The Space Between

By

Rachel Sanderson

For her first novel, Rachel writes with great understanding and intensity. Her portrayal of young adult passions and emotions are credible and realistic. Their world is filled with issues that...
Teen, Teen Fiction, Young Adult
Facts! One for every day of the year

By

Tracey Turner. Illustrated Fatti BUrke

This wonderful hardback picture book is just the thing to impress a young reader who is at the inquisitive age. It contains a fact for every day of the year....
Childrens, Teen
Codename Suzette An extraordinary story of resistance and rescue in Nazi Paris

By

Anne Nelson

Many a great story comes about by chance. Codename Suzette is exactly that. Stumbled upon while researching Red Orchestra, a retouched photograph of a woman known as Suzanne Spaak, was...
History, Young Adult
On John Marsden: Writers on Writers

By

Alice Pung

I keep coming back to John Marsden. What makes him so fascinating to me is that he approaches writing for young adults with a whole philosophy of what it means...
Fiction, Young Adult
The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump

By

Rob Sears

Who would ever have thought, Donald Trump and poetry on the same page! In this very interesting anthology the words of Donald Trump have been revisited, to form and present...
Fiction, Humour, Non Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult
David Astle’s Gargantuan Book of Words

By

David Astle

Well, here we go again, leaping into the unknown, the challenging and the downright incredible word of words as you have never ever known them before, or in some cases,...
Humour, Non Fiction, Teen, Teen Fiction
Imagine

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John Lennon, Yoko Ono Lennon, Amnesty International illustrated by Jean Jullien

The beautiful words of Imagine, penned by John Lennon so many years ago, are just as relevant today, if not more so, in what would have been the year this...
Teen, Teen Fiction, Young Adult
The Explorer

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Katherine Rundell. Illustrations : Hannah Horn

Four children board a small plane leaving the Brazilian jungle, each with a different destination. Fred is in his school uniform, a young girl with long blond hair is looking...
Teen, Teen Fiction
My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen

By

David Clawson

Sometimes these outrageous stories hit the marketplace at exactly the right time: in Australia the issue of sexuality and lifestyle is currently a red hot issue. Through the eyes of...
Fiction, Humour, Young Adult
Stranger Thingies: From Felafel to now

By

John Birmingham

The incredible, delightfully funny John Birmingham is back, with a weird and whacky selection of short stories, most of which he claims to be amongst some the best he has...
Fiction, Humour, Young Adult