Matt Turner has gone to stay with his grandparents on their dairy farm. His mum is on bed rest in .....
This collection would make a great read-a-loud for 9-12’s. There is a medieval tale, a diary of a dog, a .....
Michael is Aussie-born and bred and proud of his parents and their stand against ‘boat people’ invading Australia. His dad .....
The refugee camp is all that Subhi has ever known. Born there 9 years before, he has lived in tents .....
A spiteful, mean, girl called Betty. A caring, thoughtful, smart girl called Annabelle. A man suffering the after effects of .....
Noah and Jude are twins and are very close. Jude is popular at school and at home, where Noah is .....
When Jimmy’s teacher Ms Fennel talks about Captain James Cook in History Week at school, Jimmy is super happy. This .....
Winner of the Costa Book Award 2014 The Sand Fairy’s story continues… The older children have grown up and are .....
This story is told in diary format by a young 12 yr old boy (Ewen) in 1942-1943, when New Zealand .....
Will is in hiding. He lives under a bowling alley by night, and works as a trolley boy in a .....
Thanks to an amazing invention of his father’s, Joe Spud has everything a child could want. And that’s a lot! .....
Bella and her Grandad are very close. She visits him once a week and they spend time together, making things, .....
Jack and Gilbert have been mates since they were tiny. They’ve made a pact that they will become miners together .....
Have you ever wondered what happens to all the other kids and people in novels like Twilight that aren’t main .....
Third in the story of the Pilgrim Family, Being Magdalene tells the story of 12 yr old Magdalene Pilgrim and .....
This is the 1st in a series. Beatrice lives in a world where there are four factions. Candor – where .....
Danny lives in a gypsy caravan with his dad who has his own petrol station. Danny adores his dad and .....
This is the 1st in a series. A hilarious series about a boy called Ricky who discovers he can fly. .....
Mr Fox has to leave his home in a hole under a tree every night to find food for his .....
What happens when Mum goes off on a business trip and leaves Dad in charge? They run out of milk! .....
Mark, Anna, Ben and little Tracey are waiting in the bus shelter for their school bus when they begin to .....
The language used in this larger font novel is excellent aussie lingo, and would be great for reluctant boy readers. .....
Eric is packing. He is running away because nobody believes him. He told his family his own dog doesn’t like .....
Candice Phee is a bit different. She sees the world in a very precise way and is very smart – .....
This is a sad but wonderful story about a family dealing with the loss of a sister/daughter to a terrorist .....
Nanberry is a young aboriginal boy living happily with his family. When the white ‘ghosts’ arrive to Nanberry’s land – .....
