Young Adult Contemporary

A classic children's fantasy story from the world's best-loved children's author, Enid Blyton. Amelia Jane is big, bad and the terror of the toy cupboard! In this book, Sidney, the...

Boy is a funny, insightful and at times grotesque glimpse into the early life of Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors. We discover his experiences of the English...

The year is 1453, and all signs point to it being the end of the world. Accused of heresy and expelled from his monastery, handsome seventeen-year-old, Luca Vero, is recruited...

A MISSING LANDLADY ... IT'S ANOTHER CASE FOR DETECTIVE ENOLA HOLMES! Enola Holmes's lonely London days are shaken up when her dear landlady, Mrs. Tupper, is kidnapped! As Enola pursues...

Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment in war-torn Afghanistan during the Taliban era of the late 1990s. When soldiers burst into her home...

Inside little blue envelope 1 are $1,000 and instructions to buy a plane ticket. In envelope 2 are directions to a specific London flat. The note in envelope 3 tells...

When wild animals stray into the park and get into difficulties, Hassan and his mum are there to help in two heartwarming tales from animal-story maestro Helen Peters. Dapple the...

SHORTLISTED: 2025 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers SHORTLISTED: 2024 Readings Children's Prize Most kids meet their parents when they're born. All they need to do to impress them...

The SWOONY summer rom-com for fans of Lynn Painter and book lovers everywhere ! Sometimes real life is sweeter than fiction... Seventeen-year-old Anna is not having a good summer. She's...

Prepare for Sports Day carnage as the Montagues and Capulets battle for the House Medal in this laugh-out-loud Shakespeare-inspired drama from Ross Montgomery. Top school athletes Dom and Blake have...

The mischievous and fun-loving Fox is back in another humorous and surprising I Can Read, from Caldecott Honor and three-time Geisel Award-winning author-illustrator Corey Tabor. Fox is ready to play...

A celebration of the extraordinary and ordinary power of dogs of all kinds, in sly and cheerful verse from celebrated poet David Elliott. Features artwork from an all-star cast of...

Winner of the 9+ category of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award. What would you do if you could never leave your bubble? A...

Author Waka T. Brown and artist Yuko Jones join forces for this picture book about a young girl who learns to appreciate life's imperfections when her grandmother teachers her about...

When four friends find themselves thrown back in time to 1985, how will they handle being teens in their parents' era? And will they ever get back to the future?...

The beautiful and heartwarming new romance from Becky Albertalli, best-selling author of Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda . Amelia Applebaum isn't in love with Walter Holland. He just happens...

Hi there, I'm Sherlock Bones - I'm a tawny frogmouth skeleton (really) AND a mystery-solving superstar! With my trusty partners, clever Watts and sassy Grace, I'm here to solve the...

I've always been my dad's little sunspot. But one day, his world was no longer bright and yellow-it was a deep, dark blue. As one father embarks on an emotional...

In the era of social media, communication feels both more anxiety-producing, and more inescapable, than ever before. This clever, comforting picture book debut explores the challenges and joys of self-expression...

Basically all I did in junior high was text, straighten my hair, add to my Benedict Cumberbatch shrine, and worry about how to be more popular. Thinking about it makes...

At seventeen, Jacklin Bates is all grown up. She's dropped out of school. She's living with her runaway sister, Trudy, and she's in secret, obsessive love with Luke, who doesn't...

A powerful story about a young girl, Mina, and how she copes when her family take in a refugee boy and give away what was meant to be her first...

Halley, Koby and Mimi have been sent a nanny to look after them while their parents are away. The only problem? Their nanny is a monster! Grah is enormous, hairy,...

The ghoulishly funny sequel to Groosham Grange by number one bestselling author Anthony Horowitz. Someone is trying to destroy David Eliot's school. A year ago, he'd have been happy to...

The extraordinary #1"New York Times"bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. It is 1939. Nazi...

A timely edge-of-your-seat thriller from a debut writer to watch. Caroline is only three months from her great escape --- leaving behind her rigid prep school and the parents who...

Age-range: young adult; It's Christmas and Blair and Serena are best friends again and up to their old tricks - partying hard and breaking hearts from Park Avenue to the...

It's 1964 and Alice has moved to Mississippi from Chicago with her family. Nicknamed 'Yankee Girl' and taunted by the in-crowd at school, Alice soon discovers the other new girl...

Many children think their step-parents are super-villains . . . but what if they really were? 10-year-old Billy's mum has just re-married, and his new step-dad Phil is smarmy and...

Deep in the redwoods, in a magical town, anything can happen, and any creature-or monster-could exist. But when a team of myth-busters comes to Aldermere, they threaten its very existence-and...

With help from his grandma, Josh finds a way to quieten his overactive 'Brian' in this gently humorous and empathetic tale about family and mental health by bestseller Helen Rutter....

Winner of the Carnegie Medal and a 2012 Costa Award winner. Narrated against the backdrop of a ruthless regime determined to beat its enemies in the race to the moon,...

An unmissable collection of three How to Train Your Dragon stories, featuring new and exclusive short story WHEN THE WINDWALKER CHANGED. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third is a smallish Viking...

In this thrilling new adventure, Tessa Miyata and her best friend Jin must battle the gods... and win. With magic abound and stakes higher than ever, this is a perfect...

A little Vietnamese girl tries to come to terms with her grief over the loss of her family and her new life with an Australian family. The swallows are here...

You ask 'Can the dead speak?' I answer 'Is this blood that runs in my veins or ink?' So writes Jack Ireland a 14-year -old English-born shipwreck survivor captured by...

Dandelion seed wishes always come true - don't they? Lily's dress-up crown is broken. So she wishes on a dandelion seed for a real princess crown. Will her wish come...

A sharp, hilarious novel set at a high school for students with magical talent Lucy is just a regular teenager with regular worries- homework, friends, getting home for dinner on...

When 14-year-old Sophie encounters a mysterious mentor who introduces her to philosophy, mysteries deepen in her own life. Why does she keep getting postcards addressed to another girl Who is...

On one unforgettable road trip, Zoey faces her greatest loss and learns self-acceptance, while finding love along the way. This emotional coming-of-age story will resonate with anyone who's ever messed...

An award-winning author tells of a mermaid who leaves the sea in search of her landish mother in a captivating tale spun with beautiful prose, lush descriptions, empathy, and keen...

First in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are...

I'm Lengy and I'm Thai. My parents run a restaurant named Thai-riffic! but I'm always craving hot chips and pizza. Mum and Dad's idea of a holiday? Going to Thailand...

Snake and Lizard are a lovable, foolish pair, always arguing, embarking on unlikely enterprises and telling one another hotly contested tales - none of which behaviour lessens their affection for...

There's something for everyone. There's no collection like it . . . Even more great stories and poems, recipes and holiday fun, hilarious cartoons, terrific art, and tips from celebrities....

It's my first day at a new school and the only person I know is my cousin, Zoe (but she might be a little too cool for me). I was...

An exciting new adventure series for 9 to 12 year olds. An action packed collaboration between Melbourne author Alison Reynolds and wildlife warrior Sean Willmore, with illustrations by Andrew Hopgood....