Young Adult Contemporary

Poor Noah Grimes. His father disappeared years ago, his Beyonce-impersonating mother is an embarrassment, and he's slowly losing his gran to dementia. He only has one friend, Harry, and Noah's...

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....

The #1 New York Times Bestseller! Age range 12 to 17 Over the course of 54 harrowing minutes, the students at Opportunity High struggle to survive-and to understand why one...

Evie, Amber and Lottie: three girls facing down tough issues with the combined powers of friendship, feminism and cheesy snacks. Both hilarious and heart-rending, this is Evie's no-holds-barred story of...

A Michael L. Printz Honor Book Charlie Bucktin, a bookish thirteen year old, is startled one summer night by an urgent knock on his bedroom window. His visitor is Jasper...

Sometimes your destination is not where you arrive... A gorgeously thoughtful novel by the co-author with John Green of 'Will Grayson, Will Grayson' Danny isn't used to having something in...

To accompany the release of the live action movie of The Cat in the Hat, starring Mike Myers, HarperCollins are proud to present Dr. Seuss's original, classic tale of the...

In this gorgeous story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Billie B Brown's family gets a little bigger! In The Big Sister , Billie can't wait for the new baby to...

In this gorgeous story from the blockbuster chapter-book series, Billie B Brown becomes a hairdresser! In The Beautiful Haircut , Billie is the best hairdresser in the world! She can...

Friendship forms in the midst of war between a young German boy and a Russian bomber-dog, in this poignant and gripping historical adventure. East Prussia, Germany, 1945. War is raging...

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...

From the New York Times bestselling creators author Andrea Beaty and illustrator Vashti Harrison, a sweet and playful bedtime book that reminds young readers just how loved they are I...

A heart-wrenching and beautiful First World War novel where, in the face of fear and division, love, courage and kindness allow life to go on after unthinkable tragedy Shortlisted for...

Billy has just been picked to play for Chelsea when WWII breaks out . . . Master storyteller Michael Morpurgo weaves a powerful tale of triumph and tragedy on the...

From the team that brought you I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home comes another funny and sweet lyrical lullaby, celebrating boundless family love. I'll Love You Till the...

In this My First I Can Read!, best friends Big Dog and Little Dog find themselves in a particularly muddy situation! Created by Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man and...

Everyone's favorite curious monkey George learns about height and measurement at an amusement park in this Level Two I Can Read based on the Curious George TV show. Curious George...

AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR When Jake Rollins isn't worrying about his dad going ape-sh*t, he's busy creating out-of- this-world manga and hanging out with his best mate. Jake and his mum spend...

A queer, feminist spin on Stephen King's The Mist, this ode to female-rage is a perfect pick for fans of She Is a Haunting, and a reminder that if "boys...

When a thunderstorm grounds all flights following a huge Muslim convention, four unlikely kids are thrown together. Feek is stuck babysitting his younger sister, but he'd rather be writing a...

A thrilling Christmas board book adventure with pages to peek through and gatefolds to open! From Christopher Franceschelli, creator of the Abrams Block Book series, comes the Abrams Trail Tale...

Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman returns with a brilliantly realised and truly accessible retelling of the book described as Dickens' "most perfect" novel. My story is a long one with...

Penny is excited about the mysterious story she receives for the Penny Dreadful, however, when the story is published, she's shocked to discover that it describes a recent crime. More...

No one survived the party at the penthouse. Except for Athan. Athanasios Athan Bakirtzis has made it far in life relying on his charm and good looks, even securing an...

When Eddy the goldfish takes a leap of faith to be closer to his new friends, his perspective of the world widens in unexpected ways. A funny story about building...

Nikki Maxwell deals with the trials and triumphs of school in the fifteenth installment of the globally bestselling Dork Diaries series. I Love Paris! coming September 2023. Join millions of...

A New York Times Bestseller From the New York Times bestselling author of Better Than the Movies , this "entertaining" ( Publishers Weekly ) rom-com in the vein of She's...

Iris is obsessed with star YouTube ghost hunting duo, Zach and Lucas, who disappeared at an undisclosed location several months ago. Alongside her friend Byron and his girlfriend Molly, Iris...

The runaway romance now a major motion picture streaming on Netflix, starring Virginia Gardner and Alex Aiono! Two teens embark on a journey to Spain to discover the meaning of...

Sometimes even the very best of friends get upset with each other and need to apologize. Kids will relate to this story of Nancy and Bree repairing their close friendship....

I crawled onto the bank and collapsed, exhausted. From the dirt, I looked up in amazement at four dogs staring down at me. Was I dreaming? Had I gone mad?...

Based on the hit ABC KIDS TV show! It's Christmas Day and it's the perfect weather for a family swim! Bartlebee is Bluey's new toy - how will he cope...

This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them. 'Deadly,...

Fifteen-year-old New Yorker Daisy thinks she knows all about love. Her mother died giving birth to her, and now her dad has sent her away for the summer, to live...

She said we didn't know what the world out there had become. We had been alone there so long on that tiny island, in that tiny church. But in the...

Zoe Foster Blake's beloved character Fart is back. Together with his new friend Burp, they're off on an adventure to use their bad pongs for good! Move over Superman and...

The biggest YA debut of the year - Never Let Me Go meets The Handmaid's Tale for the 21st Century On her seventeenth birthday, Cassia meets her Match. Society dictates...

A boy and his beloved budgie are thrust into an epic adventure that could change everything. Absolutely everything. Birds. Lots of birds. The people of the world are puzzled. Their...

The second book in the Atticus Van Tasticus pirate series from the hilariously funny team of Andrew Daddo and Stephen Michael King. ATTICUS VAN TASTICUS is back. And this time...

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...

The Diary of Wimpy Kid series of books, by best-selling author Jeff Kinney, charts the highs and lows of our middle school hero, Greg, as he stumbles and fumbles from...

Exciting, action-packed adventures in Australian history for boys aged 8 to 12. Do you dare . . . Join a rebellion? Stand up to a bully? Risk your life for...

Book 2 in the phenomenally successful Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney. Whatever you do, don't ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer holidays, because he...

WINNER: 2024 MARION ACT Book of the Year, Books for Older Readers WINNER: 2024 Readings Young Adult Prize S HORTLISTED: 2024 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young...

Two Nigerian girls find themselves at the heart of a mysterious conspiracy at an elite British boarding school in this sharply observed, highly entertaining contemporary YA novel brimming with drama,...

A new 20th anniversary edition of the utterly classic Clarice Bean Spells Trouble by bestselling Children's Laureate, Lauren Child.There are so many things in life you can't explain. Like why...

Dark, moreish and chilling - the countdown to Christmas is on ... and time is running out. Every day in December, a gift is left for Eleri in the abandoned...

One kiss could be enough to kill in the first book in the fan-favourite Dark Elements trilogy, from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Blood and...