Young Adult Contemporary

In this gorgeous story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Billie B Brown needs to start saving! In The Pocket Money Blues , Billie is saving up for a special toy,...

In this gorgeous story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Billie B Brown's holiday is ruined! In The Spotty Holiday , Billie has lots of fun things planned for her visit...

Abigail is a maidservant in Greave Hall, an elegant London household governed by the tyrannical housekeeper, Mrs Cotton. Whilst the widowed master slips slowly into madness, Mrs Cotton gradually usurps...

Move over, Sherlock Holmes! Drusilla is a quiet, thoughtful little girl who has a small toy hippopotamus and four older brothers. Her hippo (Mrs Mu) goes everywhere with Drusilla. Her...

Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the Newbery Medal for best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! Melding the entirely true and...

Mara Valentine is in control. She's a straight-A student, a strict vegan and she's heading to Yale in the fall. So when her slutty, weed-smoking, sixteen-year-old niece - yes, niece...

Everything is topsy-turvy in Goblin world and Matty, the Goblin Princess, just doesn't fit in! Her mum, the Goblin Queen, is always telling her to un-tidy her room and eat...

Mum and Cara are haunted by the past in more ways than one. Mum and Cara are back in the 21st century and with them is Steven Plumtree, the blacksmith's...

The little girl in this story is very unusual. When someone makes her angry, and when she can't stop herself, she flashes a punishment on them with a magic flashing...

The boy sat in the branches of the fifth tree on the left, his scuffed boots dangling. Leah turned her eyes up. His face was heavily freckled, his eyes large,...

Sixteen-year-old Sophie is convinced her life is OK now, if only she could just be allowed to move on from what happened last summer. Sure, her mother is crazy and...

'I'm miserable and sixteen. In that order.' Sixteen can be a tough time. And it's almost unmanageable for a wisecracking boy whose temper is white-hot. As a consequence he is...

HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers, 2005 Louisa never stops working. Adam has only just started. Jared and Dylan are out of control. Chloe dreams of being...

Zachary Simpson has only just started riding at Pine Hollows, but everyone is totally impressed by his natural talent. Everyone except Carole Hanson, that is. She's glad that he seems...

Thirteen-year-old Eli likes baggy clothes, baseball caps, and one girl in particular. Her seventeen-year-old sister Anna is more traditionally feminine; she loves boys and staying out late. They are sisters,...

"A superbly entertaining read." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Will win over teens." -- School Library Journal (starred review) A teen boy's world gets turned upside-down when a zoo of...

A poignant and passionate tale about the risks people will take for a new and better life, and the sacrifices they will make to protect the ones they love. On...

The island of Mistmantle is in turmoil. The king and queen are loosing authority over their people and behind the scenes a wicked pair are determined to take control. When...

This picture book portrays the biblical story, "Noah's Ark". The accompanying text lists each animal represented in the painting, and gives background information about their habitats, size and breeding habits,...

Vicky and her mate Jen have always said that they're not into immature blokes who just want a quick grope in the corner at a party. But now Jen has...

This is a haunting tale about a dolls house that seems to mirror, in some strange way, the lives of the children around it.

Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. The second daughter in a family with no sons, she' s...

Molly Moon, the funny-looking orphan who once took Broadway by storm, has vowed never to use her amazing hypnotic powers again. But when she learns that a megalomaniac master hypnotist...

Olivia Kidney is on the move - again! When her dad, George, finds a mysterious note on his bed he agrees to take up the position of live-in handyman at...

A black tunnel began to form around me. My room started to spin. Desperately I tried to cry out but I couldn't make a sound. Then, like shattering glass, I...

The championship is so close they can taste it. And for four key players, it's about more than just winning. They're fighting for pride, love, recognition, and stardom. But who...

" A winning addition to boundary-defying heroines like Alanna of Trebond and Sir Callie." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "An exciting, twisty story packed with everything you want from a...

A GEISEL HONOR BOOK School Library Journal Best Books of 2024 The clever and hilarious star of the Geisel Award winners Fox at Night, Fox the Tiger, and Fox Has...

Join Pete the Kitty as he visits the three bears in this I Can Read story from New York Times bestselling team Kimberly and James Dean. Once upon a time,...

For young readers who grew up with the bestselling picture books, Nancy Clancy is now starring in her own chapter books! Nancy thinks she may be able to read the...

It's spring break, and the pretty little liars are trading in Rosewood for a cruise vacation. They want nothing more than to sail into the tropical sunset and leave their...

Nora Kane, daughter of a Latin Professor and herself a Latin scholar, enrols in Chapman Prep the September she turns 15. It isn t that she likes Latin but after...

Clem is a boy in strife. Blamed for the death of his mother, carrying a terrible secret from Grade 5 and in trouble with the police, he's now in a...

It's the first day of the December school holidays and Martine has lots of fun planned for the next few weeks, not least spending time with Jemmy, her beloved white...

Bestselling YA thrillers from Natalie D. Richards have a fresh new look! Keeping secrets ruined her. But telling the truth might kill her. From Natalie D. Richards, the New York...

"An atmospheric page-turner. . . . Edgy, dramatic, and emotionally rich historical fiction that provides a vivid look into an extraordinary moment in history." - The Horn Book (starred review)...

After a summer of being the worst witch at a fancy witch school, Hasani can't wait to get back to the peace and normalcy of Riverbend Middle where she knows...

Max Darrington had what was termed 'a bad war' but rebuilt his life by deleting from his memory the intolerable knowledge and uncertainty of those years. Two decades later, as...

'FUNNY, ENTERTAINING AND ENGAGING ... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED' -- Susan Whelan, Kids' Book Review New job. New boyfriend. New me. Things are looking up for Josie Browning. Her boyfriend, James, is...

Bunny searches for and finds the perfect Christmas tree in this perennial holiday tale Bunny is looking for the perfect Christmas tree. Her forest friends tell her that the perfect...

The Pogues hit the beach in another action-packed original YA novel based on the hit Netflix show, Outer Banks The waves are off the hook, and Pope and the other...

My abuela wears an old yellow handkerchief that her grandmother gave to her. I don't like the yellow handkerchief.

A heartfelt middle-grade novel about a theater-loving girl who uses a wheelchair for mobility and her quest to defy expectations-and gravity-from Tony award-winning actress Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz Thirteen-year-old...