Books - Children & Young Adult
A Gina Champion Mystery – Bloodlace
Gina Champion is a 16-year-old detective….a psychic detective.
When Gina’s best friend gets involved with the local theatre group, the last thing Gina expects is to end up in the play herself. But strange things start to happen at the …
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A Gina Champion Mystery – Fireheart
Gina’s on the case again and this time finds herself facing a centuries-old curse. The new boy who’s moved in next door is cute, but it also appears he’s crazy. He rambles on about ‘Them’ – strange beings who come …
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A Gina Champion Mystery – Moonstorm
While other girls earn money babysitting, Gina sets up her own psychic practice. But one customer, the mysterious Professor Anstible, captures her attention.
Impressed with her psychic ability, he offers to be her mentor and teach her about magic. But …
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A Gina Champion Mystery – Nightshade
In this latest Gina Champion mystery, Gina is in her senior year, and learning the biggest lessons of her life as an apprentice witch to Alyce Nightingale.
Impressed with Gina’s ability, Alyce passes on an old amulet that belonged to …
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A Gina Champion Mystery – Witchsong
Is there a serial killer at large in Blackwater Bay? Residents are fearful and the police are desperate. When they approach Gina Champion for psychic help on the case, she suspects that a black sorceress might be behind the killings.…
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Against the Tide
Katie and Matt are champion ocean swimmers, who love nothing better than a challenge that will test their training and skills to the limit. But even the toughest Sydney beach is nothing, compared with the course of events mapped out …
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Aliki Says
Aliki and her cousin Liza are best friends, but sometimes Liza wishes Aliki didn’t always get all of the attention. Liza is on her way to Greece to collect their grandmother and bring her back to Australia to live.
But …
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All My Kisses
Abby loves getting kisses. She collects them in a special bucket and she won’t let them go.
But what happens to kisses when they’re not share?…
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Atticus van Tasticus
A ten-year-old pirate captain? Absurd? Not in the world of Atticus Van Tasticus, a fabulously funny new illustrated junior fiction series from the brilliant and whacky creative minds of Andrew Daddo and Stephen Michael King.
1750, when times were tough …
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Atticus Van Tasticus – The Map of Half Maps
The second book in the Atticus Van Tasticus pirate series from the hilariously funny team of Andrew Daddo and Stephen Michael King.
ATTICUS VAN TASTICUS is back. And this time he means business. Having escaped certain disaster on the high …
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Atticus van Tasticus – The Treasure of Treasures
The next crackin’ adventure for Atticus Van Tasticus and his brave, if slightly crazy, young crew of The Grandnan.
With the Map of Half Maps finally in the hands of Atticus and his crew, the rest should be easy, …
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Baby Bedtime
A lullaby to babies everywhere, Baby Bedtime is a lyrical tribute to the love inspired by the little people in our lives.
This enchanting read-aloud story combines the talents of Australia’s premier picture-book writer, Mem Fox, Author of Possum Magic…
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Bear and Chook
Bear likes adventure. Chook likes the quiet life. They are the best of friends, but one sunny day, Bear gets Chook into all sorts of mischief!…
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Beyond the Knock-Knock Door
The Bowman triplets always attract trouble. So when twelve-year-olds Michael, Luke and Samantha ruin a classmate’s costume party, they’re chased by the school bullies into the city sewers. Locked inside, they discover a different kind of exit . . . …
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Birthday Surprise
Come and play with Panda, Owl & Sheep. It’s Panda’s birthday and Owl & Sheep have a surprise for Panda.…
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Boyz ‘R’ Us
It’s a long, mad ride from Summer Bay! Chicks, babes, cars and music; bored kids and shouting mothers; fathers that suck on a bottle to put themselves to sleep; and TV sets blaring mindlessly. Race tensions are hotting up in …
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Breathing Under Water
Nineteen minutes and eleven seconds separated us at birth. On the official documentation, he is older . . . Although it really has nothing to do with age. What it really means is that I am, and have always been, …
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Brumby Plains
Sam and George, 13 and 11, live at Brumby Plains, their parents’ sprawling buffalo station in the Northern Territory. They’re counting down to the Christmas holidays, and anticipating the fun they’ll have exploring the property, horse riding, and spending time …
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Can I Cuddle the Moon?
Little Owl is searching for someone to cuddle – but who? The answer could be right under Little Owl’s nose……
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Castaway
Brumby Plains is an isolated place, and the outside world doesn’t intrude much there. But when brothers Sam and George McAllister discover a refugee child washed up on the shores of their buffalo station, the rest of the world is …
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