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A Guide to Falling Off the Map by Zanni L Arnot

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Title: A Guide to Falling Off the Map Author: Zanni L Arnot Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 26th August 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A funny, tender, messy, and authentic story about two teens who fall in love on the precipice of things falling apart.Vinnie Smith has her future mapped. She… Continue reading A Guide to Falling Off the Map by Zanni L Arnot

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Thunderhead by Sophie Beer

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Title: Thunderhead Author: Sophie Beer Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 29th October 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: Captivating, memorable and deeply funny, Thunderhead is a heart-squeezing and hopeful illustrated middle grade novel about music, disability, friendship and fandom - beautifully told with humour, art and joy. Perfect for fans of Wonder and Lenny's Book of… Continue reading Thunderhead by Sophie Beer

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The Unexpected Mess of It All by Gabrielle Tozer

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Title: The Unexpected Mess of It All Author: Gabrielle Tozer Genre: Young Adult Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 1st May 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A very funny and fraught 'enemies-to-will-they-won't-they' romance between family friends Jamila and Billy. Jamila Dakhoul wants to escape her life. Forget everything. Forget that her only friends are… Continue reading The Unexpected Mess of It All by Gabrielle Tozer

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Let’s Never Speak of This Again by Megan Williams

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Title: Let’s Never Speak of This Again Author: Megan Williams Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Text Publishing Published: 29th August 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $24.99 Synopsis:  Winner, Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, 2022  Shortlisted, Small Publishers’ Children’s Book of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards, 2024  Commended, Book of… Continue reading Let’s Never Speak of This Again by Megan Williams

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The Offline Diaries as told by Ade and Shanice by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené

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Title: The Offline Diaries as told by Ade and Shanice Author: Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené Genre: Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 6th July 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 256 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: The major new middle-grade series from the authors of Slay in Your Lane is here! A universal story of friendship, falling out and… Continue reading The Offline Diaries as told by Ade and Shanice by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené