... writer. She grew up in Melbourne, Australia, and has also lived many years throughout Indonesia and in Canada. Her novels ... Children & Teenagers Premier's Reading Challenge QLD Premier's Reading Challenge Years 8-9 (2022)
As you turn the pages, you'll encounter tales of youngsters who've penned bestselling books, those who've ventured into the dazzling world of jewelry making, and even those who've turned the simple act of babysitting ...
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... a girl who cries wolf. As she's drawn deeper into a twenty-year-old mystery surrounding missing girl Hannah ... an Honour Book at the Children's Book Council of Australia, in 2013, and was shortlisted for the prestigious ...
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... adventure with Girl Underground from multi-award-winning author Morris Gleitzman - a story of friendship, courage ... and a bit of crime! Winner - KOALA Children's Choice Awards 2011 - Fiction for Years 7-9 Winner - ...
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For readers aged 9+ comes a sparkling new series about family, friends and finding the joy in life! From the ... Cath Howe and Lara Williamson! Meet ten-year-old Joy Applebloom, a girl with a knack for finding the silver ...
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High school girl Erika may be on Kyoya's leash, but she's determined to break free and unleash his heart! Fed up with being hopelessly single, high schooler Erika makes up a boyfriend to fit in. When her lies start to ...
The guardians in sailor suits return in this definitive edition of the greatest magical girl manga of all time! Features all-new cover illustrations by creator Naoko Takeuchi, a glittering holographic coating, an extra- ...
... that Jed expects. More tales lurk behind the folklore that surrounds Clancy - the stories of the women hidden in Australia's long history, who forged a nation and whose voices need to be heard. It is also a story of many ...
... FOR THE GIRL, THE DOG AND THE WRITER SERIES 'sure to be treasured' -- Children's Book Council of Australia's Reading Time ... Awards -- Longlisted 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards -- Notable Author: Katrina Nannestad. Format ...
It's 1914 and nine year old Henrietta Eloise Parsons is sick of a war that's only just getting started. ... duration of war far away in the country in South Australia with her grandparents, who she hardly remembers. To be ...
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... at Unique U Psychology Clinic, a specialist clinic for girls and women with autism spectrum conditions in Melbourne, Australia. She has over fifteen years experience of working with people of all ages with autism ...
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... Rose ' series and has sold more than one million books in Australia alone. Jacqueline has spent most of her working life teaching in girls' boarding schools and has been a Deputy Head and Director of Development ...
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... : Life in Outer Space, The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl and The Secret Science of Magic. She won the Ampersand Prize and the Ena Noel Award from IBBY Australia for her debut novel, and has since been recognised ...
... who befriends them. Welcome to an enchanted land ruled by unicorn princesses Cressida Jenkins, a unicorn-obsessed girl who is sure that unicorns are real, is invited to visit, and readers will be thrilled to journey to ...
... or lighting fire crackers as he did those jobs last year. Follow Little Brother through the village to find out what ... Images from the National Library of Australia's collection illustrate this section. Author: ...
... YA crime thriller that everyone is talking about! TIKTOK AUTHOR OF THE YEAR Now a major tv series streaming on Stan in Australia and ThreeNow in New Zealand! ‘A taut, compulsively readable, elegantly plotted thriller ...
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... Elise Hurst. Girl on Wire is a simple yet brilliantly uplifting allegory of a young girl struggling to build ... has pursued a successful career in London and now in Australia as a developer of websites and games for the ...
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... by unicorn princesses Cressida Jenkins, a unicorn-obsessed girl who is sure that unicorns are real, is ... in a magical adventure. This bind-up includes books 7-9 in the delightful Unicorn Princesses series Firefly's Glow , ...
... a small town in New Zealand, she spent three years in the United Kingdom before moving to Australia, where she has worked in publishing ever since. Unlike the Ungrateful Girls in this story, she is very polite and well ...
... for Children's Literature A Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Notable Book When Inge Maria arrives on the ... stuffed full of happy children. Her adult years have been spent raising boys, teaching, daydreaming ...
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... sports school in the country! While attending a state training camp, Delphie Attkinson and the Year 7 Academy of Sport for Girls swim squad, come face-to-face with their biggest rival, the National Swim School. Delphie ...
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Music and longing collide in this ballad of unrequited love! Nino Arisugawa, a girl who loves to sing, experiences her first heart-wrenching goodbye when her beloved childhood friend, Momo, moves away. And after Nino ...
... Big Day (book 6) Boy-Crazy Stacey (book 7) Logan Likes Mary Anne (book 8) Claudia and the New Girl (book 9) Author: Ann M. Martin. Format: Paperback Kids & Children Children, Teenagers & Young Adults (YA) Fiction General ...
A New York Times bestselling series A USA TODAY bestselling series A California Young Reader Medal-winning series A telepathic girl is the key to an unknown world and it's up to her to save it in books six through nine ...
... detective and her best friend Avery travel to Australia to visit all of the amazing animals there-- ... special trip to the Great Barrier Reef. This is book 9 in the Pansy the Poodle picture book series. Author: Cynthia ...
... Desert is the charming account of the life of Mana, a young Walmajarri girl, and her family, in the desert country of north-west Australia. Simultaneously delightful tales of children growing up and a social and cultural ...
... . Her second children's book Dr Boogaloo and The Girl Who Lost Her Laughter is currently being adapted as a musical for the stage. Lisa lives on the east coast of Australia with her three children and a dog who totally ...
... Mel must put her own life on the line to save a girl she's never met. About the Author Louise Bassett is an ... grew up in Adelaide, 'the weird murder capital of Australia' and a fertile environment for a budding writer. ...
... in Australia during the era of the Great Depression, Polio Epidemic and World War Two this is the true story of an adventurous little girl and her faithful companion. Until she was 11, Roma was the Murray River Girl. She ...
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... looks like Taylor was murdered. Now, as Haley digs into what really happened last year, her search keeps bringing her back to the Winter Girl. Haley wants to believe ghosts aren't real, but the clues--and the dark ...
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... it takes to be a strong, tough, awesome roller girl. About the Author Victoria Jamieson worked as a children's ... artist aboard a cruise ship, and has lived in Australia, Italy and Canada. She now lives with her family ...
... the wonder of you! Here Is the World is a joyous celebration of the Jewish holidays throughout the year for young children. Beginning with the weekly observance of Shabbat, readers join a family through the holidays and ...
... , and A Secret of Birds & Bone (2020). The Deathless Girls was her first YA novel. Her debut novel for adults is ... , and the Blackwell's Children's Book of the Year. They have been shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize, the ...
... homeland in North East Arnhem Land in the Top End of Australia. Told in both DjambarrpuyÅuand and English, RaymaÅgirrbuy dh¤wu, When I was a little girl is a sweet story of the author's experiences with her grandmother ...
... book you read this year. Warning: This book is not a fantasy. It contains no superheroes, wizards, dragons, time travel, aliens or magic. Notable Book for the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards's Young Readers ...
... babies with starlight on the journey. One year, Xan accidentally feeds a baby moonlight instead ... Kelly Barnhill is an author, teacher and mom. She wrote The Girl Who Drank The Moon, The Witch's Boy, Iron Hearted Violet ...
... TO MURDER. . A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER IS THE WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS' CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2020 “Nail-biting, taut and pacy. Jackson ...
... of Australia's favourite middle-grade authors It's midnight and I'm alone in the kitchen eating a cold potato scallop. Coach O'Call would say something like, 'That's not what I expect from a scholarship girl!' because ...
... About the Author Collette Dinnigan is one of Australia's most well known and loved fashion designers. ... a well-respected Australian landscape artist spending much of each year venturing beyond his home in Hill End NSW to ...
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... for his family too. Nell's journey takes her first to Singapore then to a new life and new friends in Australia. Finally, she has a ticket to visit her father in the Netherlands. But will Nell really be able to settle ...
... cellar by Marie -- an experienced spy at only twelve years of age -- she finally has her proof. Marie ... never easy, so how can one girl change the world? From one of Australia's favourite writers comes an inspiring series ...
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... prince of the realm or no! But his new life has its own sets of challenges...including being a 10-year-old! What's the 7th prince/sorcerer to do?! The popular digital-first isekai adventure comes to print! The advent of ...
... . Dortchen was the same age as Lotte Grimm, the only girl in the Grimm family, and the two became best friends. ... of fairy tales, which was published in 1812, the year of Napoleon's disastrous march on Russia. Dortchen's ...
A poetic ghost story with stunning images from two of Australia's finest children's book creators. Who lives in that cottage by the sea? I wish. I wish. I wish it was me. A lyrical masterpiece by Margaret Wild and Jane ...
... ends abruptly when, in August 1944, they were all betrayed. First published over sixty years ago, Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl has reached millions of young people throughout the world. About the Author Anne Frank ...
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... ex on the last day of junior year, Kendall starts senior year friendless and ostracized. She plans to ... and own it. The longer she plays the role of "bad girl," the more she becomes her new reputation. Friends and enemies, ...
... for the 2019-2020 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A determined 12-year-old girl bikes across the country in this quirky and charming debut middle grade novel. Introverted Bicycle ...
... with publishers both in Australia and the U.S. She works from her studio at home in Melbourne, and does illustration workshops and appearances at libraries and schools throughout the year. Author: John Williamson. Format ...
... life story about friendship and endurance in the darkest situation. Kat is a 12-year-old girl who loves working on her super-heroine comic, Girl 38 - the girl she longs to be like. But she's not brave, or fearless. At ...
... , nothing has been the same since that summer before senior year. Once, she had Alex, her loyal best friend, the ... courageous act of self-discovery. PRAISE FOR THE ONLY GIRL IN TOWN 'An outstanding book - intense and ...
... all. A triumph from the 2016-2017 Australian Children's Laureate. NOTABLE BOOK: 2020 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Australia is big, but so is Mr Chicken. He can't wait to go everywhere, see everything and meet everyone ...
... , the second of exciting four books about a free-settler girl in a far-off land. Letty and Lavinia have arrived ... challenge, then later went to live in China for two years - she was living there when army tanks rolled in ...
... TO MURDER. A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER IS THE WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS' CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE 2020 “Nail-biting, taut and pacy. Jackson ...
... sisters apart, but by revealing it is he putting the girls in danger? Then, when Detective Aoto's daughter is ... kidnapping's connections to a cold case from eight years ago come to light...the very same case that earned ...
... ."- Time magazine on the Fairyland series Twelve-year-old September lives in Omaha, and used to have ... Three), The Boy Who Lost Fairyland (Volume Four), and The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home (Volume Five.) Not ...
... adventure from Mike Austin, check out Fire Engine No. 9 ! About the Author Mike Austin is an award-winning ... Books & Early Learning Picture Books in General Early Years & Early Learning Concepts Children, Teenagers & Young ...
... NO 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEWBERY MEDAL WINNER Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering ... extraordinary magic. Xan decides she must raise this girl, whom she calls Luna, as her own. ...
Perfect for fans of Warcross and Black Mirror , Girl Gone Viral is the inventive and timely story of a seventeen-year-old coder's catapult to stardom. For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She builds entire ...
... chicken costume and accepts a job as an anonymous sign waver outside a restaurant. There, Poppy meets six-year-old girl Miracle, who helps Poppy see beyond her own pain, opening her eyes to the people around her: Cam ...
... with a Clock in Its Walls - which received both the New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year Award and the American Library Association Children's Books of International Interest Award - The Lamp from the Warlock ...
Perfect for fans of Warcross and Black Mirror, Girl Gone Viral is the inventive and timely story of a seventeen-year-old coder's catapult to stardom. For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She builds entire ...
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... , bestselling author of This Lie Can Kill You The Last Girl is like my favourite teen horror movies in book form. It ... and is one of the best books I've read this year. Amy McCaw, author of Mina and the Undead About the ...
From debut author Van Hoang comes Girl Giant and the Monkey King , a tale packed with magic, adventure, and middle-school woes-perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Roshani Chokshi. Eleven-year-old Thom Ngho is keeping a ...
... For fans of Robin Stevens, Katherine Woodfine and Enid Blyton. Justice and her friends are third years now and there's an intriguing new girl in Barnowls. Letitia has never been to school before and doesn't care for the ...
... that evokes children's classics, Gemma and the Giant Girl is a gorgeously illustrated and poignant tale of what it ... also a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year. Marie lives in Montreal, Quebec, with her family. ...
... Follow Elizabeth Allen as she arrives for her first year at boarding school. Elizabeth is spoilt and selfish ... 1952, Enid Blyton wrote four novels about Naughtiest Girl, Elizabeth Allen. Books 5-10 are authorised sequels ...
... . But exams are looming, and piano practice leaves Elizabeth with no time to revise. Will the Naughtiest Girl have to stay in First Form another year? Between 1940 and 1952, Enid Blyton wrote four novels about Naughtiest ...
... Do, Verona Comics, and Hot Dog Girl, which was called "a great fizzy rom-com" by Entertainment Weekly and "one of the best reads of the year, hands down" by Paste Magazine. The writer/creator of two indie comics, she ...
... this the nation's biggest trial of the year. But what really happened that fateful night--and ... 's up to the jury to decide. For readers who enjoy Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll, 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher, and One ...
... performance in Sho's promo clip impressed some important people, and now she's been asked to act in the year's most anticipated drama! But Ren is the leading man and the character Kyoko is supposed to play is damaged and ...
... at the very top. When it's time to start at their new school, Luna quickly finds a friend, but six-year-old Aurora absolutely hates the children in her class. She prefers to spend her time with her imaginary friend Tansy ...