Young Adult Contemporary

A ten-year-old pirate captain? Absurd? Not in the world of Atticus Van Tasticus, a fabulously funny new illustrated junior fiction series from the brilliant and wacky creative minds of Andrew...

When teenager Nick Gautier was saved from almost-certain death by a mysterious warrior, he had a feeling his life was set to change. Fighting the undead has taken the place...

Brighten your day with the help of Flora and her rainbow of feathered friends, inspired by the Caldecott Honor-winning children's book Flora and the Flamingo. Birds of a feather learn...

From the award-winning creators of How Do I Feel? comes an expertly crafted, calming and reassuring book filled tools to harness the healing power of the natural world, including gardening,...

Mysteries abound and Alice-Miranda is on the case Alice-Miranda and Millie have made a dazzling discovery in the woodlands near their school. They vow to keep the secret to themselves,...

"Beautifully messy and real." -Amy Spalding, bestselling author of We Used to Be Friends Perfect for fans of What If It's Us and Mary H. K. Choi, this stunning coming-of-age...

"This book is epic." - Cosmopolitan "A hopeful and moving love story." - Publishers Weekly Fangirl meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this "sensitive and complex" ( BCCB...

Allegiance, The A'vean Chronicles, Book 3. Paranormal urban fantasy that gets darker with every turn of the page. "The safer you feel, the more danger you're in..." Sophia Woodville has...

Her ccollected ideas and notes from a year's gardening, written by a gardener ofinternational repute

Olly Christie and Josh Welles are on an archaeological dig in Egypt, with Olly's father who is searching for the first of the Talismans of the Moon - the Tears...

If you could live your life again and again, what would you do differently? After a near-fatal family catastrophe and an unexpected romantic upheaval, Adelaide Buchwald finds herself catapulted into...

The day was sunny. The goat was hungry. He opened the gate to his yard and went outside. When Mr Billy goes to town to buy a new coat, he...

The intensely moving and uncompromisingly honest story of 16-year-old Tessa, who is dying of leukaemia. A word-of-mouth bestseller, and now a major film starring Twilight's Dakota Fanning. Tessa has just...

From the moment he hears her voice over the fence, Matt Sherman knows he has to meet the twins' cousin, Monica Bloom. She's just flown in from Dublin ready for...

Everyone wants to know what it's like to be a twin and now twin brothers, Jack and Josh Pickering, are about to find out just how much fun twins can...

The instant New York Times bestseller and an Autumn 2017 Indie Next Pick, now in trade paperback. The instant New York Times bestseller from Gaby Dunn and Allison Raskin that...

Schneider Family Book Award, Best Teen Honor Book 2020 Contemporary fiction fans will find it hard to put down The Silence Between Us -a YA novel that doesn't shy away...

See that girl, the one with the bright red hair, overstuffed backpack, and aura of grumpiness? That's Charlotte Mielswetzski. And something extra-ordinary is about to happen to her. Oh, it's...

When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, Alex Rider goes from schoolboy to superspy within days as his world is turned upside down. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex has to...

After learning how his powerlessness can be used as a weapon in the world of magic and defeating Nicodemus's plan to overthrow the government, Timothy travels to a war-torn dimension...

The battle for control over the Order of Alhazred mounts as Nicodemus's only heir, Cassandra, is challenged over her right to be grandmaster. But then Timothy discovers that the evil...

Things unravel so fast. One day Sam is a kid with a straightforward life, next moment he's sucked into a time warp and flung back a hundred years. Meeting Flea,...

Young Jane - or Jenny, as she was known - is a girl with a head full of questions that no one seems able to answer. But the sudden arrival...

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...

"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...

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,...

Stuff. It's everywhere. In your bedroom, in the kitchen, in the lounge room, everywhere is full of stuff. I'm talking about the ordinary stuff like chairs and carpet and dishwashing...

By the world-famous novelist, this fascinating blend of personal memoir, historical anecdote and wry observation offers the indispensable guide and key to contemporary India in the fiftieth year of its...

Archie Fusillo gives his characters life against the backdrop of his Italian heritage and the experiences of coming from a strong cultural heritage in a different landscape. David Martinesi is...

When Jenny finds an arrowhead flint in the garden, it makes her think about the Indians who must have lived there before her. And in a dream that night she...

The story of Lexie, a girl who's been brought up by a street-smart and nomadic mum. Lexie may not have learned to stay in one place, but she's fiercely independent....

Aaron's father has been sent to a small country town to downsize Rex Walker's Quality Fashion Garments, the lifeblood of Koorac. But Aaron is nervous about the reception he's going...

A magnetic debut novel from world-renowned violinist Eugene Drucker Set during the final weeks of World War II, The Savior is the story of Gottfried Keller, a young German violinist....

An incredible and brilliant coming-of -age drama set at the turn-of-the-century in the USA and based on a real murder. When Mattie is given the letters by a guest at...

Karri discovers he is quite different from the other koalas when he falls out of the tree--and bounces! But what good is being able to bounce when nobody else can...

Jess is allergic to the sun. She lives in a world of shadows and hospitals, peeking at the other children in the playground from behind curtains. Her only friend is...

17-year-old Maggie is on the cusp of graduating high school. Faced with an unknown future, she s desperate for one thing: the perfect final year. And she won t let...

The thrilling finale to the DISRUPTION series Ages: 14+ How do you live with yourself when you've deceived the one you love? How do you move on when the person...

Fifteen-year-old Becca questions the influencer life that supports her family when an unexpected friendship in an online writing community challenges her to step into the 'real' life she craves. Becca...

Fourteen-year-old Lexie is a talented public speaker who has just won the regional competition and is about to represent the region in the state finals, with dreams of the nationals...

In an extraordinary stroke of luck, six high school students - Luke, Alex, Harriet, Meg, Kye, and outcast Cassie - find themselves thrust into unimaginable wealth after winning a staggering...

Juno meets Stargirl in this fresh, funny, and heartbreaking novel that inspired the major motion picture All Together Now. Amber Appleton lives in a bus. Ever since her mom's boyfriend...

Kaitlyn visits her local animal shelter for a school project, where she falls in love with Teddy, a gorgeous whippet cross. But then a boy in her class decides he...

Twelve-year-old Elmo Blue just wants to fit in. His environmental-activist mother has agreed to buy him some new Nike trainers and it looks like at last he may have a...

Meet Polly, Keri, Frizz and Lily - they're the Gang of Four, and they're determined to be best friends for ever! Their bond of friendship is severely tested, though, when...