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Watch out for the new and up and coming publications:

The Spider Goddess

The Spider Goddess by Tara Moss
It’s been two months since Pandora English left her small hometown to live with her mysterious great-aunt in a haunted mansion in Spektor – the fog-wreathed suburb of Manhattan that doesn’t appear on any map. With the help of Great-Aunt Celia and the handsome – but dead – Lieutenant Luke, Pandora is beginning to understand that she is heir to a gift from the Lucasta family – a gift that comes with frightening responsibility. And New York needs Pandora’s special gifts.
Published by Pan Macmillan

Golden Earrings

Golden Earrings by Belinda Alexandra
Golden Earrings is a powerful saga of family, love, honour and betrayal.  The story moves between two great cities: Barcelona in the lead up to the Civil War and Paris in the 1970s. It is the story of two women and the extremes to which they are willing to go for love.  It is a story of great passions- and great betrayals – where nothing is quite as it seems.
Published by HarperCollins

Watto

Watto by Shane Watson with Jimmy Thomson
It is March 2011 and Shane Watson is vice-captain of the Australian Test and one-day teams and has become an opening batsman of prodigious talent, a reflexive catcher at first slip and a bowler who rarely fails to take wickets. To many observers, he has become his nation’s most valuable player. Here is the compelling and inspiring account of his journey from great potential to deep despair and then personal triumph.
Published by Allen & Unwin

Saving Private Sarbi

Saving Private Sarbi by Sandra Lee
Sarbi’s story, and those of the other brave Australian Army dogs in Afghanistan, will resonate with anyone who has known the unconditional love of man’s best friend, and understands the rewards of unbidden loyalty, trust and devotion.  It will appeal to all those who appreciate the selflessness of serving your country and the inherent dangers of putting your life on the line for others in a war zone. And it will strike a chord with anyone who has experienced the magical connection with a dog.
Published by Allen & Unwin

Emblaze

Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington
Violet Eden knows her life will never be as it was.  Phoenix, the exiled angel who betrayed her, is back and he’s willing to do anything to get what she has.With innocent lives at stake, Lincoln and Violet must work together, denying their soul-crushing desire for one another. Seemingly holding all the power, Phoenix is always one step ahead. And when he puts the pieces of the terrifying prophecy together, he realises exactly who he needs in order to open the gates to Hell.
Published by Hachette Australia

Empire Day

Empire Day by Diane Armstrong
Empire Day, 1948. A back street in Bondi is transformed as the fireworks of Cracker Night cast a magical glow over its humble cottages. But Australia as a whole is being transformed in this post war era. The ‘reffos’ have moved in, and their strange ways are threatening the comfortable world of salt-of-the-earth locals like Pop Wilson, deserted mum Kath and sharp-tongues Maude McNulty. But behind closed doors, Old as well as New Australians suffer secret heartaches.
Published by Fourth Estate

Where Spirits Dwell

Where Spirits Dwell by Karina Machado
There are houses that are as seductive as lovers.  There are houses that draw us close and never let us go, there are houses that haunt us. And then there are the houses that are truly haunted, houses where spirits dwell. Are you ready to step inside? Where Spirits Dwell unearths the creaking, spine-chilling moments when ghosts appear in suburbia. There are stories in this book that will chill you, shock you and break your heart.
Published by Hachette Australia

The Broken Ones

The Broken Ones by Stephen M Irwin
The world has descended in chaos.  On the surface, everything looks the same – yet the unthinkable has happened.  The dead have risen… Everyone is haunted by a relative, friend, spouse or stranger and these spirits are unshakeable, silent and watching. Governments the world over fail to deal with the epidemic. Crime is rife and murders commonplace. But who is responsible: the ghosts or the people?
Published by Hachette Australia

Grim and Grimmer

Grim and Grimmer – The Calamitous Queen (book 4) by Ian Irvine
Emajicka is marching on Grimmery with an army of a million Fey. Can things possibly get worse?  Yes, they can, for Ike is all alone. Mellie has gone, attempting to pull off the perfect crime.  Lord Monty is at war with his reattached head.  The beautiful spite Mothooliel want so steal Ike’s eyeballs, and Grogire the firewyrm plans to kill him in the most disgusting way. Brace yourselves for a wild ride.

Published by Scholastic

Rudie Nudie

Rudie Nudie by Emma Quay
A delightful celebration of those nudie moments between bath and bed time from award-winning author and illustrator Emma Quay.
Published by ABC Books

Tunnel Rats

Tunnel Rats by Jimmy Thomson with Sandy MacGregor
They were young, they were Australian, they were Army engineers and they were the first allied soldiers to risk their lives in the darkness of the Vietcong tunnels of South Vietnam. Staring death squarely in the face every day. Off duty, it was a different story. The bad boys of 3 Field Troop were a boozing, brawling, bonking bunch of larrikins. Thrilling, inspiring and action packed, this is the true story of the unsung heroes of Australia’s war in Vietnam. Living up to their motor of ‘We Make and We Break’, they created the legend of the Tunnel Rats.

Published by Allen & Unwin

Armani Angels

Armani Angels by Cate Kendall
Dynamic PR guru Gemma regularly rubs shoulders with Australia’s A-listers at glittering opening nights and exclusive launches she hosts. Away from her stellar career, life is much less glamorous. With a distant husband, an angry teenage son and a career that no longer satisfies her, Gemma needs a new direction. The choices she makes leave her faced with some big questions about her future and her family that will change her life forever.
Published by Random House

The Koala Bounces Back

The Koala Bounces Back Text by Jimmy Thomson and illustrations by Eric Löbbecke
Karri the bouncing koala has a peaceful new home, until a gang of football-crazy cats move in. The moggies aren’t welcome, but they’ve nowhere else to live. Karri makes a deal with them. They’ll play football and if the cats win they get to stay. But Karri remembers - he doesn’t know the first thing about the game!
Published by Random House

Just One More Time

Just One More Time by Mark Macleod and illustrations by Sue de Gennaro
With her pups on the way, Jessie the dog is full of surprises. But when her family think they’ve had the last of them, there’s just one more!
Published by ABC Books

Votive

Votive by Karen Brooks
Tallow is anything but a simple candlemaker and when she has everything taken from her, all she can do to survive is rely on the Maleovellis. Casting aside her disguise she becomes cold hearted Tarlo, female courtesan and the toast of those who would destroy her. But the intrigues of the Serenissian nobility are nothing against the larger forces moving within the world. And Tallow’s enemies have a hidden asset:  the one thing they know she cannot possibly resist.
Published by Random House

Tallow

Tallow by Karen Brooks
On a mystical border called the Limen, a humble candlemaker rescues a child, whom he raises as his apprentice. Years pass and the child’s unusual talents are revealed with the gentle art of candlemaking slowly transforming into something far more sinister. Lingering in the shadows enemies watch and wait.  They hunger after the childs ancient magic and will do anything to control it.
Published by Random House

No Time For Fear

No Time For Fear by Paul de Gelder with Sue Williams
Paul de Gelder chased adventure wherever he could find it, from his wild ride as a hoodlum teen and his drug-and-alcohol fuelled stint working in a strip club to hauling his way up to the elite echelons of the defence forces.  But trouble hunted him down in the form of a brutal shark in February 2009. Paul lost two limbs, and his career as a daredevil navy clearance diver was flung into jeopardy. His inspiring story takes "never say die", to a whole new level.
Published by Penguin

Hocus Pocus Jellypoo Blues

Hocus Pocus Jellypoo Blues by Laura Milligan
Giant Gog and his string dog have mysteriously disappeared. Who could be wreaking havoc on magical Reindeer Island? Will Wizard Oldpopper, Lucy and Joe find the clues at the ice caves that can save the Island and their giant friend from the ghastly creature? It will take on almighty wizzle-pop to save the day. But will it be enough?
Published by Penguin

Watercolours

Watercolours by Adrienne Ferreira
11 year old Novi just wants to blend in – not easy when you have the most eccentric family in town. An obsessive artist with a habit of drawing the stories of the people around him and a secret conviction that the river murdered his grandfather. Young teacher Dom Best is new in town and must overcome his lack of confidence to support Novi’s talent. Watercolours is a poignant debut novel with a mystery at its heart, an unexpected love story and a surprising twist.
Published by Fourth Estate (an imprint of HarperCollins)

Liberator Liberator by Richard Harland
Col and Riff led the oppressed Filthies to victory, but now the revolution on their mountain-sized juggernaut is falling apart. A saboteur strikes and suspicion and paranoia reign. Will Riff deny her love and brand Col a traitor? Can anyone stop the extremists taking over? And can they defeat the Imperialist juggernauts massing for war?
Published by Allen & Unwin
Little Vietnam

Little Vietnam by Nhut Huynh
Acclaimed Vietnamese-Australian chef Nhut Huynh shares his passion for the food that sustained his family during times of war and separation, and that remains a defining feature of Vietnam’s wonderfully rich culture.  He introduces traditional classics alongside the eclectic street-stall dishes he has collected on his many trips back to visits friends and family.
Published by Penguin/Lantern Imprint

Mezza Italiana

Mezza Italiana by Zoë Boccabella
Zoë Boccabella couldn’t shake the unsettling sense of feeling ‘half-and-half’ – half Australian, mezza italiana – unable to fit fully into either culture, or merge the two. Years later she travels to the family’s ancestral village of Fossa in Abruzzo and discovers a place that is the stuff of fairytales. Beautifully written, sprinkled with recipes and laced with love, Mezza Italiana is an enchanting story about love, family, la dolce vita and finding your place in the world.
Published by ABC Books

The Secret Fate of Mary Watson The Secret Fate of Mary Watson by Judy Johnson
1879, Queensland. Fleeing her family home, 19 year-old Mary Oxnam has few prospects and no connections. Plain and penniless, she must rely on her audacious with and fierce intelligence to survive. Mary soon finds work as a pianist in a Cooktown brothel, a cover for a more lucrative employment as a spy into smuggling operations. Drawing on the little-known history of lawless Far North Queensland and based on the true story of a remarkable woman and her intriguing diary, this is a thrilling tale of peril and intrigue.
Published by Fourth Estate an imprint of HarperCollins
Enticed

Enticed by Jessica Shirvington
Violet Eden thought she knew all the secrets ….  She was wrong.  Violet is Grigori, part angel, part human.  Her destiny is to protect humans from the vengeance of exiled angels.Knowing who to trust is key but when Grigori reinforcements arrive it becomes clear everyone is hiding something.  The ony thing Violet does know …. Phoenix’s hold over her is more dangerous than ever.
Published by Hachette Australia

Grim and Grimmer – The Desperate Dwarf

Grim and Grimmer – The Desperate Dwarf (book 3) by Ian Irvine
Mellie has stolen the unluckiest charm in Wychwold, Pook has an insane plan to rescue the Collected children, Nickl, Spleen and Tonsil are after Ike’s innards, and the Fey Queen , Emajicka, is coming to tear his worst nightmare out of him. Only Ike can save Grimmery now.  But first he has to win a contest with a lying, cheating scoundrel – the desperate dwarf, Con Glomyrt.
Published by Scholastic

Let’s Go Wild: Just for the Record

Let’s Go Wild: Just for the Record by Sorrel Wilby & Illustrated by Michelle Pike
If you think the Olympics are fantastic, just wait till you read about the incredible achievements of the animal kingdom. In this world there are even prizes for coming dead last!  Did you know… Cheetahs can reach speeds of 100km/hr in just three seconds? That’s faster than a sports car accelerates!
Published by ABC Books

Dance Until It Rains

Let’s Go Wild: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner by Sorrel Wilby & Illustrated by Michelle Pike
A tummy-rumbling look at what’s on nature’s menu.  Learn all about the wacky things some animals eat and the extraordinary ways they find food to fill their bellies.  Did you know… Baby blue whales drink around 200 litres of milk every day?  An octobupus will eat is own legs in order to survive? The world’s largest rodent, the capybara, eats its own poo?  Gross!
Published by ABC Books

The Secret of the Lonely Isles

Let’s Go Wild: Skin Deep by Sorrel Wilby & Illustrated by Michelle Pike
In the animal kingdom, it’s what’s on the outside that counts! Discover everything there is to know about animals and their skin – how they use it to attract or repel, hide or stand out, and stay cool or warm.  Did you know… Catfish have more tastebuds on their skin than we do in our mouths? The golden poison arrow frog has enough in its skin to kill 20,000 mice?
Published by ABC Books

Softly Calls the Serengeti

Softly Calls the Serengeti by Frank Coates
Fires light the sky over Kibera, East Africa’s largest slum - the prelude to bloody violence during Kenya’s presidential elections. Joshua Otieng is caught between brutal realities of life in a slum and his dream of a return to the glories of his ancestral past.  Mayasa is a woman he believes could share his dreams. Journalist Mark Riley is in Kenya to find a missing orphan and escape his past. On a journey to the Serengeti, they discover that danger lurks everywhere, with more to fear than just the wildlife …
Published by HarperCollins

Dance Until It Rains

Dance Until It Rains by Andrew Jobling
Learn life’s most important lessons from an ordinary person who had an extraordinary desire to change her circumstances. This is a book that will make you laugh and make you cry. Most importantly, it will help you find the motivation to create a better level of wellbeing and a happier life for yourself. Inspired by the life of Andrew Jobling’s mother, Sue, Dance Until It Rains reveals lessons that can help all to live a life of health, happiness and prosperity.
Published by Exisle Publishing

The Secret of the Lonely Isles

The Secret of the Lonely Isles by Joanne van Os
Jen’s world has been turned upside down by a family crisis, and then it gets worse. Just when it all seems too hard, along comes Ella, Jem’s great-aunt, who’s also a solo round-the-world sailor. What’s the mystery that Ella is chasing?  Why does Jem keep having strange and troubling dreams, and what could they mean?
And who is stalking them all?
Published by Random House Australia

Islands of Gold

Islands of Gold by Grant Hyde
A mesmerizing tale of greed, betrayal, gold & violence set in a world of savage beauty.  It is 1796, and, after restoring peace to Tonga it is time for Captain Lightfoot and his Polynesian crew to return to Mother England aboard The Royal. Meanwhile, far off in the Torres Strait, a Dutch East India Merchant ship is wrecked on an uncharted reef.  The captain and officers are murdered by the ships crew leaving a fortune of treasure and innocent women passengers up for grabs. Fate brings the two crews together and the crew of The Royal are now up against warring aborigines, ruthless Company men, corrupt Portuguese authorities and man eating crocodiles! Will they make it out alive?
Published by Pan Macmillan Australia

The Universe Parallel

The Universe Parallel – Triad of Being Book Two by Traci Harding
After a raging space-quake Taren, Lennox and Lucian Gervaise are rescued by the immortal physics of a utopian planet. Their saviors believe Taren and Lucian to be incarnations of their ancestors, come to help them remove this new, aggressive neighbour from their universe. Aided by her new allies, Taren seeks to retrieve her lost memories from the Maladaan Secret Service’s memory banks – realizing the way to return Maladaan to it rightful universes and future lies ten years in her past.
Published by HarperCollins

Skoz the Dog – Leader of the Pack

Skoz the Dog – Leader of the Pack by Andrew Daddo and illustrations by Jonathan Bentley

The problem with being a sleepwalking dog is you don’t have a clue where you are when you wake up.  When he wakes up today, he has a lot of a chill and this time Skoz is going to give it all he’s got to find his way home.  That’s if he can make it past the big, furry, slobbery blue-eyed monsters …

Published by ABC for Kids

Violent Exposure

Violent Exposure by Katherine Howell
When Suzanne Crawford is found stabbed to death and her husband Connor is missing, it looks like another case of domestic violence to Detective Ella Marconi.  But as the investigation progresses, things are not all as they seem. As Ella tries to unravel this case, things in her own world are deteriorating.  But Ella only has time for the job she loves and she must get through this tangled web of deceit before it is too late..
Published by Pan Macmillan Australia

The Blood Countess

The Blood Countess by Tara Moss
Pandora English is no ordinary small town orphan. When she’s invited to live with her mysterious Great-Aunt in NY City she seizes the opportunity to escape her stifling hometown. Pandora lands a job at a fashion magazine and her first assignment is covering the launch of the latest miracle cream “BloodofYouth”.  But, something is not right about the product or the drop-dead beautiful face of the brand.  It seems there may be a secret ingredient in BloodofYouth, a secret worth killing for.
Published by Pan Macmillan Australia

The Distant Hours

The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a letter that had been lost half a century arrives with the return address of Milderhurst Castle, Edie begins to suspect that her mother’s emotional distance masks an old secret. As Edie chases answers she is drawn to the decaying Milderhurst Castle and the eccentric Sisters Blythe. Here she begins to unravel her mother’s past and other secrets hidden in the stones of Milderhurst Castle.
Published by Allen & Unwin Australia

Grim & Grimmer: The Grasping Goblin (book 2)

Grim & Grimmer: The Grasping Goblin (book 2) by Ian Irvine
The Nightmare Queen is hunting Ike & Mellie. A spell from Gobbeloon might stop her, but it won’t be easy to get. Ike will be struck blind, forced to eat maggot soup and carried by an enraged demon. Ike can’t avoid the Nightmare Queen’s cruel vengeance. In this book you will encounter lunatics, night-gaunts, a punning rat and a compulsive liar. Not to mention the most cunning enemy Ike has ever faced-the wicked goblin, Aigo.
Published by Scholastic Australia

Embrace

Embrace by Jessica Shirvington
All Violet wants is to be with Lincoln. Then there’s Phoenix, intense, enigmatic but always there for her.

Caught up in a battle between light and dark-Violet must decide who she can trust and how much she’s willing to sacrifice.
Published by Hachette Australia

Poppy Wash

Poppy Wash by Kerry Brown & Michelle Pike
Poppy has the best job in the world-every day she washes all kind of dragons at her Dragon Wash.Poppy loves her job, but most of all she loves the dragons themselves. All that missing is a dragon she can call her own…
Published by ABC Books

The Girls’ Guide to Predators

The Girls’ Guide to Predators by Alison Summers
The games some men play. Psychologists estimate that all women will be put in harm’s way, in one form or another, by a predator during their lifetime. The Girls’ Guide to Predators is everything you need to know about the predatory man: why they do what they do, why you’ll like them, warning signs and how to get out.
Published by Macmillan Australia

Wildflower Hill

Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman
1929 – Beattie Blaxland had big dreams of a life of fashion and fabrics until she found herself pregnant to her married lover.
2009 – Emma Blaxland-Hunter was living her dream, a prima ballerina, until she lost everything. 
Both women must find the strength to rebuild their lives. A legacy from one to the other will lead to Wildflower Hill where a woman can stand alone long enough to realise what she really wants.
Published by Hachette Australia

Skoz the Dog – Ready Steady Kaboom!

Skoz the Dog – Ready Steady Kaboom! by Andrew Daddo and illustrations by Jonathan Bentley
For once Skoz wakes up feeling cozy & warm.  He’s safe in his kennel for once.  But is he?  Is that the roar of the crowd he hears. He is now the star of the show like it or not.  Will he survive the Patadogian jumping snakes or escape from the BIGGEST cat he has ever seen?
Published by ABC Books

Saltwater Vampires

Saltwater Vampires by Kirsty Eager
Summer Holidays in the coastal town of Rocky Head mean making money, surfing and the great times at the local music festival.  But this year, fulfilling a four hundred year old pact, vampires are on the line-up.  If their plans succeed, nobody in Rocky Head will survive to see the new year.
Published by Penguin

Healthy Family, Happy Family

Healthy Family, Happy Family by Karen Fischer
At last…the book every parent has been waiting for! You’ll be amazed when you see how easy it is to cook nutritious, delicious meals that your whole family will love. Healthy Family, Happy Family is the complete one-stop food manual for parents. By following just a few simple rules, any parent, will be able to provide healthy, tasty food for their family day after day.
Published by Exisle Publishing

Outback Spirit

Outback Spirit by Sue Williams
In the great Outback traditions of mateship, resilience and generosity comes stories of ordinary people who, against seemingly insurmountable odds, help out those who inhabit Australia’s vast untamed frontiers. Inspiring, stirring and touching by turn, these people draw on enormous personal reserves to maintain the values of the Outback for the future of all Australians.
Published by Penguin

Shrieking Violet

Shrieking Violet, written and illustrated by Emma Quay

You know the smallest person can make the most noise. Meet my sister, VIOLET! Violet shouts the loudest, but that doesn’t make her the star.
Published by Scholastic

Madigan Mine

Madigan Mine by Kirstyn McDermott
When Alex Bishop meets Madigan Sargood again after twelve years apart, everything changes. His childhood sweetheart is beautiful and impulsive, but here is something wrong with her. Something dangerous. Then she commits suicide. Now Alex can’t get Madigan out of his head. Is it all in his mind or is she communicating with him?
Published by Picador

Memoirs of a Fat Bastard

Memoirs of a Fat Bastard by Chris Gibson
He’s tried every diet: Atkins, South Beach, Pritikin… Problem is he still can’t get his pants on in the morning. And he got few of the genes of his famous brother, Mel. In his early forties with a job he hates and lifestyle that is killing him, Chris is having more than a mid-life crisis. He’s having a life and death crisis.
Published by Pan Macmillan

It Will Get Better – Finding your way through teen issues

It Will Get Better – Finding your way through teen issues by Melinda Hutchings
In It Will Get Better, Melinda Hutchings draws on her own experiences and those of many teens who speak openly about their own issues – everything from Family break-ups and troubles friends, to cutting, cyber-bullying and experiencing the death of a parent. They talk candidly about dealing with difficult emotions and what did or did not help them.
Published by Allen & Unwin

You are a Star

You are a Star by Michael Parker and Illustrations by Judith Rossell
Take a trip out of this world, into the sky, past the moon, through the universe…and discover how we are all made of stars.
Published by ABC Books

Monster

Monster by Andrew Daddo and illustrations by Bruce Whatley
Some monsters are scary - with pointy teeth and snuffly grunts - and they stink. You'd never invite them to sleep over! But there are other monsters that are cute and full of surprises.
Published by ABC for Kids

Skoz the Dog - Up in the Air

Skoz the Dog - Up in the Air by Andrew Daddo and illustrations by Jonathan Bentley
When Skoz finds himself falling from a great height - with no parachute - he has no idea how he got there. It's going to take more than an emergency flying lesson from a very angry bird to keep Skoz airborne. He needs to get his ears flapping - fast!
Published by ABC for Kids

Dotty Sprinkles

Dotty Sprinkles by Emma Quay and illustrated by Anna Walker
Panda, Owl and Sheep love hundreds & thousands. You can enjoy them too.Yum!
Published by Scholastic

Birthday Surprise

Birthday Surprise by Emma Quay and illustrated by Anna Walker
Come and play with Panda, Owl & Sheep. It's Panda's birthday and Owl & Sheep have a surprise for Panda.
Published by Scholastic

Let's Go Camping

Let's Go Campingby Emma Quay and illustrated by Anna Walker
Join in with Panda, Owl and Sheep and their camping adventure.
Published by Scholastic

Chanel Sweethearts

Chanel Sweethearts by Cate Kendall
Country girl Jess Wainwright has lost too much in the past year. So when an old flame reappears to offer her a new lie in the city, Jess decides to trade her Blundstones for stilettos and reinvent herself as a sophisticated city designer. Has she got what it takes to succeed in the city? And what about the friends she will leave behind, and the possibility of romance with her oldest, dearest friend?
Published by Random House

The Diggers Rest Hotel

The Diggers Rest Hotel by Geoff McGeachin
In 1947, Charlie Berlin has rejoined the police force a different man. Sent to investigate a spate of robberies in rural Victoria, he soon discovers that WWII has changed even the most ordinary of places and people. When Berlin travels to Albury-Wodonga to track down the gang behind the robberies, he suspects he’s a problem cop being set up to fail. Berlin’s investigations lead him further through layers of small-town fears, secrets and despair.
Published by Penguin

Hocus Pocus and the Giant Fairy, Gog

Hocus Pocus and the Giant Fairy, Gog by Laura Milligan
Gog the Giant wants to be a fairy. It seems unlikely that he will ever pass the fairy test, however, so Wizzles - Lucy and Joe - set about training him for the big day. If he passes, Giant Gog will be able to fly to the tail end of Hocus Pocus to rescue his father from the evil clutches of Witch Jellypoo, who wants to melt Gog's father's golden bottom off and become rich.
Published by Penguin

Can I Cuddle the Moon?

Can I Cuddle the Moon? by Kerry Brown, Illustrations by Lisa Stewart
Little Owl is searching for someone to cuddle – but who? The answer could be right under Little Owl’s nose…
Published by Scholastic

Wrong Way

Wrong Way by Mark Macleod, Illustrations by Judith Rossell
Sometimes a day out doesn’t go according to plan. But when one little duck wants to make a big splash all by himself, the wrong way to do things turns out to be just right!
Published by ABC Books

Skoz the Dog

Skoz the Dog by Andrew Daddo
The problem with being a sleepwalking dog is you don’t have a clue where you are when you wake up!
When Skoz finds himself in a small boat in the middle of the ocean, he’s got not one, but two big problems. How’s he going to get home? And what’s he going to do about THAT SHARK?
Published by ABC for Kids

Tuscan Rose

Tuscan Rose by Belinda Alexandra
Rosa’s only family is the nuns who have raised her. When she turns fifteen, she must leave them and become governess to the daughter of an aristocrat and his strange, frightening wife. Their house is elegant but cursed, and Rosa – blessed with gifts beyond her considerable musical talents – is torn between her desire to know the truth and her fear of its repercussions. And all the while, the hand of Fascism curls around beautiful Italy, and none of her citizens is safe.
Published by HarperCollins

Cold Justice

Cold Justice by Katherine Howell
Nineteen years ago teenager Georgie Daniels stumbled across the body of her classmate, Tim Pieters, hidden amongst bushes. His family was devastated the killer never found. Political pressure sees the murder investigation reopened and Detective Ella Marconi assigned to the case. She tracks down Georgie who is now a paramedic. She seems to be telling the truth, so then why does an anonymous phone call insisting that Georgie knows more?
Published by Pan Macmillan Australia

The House Across the Road

A Pressure Cooker Saved My Life: How to have it all, do it all and keep it all together by Juanita Phillips
A baby + a toddler + a full-time job = total meltdown
When Juanita Phillips stumbled across and old pressure cooker in an op shop, it changed her life. The pressure cooker helped her solve one of the biggest problems – preparing healthy meals – but that was just the beginning. These candid confessions of a failed supermum offer practical tips for anyone searching for a calmer, simpler, healthier life.
Published by ABC Books

Hoax Cuisine: Faking it in the Kitchen

Hoax Cuisine: Faking it in the Kitchen by Maggie Groff
“What will I cook for dinner?” is the desperate cry of overworked women every night.  No Maggie Groff answers their call with 100 easy-to-follow recipes as well as brilliant tips to make every woman one step closer to that elusive Superwoman status…without the stress.  Why cook from scratch when you can be a hoax cook in half the time?  It’s time to fake the bake and take the credit.
Published by Simon & Schuster Australia

Runcible Jones and the Backwards Hourglass

Runcible Jones and the Backwards Hourglass by Ian Irvine
After every defeat, Lord Shambles returns stronger than before, and more determined to punish humanity. Having crushed all resistance on magical Iltior, he moves the war to Earth, an Earth that is on the verge of collapse.  Unfortunately, Earth’s weapons are useless against the enemy. Only Runcible Jones can stop him.  Runcible Jones will need every bit of his courage and cunning to save Earth.  And this time, someone close to him is going to die.
Published by Puffin Books

The House Across the Road

The House Across the Road by Ann Whitehead
When Isabelle Barnes leaves home one morning, never to return, the streets of country Carwell are awash with rumour and innuendo.  And her bewildered daughter, Abbie, is left to find her way in the world without her mother’s guiding hand. A captivating domestic drama about the lives, loves and life-changing choices of some unforgettable women.
Published by Penguin

Being of the Field: Triad of Being Book One

Being of the Field: Triad of Being Book One by Traci Harding
The power to control the driving force of the universe has finally come to light.  At the university on Maladaan, Taren has studied everything from genetics to Quantum Physics, Astrophysics and ESP.  Unbeknownst to Taren, her research and hidden psychic talents are the reason she is called on by the prestigious AMIE space project to investigate an ocean planet and its strange light phenomena. However, there are conflicting agendas and she is the only one who begins to suspect that foul play might be afoot…
Published by HarperCollins

 

 

 

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