Title: Puppy Rescue (Ella at Eden #10) Author: Laura Sieveking Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st November 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: Ella’s class are given a new opportunity to help the community through their Service-Learning project, and Ella is excited to be assisting at the Morningside Animal Shelter. She immediately… Continue reading Puppy Rescue (Ella at Eden #10) by Laura Sieveking
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Marion and the Forty Thieves by Sarah Luke
Title: Marion and the Forty Thieves Author: Sarah Luke Genre: Faction, Historical Fiction Publisher: NLA Publishing Published: 1st July 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 208 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Marion’s life is anything but ordinary. The daughter of the principal, Captain Neitenstein, she is the only girl aboard a magnificent floating boys’ school, anchored permanently in Sydney… Continue reading Marion and the Forty Thieves by Sarah Luke
Riley’s Failproof Guide to…Breaking a School Record by Dani Vee, illustrated by Jules Faber
Title: Riley’s Failproof Guide to…Breaking a School Record Author: Dani Vee, illustrated by Jules Faber Genre: Humour Publisher: Larrikin House Published: 4th September 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 208 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Riley Noodle has been trying to break a school record for seven years. There is only one problem: Riley doesn't think she's very at… Continue reading Riley’s Failproof Guide to…Breaking a School Record by Dani Vee, illustrated by Jules Faber
Red Day by Sandy Fussell
Title: Red Day Author: Sandy Fussell Genre: Historical, Contemporary Publisher: Walker Books Published: 1st March 2020 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: Heartfelt contemporary storytelling at its best, with vivid historical flashbacksSet in a modern-day small town among the remnants of a Japanese POW camp, this is the story of Charlie. Charlie has synaesthesia… Continue reading Red Day by Sandy Fussell
Boy, Everywhere by A.M. Dassu
Title: Boy, Everywhere Author: A.M. Dassu Genre: Fiction Publisher: Old Barn Books Published: 6th January 2021 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $18.99 Synopsis: Sami and his family are forced to flee their comfortable life in Damascus, via a smuggler's den in Turkey, to an uncertain life beyond. A story of survival, of family, of bravery… Continue reading Boy, Everywhere by A.M. Dassu
Cora, Seen and Heard by Zanni Louise
Title: Cora, Seen and Heard Author: Zanni Louise Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Walker Books Published: 1st May 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: Cora Lane gets tongue-tied, is often ignored and would rather hide in the library than step onto a stage. However, when her parents decide to renovate an old theatre in small-town… Continue reading Cora, Seen and Heard by Zanni Louise
Tuckshop Terrors by Leo Baker
Title: Tuckshop Terrors Author: Leo Baker Genre: Horror/Adventure/Thriller Publisher: Loaf Books Published: 1st May 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 260 Price: $24.95 Synopsis: Kip is a 12-year-old country boy trying to fit in to a new town, new school, and find new friends. It’s not easy when he’s struggling with his diabetes, and all the other… Continue reading Tuckshop Terrors by Leo Baker
Penny Draws a Secret Adventure by Sara Shephard
Title: Penny Draws a Secret Adventure Author: Sara Shephard Genre: Fiction Publisher: Text Publishing Published: 3rd April 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 272 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Little by little, Penny Lowry is making it through grade five—with a bit of help from her friends and her loveable dog, Cosmo. There’s a lot of change to deal… Continue reading Penny Draws a Secret Adventure by Sara Shephard
11 Ruby Road 1900 by Charlotte Barkla
Title: 11 Ruby Road 1900 Author: Charlotte Barkla Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Walker Books Published: 6th March 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Dorothy and her family have moved to the city, and life is very different to the rural one she has known. Ruby Road is bustling – full of families and… Continue reading 11 Ruby Road 1900 by Charlotte Barkla
Blair Moon: How to be Cooler than the Moon by Ashleigh Mounser
Title: Blair Moon: How to be Cooler than the Moon Author: Ashleigh Mounser Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Ford Street Publishing Published: 1st October 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 225 Price: $18.95 Synopsis: Blair Moon’s blissful life in the nursing home is turned upside down when her mother enrols her at the local primary school. Blair isn’t too… Continue reading Blair Moon: How to be Cooler than the Moon by Ashleigh Mounser
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