Young Adult Contemporary

In Stripey's all-new adventure he discovers that his friends are amazing at camouflage. How do they manage it? Join Stripey on his quest to become invisible. This is the third...

An acclaimed author has rewritten twelve of Shakespeare's plays in narrative form, retaining much of the original language, and thus the flavor of the bard's dramas.

A striking story about a mixed race girl discovering her roots. Lyra is told that she is an African princess, just like her aunts and cousins. But when she tells...

A story of a young boy's adventures working as a paperboy on the busy trams, travelling to Bondi Beach. Keiran wants nothing more than to be a paperboy on the...

Celebrating 40 years in print this is a new edition of the classic children's poem by Australia's favourite poet, A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson. Mulga Bill's Bicycle was written by Banjo Paterson...

Lucy has her life all planned out: perfect job, ideal man and ideal home, and birth of perfect daughter. What does not fit so neatly into her organised life is...

Brand new, bigger and better paperback edition of this best-selling Hairy Maclary adventure "Sniffles and snuffles and doses of flu - itches and stitches and tummyache too . . ."...

This bestselling story has now been brilliantly adapted for audio CD and there are two readings - the first is a straight reading with music and the second has a...

What will happen when the sheep go trick-or-treating? Could there be wolves lurking in the woods, hoping to catch the sheep as they head home? This lively, funny story is...

The Tower Room: Loosely based on Rapunzel, this is the story of a sudden, unexpected, passionate relationship and the unforessen yet inevitable results of defying convention. When Megan glimpses Simon...

Katie Morag is in a terrible mood because she has broken her mum's necklace. Her bad temper gets everyone in trouble with the teacher who gives them some tricky riddles...

Every year on the Isle of Struay, there is a grand concert, where the islanders play fiddles, recite poetry, and sing and dance in front of their friends and neighbours....

An epic road-trip romance from NYT-bestselling author of TikTok sensation The Summer of Broken Rules , inspired by the 80s classic, Ferris Bueller's Day Off . "A sweeping, swoony romance...

Having barely made it out of Orphancorp alive, Mirii is on a mission to find the most important babe in her life, Vu. Vu has been taken to 'Psynode', a...

Daisy has died five times. She's a test subject for a government super drug called Revive, which brings people back from the dead. Each time she is revived, Daisy has...

The classroom favorite about tolerance celebrates its 20th anniversary with a brand-new cover! The perfect tool to help inspire compassion in our world's youth." -Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist A hilarious...

Roman Garstang is all set for his class trip to Farm View outdoor survival centre. There are only three issues: 1. With Darren Gamble as his new 'BFF' how can...

Avantia needs a hero. Under the spell of an evil wizard, the magical beasts that once protected the land are destroying it. Tagus the horse-man is terrorising the people and...

The magical Beasts of Avantia are under the power of an evil wizard. Tom journeys to the wilds of the frozen north, searching for Nanook the snow monster. Can he...

What is magic? What is illusion? What is real? Step into the extraordinary world of Sam Khaan, who has just discovered a witch doctor's notebook in her attic. Convinced that...

There is the secret of Birdy's grandmother's cat. How the boys tortured it and Birdy had to drown it in the river. There's the secret of Mrs. Cope, the popular...

A heartwarming verse novel from beloved Australian children's author Deborah Abela. Ms Skye thinks kids can change the world with a Kindness Project. Nicolette wants to but how can she...

Beautifully illustrated by award-winning Lucia Masciullo, this bold and affirming picture book shouts from the rooftops that you should be you. A is for Attitude. May you have bucketloads of...

Meg treasures every moment that she gets to spend riding, and she has always longed for a pony of her own. She knows Mum and Dad can't afford a pony...

A warm and funny bedtime story where it's the parents who won't go to sleep. The perfect follow-up picture book to No One Likes a Fart by the inimitable Zoe...

DEREK DILBERT DOOL returns in another SUPERCOOL adventure! Thankfully, so do his friends Booger and Big Denise. After accidentally going viral, Derek is now on a mission to DELIBERATELY go...

It's time for a holiday at the seaside! It's time for a holiday at the seaside! Clementine Rose and her family are off to the beach while the roof at...

It's time for Clemmie to go on her first school excursion! Clementine Rose and her classmates are all abuzz. They're off on a springtime excursion to a local farm. When...

Seventeen-year-old Julien is a romantic-he loves spending his free time at the museum musing over the great works of the Impressionists. But one night, Julien sees something strange-a peach falls...

First published in 1807, these simple retellings of the plots of Shakespeare's plays have delighted generations of children, while serving as an excellent introduction to the dramas of our greatest...

Senoras y senores, put your hands together for the fantastic, spectacular, one of a kind . . . Nino! Fwap! Slish! Bloop! Krunch! He takes down his competition in a...

Perfect for fans of Deb Caletti, this "powerful, absorbing, and beautiful" ( Booklist ) coming-of-age novel in verse follows a teen girl who connects with the women of her maternal...

When Brian, Hannah, and twins Chris and Sam start their summer holidays, they know it's going to be the end of an era. The Misfits Club is disbanding and they...

A conservative American Muslim and former U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander provides an alternate voice to radical Islam, providing "a candid, patriotic pushback against Muslim stereotyping" ( Kirkus Reviews ). Can...

Elizabeth Allen is spoilt and selfish. When's she's sent away to boarding school she makes up her mind to be the naughtiest pupil there's ever been! But Elizabeth soon finds...

Destiny takes a detour in this heartbreakingly hilarious novel with five starred reviews, from the acclaimed author of Winger , which Kirkus Reviews called "smart" and "wickedly funny." Finn Easton...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and Guardian First Book Award 'Pigeon English is a book to fall in love with: a funny book, a true book, a shattering book'...

The fifteenth title in the bestselling Tom Gates series of books from the brilliantly talented Liz Pichon. What's that? A MONSTER? How has this scary beast escaped into Tom's sort-of-normal...

Dear reader, There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' but misery and despair. You still have time to choose another international best-selling series...

St Sebastian's School in Grimesford is the pits. No, really - it is. Built on the boggy remains of a medieval plague pit, this once proud school's dodgy nineteenth-century foundations...