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 Middler by Kirsty Applebaum
$14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
The Middler is a gripping story of forbidden friendship, loyalty and betrayal set in a near-future world. 'I was special. I was a hero. I lost the best friend I ever had.' Eleven-year-old Maggie lives in Fennis Wick, enclosed and protected from the outside world by a boundary, beyond which the Quiet W ...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
Rainfish by Andrew Paterson
$16.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
'You don't kill them rainfish 'cause they'll bring trouble. Rainstorms and floods and bad things.' Aaron lives with his mum and older brother in a small town on the edge of a rainforest in tropical Far North Queensland. He's sick of being the little brother, left out of all the interesting stuff the old ...Show more
Rebel Skies by Ann Sei Lin
$18.99 AUD
Category: Older readers | Series: Rebel Skies 1 | Reading Level: near fine
A fantasy adventure set in a world of flying ships and sky cities, where chosen ones have the ability to bring paper to life and work as Crafters – people who hunt wild paper spirits called shikigami. Inspired by Asian culture and exploring themes of empire, slavery and freedom. Kurara has never known a ...Show more
Below by David Hill
$17.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
A nerve-wracking underground adventure from a master storyteller . . . Caught in a tunnel collapse, Liam and Imogen have to use all their wits to survive in this gripping novel for readers eight years and up. When you stood deep inside the tunnel, you could hear the mountain groaning overhead. That's ...Show more
The Reindeer and the Submarine by Beverley McWilliams
$16.99 AUD
Category: Junior Readers
'Sometimes things have to change even though we might not want them to.' An orphaned reindeer with no antlers, Pollyanna is raised by Igor, a Saimi herder, and is more at home in the company of people than other reindeer. When she discovers Igor is leaving for war, Pollyanna decides to follow, but en ro ...Show more