONSIGHT
Paul Collins
ISBN 9780143003281
RRP AUD$24.95
“The action never stops in Dragonsight. Countess Jelindel dek Mediesar, Daretor and Zimak are sent on a desperate quest to recover a stolen jade talisman called the dragonsight. With a slow-acting poison ticking through their veins, they have only six weeks to find the talisman and take the antidote. There’s amgic and mayhem aplenty as they’re hunted through the paraworlds, before the final violent confrontation at the Tower Invoilate. And them in sight of their goal, the ultimate treachery. A terrific page-turned, crammed full of action, intrigue and lashings of magic.” IAN IRVINE
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THE JELINDEL CHRONICLES 4: WARDRAGON
Paul Collins
ISBN 9781876462581
RRP AUD$24.95
“Wardragon is the culmination of The Jelindel Chronicles in a soaring saga. Finally Jelindel, with her allies, Zimak and Daretor, has tracked the alien mailshirt across two radically different worlds. But the journey is perilous when each step is lined with flying beasts, metal wasps, mercenaries and assassins . . . and the mailshirt linked up with the evil Preceptor to create a deadly enemy. All Jelindel has is a little magic, Zimak’s wit and Daretor’s sword to scrape through and that is not enough.
Collins captures a terrifying, tense world with a touch of humour and holds it to the last shattering battle.”
ALLAN BAILLIE
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THE STAR
Felicity Marshall
ISBN 9781876462925
RRP AUD$26.95
The Star reflects the contemporary phenomenon of 'fame without substance', a part of our celebrity-soaked culture.
Marion, a wooden doll, her friend Harley and their dog Polka, enter the imaginary World of Fame where Marion becomes a glamorous Star. But she learns painfully that stardom has a use-by-date. Her experience changes her forever but her true friends still love her. The story explores the superficiality of stardom and the value of true friendship.
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THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO WRITE THIS
Kim Miller
ISBN 9781876462840
RRP AUS$17.95
Clem is a boy in strife. Blamed for the death of his mother, carrying a terrible secret from the past and in trouble with the police, he's now in a school for toxic teenagers. And that rev-head school counsellor wants him to write letters.
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TRUST ME!
edited by Paul Collins, foreword by Isobelle Carmody
ISBN 9781876462574
RRP AUD$22.95
Trust Me! features contributions by 50 of Australia’s best known children’s authors, poets and illustrators. Stories and poems cover all genres, mystery, romance, crime, fantasy, SF, humour and more. Contributors include: Andy Griffiths, Shaun Tan, Gary Crew, Phillip Gwynne, Catherine Bateson, Steven Herrick, Allan Baillie, Sofie Laguna, Leigh Hobbs, Marc McBride, Mitch Vane, Michael Wagner, David Metzenthen and many others.
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F2M
Hazel Edwards and Ryan Kennedy
ISBN 9781876462901
RRP AUD$19.95
School-leaver Skye plays guitar in her all-female Chronic Cramps band. Making her name in the competitive punk/indie scene is easier than FTM (female to male) transitioning: from Skye to Finn, from girl to man.
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