Title: Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Rubies and Runaways (Rose Raventhorpe #2) Author: Janine Beacham Genre: Children/Mystery/Crime Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 25th July 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 245 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: The Clockwork Sparrow meets Downton Abbey It's a bitterly cold winter in Yorke and Rose Raventhorpe and her butler Heddsworth are stuck with Rose's unpleasant cousin Herbert, and… Continue reading Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Rubies and Runaways (Rose Raventhorpe #2) by Janine Beacham
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Wolf Children by Paul Dowsell
Title: Wolf Children Author: Paul Dowsell Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: 1st November 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: survival in the cellar of an abandoned hospital, Otto and his ragtag gang of kids have banded together in the desperate, bombed-out city. The war may be over, but danger lurks in the… Continue reading Wolf Children by Paul Dowsell
The Red Ribbon by Lucy Adlington
Title: The Red Ribbon Author: Lucy Addlington Genre: Historical Fiction/Young Adult Publisher: Bonnier/Hotkey/Allen and Unwin Published: 25th October 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Rose, Ella, Marta and Carla. In another life we might all have been friends together. This was Birchwood. For readers of The Diary of Anne Frank and The Boy in the Striped… Continue reading The Red Ribbon by Lucy Adlington
Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Black Cats and Butlers (Rose Raventhorpe #1)
Title: Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Black Cats and Butlers Author: Janine Beacham Genre: Mystery/Crime/Children's Fiction Publisher: Little, Brown Books/Hachette Published: 28th March 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 263 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: The Clockwork Sparrow meets Downton Abbey When Rose Raventhorpe's beloved butler is found (gasp!) murdered in the hallway of her own house, she's determined to uncover the culprit.… Continue reading Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Black Cats and Butlers (Rose Raventhorpe #1)
Tales from the Bush by May Gibbs and Jane Massam
Title: Tales from the Bush Author: May Gibbs and Jane Massam Genre: Children’s Fiction/Picture Book Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 6th February 2017 Format: Hardcover Pages: 24 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Available now from Scholastic Australia, Tales from the Bush is the next book available in the ‘Tales from’ series of stories inspired by May Gibbs lovable… Continue reading Tales from the Bush by May Gibbs and Jane Massam
The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
Title: The Last Namsara Author: Kristen Ciccarelli Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 3rd October 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A gripping YA crossover series from a spectacular new voice in the genre Once there was a girl who was drawn to wicked things Asha is a dragon-slayer. Reviled by the… Continue reading The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
The Secret Books by Marcel Theroux
Title: The Secret Books Author: Marcel Theroux Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Faber Fiction Published: 27th September, 2017 Format: Hardback Pages: 352 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: A world on the brink of catastrophe. A two-thousand-year-old mystery. A lost gospel. Both a page-turning adventure and an examination of the stories that humans are willing to kill and die… Continue reading The Secret Books by Marcel Theroux
The Strange Disppearance of a Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan (Baby Ganesha Agency #3)
Title: The Strange Disppearance of a Bollywood Star Author: Vaseem Khan Genre: Crime and Mystery Publisher: Mulholland Books/Hachette Australia Published: 16th May 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 360 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: In the third delightful Baby Ganesh Agency novel, Inspector Chopra investigates the darkly glittering underbelly of Bollywood when a film star vanishes into thin air...… Continue reading The Strange Disppearance of a Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan (Baby Ganesha Agency #3)
Every Word Is A Bird We Teach To Sing by Daniel Tammet
Title: Every Word Is A Bird We Teach To Sing Author: Daniel Tammet Genre: Essays. Non-Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 29th August, 2017 Format: Paperback Pages:275 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: A mind-expanding, deeply humane tour of language(s) - and those who speak, study, and invent them - by the bestselling author of BORN ON A BLUE… Continue reading Every Word Is A Bird We Teach To Sing by Daniel Tammet
The Children of Willeseden Lane by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen
Title: The Children of Willesden Lane Author: Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen Genre: Non-Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 23rd August 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: A true story of courage and survival during World War II, and a celebration of the power of music to lift the human spirit. Jewish musical… Continue reading The Children of Willeseden Lane by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen
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