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A BOAT FOR BRIDGET
James Roy
ISBN 070223250
RRP AUD$16.95
Meet Bridget. Bridget's father loves to sail. Her mother loves to garden. Is there a problem? Not until Will's love for the sea draws him back to the thrill and excitement of ocean racing, a world he left behind before Bridget was born. From the author of Captain Mack comes a story in the tradition of the English adventure book, a story to surprise and delight.
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A BRIDGE TO WISEMAN'S COVE
James Moloney
ISBN 9780702236280
RRP AUD$19.95
Wiseman's cove has been waiting for Carl - waiting for a long time.
Carl Matt - even his name mocks him. The people of Wattle Beach do their best to grind him under foot.
Why are the Matts such pariahs? The answer lies in Wiseman's cove, a short ride across the strait where Carl finds refuge in the most unlikely place.
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A CAGE OF BUTTERFLIES
Brian Caswell
ISBN 0702224162
RRP AUD$18.95
Mikki and the others live at "the farm", an advanced learning facility, a think-tank for a bunch of young people with very high IQs.
But what is really going on at the farm? And what about the five much younger children known as the Babies, frail as butterflies?
Brian Caswell's novel explores the power of love and presents readers with an intriguing jigsaw puzzle of suspense.
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A DANGEROUS GIRL
Catherine Bateson
ISBN 0702231681
RRP AUD$18.95
All I had were some plans that went awry and a woman whose skin wore my fingerprints for nearly a summer.
Merri, John, Leigh and Nick are positioned like the four points of a gameboard. Gentle John is Dungeon Master and craftsman of wood, but can he master the manipulative and ambitious Leigh? His sister Merri is seduced by the glamour of the stage, but her attention turns to Nick and his email haikus...
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A JOURNEY TO DISTANT MOUNTAINS
Jill Dobson
ISBN 0702232270
RRP AUD$18.95
This is a beautifully crafted fantasy novel. Dobson creates a rich and exotic world of intrigue and allurement.
At 16, Princess Atlanta of Eddala is expected to marry her cousin and best friend Prince Toldorian of Vern. But Atlanta does not want to be a wife to serve a husband and his people; she wants to experience life as an equal to men. Her journey is full of adventure and learning; she faces ghosts, fires, plagues, storms of immense proportions and packs of wolves.
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A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY
Sue Gough
ISBN 070222393X
RRP AUD$18.95
"We are in for sticky times ahead," predicts Mrs Featherstonhaugh-Beauchamp accurately. It's 1918, and she and her children are on the run from her Brisbane creditors. Along with a clergyman's daughter, a young ex-vaudeville dancer, a returned soldier, a Chinese orphan and a genteel spinster, Mrs FB forms the travelling entertainment show, the Ragtime Rovers.
From slapstick to spiritual discovery, their unusual adventures take them on a nomadic sweep through Northern Queensland. Carefully tracked by the Aborigine Kajabbi, these unlikely refugees are also pursued by assorted phantoms from their pasts.
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A NEW KIND OF DREAMING
Anthony Eaton
ISBN 0702232289
RRP AUD$17.95
This is the story of a boy's journey to reveal a buried secret, and of a town too scared of its past to face it's future.
It's a story for anyone who dreams...
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A PLACE LIKE THIS
Steven Herrick
ISBN 0702229849
RRP AUD$18.95
Its every young person's dream to hit the road.
Jack and Annabel set out and find fifty acres of unpickled apples and a farmer who'll let them live in his shed.
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A PROMISED LAND
Alan Alva Collins
ISBN 0702232440
RRP AUD$19.95
An unabridged compilation of the bestselling and award winning trilogy The Boys from Bondi, Going Home and Joshua. A rare look at the adolescent Jewish-Australian experience filled with daring and wit. The unforgettable portrayal of the conflict between Arab and Jew is told with passion, humour and unlikely optimism. The book is a tragi-comic adventure touched with romance and growing up.
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AFTER JANUARY
Nick Earls
ISBN 0702228230
RRP AUD$18.95
School is over for Alex Delaney and he's waiting for his tertiary offer, only seventeen days away. He's not expecting much from January. Bodysurfing, TV, but mainly waiting. So he's not ready for the girl who cuts past him on a wave.
Not at all prepared for her perfect balance on the board, the bare elegant muscles of her shoulders and back. Just a girl. Compelling green eyes, gold skin, there's something graceful and elusive about her...
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ALEX JACKSON DROPPING OUT
Pat Flynn
ISBN 0702234338
RRP AUD$16.95
Before Alex Jackson was a pro skateboarder he was a kid. Before he met Becky Tonella, beat up Billy Johnstone, boardslided 15 stairs, he was searching for the one thing that would make his life make sense. This is the year he found it.
Set when Alex was in Year 6, this is a fun filled rollicking adventure that introduces Alex and his mates. A genre Pat Flynn has successfully made his own.
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ALEX JACKSON: CLOSING OUT
Pat Flynn
ISBN 0 7022 3353 6
One minute Alex is a kid, the next he's searching for deep water. Searching to become a man, to know how to treat the girl he loves.
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ALEX JACKSON: SWA
Pat Flynn
ISBN 0 7022 3307 2
In Year 9 the action rips. Alex lands himself a gig in a skating video, his mum is hellbent on getting out of Beeton and a new girl rolls into his life.
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ALEX JACKSON:GROMMET
Pat Flynn
ISBN 0 7022 3223 8
Alex Jackson can pull moves on a skateboard other Year 8's only dream about. But when it comes to being popular at highschool.....
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ALIEN ZONES 1: TEE DEE AND THE COLLECTORS OR HOW IT ALL BEGAN
Brian Caswell
ISBN 0702229881
RRP AUD$11.95
Tee Dee is alone and stranded on a backward planet called Earth.
But help is at hand. Meet the Zone Commandos. They may be primitive but they make a great team - and even better freinds. If you're searching for your father through the dangers of all the known universes you're going to need friends.
Join the Zone Commandos and get ready for your first journey into Alien Zones.
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ALIEN ZONES 2: MESSANGERS OF THE GREAT ORFF
Brian Caswell
ISBN 070222989X
RRP AUD$11.95
What has six legs and looks like a cross between an alligator and a hairless Rottweiler? I don't know either but it just ate your tent.
When the Zone Commandos and Tee Dee reach the planet Orff, as it was two million years ago, Jason's skill with wild animals creates a situation that no one could have predicted.
Fasten your seat-belt and prepare to join the Zone Commandos on another unexpected excursion into the deepest Alien Zones
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ALIEN ZONES 3: GLADIATORS IN THE HOLO-COLOSSEUM
Brian Caswell
ISBN 0 7022 3024 3
Technika is technology at its most advanced.
It's every game-player's dream, and it's the holiday destination of the rich and famous - from all the great civilizations.
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ALIEN ZONES 4: GARGANTUA
Brian Caswel
ISBN 0702230251
RRP AUD$11.95
Welcome aboard Gargantua - the biggest space-ship ever built...
A great place for an inter-galactic stopover, but would you really want to live there?
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ALIEN ZONES 5: WHAT WERE THE GREMHOLZS' DIMENSIONS AGAIN?
Brian Caswell
ISBN 0702230901
RRP AUD$11.95
Bastion Gremholzs of T'garll developed a theory of the "lost dimensions", which, of course, no respectable scientist believed - even though it happened to be true.
Now, the Zone Commandos and their new "recruit" are about to discover Gremholzs' Dimensions - in a big way!
If you really want to find out why Paul breaks into a sweat every time he passes a flowershop, grab the weed killer and join the Zone Commandos on their latest misadventure into the forgotten reaches of Alien Zones.
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ALIEN ZONES 6: WHISPERS FROM THE SHIBBOLETH
Brian Caswell
ISBN 070223091X
RRP AUD$11.95
"Fludging" is an act so dumb and dangerous that it's been banned in all but the most primitive of universes, but if you're trapped in space in a disabled T-DEM, it's really the only alternative.
Of course, sometimes being trapped in space is better than finding a planet that no longer exists, inhabited only by the ghosts of people who ceased to exist at roughly the same time as the planet.
Put on your snow-gear, and get ready for an avalanche of adventure in Alien Zones.
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ALMOST WEDNESDAY
James Roy
ISBN 0702232726
RRP AUD$18.95
Charlie loves Beck. The thing is, he never told her and now after her bizarre disappearance he's left wondering why.
And then his dad returns home from gaol to discover that everything has changed.
Charlie can't take any more. He's got to get away from the oppression of a small fishing village.
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AMBER PASH ON PINK
Pauline Luke
ISBN 0 7022 3428
RRP AUD$17.95
Rebecca is fourteen and finding out that life is becoming increasingly complicated. She is trying to survive school and exams, skirmishes with her mother and a gross younger brother. She is fiercly loyal to her best friend Amber and is in lust for the first time. Throw in a worst enemy called "The Grasshopper" and you have the ingredients for a fast paced, fun and insightful glimpse into being a teenager.
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ANGELA
James Moloney
ISBN 9780702230844
RRP AUD$18.95
In this final in the Dougy and Gracey trilogy, James Moloney proves he is a master storyteller. This novel shows his depth and knowledge of humanity and his ability to brilliantly weave this understanding into a story.
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ASTURIAS
Brian Caswell
ISBN 0 7022 2877 X
Music is the talent - and the curse - that spans three generations to link Alex Rivera with the secrets of his family's past.
Plucked from obscurity and thrown together with four other musical "prodigies", Alex rides the power of his music to fame and fortune as the lead-guitarist for Asturias, the latest creation of the music industry machine.
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AT SEVENTEEN
By Celeste Walters
ISBN 9780702236204
RRP AUD$18.95
Cat and her younger brother are at boarding school while their parents are working in Barcelona, Spain.
Cat hates it and believes her mother has just dumped her there to get rid of her.
When her maternal grandmother dies it is a catalyst for Cat to understand her mother and come to terms with family and friends.
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BATTY BUSINESS
Toni Risson, illustrated by Johnny Danalis
ISBN 9780702236686
RRP AUD$16.95
A new adventure with Luke and Alex from "Licking Lizards".
Forced to find themselves a new secret hideout, Luke, Alex and Kevin head to an old mineshaft,
only to discover it’s already inhabited by a mysterious – and smelly – giant bat.
With everyone in school looking to find the bat first, the boys must use all their skills to save
the creature, and keep it and their secret safe from the destructive Jason and his gang.
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BEING BEE
Catherine Bateson
ISBN 0702235660
RRP AUD$16.95
Since Bee’s mother died, it’d been just her, her dad and her guinea pigs, Lulu and Fifi. Nothing stays the same forever though, and when Jazzi moves in, bringing with her a whole new way of looking at things and a whole lot of secrets, Bee knows life is going to be completely different from now on.
This heartwarming, humorous and vibrant story from award winning author Catherine Bateson reminds us that love comes in many shapes and sizes…
…even in the form of guinea pigs.
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BIG RIVER, LITTLE FISH
Belinda Jeffrey
ISBN 9780702238505
RRP AUD$19.95
If I had words, I would tell Tom that all is not lost. But all I can do is let time take us to that moment. Because if a backwards birth can be a boy’s beginning then it is possible that death is not the end but a way of flowing forward. All the rest is between the little and the fish.
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BILL RULES
Elizabeth Fensham
ISBN 9780702238482
RRP AUD$14.95
The companion novel to the gorgeous Matty Forever from the author of Goodbye Jamie Boyd, shortlisted for the Bologna White Raven’s Award, and Helicopter Man, CBCA Book of the Year.
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BILLY MACK'S WAR
James Roy
ISBN 0702234796
RRP AUD$16.95
"Home's a good place to be, Billy-boy. I'm glad I got to see it again."
When Captain Mack is released from his prison camp at the end of the war, no one is quite sure what to expect, least of all his son Billy. Will he be the same man who went off to war so full of hope and pride, or will he be different? Will he even remember his own children? Or will his experiences on the dreaded railway have changed him forever?
In his prequel to the powerful Captain Mack, acclaimed author James Roy takes us on a journey back to 1945, to a time when the world was trying to recover after five years of war, and families were learning how to live together all over again.
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BITIN' BACK
Vivienne Cleven
ISBN 0702232491
RRP AUD$19.95
When the Blackouts' star player Nevil Dooley wakes one morning to don a frock and 'eyeshada', his mother's idle days at the bingo hall are gone forever. Mystified and clueless, single parent Mavis takes to bush-cunning and fast footwork to unravel the mystery behind this sudden change of face.
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BLOODY LIGGIE
Ken Catran
ISBN 0 7022 3380 3
Liggie Tanner, with an axe,
Gave her step-mum forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done...
"Bloody" Liggie, the media labelled her. She was locked away but broke out and drowned crossing a river. So...was this the end of Liggie?
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BRONCO, FI, MADDIE AND ME
Pauline Luke
ISBN 9780702236013
RRP AUD$16.95
When Mayor Banks announces that the historic Turra Bend Middle School needs to be demolished, Luke and his friends decide something has to be done to stop it. But what can a film nut, two netball maniacs and someone whose mother feeds him tofu and bean sprout sandwiches do to stop someone with as much clout as Bill Banks? More than you'd think. Especially if they use the power of words. From the award winning author of "Amber Pash on Pink"
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BUZZARD BREATH AND BRAINS
James Moloney
ISBN 0702233927
RRP AUD$16.95
The funny and moving sequel to James Moloney's award-winning Swashbuckler.
When the Principal's prized rose garden was vandalised, Rex and his mate Tony copped the blame. But it was a set-up and Tony is "making enquiries". Rex's cousin Natalie is on the case as well ...
Which way will Rex jump, as he discovers a new friend, an age-old dilemma and even NETBALL?
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CAPTAIN MACK
James Roy
ISBN 070223107X
RRP AUD$16.95
School's tough when you don't quite fit in and the school bully has picked you as his latest target. And it's especially tough when one of your best friends is an old man who still thinks he's in a POW camp and just wants to go home. Bravery is clearly called for but does Danny have the right stuff?
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CHILDREN'S CLASSICS: BY THE SANDHILLS OF YAMBOORAH
Reginald Ottley
ISBN 0702233501
RRP AUD$18.95
Outside, he sniffed the smells that hung in the quiet stillness - the bitter-sweet peppercorns and the tangy saltbush ... Even the dust had a scent of far-off places, as if it had drifted miles. It made you think of warm, red earth being blown along by the wind.
In this timeless story, a boy struggles to come to terms with the loneliness of the Australian outback and the ruthlessness of living and working on a remote property.
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CHILDREN'S CLASSICS: MY SISTER SIF
Ruth Park
ISBN 9780702237010
RRP AUD$14.95
Erika Magnus is a 14-year-old stirrer with complete confidence that she alone knows best. So,
when her homesick sister Sif longs to return home to the island of Rongo, Erika successfully
plots to get her there, and runs away to join her shortly after. Arriving on the island she finds
the locals frightened by the changes happening to their world, and the cracks beginning to form in their once-perfect environment.
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CHILDREN'S CLASSICS: PASTURES OF THE BLUE CRANE
Hesba Brinsmead
ISBN 0 7022 3462 1
RRP AUD$18.95
Following the successful launch of it's children's classics in 2003, UQP continues the series with this children's book. Winner of the CBCA Book of the Year in 1965, it has been loved by generations of Australian readers since.
Set in the lush subtropics of Northern New South Wales, this classic story is both a moving portrait of Australian life, and a remarkable insight into a younger country.
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CHILDREN'S CLASSICS: TANGARA
Nan Chaucy
ISBN 9780702236105
RRP AUD$19.95
When Lexie was only eight, she discovered an old shell necklace which had belonged to her great-great-aunt. Through the necklace, Lexie met Merrina who became her friend and who took her to the secret gully where her people lived. But the gully held - and still holds - a deeper mystery, a terrible truth which has endured through time and which Lexie must now confront again...
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CHILDREN'S CLASSICS: THE PLUM-RAIN SCROLL
Ruth Manley
ISBN 0702235059
RRP AUD$18.95
This unique story has long proven its appeal to readers young and old. Ruth Manley’s deep knowledge of Japanese language and literature, particularly her affinity with Japanese folklore, has created an enduring masterpiece.
1979 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year.
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CROSS FIRE
James Moloney
ISBN 9780702236273
RRP AUD$18.95
When the Deputy Principal opens Luke Aldridge's school locker, he finds a .22 calibre rifle. Thirteen-year-old Luke is in big trouble at school, and at home. When he joins his dad on a forbidden hunting trip he thinks all his dreams have come true, but have they? The guns, the killing, even his father aren't quite as Luke imagined.
Back home, Luke finds an unexpected understanding with his mother. Then his parents' verbal warfare explodes into confrontation, and a shot is fired ...
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DAREDEVILS
Bill Condon
ISBN 9780702236242
RRP AUD$18.95
"I don' want to live longer - I want to live bigger." Thorns may have only a short time to live, but he's determined to make every second count. And that's where Jack comes in. Safe and quiet, he's going to help the high-spirited Thorns fulfil his wish list. Challenging, touching and funny, Daredevils is a story about friendship, courage, the pursuit of dreams and the joy of living.
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DECEPTION
Celeste Walters
ISBN 070223527X
RRP AUD$18.95
In the silver city, life for Josh Sim is study, football, and family. But in this world, the things which matter most seem to matter least, and the truth is a weapon wielded without emotion.
On the streets of the city, Josh will find his own power.
And reach through the silences.
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DEUCALION
Brian Caswell
ISBN 0 7022 2865 6
Across light years of space millons of settlers have come to the planet Deucalion to escape their past and build their future. Deucalion is a souce of great wealth, and a chance for a new beginning. *Shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards 1996. *Deucalion won the 1995 Children's Peace Literature award.
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DOG 37
Johnny Danalis
ISBN 0 7022 3431 1
RRP AUD$16.95
When the Turnbulls go away on holidays, something has to be done with their lovable dog, Boof. So they book him into The Big Bone for three weeks of canine luxury. But when you're a dog, three weeks can be a long time. And The Big Bone has a terrible secret: It's not an ordinary kennel ...
Luckily, though, Boof isn't an ordinary dog!
This funny and exciting tale of pizza, dinosaurs, and a crazy assortment of mongrels, mutts and monsters will keep you wagging your tail - right to the end!
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DOUBLE EXPOSURE
Brian Caswell
ISBN 0702235334
RRP AUD$18.95
Chris Eveson is a genius; streetwise, artistic and sensitive, and rebelling against the domineering abuses of his father. Unlike his twin brother, Cain seems average in every way - at least to the outward observer...
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DOUGY
James Moloney
ISBN 9780702224997
RRP AUD$18.95
When Dougy's sister Gracey is picked for the sale athletics championships, not everybody in their small bush town is pleased. "Aborigines get special treatment," some of the angry white people say – "it's not fair!"
The championships change everything for Gracey and trigger dramatic events in the town too: black and white relations reach explosion point. The time is ripe for the mysterious Moodagudda to seek a victim ... In the end, it's up to Dougy to save his family – and to prove himself.
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DREAMSLIP
Brian Caswell
ISBN 0702232262
RRP AUD$18.95
Rebecca and Martin are twins, but they share much more than just a birthday. When the memories surface and the "dreamslips" begin, they are caught up in a dangerous sequence of events as varied as Time itself.
With your sister lost somewhere in history, and all the Time in the world to choose from, where do you start looking?
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EDSEL GRIZZLER 1: VOYAGE TO VERDADA
James Roy
ISBN 9780702237188
RRP AUD$16.95
The first in a fantastic three-part series by award-winning author
James Roy.
PIZZA FOR BREAKFAST
NO BEDTIME
SKATEBOARDING ENCOURAGED
AND … NO PARENTS!
Welcome to Verdada.
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FERGAL ONIONS
John Harrison
ISBN 0 7022 3448 6
RRP AUD$26.95
Fergal Onions watches television. Lots of television. News, advertisements, soap operas...everything.
Then, one morning, the music of Mozart floats in through his window...and everything changes for Fergal.
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FIND YOUR TRIBE (AND 9 OTHER THINGS I WISH I'D KNOWN IN HIGH SCHOOL)
Rebecca Sparrow
ISBN 978072237720
RRP AUD$14.95
COMING MARCH 2010
The little black book of information that every teenage girl should read.
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FIRESHADOW
Anthony Eaton
ISBN 07022 3381 1
RRP AUD$18.95
Against the backdrop of the south-west Australian Jarrah forests the lives of two men intersect, changing them both profoundly.
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FRIEND OF MY HEART
Judith Clarke
ISBN 0702226998
RRP AUD$18.95
Daz is searching for Bonny Lewis, her grandmother's oldest friend. She's also in love - with Valentine O'Leary, the biggest Pig at Mimosa High. Her brother William is in love with a girl he's never spoken to; Eleanor Wand, the music teacher at Mimosa High, is in love with the Headmaster; Emerald Burns, the librarian, is in love with Dr Michael Slope ... in "Friend of My Heart", everyone is in love and everyone is doing rather badly. Just as, long ago, Bonny Lewis was in love with her best friend's brother ...
Will Daz find Bonny Lewis?
Will Fat Joanna discover the secret of being thin?
Will anyone find true love?
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GOODBYE JAMIE BOYD
Elizabeth Frensham
ISBN 9780702236716
RRP AUD$16.95
‘Love’s not a cake,’ I say. ‘You don’t carve it into pieces ’til there’s none left; it’s more like the Magic Pudding – the more you use of it, the more it grows.’
Anna and Jamie Boyd are inseparable, the brother and sister team who face the world, their family and school together. Their love for each other is bigger than anything else they know and stronger than any ordinary bond. So when Anna kills her brother, what follows next is a revelation to everyone, most especially to Anna.
A powerful verse novel from one of Australia’s acclaimed storytellers.
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GRACEY
James Moloney
ISBN 9780702226106
RRP AUD$18.95
Gracey's come home to Cunningham on holidays. But now she's a state athletics champion and a private school student, and everything looks different – even frightening.
Dougy, her younger brother, has dropped out of school and spends his time doing odd jobs around the town. It's Dougy who makes the discovery –
Raymond, the eldest, is a football star; he played A-grade in Sydney and is doing really well for the local team ... isn't he?
Part history, part mystery, Gracey is a challenging story about the past and the present, murder and compassion, and black and white identity.
Gracey is the sequel to James Moloney's Dougy.
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HARD YARDS
Melissa Lucashenko
ISBN 0702230804
RRP AUD$19.95
Roo Glover has two highly desirable talents - he can fight, and he can run like the clappers. In the inner-city's harsh code there are losers and survivors, and Roo's a survivor. He's made it through adoption, through juvenile detention, through poverty. He's an athlete in training, aching towards the dream of Olympic qualification. He's even coping with being white in the turbulent Aboriginal family of his girlfriend. But when cousin Stanley dies in custody, and Roo finds his father the same week, trouble starts to catch up with him.
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HIGH HOPES ON SEA
Jenny Wagner
ISBN 0702235253
RRP AUD$16.95
The Hope family live by the sea, in a house with its hands in its pockets and a puppy named Princess Sassy
But when Mr. Owen Mortlock and his brother Selwyn decide to build some apartments, everything is suddenly different. The wind goes away, the ocean vanishes from their windows, and that’s not even the worst bit…
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HIS NAME IN FIRE
Catherine Bateson
ISBN 0702234788
RRP AUD$18.95
Emma only sings in front of her fish. Matthew’s in love.
Mozza and Shazza will tell you they need more than
another work-for-the-dole project to glitter up their lives.
Abattoir Town is just another town bypassed by the highway until
Mollie arrives, lugging more than her suitcase of circus tricks.
Award-winning writer, Catherine Bateson, has written a verse novel which tenderly chronicles country life.
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HOME TO MOTHER
By Doris Pilkington Garimara, illustrated by Janice Lydon
ISBN 0702235466
RRP AUD$16.95
The younger reader's edition of "Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence"
Molly, Gracey and Daisy are on the run, determined to escape the confinement of a government institution for Aboriginal children removed from their families. Barefoot, without provisions or maps, tracked by Native Police and search planes, the girls follow the rabbit-proof fence 1,600 north, knowing it would lead them home. Their journey reveals a past more cruel than we could ever imagine.
This is a marvelous adventure story and thriller, celebrating courage and the resilience of the human heart. - Phillip Noyce, Director of ‘Rabbit-Proof Fence’
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I KNIT WATER
Craig Bolland
ISBN 0 7022 3319 6
Mark Heron is twenty-something and burned out. Recently washed up at the West End house they call Heartbreak Lodge, he gets to know his neighbours and his life becomes interwoven with their stories.
As events unfold that threaten to turn their world upside down, Mark finds he must either go under...or learn to knit water.
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ICHABOD HART AND THE LIGHTHOUSE MYSTERY
James Roy
ISBN 0 7022 3364 1
RRP AUD$18.95
A sinister start to 2004 with the publication of this first title in Roy's intriguing Steampunk series. This is a serioudly gothic read for 9-14 year olds who will be delighted by the adventures of Ichabod Hart and his feisty friend, Arabella Oakes.
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IF BEES RODE SHINY BICYCLES
Michelle A. Taylor
ISBN 0 7022 3382 X
RRP AUD$16.95
If Bees Rode Shiny Bicycles is whimsical, delightful, and a perfect introduction to the fantastical world of poetry for children, from one of Australia's finest contemporary poets.
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IF THE WORLD BELONGED TO DOGS
Michelle A Taylor
ISBN 9780702236099
RRP AUD$16.95
Fantastical nonsense, digusting habits, the secret world of pets, and the not-so-secret world of families. Lullabies to help you sleep at night, scary poems to keep you awake!
You'll find all of these and more in this fun and whimsical collection of poems by the acclaimed author of "If Bees Road Shiny Bicycles"
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IN THE POET'S DEN
Julia Holland
ISBN 0702231495
RRP AUD$16.95
Daniel Jarvis is searching for something.
When he is introduced to The Poet, charismatic leader of the Sacred New Tribe cult, he is drawn into a mesmeric new way of life - a path that leads him to India.
An original work which explores the powers and dynamics from within a religious cult. The book offers a sharp portrayal of family dynamics and treats with sensitivity the nuances of teenage relationships.
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ITINERANT BLUES
Samuel Wagan Watson
ISBN 0702232823
RRP AUD$19.95
Leaving behind neon nights and misspent passions, these poems take to the highway with the muse riding shotgun.
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KUMIKO AND THE DRAGON
Briony Stewart
ISBN 9780702236198
RRP AUD$16.95
Kumiko and the Dragon is a delightful story that will take young readers on a soaring adventure, as Kumiko discovers a strength she never even knew she had.
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KUMIKO AND THE DRAGON'S SECRET
Briony Stewart
ISBN 9780702237805
RRP AUD$16.95
In this sequel to the beautifully written Kumiko and the Dragon, danger surrounds Kumiko’s family as the sinister shadow catchers kidnap Kumiko’s sister, Arisu, seeking to absorb the dragons’ magical powers through the royal human bloodline of Kumiko’s family.
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LESSONS FROM THE HEART
John Clanchy
ISBN 0 7022 3354 4
RRP AUD$22.00
On a school trip to the red heart of Australia, Laura suspects her best friend is having an affair with their teacher. She is caught in a tangle of deceit in the inquiry following a young boy's mysterious fall on the slopes of Uluru (Ayers Rock).
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LICKING LIZARDS
By Toni Risson illustrated by Johnny Danalis
ISBN 0702235245
RRP AUD$16.95
This action packed adventure about reptiles, rivers, hideouts and stolen jewels will grab your attention when you least expect it...like a lizard in your lunchbox!
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LISDALIA
Brian Caswell
ISBN 070222667X
RRP AUD$16.95
It's bad enough being the smartest kid in the school, but when you're a girl, and when your father still thinks it's a man's world, and when you never learned to back down from an argument, it's even worse.
LISDALIA is the second volume in Brian Caswell's critically acclaimed Boundary Park Trilogy which began with Mike and concludes with Maddie.
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LOKU AND THE SHARK ATTACK
By Deborah Carlyon, illustrated by Johnny Danalis
ISBN 0702235490
RRP AUD$16.95
Loku and the Shark Attack is an adventure story with a beautiful difference - it has a soul. The story is about a young village boy, Loku, who undertakes some serious risks to prove to his twin bother that he 'has guts.' To do this Loku must abandon his tribes rules and his conscience. The problems he faces as a result are; an out of control bush fire, being kidnapped while unconscious, a race against an outgoing tide and an inherent shark attack, and perhaps most dangerous of all - betraying his sacred totem animal.
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LONDON CALLING
Natalie Jane Prior
ISBN 0 7022 2948 2
I'm not running away.
I'm pursuing my career!
Shattered by her father's unexpected death, Carmen Morton decides to achieve her life's ambition: to be a dancer in a London West End Musical.
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LOOP
Brian Caswell
ISBN 070223589X
RRP AUD$18.95
From interdimensional time travel to the choices that define our lives here and now; from the inability to let go to the inevitability of change; from the many faces of alien contact to the healing power of a single human touch, Brian Caswell bridges genres and generations, shifting through tragedy to joy, humour to pathos - from the everday to the exceptional.
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LOVE POEMS AND LEG SPINNERS
Steven Herrick
ISBN 0 7022 3317 X
An uproarious collection of poems from Steven Herrick spun around classmates Billy, Anna, Sarah, Alex, Emily and Michael. Follow 5B's adventures in the classroom and at home as they attempt to learn about religion, play cricket, eat giant sandwiches and acquire a new Principle.
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LOVE, GHOSTS AND NOSE HAIR
Steven Herrick
ISBN 0 7022 2787 8
RRP AUD$17.95
Jack is sixteen. He's obsessed with the beautiful
Annabel, the ghost of his mother and nose hair.
Love Ghosts & Nose Hair is a bitter sweet comedy written in verse for young adults.
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LOVING RICHARD FEYNMAN
Penny Tangey
ISBN 9780702237256
RRP AUD$17.95
Richard Feynman is a nobel prize–winning physicist.
Catherine is a science-loving 15-year-old.
Richard invented the atom bomb;
Catherine’s just trying to survive school.
When your life is falling apart around you, is talking to a dead physicist normal?
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MADDIE
Brian Caswell
ISBN 0702227358
RRP AUD$16.95
When Maddie lived in Vietnam, she was called Mai Linh. Her older brother, Mitchell, was known as Minh. They were given their new names when they came to Australia and went to Boundary Park school. Maddie is popular at school, but Minh, haunted by dark memories, doesn't make friends easily. When Minh falls into real trouble, it's up to Maddie, Mike, Lisdalia, Tanja and Nanh to help him solve his present problems and overcome past fears.
A companion story to Mike and Lisdalia.
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MATTY FOREVER
Elizabeth Fensham
ISBN 9780702237027
RRP AUD$14.95
From the one of Australia's favourite storyteller's and author of "The Helicopter Man" (Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year)comes an enchanting story of friendship, acceptance and trust.
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MERRYLL OF THE STONES
Brian Caswell
ISBN 070222250X
RRP AUD$18.95
This splendid story of time travel and magic begins in Sydney, with Megan Ellison, sole survivor of a car accident. She awakens from this disaster haunted by strange dreams as if from some distant past. These frightening dreams and fragmented memories continue, even when Megan goes to stay with relatives in a Welsh village.
Then she meets Em, a brilliant and rebellious boy. As their friendship grows, they discover Megan's supernatural gift, and her duty to right an ancient wrong. Together, Megan and Em step through the ruins of a stone circle ... and so begins a fabulous adventure that spans two millennia.
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MIKE
Brian Caswell
ISBN 0702225274
RRP AUD$16.95
Mike and his mother have moved from Melbourne to live at Boundary Park, in Sydney's west. Mike soon wishes they'd never left. At school he becomes the victim of the bully Shane. Then Mike meets Riny, a neighbour with a secret success story in her past, and together they plan an exciting way to overcome Mike's doubts.
Mike is the first title in the Boundary Park trilogy continuing with Lisdalia and Maddie.
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MILLIE AND THE NIGHT HERON
Catherine Bateson
ISBN 0702235261
RRP AUD$16.95
Millie and the Night Heron is a gentle, lyrical and moving tale from award-winning author Catherine Bateson which reminds us all to stop and remember the important things in life.
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MISS MCALLISTER'S GHOST
Elizabeth Frensham
ISBN 9780702236464
RRP AUD$18.95
When Cassandra and her brothers climb the garden wall hoping to spot the ghost in the old
hollow-eyed house, they have no idea what awaits within. At first violently, then seductively,
they are drawn into a world long-lost, a world preserved by a woman whose memories have
kept her trapped in time and place.
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MOSQUITO ADVERTISING: THE PARFIZZ PITCH
Kate Hunter
ISBN 9780702237713
RRP AUD$16.95
The first book in an exciting new series featuring a gang of kids taking on the advertising world...one ad at a time!
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MY LIFE, MY LOVE, MY LASAGNE
Steven Herrick
ISBN 0702233269
RRP AUD$14.95
A collection of funny, poignant and significant poems detailing the everyday lives of children - family, school and friends. Each poem echoes with the voice of young people.
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MY NAME IS WILL THOMPSON
Robert Newton
ISBN 0702232173
RRP AUD$16.95
Will Thompson has problems. It's hard to feel normal when words and letters are swimming around in your head like alphabet soup.
What makes it even hearder is when your family is completely over the top!
Will and two desperado friends devise a plan to stop the most powerful man in the state closing down the Boongara Learning Centre - it's a long shot, but some things are worth fighting for.
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NATHAN NUTTBOARD 1: HITS THE BEACH
Anthony Eaton
ISBN 0702233404
RRP AUD$16.95
A few days at the beach, camping with your family.
Sounds like a good time, right?
Maybe, but don’t forget to factor in:
- The motorbike riding bogan
- An older sister in love
- A tent which is suffering a spiritual crisis
- A surfer named Gnarly who’s idea of fun involves exfoliating sparkplugs!
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NATHAN NUTTBOARD 2: FAMILY MATTERS
Anthony Eaton
ISBN 0702235474
RRP AUD$16.95
Nathan, Gnarly and the Nuttboard family are back again in a sequel to Eaton’s popular Nathan Nuttboard Hits the Beach. Narelle as difficult as ever; Dad still technologically challenged; Mum her usual assertive self; little sister Nadine intrusive and Nathan and friend Gnarly continuing their happy-go-lucky sure to miss-fire antics. What IS new is the arrival of a little known grandfather from Scotland, Fergus McCraigh.
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NATHAN NUTTBOARD 3: UPSTAGED
Anthony Eaton
ISBN 9780702236655
RRP AUD$16.95
Grade Seven is not going well for Nathan Nuttboard. First, he is publicly dumped by Sally-Anne Anderson – the most popular girl in the class – before he even knew they were an item!
Then his teacher, Mr Hart, casts Nathan as Romeo to his ex-girlfriend’s Juliet in the year school play. – a surfing adaptation of Romeo and Juliet written by Mr Hart himself!
What follows is a series of humiliating events as Nathan tries his best, with the help of his mate Gnarly’s advice, to be dropped from the play.
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NEPTUNE'S NURSERY
Kim Michelle Toft & Allan Sheather
ISBN 0702230790
RRP AUD$25.00
This is a visually stunning picture information book by award-winning illustrator Kim Toft and co-author Allan Sheather.
An environmental hide-and-seek game book that explores the birthing habits of marine animals and the most unique creature of all.
Kim Toft's silk paintings perfectly capture life underwater, the seaworld shimmers and sparkles off each page. The last three pages are packed with information on all the marine animals found in the book plus a glossary of terms.
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NIRVANA'S CHILDREN
Ranulfo Concon
ISBN 0 7022 3215 7
Napolean was born to conquer the world - or something. But the world can be a disappointing place.
Busting his way out of school he takes to the streets of the Cross, hooking up with Sammie, an astro-chick with attitude & a sweet tooth.
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NO WORRIES
Bill Condon
ISBN 0702234915
RRP AUD$18.95
Brian Talbot: seventeen, virgin, high school dropout, nightshift worker at the local dairy, in-love.
Both humorous and confronting, Bill Condon has created a gripping urban tale of life, death, love, joy, and family, which reminds us all to hold on to the important things, however difficult that might be.
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NOT SALLY MARSHALL AGAIN!
Amanda Mckay
ISBN 070223169X
RRP AUD$16.95
In this exciting sequel to "Sally Marshall is not an Alien!"- Sally Marshall's in trouble again. Her family must leave their planet and find a new home far away where they'll be safe.
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NOTHING TO REMEMBER
Julia Holland
ISBN 070223062
RRP AUD$18.95
Since the accident that killed her parents, Lara remembers nothing of her previous life. Small memories drift through her mind, but nothing seems to fit together. In this stylish and intelligent story of amnesia, loss, love and hope, fifteen-year-old Lara must confront a dramatic and painful reality.
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ON COUNTRY: STORIES OF NYRLOTTE
By Fiona Doyle, illustrated by Lionel Doyle
ISBN 0702235458
RRP AUD$16.95
On Country: The Stories of Nyrlotte is a beautiful collection of childhood memories brimming with adventure, family relationships and customs set on Cape York. The story revolves around Nyrlotte, a mischievous and enquiring young, Alngith girl who lives with her extended family on Wik country. Nyrlotte’s generous and wise granny helps keep her safe from danger, while teaching the inquisitive Nyrlotte about her culture and traditions. Nyrlotte’s journey is one of discovery, a little naughtiness and a lot of love from Granny and Daddy Old Man.
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ONE LESS FISH
Kim Michelle Toft & Allan Sheather
ISBN 0702229474
RRP AUD$17.95
Spectacular tropical fish shimmer across every page of this unique counting book set in Australia's Great Barrier Reef. But something is wrong - one by one the fish are disappearing. The Great Barrier Reef is protected by law, but what might happen if it wasn't?
Produced with the support of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, this cautionary tale warns of the threats to a fragile underwater environment. By preserving these deep-sea homes, we can all help keep this environmental countdown from coming true.
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ONE PERFECT PIROUETTE
Sheryl Clark
ISBN 9780702238413
RRP AUD$16.95
From popular and award-winning author, Sherryl Clark, comes a look into the pressures, heartache and determination that it takes to realise your dreams.
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ONLY THE HEART
Brian Caswell & David Chiem
ISBN 0702233765
RRP AUD$18.95
When logic says the dream is beyond your reach only heart knows the truth ...
From the chaos and the fear of post-war Saigon, and the terror of pirates on the open ocean, to the triumph and tragedy of a new life. Only The Heart is the story of Toan and Linh and a family that endures the nightmare in search of the dream.
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PAINTED LOVE LETTERS
Catherine Bateson
ISBN 0 7022 3289 0
Dave is dying. Chrissie, Mum, Nan and Badger are going to be left behind. Because sometimes life is like that.
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PHILOSOPHY FOR BEGINNERS
Max Charlesworth, illustrated by John Danalis
ISBN 9780702236068
RRP AUD$22.95
Philosophy is a fascinating discipline that encourages us to think creatively about the BIG questions. What is life? What is space? What is time? Who are we, and why are we? With illustrations by John Danalis, this is a must-have guide for readers young and old with enquiring minds.
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POETRY TO THE RESCUE
Steven Herrick
ISBN 0702233188
RRP AUD$14.95
Poetry to the Rescue is a collection of funny, touching and thought-provoking poems from home, school and play. Written with Steven Herrick's honesty and ear for kids' voices - a perfect reflection of everyday life.
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PROBLEM CHILD
James Roy
ISBN 9780702236044
RRP AUD$16.95
Max Quigley doesn't think he's a bully. He's an "observer". He observes habits, interests and peculiarities of other people, which he then points out. A lot.
Triffin Nordstrum isn't really all that clever. He's a nerd. He reads too many fat books, makes medieval siege machines out of Lego, and probably speaks fluent Elvish. Plus he lives way out in the bush with his mum, whom he calls Ulrika.
Max and Triffin. It's a match made in hell and it's going to get uglier than a second-hand cheesecake. In this hilarious look at playground politics, James Roy has created the ultimate odd couple, two boys who don't see eye to eye, but have to, somehow.
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PROTUS RISING
Ken Catran
ISBN 0 7022 3442 7
RRP AUD$18.95
In the Black vacuum of space, mysteries are born. Spaceship Copernicus is orbiting Jupiter and her moons. Second in command Declan awakes from cryo sleep...into a strange and murderous puzzle. The commander is missing and one by one the crew start to vanish.
Is there a killer on board - or something alien?
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RAIN MAY AND CAPTAIN DANIEL
Catherine Bateson
ISBN 0 7022 3337 4
Rain May and her mum escape their old inner-city life for a dream house in the country.
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REBEL HEARTS
Daryl McCann
ISBN 0 7022 33067
Freyerland is the past. Freyer land is the future. Freyerland is where our very souls are tested.
Do you choose compromise and the promise of safety? Or do you choose individuality and the threat of total annihilation?
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RELAX MAX!
By Brian Caswell, illustrated by Kurt Hedridge
ISBN 0702228974
RRP AUD$13.95
When you're eight and
three-quarters years old,
nobody listens to you ...
Not even when your house has been invaded by the aliens who crashed their spaceship out behind the house, and you're the only one who can see them. Not even when the meanest bully on the planet is trying to kill you.
But sometimes help can come from the strangest places ...
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RHYMING BOY
Steven Herrick
ISBN 9780702236730
RRP AUD$16.95
Jayden Hayden doesn’t have a dad –just a mum obsessed with Jayden Finch, the footballer and an embarrassing name that earns him ridicule as well as the nickname, Rhyming Boy. Then a school father-son event sends him on a quest to find his father. Could Jayden Finch be more than just a namesake?
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SATURDAY MORNING, MOZART AND BURNT TOAST
Robert Newton
ISBN 0 7022 3436 2
RRP AUD$17.95
Edam "Wolfgang" McManus is a musical prodigy, Mozart fan, and child with issues. At odds with his mother's new de-facto boyfriend, Wolfgang runs away to Tasmania to meet Sal, a violin playing, lip pierced farmer's daughter who he met through an internet chatroom.
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SCHUMANN THE SHOEMAN
John Danalis and Stella Danalis
ISBN 9780702236211
RRP AUD$24.95
For a world where nothing seems to last, here is a tale that will stay with you forever. Schumann the Shoeman is a story with soul, a delightful modern fable from the award-winning author and illustrator team of John and Stella Danalis
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SMOKE ENCRYPTED WHISPERS
Samuel Wagan Watson
ISBN 0702234710
RRP AUD$22.95
These poems pulse with the language and images of a mangrove-lined river city, the beckoning highway, the just-glimpsed muse, the tug of childhood and restless ancestors.
For the first time Samuel Wagan Watson's poetry has been collected into this stunning volume, which includes a final section of all new work.
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STAR OF THE CIRCUS
Nette Hilton, illustrated by Chantal Stewart
ISBN 9780702236006
RRP AUD$16.95
Bonnie Bennett wanted to be the best at something. She lives on a farm on the far edge of town. When her teacher announces that the best pet competition Bonnie is determined to get a pet and to teach it to do the best tricks ever. This is a companion volume to Nette's acclaimed Star of the Show.
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STAR OF THE SHOW
By Nette Hilton, illustrated by Chantal Stewart
ISBN 0702235792
RRP AUD$16.95
Serena Sweetmay is Perfect.
Serena Sweetmay is beautiful and clever; she's good at school, is always chosen for the best parts in any activity, and so when Aimee’s class is selected to perform the school’s Christmas play, everyone knows exactly who’s going to be the star of the show.
But for once, just once, Aimee wants to shine, and to do that she has to out-angel the perfect Serena Sweetmay.
Luckily though, she has a plan, so nothing can go wrong.
Can it?
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SUSHI CENTRAL
Alasdair Duncan
ISBN 0 7022 3399 4
RRP AUD$22.00
Go out. Take a pill. Meet a boy. Dance. Recover. Repeat.
Sushi Central is a subversive black comedy about teen angst pushed to its final, self-destructive extremes. It is about the identities we create for ourselves, the fragile, impulsive nature of youth, and the fear of growing old.
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SWASHBUCKLER
James Moloney
ISBN 0 7022 2825 7
RRP AUD$13.95
Short Listed CBCA Book of the Year Awards 1996
"Cease and desist! Stand fast and release your prisoner!" – Peter, a new boy at Park Ridge school, is thankful to be rescued from the school bullies by Anton the Swashbuckler. Even if Anton does speak in such a weird way and wears outlandish garments.
After this Peter and Anton become firm friends, and discover that they each have family problems. Together they turn those problems into challenges to be tackled in true Swashbuckler style.
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TEACHING THE TEACHER
Joan van Loon, illustrated by Chantal Stewart
ISBN 9780702236532
RRP $27.95
If you could swap places with your teacher for the day, what would you teach your teacher to
do?
Would you teach her how to …
… chew an apple with no front teeth?
… sing out loud in assembly?
… dive-bomb into the swimming pool?
Through the imagination of one of her students, the much-loved Ms Cherry finds out just what
it is like to be little again.
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THE "S" WORD
By James Roy, illustrated by Gus Gordon
ISBN 0702235652
RRP AUD$24.95
Using humour and sensitivity, James Roy presents a book that will help any young man navigate the confusing minefield that lies between boyhood and manhood. With some help from his friend Richard the Wise, he talks frankly about sex, puberty and relationships, and shows that becoming a man doesn’t have to scare the pants off you.
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THE ADVENTURES OF DANNY 1: BEEWARE
Pat Flynn, illustrated by Gus Gordon
ISBN 9780702236228
RRP AUD$16.95
The Adventures of Danny is a new series for 7-11 year olds by popular author Pat Flynn. In Beeware, danny faces mean mutts, rampaging bees and mad magpies. It's a tough world out there in the Aussie suburbs, especially when you're squeezed between a bossy big brother and an irritating little sister.
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THE ADVENTURES OF DANNY 2: TREEIFIED
Pat Flynn, illustrated by Gus Gordon
ISBN 9780702236235
RRP AUD$16.95
In Treeified, Danny's up against something terrifying - his family. His annoying little sister loves stealing his stuff, his big brother pummels him in footy, and his mum and dad force him to eat yucky vegies. Danny needs a plan to get the better of them, and his plans never backfire, do they?
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THE ADVENTURES OF DANNY 3: SNOWIDEA
Pat Flynn
ISBN 9780702236488
RRP AUD$14.95
Fighting dangerous animals and fitting in with his family was hard enough at home. Now
Danny’s stuck in a strange new country, with a strange new species – girls!
Being the new kid isn’t easy, especially when the other kids laugh at your pants and push
you over in the snow. Danny feels like the odd one out. – he’ll need a few tricks if he wants
to survive.
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THE ADVENTURES OF A LATE NIGHT SWEARER
Nette Hilton, illustrations by Tom Jerrett
ISBN 9780702236525
RRP AUD$14.95
Speedy Simpson is the absolute best at everything. He might even have stayed the best if it
wasn’ t for Bebe LaMouche. She had a special talent with words that was going to take some beating.
Speedy searches high and low until he stumbles upon a secret word that he is sure will impress Bebe and his classmates. But he soon discovers that there is more than one way to be the best ...
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THE AIRDANCER OF GLASS
Catherine Bateson
ISBN 0 7022 3393 5
RRP AUD$17.95
Lulianne is an Airdancer of the cirque d'Espoir. With her pink dreadlocks, ribbons and bells, she embodies strength, vitality and grace. Egan, a hunter and gardener, has led a very different life in the seclusion and peace of Clan. They meet in the crowded contamination of Tip, where the flames of revolution smoulder. Together anything is possible, and the world they know will be altered forever.
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THE ANGEL OF BARBICAN HIGH
Michelle a Taylor
ISBN 0702232513
RRP AUD$18.95
dear angel
I keep looking for you
just past my right shoulder
then tell myself
you fool Jez
you don't have to see to believe
Jez felt her luck had finally changed the year she left Melbourne to start Year 11 at Barbican High in Brisbane. That was the year she met Nick and when everything fell into place.
By the following summer it all changed. That's when Tommy amd the angel became part of Jez's life, and her struggle to stop a terrible secret from taking over begins.
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THE DARKLANDS TRILOGY 1: NIGHTPEOPLE
Anthony Eaton
ISBN 070223494X
RRP AUD$22.95
When you have nowhere left to run, sometimes the only place is the sky...
Saria is the last of her kind, the final child to be born in the Darklands, a quarantined expanse of outback desert, contaminated generations earlier by the remote and mysterious Nightpeople.
Spirited away at her birth before the Nightpeople could remove her from the genetic pool, Saria, now in her early teens, is called before the Council of Dreamers to be used as a bargaining chip. There she discovers the truth about her own past, and that of her people.
Nightpeople explores a society turned in upon itself and a future which readers will find both alien and disturbingly familiar.
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THE DARKLANDS TRILOGY 2: SKYFALL
Anthony Eaton
ISBN 9780702235504
RRP AUD$23.95
Larinan Mann is an outsider, a social oddity. Born in contravention of the rules of his society, into a cold and powerful family, Laris life seems to have no purpose. But then his only friend draws him unwittingly into the murky terror of the underworld that dwells below his feet, his father unexpectedly inducts him into the inner circle of history's most terrible secret, and Lari's world - and everything he knew about it - is shattered for ever.
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THE DARKLANDS TRILOGY 3: DAYWARDS
Anthony Eaton
ISBN 9780702236556
RRP AUD$24.95
COMING APRIL 2010
Following on from Nightpeople and Skyfall comes Daywards, the much anticipated book three in the popular Darklands Trilogy
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THE DARKNESS
Anthony Eaton
ISBN 0 7022 3152 5
The darkness comes for all of us eventually...
In the small coastal town of Isolation Bay, a shadow hangs over the lives of Rohan Peters and his mother Eileen. Bound together by small town superstition, their lives are dominated by fear.
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THE DECEMBER BOYS
Michael Noonan
ISBN 9780702235764
RRP AUD$18.95
When a group of close friends leave the dusty outback orphanage where they've grown up for a summer holiday together at the coast, their future is full of possibilities. But the chance that one of them, just one, might gain a real family to live with calls everything they thought they knew about themselves and each other into question.
A film adaptation of "The December Boys" started filming in Australia in November 2005 and was released worldwide in 2007. It stars Daniel Radcliffe, of Harry Potter fame, in his first film venture outside the famous wizard movie franchise.
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THE FLYING ORCHESTRA
Clare McFadden
ISBN 9780702237041
RRP AUD$24.95
Some days are so windy that even the angels lose their balance from the top of City Hall. It's always a day like this when the Flying Orchestra blows into town...
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THE FROG PRINCE OF BARKER'S BAY
Helen Clulow
ISBN 0 7022 3335 8
Alison Atherton thinks nothing could be worse than having a national pickled-onion-eating champion for a Dad. But then she receives a mysterious birthday wish from her eccentric aunt...
Suddenly, Alison finds herself on a frog-kissing frenzy trying to make her wish come true. But she gets more than she bargains for when Errol the frog prince appears.
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THE GIRL IN THE CAVE
Anthony Eaton illustrated by Johnny Danalis
ISBN 0 7022 3437 0
RRP AUD$14.95
Poor Kate! Forced to live in a pokey little cave at the bottom of her horrible Aunt and Uncle's Garden.
Then one day the telephone rings...
A funny, exciting (and slightly disgusting) story about lost fortunes, lost parents and mysterious puzzles that will leave you guessing and gasping.
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THE GLASS MOUNTAIN
Celeste Walters
ISBN 0 7022 3297 1
Ossie is a bikie and the Pit Vipers have rules you don't break. But then no one's let on that little old ladies can be dangerous.
So when Ossie rumbles Mrs Esther Ellis he's in for a severe life change as he gets caught up in a world of shadows and secrets - a world in which the legend of a freakish mountain tells a story that will become his own.
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THE HEROIC LIVES OF AL CAPSELLA
Judith Clarke
ISBN 0702230618
RRP AUD$18.95
The popular series that elevates ordinariness to cult status is available for the first time in this one hilarious edition.
Readers can now follow the heroic exploits of mild-mannered suburban hero Al Capsella and his mate Louis as they battle to be cool against all odds - but mainly against embarrassing parents, grandparents and teachers.
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THE HOUSE ON THE RIVER TERRACE
James Moloney
ISBN 9780702236303
RRP AUD$19.95
Ben Fielding is the sixteen year old son of a conservative politician. He is a dreamer and an artist whose friendship with the wild spirited street kid, Jess, draws him ineviatably into conflict with his father.
...one of the most relevant adolescent authors in Australia today. courier mail
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THE KHAKI KID
Robert Newton
ISBN 0702232963
RRP AUD$16.95
Kevin Penfold is in control. At 11, he's in training to conquer Mt Everest, his 'Penfold Pulveriser' is world soccer's ultimate secret weapon and his best friend is the Italian Stallion. But control is as predictable as a world-cup qualifier, as Kevin discovers when his father moves out, his mum turns feral and Elvis enters his life ... soemtimes, when the game is on the line, the only solution is a radical change of tactics. Winning back control may not be easy, but it can be a whole lot of fun.
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THE LAMBING FLAT
Nerida Newton
ISBN 0 7022 3386 2
RRP AUD$24.00
Ella, the daughter of a grazier, grows up on an isolated, drought-ridden Queensland property, seeking her place in the harsh environment.
Lok and his father arrive from China in search of gold and are caught up in the infamous Lambing Flat riots. When Ella’s and Lok’s paths cross, they begin to discover what it is to belong.
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THE LAST RACE
Celeste Walters
ISBN 0 7022 3172 X
RRP AUD$16.95
After years of dedicated training, Philippa has qualified for the Olympics but her best friend and rival lies in a coma in hospital.
Why is Philippa wracked with guilt? And why does she tell her mother that she cheated?
In this gripping novel, Celeste Walters explores the lives of two gifted swimmers in their last year of high school. For them the stresses of study and approaching adulthood are compounded by a gruelling training regime.
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THE LEGEND OF BIG RED
James Roy
ISBN 0702235288
RRP AUD$16.95
Bailey's Swamp is a lot of things. Beautiful. Secluded. Creepy.
It's also thought to be the home of Big Red, a giant and elusive fish, a true legend of the local area. And Barney and Liam are determined to find him. And when they find him, they're going to catch him.
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THE LINE FORMATION
Pat Flynn
ISBN 0702235032
RRP AUD$18.95
Trust. Courage. Faith.
Some words are the same in every culture.
Hope, Texas was the last place that Ozzie, a league loving lad from the Queensland outback, expected to find himself.
And the gridiron field, green and perfect under bright Friday lights seemed a world away from the tough, dirt-blown rugby grounds of his home.
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THE PUNJABI PAPPADUM
Robert Newton
ISBN 0 7022 3363 3
The legendary, mouthwatering Punjabi Pappadum is doing it tough against the flashy new Burger Barn. There's something sinister going on and it's down to best mates Veejay, Dexter and Travis to get to the bottom of it.
That's when they meet Detective Ron and discover there is more to singing than the Regional Boy's Choir...
An original, funny and heart-warming adventure where food is as essential as the plot.
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THE RIVER SAI
Rebecca Edwards
ISBN 9780702236112
RRP AUD$16.95
A fantasy set in Japan based on Japanese folklore, The River Sai taps into a continuing interest in things Oriental. It is a quest story both literally, as Harumi searches forthe River Sai and the demon that lives there in the bank of the river, and metaphorically, as Harumi travels from self-interest to empathy with those around her.
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THE SIMPLE GIFT
Steven Herrick
ISBN 0 7022 3133 9
RRP AUD$16.95
A compelling story of 16 year old Billy, who trades the soulless tyranny of his father's home and the tediousness of high school for a life of no fixed address. This free-versed novel, by one of Australia's most popular poets, is a life-affirming look at humanity, generosity and love. A novel perspective on friendship and its ability to change lives.
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THE SPANGLED DRONGO
Steven Herrick
ISBN 0 7022 3095 2
Twelve year-old Sam has soccer fever. He lives with eccentric Auntie Amshara and Ronaldo his dog. His best friend is Goose, Captain of the local soccer team... that is until soccer crazed Jessica Bowles moves in next door. Sam soon discovers that there's more to life than just soccer...
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THE SPARE ROOM
Kathryn Lomer
ISBN 0 7022 3477 X
RRP AUD$18.95
Journeys take on many forms..
Akira is a Japanese exchange student spending a year of his life in Hobart with a relaxed Australian family, very unlike his own.
But something is not quite right with the Moffats and Akira unwittingly becomes the catalyst for change.
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THE SUN IS RISING
Sophie Mason
ISBN 0702227897
RRP AUD$18.95
Michael Kamis is spending the summer holidays working for his mother, a well known rock music promoter. Ambitious young opera singer Geraldine Ahern, walks through the door determined to persuade Ms Khamis to be her agent.
A spark ignites between Michel and Geraldine and a relationship rapidly develops.
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THE TOILET KID
by Pat Flynn, illustrated by Tom Jellett
ISBN 9780702237171
RRP AUD$16.95
From the author of the award-winning book, The Tuckshop Kid, comes the companion adventure about food, friendship and finding your way.
Matt's life is good. He's lost weight, is sort-of enjoying exercising and is going out with the perfect girl, Kayla, and she loves food as much as he does. He can hardly believe his luck.
But when Matt uncovers Kayla's secret, he realises that no one is perfect and sometimes problems can take on a life of their own.
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THE TROPHY KID
Pat Flynn, illustrated by Tom Jellett
ISBN 9780702238406
RRP AUD$16.95
A companion novel to The Tuckshop Kid and The Toilet Kid, The Trophy Kid will have you laughing and crying, sometimes at the same time. It’s about dealing with the biggest challenge of all – the pressures we put on ourselves.
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THE TUCKSHOP KID
By Pat Flynn, illustrated by Tom Jellett
ISBN 0702235679
RRP AUD$16.95
Hungry? Need Lunch? Mum’s packed you curried banana and pickle sandwiches again? Only got a $1.25 to your name? Then you need to see Matt, because Matt has an amazing talent…
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THE WORLD THAT WE WANT
Kim Michelle Toft
ISBN 0 7022 3248 3
RRP AUD$26.95
Nine different habitats and forty-five fascinating creatures feature in this spectacular portrayal of the rare and fragile beauty of North Queensland.
Search through the ecosystems, discover the unique creatures and find out how these environmental worlds interact.
Award-winning author and illustrator Kim Michelle Toft has created another stunning interactve environmental picture book, each illustration vividly hand-painted on silk.
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THE YEAR IT ALL HAPPENED
Catherine Bateson
ISBN 0702232297
RRP AUD$18.95
In this sequel to "A Dangerous Girl", Catherine Bateson delicately unveils a year in the life of four emerging adults. It is a verse novel celebrating life, love, change and the year it all happened
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TO THE LIGHT
By Pat Flynn illustrated by Chantal Stewart
ISBN 0702234923
RRP AUD$16.95
Being inside the wave is the ultimate for a surfer. But once you're in you have to make it out, you have to make it to the light.
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TOM JONES SAVES THE WORLD
Steven Herrick
ISBN 0702233366
RRP AUD$16.95
Dumb things become important when you're old. At least that's what Tom reckons like living in a guarded gate community, filling the three spare rooms with a bottle top collection or secretly belly dancing while everyone's out. When Tom meets Cleo the snake charmer, together they break-out, discover a bull that hasn't become a hamburger, visit Tom's forbidden grandfather and catch and boil yabbies by Murchison Creek.
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TOUCH ME
James Mooney
ISBN 9780702236297
RRP AUD$19.95
"When can I hold you then?" He Whispered. "I want to. I..." He was going to say I love you but what did that mean.
For Xavier McLachlan, Rugby is life. Winning a 1st XV jersey means everything...Until he meets Nuala Magee. Has there ever been a girl like?
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TOWN
James Roy
ISBN 9780702236372
RRP AUD$19.95
Form a town near you comes thirteen linked stories, spanning a year in the lives of thirteen young people. In Town, James Roy uses the short story to explore the lives of the young residents of an Australian town. This town doesn't have a name. But if it seems familiar, it's because we recognise the people who walk the streets.
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TRACEY BINNS 1: TRACEY BINNS IS TROUBLE
By Sherryl Clark, illustrated by Alexis Apfelbaum
ISBN 9780702236679
RRP AUD$16.95
Tracey Binns is trouble. Or at least that’s what she wants everyone to believe.
While her parents work hard to provide the perfect life in the perfect house, Tracey is working
hard at misbehaving.
New girl Isabella is convinced there’s more to Tracey than meets the eye and enters her in the inter-school Best Brands Computers competition. And that’s when Tracey’s true colours begin to show.
Tracey isn’t the only one with something to hide. What secret is Isabella keeping from Tracey
and is their friendship strong enough to survive once it is discovered?
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TRACEY BINNS 2: TRACEY BINNS IS LOST
Sherryl Clark, illustrated by Alexis Apfelbaum
ISBN 9780702237058
RRP AUD$16.95
The second instalment in the fantastic and funny Tracey Binns series will have you cheering
for Tracey to the very end!
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TURTLE'S SONG
Alan Brown illustrated by Kim Michelle Toft
ISBN 070223219X
RRP AUD$16.95
Turtle's Song is a lyrical journey of the life of a Green Turtle from a hatchling beneath the sand of a coral beach, through wanderings at sea, to adulthood and returning to lay eggs of its own.
The vivid and exquisite images combined with the simple but rhythmic prose, makes the reading of Turtle's Song an utter delight.
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WHAT NOW, TILDA B?
Kathryn Lomer
ISBN 9780702237782
RRP AUD$19.95
Being fifteen's very dodgy. Having a boyfriend helps. But only up to a point.
Tilda Braint is smart, funny, interested in life, outgoing and hardworking. She has a little brother who she loves, a mother and a father. And just because they don't all live together doesn't mean they aren't a family. She even has a boyfriend. Why, then, does she feel so restless and have so much trouble figuring out what on earth she's supposed to do next?
Then, when two seals land in the middle of Tilda's life, they seem to turn it upside down. They're a long way from home and may well be lost. And they're not the only ones. But for fifteen year old Tilda Braint, they may turn out to be in exactly the right place at exactly the right time.
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WHAT TRULY COUNTS
Laurine Croasdale
ISBN 0 7022 3312 9
When Rupert Whizz is accelerated from Year 7 to 9 he doesn't fit in anywhere.
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WHAT THE SKY KNOWS
by Nike Bourke illustrated by Stella Danalis
ISBN 978-0-7022-3501-6 (HB) 9780702237287 (PB) 9780702272873 (Board Book)
RRP AUD$26.95 (HB) AUD$16.95 (PB) AUD$14.95 (Board Book)
This picture book challenges the traditional way of reading picture and text. The illustrator has used visual tricks and jokes in a very contemporary manner which will immediately engage young readers. Available in hardback, paperback and board book editions.
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WHISPERS OF THIS WIK WOMAN
Fiona Doyle
ISBN 0702234613
RRP AUD$24.95
This absorbing and personal account of Wik activist Jean George Awumpun offers a rare understanding of Aboriginal identity and traditional land. To illustrate her proud Alngith Wikwaya beginnings, Awumpun's early history is told through family member and Alngith descendant Fiona Doyle. This ancestral history combines with the story of Awumpun's struggle in the Wik native title claims, which advanced the earlier Mabo Decision onto mainland Australia.
Using photographs, traditionally inspired art and language terms, Fiona Doyle invites us into the heart of Cape York's Wikwaya country.
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WISH YOU WEREN'T HERE
Daryl McCann & Debbie Forbes
ISBN 0702231037
RRP AUD$18.95
"We can't be kids forever,"Cam informed her.
"That's right, we can't so why don't you bloody well grow up!"
...People all over the world would soon be slipping effortlessly from one year to another...Becky leaned back in her chair and wished she was one of them.
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WYRD
Sue Gough
ISBN 0702225088
RRP AUD$18.95
Two young archaeologists discover the mummified body of an ancient queen beneath a French priory. Who was Berengaria?
In Kings Cross, Trace, a young punk girl, joins a streetie's march to Paradise that echoes a long-ago Crusade.
A gem-encrusted book falls into the hands of three extraordinary women in a New Age haven. What is the secret recipe it contains?
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