Siblings William (12), Edmund (11) and Anna (9) have just lost their grandmother. She has been their guardian since their .....
Charlie (Charlotte) won’t speak. After all that has happened, she can’t find the words to tell her doctors or fellow .....
Dance Violet has lived with the village’s wise woman since she was left there on the night she was born. .....
A dirt floored hut, made of tarps and plastic, is Heera’s home. It is built on another’s land, alongside other .....
Nettie lives on her family’s dairy farm in a small town of New South Wales Australia. She is the youngest .....
Life has been good in Gabriel’s Gully for friends, Atarangi and Michael. Michael’s dad Brendan has been learning te reo .....
George is dreading it. But his dad has been looking forward to him joining him in the local coal mine. .....
Stina knows she’s not going to live a long life. At only 12 she has consumption wreaking havoc in her .....
Cosima or Cos, for short has never known any other life except the Home for Unfortunate Girls. She, like her .....
Billy Pyke is a very busy 12 year old. Living in Carlton, Melbourne, he is the eldest of 8 children .....
Dubbed Sparrow by her loving parents, 10 year old Harriet has a good life. The year is 1836, and her .....
Iris Wilkinson was also an avid writer named Robin Hyde. She was adventurous and stubborn, brave and just a little .....
Zoey hasn’t done her homework again. It’s not like she has time for that after school. Not after collecting her .....
Imagine a world made up of four separate realms. A Coastal Realm where art, singing, writing and imagination are celebrated .....
It’s finally over. Zofia Lederman has survived the soldiers, the ghetto, the trains and the concentration camps. She has survived .....
Bryan Stevenson is a US lawyer, determined to help people. After attending Harvard Law and John F Kennedy School of .....
Meixing (Mayzing) Lim and her parents have moved to a new home in Australia. They were invited by Ma Ma’s .....
Chelsea knows she’s got it good being Granger’s girl. Without him taking a liking to her, then calling her his, .....
Bridie knows the story called The Little Match Girl, and doesn’t think much of it. She’d rather have a chance .....
Zofia used to love playing a funny game with her Mama, Tata and Aunt Barbara. It was called Make a .....
Atarangi‘s 12th birthday was only two weeks ago, and also her first day in Gabriel’s Gully. She’s come with her .....
Hex (Hector), doesn’t know why he does the stupid things he does. They just happen – without thought or planning. .....
Life is tough for Ettie Shaw, her mother and big brother Joe. Moving to a one room home with no .....
The bird song and the crisp sharp mornings are something to be enjoyed while a boy waits for his father. .....
Hallie, Gustav, Naira and Angelo don’t usually hang out together at school, let alone on a Saturday. But these four .....
Melati has kept her head down the last year at school. Nobody knows the trouble she caused in Year 9, .....