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Blue Flower: CBCA shortlisted picture book 2022 by Sonya Hartnett
$24.99 AUD
Category: Resilience, confidence and wellbeing
A beautifully told picture book about self-esteem, resilience and the discovery that being different can be something wonderful. From award-winning author Sonya Hartnett, with stunning illustrations by Gabriel Evans.A gentle exploration of a child's realisation that it is her individual differences and ...Show more
Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett
$19.99 AUD
Category: Penguin Spinner Fiction
In masterful prose, the author of SURRENDER tells a quiet but powerful tale about the shifting bonds and psychological perils of adolescence. (Ages 14 and up) Plum Coyle is on the edge of adolescence. Her fourteenth birthday is approaching, when her old life and her old body will fall away, and she ...Show more
Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
Three children have been sent to live in the countryside, safe from the war in London. When they find two boys hiding in a castle, the past and future come together to make an extraordinary adventure. A hauntingly beautiful story from one of Australia's most acclaimed writers for adults and children. ...Show more
Come Down, Cat! by Sonya Hartnett
$14.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
The day is ending, night is falling, and Nicholas's cat won't come down. High on the roof she licks her paws while Nicholas worries about her up there all alone. How can he coax her into the safe, warm house? She doesn't even want to come down from the roof . . . or does she? From the combined talents o ...Show more
Go Home, Cat! by Sonya Hartnett
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
A delightful story about the special bond between a boy and his cat, from the award-winning team, Sonya Hartnett and Lucia Masciullo, celebrating friendship, courage and the value of those we love. A delightful story from the award-winning team who brought us Come Down, Cat! that celebrates friendship, ...Show more
Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
With their father, there's always a catch.... Colt Jenson and his younger brother Bastian have moved to a new, working-class suburb. The Jensons are different. Their father, Rex, showers them with gifts--toys, bikes, all that glitters most--and makes them the envy of the neighborhood. To Freya Kiley a ...Show more
Of a Boy by Sonya Hartnett
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Internationally published author: the US, Canada, Germany, Italy, Norway and Denmark. Award winning author. The year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory; his best friend is Clinton Tull. He loves to draw and he wants a dog; he's afraid of quicksand, shopping centres an ...Show more
Of a Boy: Popular Penguins by Sonya Hartnett
$14.99 AUD
Category: 100 Club - MUST READ AUSTRALIAN NOVELS | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Internationally published author: the US, Canada, Germany, Italy, Norway and Denmark. Award winning author. The year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory; his best friend is Clinton Tull. He loves to draw and he wants a dog; he's afraid of quicksand, shopping centres an ...Show more
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
$14.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: good-very good
"Sophisticated young readers will be awed by the delicate, measured, heartbreaking portrait that emerges." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) As life slips away, Gabriel looks back over his brief twenty years, which have been clouded by frustration and humiliation. A small, unforgiving town and distant ...Show more
The Best Australian Stories 2012 by Sonya Hartnett
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
In The Best Australian Stories 2012, Sonya Hartnett compiles the year's most compelling short fiction from Australian authors. Well-known voices are juxtaposed with those of emerging writers, creating an eclectic and exciting blend of styles and themes. These stories are a marvellous introduction to Aus ...Show more
The Boy and the Toy by Sonya Hartnett
$14.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
One day a man invented the best toy in the world. He gave the toy to his son. The boy thought the toy was marvellous. But as time passed, the boy started to wonder. Was it really the best toy in the world? An unforgettable tale that explores the meaning of friendship.
The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett
$16.99 AUD
Category: Fantasy & Magical Realism
Master storyteller Sonya Hartnett crafts a magical and moving fable about war and redemption . . . and what it means to be free. When the Germans attack their Romany encampment during World War II, Andrej and his younger brother, Tomas, flee through a ravaged countryside under cover of darkness, guardi ...Show more