Title: Into the Mouth of the Wolf Author: Erin Gough Genre: YA Mystery Publisher: Hardie Grant Published: 1st May 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Price: $22.99 Synopsis: Part thriller, part queer romance, Into the Mouth of the Wolf is a stunning, CBCA Notable YA novel from the award-winning author of Amelia Westlake. Dear Iris, If all goes well I will be… Continue reading Into the Mouth of the Wolf by Erin Gough
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Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak
Title: Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret Author: Amy Doak Genre: Crime Publisher: Penguin Published: 2nd July 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Eleanor Jones stirs up more mystery and danger in this fast-paced YA mystery. Things have settled down in Cooinda and Eleanor Jones is getting used to her new normal –… Continue reading Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak
Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans
Title: Euphoria Kids Author: Alison Evans Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Echo Publishing Published: 4th February 2020 Format: Paperback Pages: 272 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: The latest ground breaking young adult novel from award-winning author, Alison Evans. Ever since the witch cursed Babs, she turns invisible sometimes. She has her mum and her dog, but teachers and classmates… Continue reading Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans
The Killing Code by Ellie Marney
Title: The Killing Code Author: Ellie Marney Genre: Historical Fiction, Crime Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 20th September 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $22.99 Synopsis: A young codebreaker at Arlington Hall - the secret WWII Signals Intelligence unit in Washington DC - joins forces with other female codebreakers to hunt a murderer who is… Continue reading The Killing Code by Ellie Marney
Sugar Town Queens by Malla Nunn
Title: Sugar Town Queens Author: Malla Nunn Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 3rd August 2021 Format: Paperback Pages: 312 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: From the award-winning author of the CBCA shortlisted When the Ground is Hard, comes a stunning portrait of a family divided and an uplifting story of how friendship saves and heals. Fifteen-year-old… Continue reading Sugar Town Queens by Malla Nunn
The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Title: The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea Author: Maggie Tokuda-Hall Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Walker Books Published: 2nd September 2020 Format: Paperback Pages: 416 Price: $18.99 Synopsis: In a world divided by colonialism and threaded with magic, a desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial lady find a connection on the high seas.… Continue reading The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall
When the Ground is Hard by Malla Nunn
Title: When the Ground is Hard Author: Malla Nunn Genre: Crime/Mystery, Historical Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: June 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 272 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: This CBCA short-listed book is a stunning and heartrending mystery set in a Swaziland boarding school about two girls of different castes who bond over a shared copy… Continue reading When the Ground is Hard by Malla Nunn
The Desert Nurse by Pamela Hart
Title: The Desert Nurse Author: Pamela Hart Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 10th July 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 410 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: Amid the Australian Army hospitals of World War I Egypt, two deeply determined individuals find the resilience of their love tested to its limits It's 1911, and 21-year-old Evelyn Northey desperately… Continue reading The Desert Nurse by Pamela Hart
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
Title: This Is How It Always Is Author: Laurie Frankel Genre: Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 31 January 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 332 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: All happy families are alike. But happy can be complicated... Laurie Frankel's THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS - is a warm, touching and bittersweet novel about a family… Continue reading This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
