The Raven's Children by Yulia Yakovleva
$14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
Russia in 1938 is a place of great terror. Joseph Stalin is in charge. His Secret Police are everywhere, searching for anyone who might be his enemy. People have no idea who they can trust. Seven-year-old Shura doesn't know about any of this. He's happy in his little home in Leningrad going to school i ...Show more
The Orchard Underground by Mat Larkin
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
An explosive, suspenseful and utterly brilliant middle-grade mystery for fans of Louis Sachar's Holes. Not-quite twelve year-old Pri Kohli knows the town of Dunn's Orchard better than anyone. After all, he was the first kid ever to live there. He knows its mysteries (none), its secrets (also none) and ...Show more
Bad Apple (The Frooties #1) by Hil Rogers, Joshie Lefers
$12.99 AUD
Category: Early Readers | Series: The Frooties
Its a whole bunch of crazy in the fruit bowl! Most apples are good, right? But Bad Apple is being bad again. He is always playing tricks on the other Frooties!
Rockstar Detectives (#1) by Adam Hills
$14.99 AUD
Category: Junior Readers
A fabulously funny debut novel from comedian Adam Hills featuring a young detective dream team, perfect for fans of Sharna Jackson, Robin Stevens, David Baddiel and David O'Doherty.When a priceless painting goes missing, Charley - a 12-year-old viral singing sensation - and her best friend George - came ...Show more
Captain Jimmy Cook Discovers Third Grade (#1) by Kate Temple; Jol Temple
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Category: Junior Readers | Series: Captain Jimmy Cook
Jimmy Cook is finding History Week a bit boring until Ms Fennel starts banging on about Captain Cook. Then - bingo! Turns out he and Captain Cook have a lot in common. Here are three of the big ones: they are both named James Cook; they are both great explorers; and they both look great in a tricorn hat ...Show more
Fledgling by Lucy Hope
$14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
A dark, gothic adventure set deep in a Bavarian forest, with angels and owls and magic and a boy who isn't all that he seems to be... A cherub is blown into Cassie Engel's bedroom during a thunderstorm, triggering a series of terrifying events. Cassie must discover if its arrival was an accident or par ...Show more
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge (PB) by M. T. Anderson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
Subverting convention, award-winning creators M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin pair up for an anarchic, outlandish, and deeply political saga of warring elf and goblin kingdoms.Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into goblin territory, ...Show more
Artie and the Grime Wave by Richard Roxburgh
$16.99 AUD
Category: Junior Readers
Artie and his best friend Bumshoe have stumbled upon a Cave-of-Possibly-Stolen-Stuff, and along with it a gang of shady characters including scary Mary, fang-toothed Funnel-web and the devious Mayor Grime... Meanwhile, Artie's next-door neighbour Gladys's beloved tortoise Gareth has gone missing...and ...Show more
Mr Romanov's Garden in the Sky by Robert Newton
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
Living in the commission, Lexie is left to fend for herself. Her mother is mostly absent, out searching for something to help her forget the tragic death of Lexie's dad. But then, after witnessing the aftermath of a shocking incident, Lexie finds solace in the most unlikely of places - in a troubled old ...Show more
The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
$14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
"A classic is something utterly strange and original, and yet as deeply familiar and necessary as your own hands. The Iron Man is like no other story in the world and, fifty years after its first publication, we need it as much as ever." - Philip Pullman Part modern fairy tale, part science-fiction myt ...Show more
Catch a Falling Star by Meg McKinlay
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Reading Level: Younger Readers
This coming-of-age story by multiple-award-winner Meg McKinlay is about loss and grief, dealing with change and fighting to hold on to what you can, while letting go of what you can't. It's 1979 and the sky is falling. Skylab, that is. Somewhere high above Frankie Avery, one of the world's first space s ...Show more
We Were Wolves by Jason Cockcroft
$26.99 AUD
Category: Older readers
Boy lives in a caravan on his own in the woods. His dad, John, is in prison and promises to get out soon. All the boy needs to do is survive alone for a little while longer. But dark forces are circling – like the dangerous man in the Range Rover, who is looking for his stolen money. And then there are ...Show more