Young Adult Contemporary

Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has a word for everything, and big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. She collects words, stores them up as a way of fending...

It's the first day of Term One, and Luke and Anna are on opposite sides of the student-teacher divide. School is the last thing Luke feels like - how can...

The wind, blasting up over the horizon from the south, carried with it the coldness of polar ice, and wielded it like a sword. Already the waves at the Heads...

Tom Henderson is small, skinny and awkward, and pretty much feels like an idiot most of the time. But when he discovers his father's copy of "The Catcher in the...

annys dad had a secret, but now the secrets out and its going to lead Danny on the adventure of a lifetime.

I want to stretch to the moon, Delia thought. Far, far away. Twelve-year-old Delia Ferri doesn't remember her mother, or her family the way it used to be. All she...

Ollie longs to stomp in his very own pair of boots just like Gossie and Gertie do! A My First I Can Read about the joys and frustrations of sharing,...

New York Times bestseller! From Matt and Rebecca Zamolo, creators of the mega-popular YouTube series Game Master Network, comes a new thrilling novel about everyone's favorite mystery-solving team as they...

DIVERGENT, INSURGENT and ALLEGIANT were major blockbuster movies in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Illustrated with more than 100 photographs - many never before seen - this eye-catching volume takes you...

Clunk! When a canoe crashes into the hull of the pearling boat Nimah after a huge storm, the crew is amazed to find a young girl aboard - but she's...

AN EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT SERIES ABOUT THE HUNT FOR THE COOLEST THINGS ON EARTH FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR TRISTAN BANCKS. "A winner and sure to be a big hit!" Alexa Dretzke, Readings" Mac...

Alana Oakley is 12 going on 24. She has to be when her impulsive, accident-prone mother, Emma, attracts so much chaos. Alana's dad's passing three years ago has forced Alana...

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...

Sometimes the simplest spells are the most powerful. Sibyl is the apprentice hotel witch at the splendid Grand Mirror Hotel. She is busy each day drawing useful spell patterns to...

A young girl named Amanda longs for a change from her everyday life and dreams of seeing the Eiffel Tower. Stepping out of her comfort zone, she takes the plunge...

Ally Queen, is fifteen, flat-chested and totally trapped in a tiny coastal town where the killer pythons are stale and there are only three types of people- bogans, surfies and...

Rose Zarelli, self-proclaimed word geek and angry girl, has some confessions to make... 1) I'm livid all the time. Why? My dad died. My mum barely talks. My brother abandoned...

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...

It's a big eay for the Scorpions. If they win today they make the finals. Ages 8+.

A stunningly powerful YA novel from a master storyteller told in both prose and verse. No one knows Ruby is pregnant - not even Ruby herself. So when she gives...

Pincus Corbett, a tailor, disappeared overnight from his home in the south of the city. He left behind a pair of trousers, a cardigan, and his wife, Mathilde. No witnesses...

When Gusty and her friends kidnap an ill-treated bull terrier from a bikie gang, they believe they are doing the right thing. But right soon turns extremely wrong. Gusty and...

The Four Sisters, evil creations of the Shadow Lord, are poisoning Deltora and starving its people. Lief, Barda and Jasmine have found and destroyed the first of the sisters. Now...

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...

Martine is looking forward to the holidays and riding Jemmy, her white giraffe, until an accident sends her and Ben on a journey to the Matobo Hills wilderness in Zimbabwe....

Join the children on their adventures as they uncover mysteries and overcome challenges. AUTHOR: Enid Blyton is one of the most-loved authors in children's publishing. With over 700 titles published,...

It's been one disaster after another lately, and things aren't slowing down. During talent show rehearsals someone trashed the stage and set a penguin loose. (Seriously!) Now I'm on the...

In the wake of a space-wide civil war, instigated by Saga-the Gemini Gold Saint-a new team of Saints comes together with the goal of protecting their goddess Athena. This first...

Eldon is guaranteed to have one wish come true, but with chaos surrounding him, how is he supposed to choose? In the sandy Mojave Desert, Madison is a small town...

After Lyra-a princess incapable of speech or sound-is cast out of her kingdom of daylight by her wicked aunt, a witch saves her life, steals her memories, and raises her...

Omens, signs and portents-surely it's not the end of the world? Mercurio the Magnificent? Mercurio the Rubbish, more like-and his name isn't even Mercurio. Oswald's dad is a fake fortune-teller...

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...

Second instalment about the adventures of this quirky, off-beat comedy duo - a boy scribe and a kick-ass granny. "I have not long now. The fire is dying and I...

Using an historical Middle Eastern conflict as the catalyst, a part of the world which is still in turmoil today, this mystery thriller combines action, with unforseen sequences of events...

London socialites Alice Rochester and Natalya Abbot are glamorous, sexy, spoilt and only sixteen. When they're not at their prestigious private school, St. Cecilias, just outside London (where they rub...

Untidy Towns is a highly anticipated coming-of-age novel from Kate O'Donnell, an exciting new voice in Australian YA. Seventeen-year-old Adelaide is sick of being expected to succeed on other people's...

This January is different. School is over for Alex Delaney and he's waiting for his tertiary offer - only 17 days away. The waiting is killing him. He's not expecting...

Danny's mother died three weeks before his graduation. She had cancer for 5 years, and all she ever wanted to do was to make it to Danny's graduation, she said....

Will Alex win the battle for life? A moving novel about learning to find happiness in the face of uncertainty and discovering a love that transcends the boundary between life...

The third instalment in the hilariously funny life of young Spud Milton. Warning- may cause frequent bouts of hysterical laughter...! Spud Milton (practically a man in most areas) is hoping...

An alien chicken bent on exterminating Earth is disarmed by the power of friendship in this hilarious and heartfelt tale from Lollie-award-winning author Jenny Pearson. Bertie is NOT looking forward...