Thornhill (HB) by Pam Smy
$34.99 AUD
Category: Age 8+
Parallel stories set in different times, one told in prose and one in pictures, converge as a girl unravels the mystery of the abandoned Thornhill Institute next door. 1982: Mary is a lonely orphan at the Thornhill Institute For Children at the very moment that it's shutting its doors. When her few fri ...Show more
Borderlands – Riding the Slipstream by Paul Collins (Editor); Isobelle Carmody (Foreword by)
$29.95 AUD
Category: Age 8+
A smorgasbord of original stories, poems and art by leading Australian authors, poets and illustrators Age range 11+Borderlands — Riding the Slipstream is an anthology for readers young and old.Featuring over forty short stories and poems by some of Australia’s best-loved authors — including Ursula Dubo ...Show more
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
$16.99 AUD
Category: Age 8+ | Series: A\Puffin Book Ser.
My Family and Other Animalsis the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist G ...Show more
The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert by Jukuna Mona Chuguna, Pat Lowe
$18.99 AUD
Category: Age 8+
Age range 8 to 13Beneath the hot, blue sky, Mana is joined by her brothers, sisters and cousins, as well as her many mothers and her favourite dogs. With wonderful wit, Mana recounts hunting, gathering, kinship, obligations and the never-ending search for water, all told through the eyes of a young girl ...Show more
The Helios Book by Slade Carter
$17.99 AUD
Category: Age 8+
The Helios Book is the Adventures of Alice in Wonderland for the Age of Extinction. Age range 11+Twelve-year-old twins Hugo and Kitty have an ultra-rare condition called heterochromia, which bestows them with different coloured eyes: one hazel, the other blue. On holiday in rural Australia, the twins be ...Show more
The Wee Free Men (Tiffany Aching #1 / Discworld #30) by Terry Pratchett
$19.99 AUD
Category: Age 8+ | Series: Tiffany Aching; Discworld
Tiffany wants to be a witch when she grows up.A proper one, with a pointy hat. And flying, she's always dreamed of flying (though it's coldup there, you have to wear really thick pants, two layers).But she's worried Tiffany isn't a very 'witchy' name. And a witch has always protected Tiffany's land, to ...Show more
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
$19.99 AUD
Category: Age 8+
A deluxe hardback edition celebrating the 30th anniversary of the multi-award-winning and bestselling YA classic beloved by so many.Multi-award-winning, a bestseller and made into an award-winning feature film, Looking for Alibrandi has become a much-loved modern classic.I'll run one day. Run for my lif ...Show more
Inheritance (#4 Inheritance Cycle) by Christopher Paolini
$19.99 AUD
Category: Age 8+ | Series: Inheritance Cycle | Reading Level: 11+
It began with Eragon . . . It ends with Inheritance, book four in the Inheritance Series. Not so very long ago, Eragon - Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider - was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now, the fate of an entire civilization rests on their sho ...Show more
The Burning Bridge (Ranger's Apprentice #2) by John Flanagan
$18.99 AUD
Category: Age 8+ | Series: The Ranger's Apprentice | Reading Level: 10+
One man may be deceit. Two can be conspiracy. Three is the number I trust. As the Kingdom of Araluen prepares for war against Morgarath, Will and Horace accompany the Ranger Gilan on a mission to Celtica. But Celtica's villages and mines are silent. Only an exhausted and starving girl called Evanlyn can ...Show more
Jolly Foul Play by Robin Stevens
$16.99 AUD
Category: Age 8+ | Series: Murder Most Unladylike
After a student turns up murdered on Bonfire Night, Hazel and Daisy find themselves entrenched in another mystery in this delightfully charming fourth novel of the Wells & Wong Mystery series. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have returned to Deepdean School for Girls for a new school term, but nothing ...Show more
First Class Murder by Robin Stevens
$16.99 AUD
Category: Age 8+ | Series: Murder Most Unladylike
A murdered heiress, a missing necklace, and a train full of shifty, unusual, and suspicious characters leaves Daisy and Hazel with a new mystery to solve in this third novel of the Wells & Wong Mystery series. Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells are taking a vacation across Europe on world-famous passenger ...Show more
Arsenic For Tea by Robin Stevens
$16.99 AUD
Category: Age 8+ | Series: Murder Most Unladylike
"I looked at Daisy. Her eyes were glittering and her cheeks were pink. This was Daisy with a Plan. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the holidays. Daisy's glamorous mother is throwing a tea party for her birthday, and the whole family is invited, from eccentric Aunt Saskia ...Show more