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It's the height of summer in Australia, 1979, and on a quiet suburban cul-de-sac in Canberra a housewife is scrubbing the yellow and white chequered tiles of the bathroom floor. But all is not as it seems. For one thing, it's 3 am. For another, she is trying desperately to remove all traces of bl...

Jolene's first day of summer vacation is not going as planned. Her best friend has moved away, and her mom just tried to throw out her very favorite rain boots that are 100 percent not too small and don't have a hole in the bottom of one that makes her foot wet. But Jolene finds herself on an une...

"Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows: friends, not-friends, and classmates who think the school year is just one long gross-out session. It ...

Contemporary fiction. Eighty-one-year-old Maggie Burkhardt has left it all behind. After the death of her husband and the tragic loss of her daughter Julia, she fled her native Wisconsin and has spent the last five years ping-ponging between the world's luxury hotels. Now she has finally come to ...

Lost in the depths of the Underworld, Percy and Annabeth's lives rest in the hands of their friends and fellow demigods -- Jason, Piper, Leo, Hazel and Frank. If the five can fight their way through Gaea's forces, and Percy and Annabeth can survive the House of Hades, then they will be able to se...

When all school holidays are cancelled at Ella Mentry School, A.J. and the gang work with teachers to figure out weird-but-real holidays they can observe, in a book featuring pages of puzzles, games and more.

In recent years, the trust in Australian politics and politicians has been at an all-time low. From political polarisation and the spread of disinformation to the lack of trust in the public institutions that underpin our government, the truth can often be hard to find. How Australian Democracy W...

Alice Peel, co-founder of Grow Your Mind a ground-breaking wellbeing program that helps children develop resilience takes on the life skills and emotional dilemmas 'good enough' kids face every day. Packed with great advice on how to be mentally fit and resilient and how to deal with jealousy amo...

Unlike his dad, Stoick the Vast, Hiccup is tiny, thoughtful and polite and scared of almost everything - especially of going to sea for the very first time. But go he must... So who will save the day when everything goes disgustingly wrong aboard ship and all the big Vikings lose their cool?

How to Retire on $3000 a Week is a comprehensive guide to property investing, designed to empower readers with proven frameworks, practical tools, and actionable strategies to achieve financial freedom.

Pilgrim is the codename for a man who doesn't exist. The adopted son of a wealthy American family, he once headed up a secret espionage unit for US intelligence. Before he disappeared into anonymous retirement, he wrote the definitive book on forensic criminal investigation. But that book will co...

Peppa and her family are visiting the zoo! What animals do you think they'll see? Join them as they play I-spy and choose which animal to visit next. This chunky tabbed board book is the perfect introduction to the zoo. Follow the tabs and meet the monkeys, parrots and penguins with Peppa. I spy ...

Embark on a journey of imagination and discovery in Christy Tania's first dessert cookbook, Imagine. Christy sprung to fame through her charismatic, winning performances on Masterchef Desserts and now she generously shares her secrets with you. Featuring over 50 foundational 'basic' recipes, read...

Which is the truth and which is the lie? Now that Ella knows who Juliette is and what she was created for, things have only become more complicated. As she struggles to understand the past that haunts her and looks to a future more uncertain than ever, the lines between right and wrong -- between...

James Longman was a preteen in boarding school when his dad, who was diagnosed with depression and schizophrenia, died by suicide. As he got older, James's own bouts of depression spurred him to examine how his father's mental health might have affected his own. He engaged with experts to uncover...

When 12-year-old Sid discovers a talking octopus in his family's fish shop, he is not happy. Sid is trying to keep a low profile from the bullies at school while he waits to get into the art school of his dreams - so the last thing he needs is a pesky, know-it-all, opera-singing octopus called Ot...

This book is all about asking for, giving and not giving permission, which is usually called consent. Using child-friendly explanations and colourful illustrations this book helps you to teach children that it's OK to say no when they feel uncomfortable, and that they should respect when others s...

Join a plucky little penguin on the journey of a lifetime. Jonty is a young gentoo penguin who longs to find his true home at the South Pole. One night, he sneaks out of the zoo and sets off on an amazing adventure, all the way to Antarctica (with an accidental detour via the North Pole.) It's an...

A kaleidoscopic portrait of one family's displacement across four countries, Kantika-'song' in Ladino-follows the joys and losses of Rebecca Cohen, feisty daughter of the Sephardic elite of early 20th-century Istanbul. When the Cohens lose their wealth and are forced to move to Barcelona and star...

Giacomo Brolo, aka Jack, is a mess. He works piecemeal construction gigs in remote WA, drinks himself to oblivion and is estranged from his family and friends. But then Jack returns to his hometown of Geraldton for a family wedding. He hasn't been back since he fled at the age of eighteen, and hi...

When Pamela Churchill Harriman died in 1997, the obituaries that followed were predictably scathing - and many were downright sexist. Written off as a mere courtesan and social climber, her true legacy was overshadowed by a glamorous social life and her infamous erotic adventures. Much of what sh...

Tadeusz Kosciuszko, who lived from 1746 to 1817, is the most famous person Australians probably know absolutely nothing about. A military engineer, freedom fighter, and champion of human rights, this extraordinary revolutionary was crucial to the success of the American War of Independence, then ...

'Hi, I'm Luna! This diary you're reading? My mum's idea. She said it will help me to focus. You see, my mind is always racing with a million thoughts! I have so much I want to say and do! So, I'm going to use this diary to show you everything that's going on in my world...' Luna Merrian is a ten-...

Explains how the Nakba was marked not just by forced expulsions but also widespread looting of Palestinian property.

Millie and Stella’s very favourite thing is riding their ponies together. But gates are being left open in their paddock, and Millie and Stella are being blamed! Can the girls figure out who is behind the mischief before their beloved ponies are put in danger? The first book in an uplifting and i...

Lyla's Story is a gorgeous picture book based on a true story. Written from the heart, it features beautiful hand-painted illustrations. Lyla is a schoolgirl who struggles to express herself through oral language. Being neurodivergent makes it incredibly difficult for Lyla to make friends and fee...

Maggie the dragon is the best flyer. She loves to do skydives, barrel rolls and heaps of loop-de-loops! Maggie's job is to guard the most faraway edges of the kingdom. She's not scared of any creature, big or small, even the scary ones. The problem is that other creatures are sometimes scared of ...

The injustices of the past and dangers of the present envelop Aboriginal policewoman Renee Taylor, when her unwilling return to the small outback town of her childhood plunges her into the investigation of a brutal murder. Renee Taylor is planning to stay the minimum amount of time in her remote ...

A winter sunrise over the great plains of Russia is no cause for celebration. The temperature barely rises above zero, and the guards at Penal Colony IK22 are determined to take their misery out on the prisoners, chief among them, one Zoya Zakharova. Once a master spy for Russian foreign intellig...

Banished to the Midwatch Institute for Orphans, Runaways and Unwanted Girls, Maggie Fishbone is sure she's in for a life of drudgery. But she quickly discovers there's more to the Midwatch than meets the eye... The city shimmers with jewels and secrets, and soon Maggie is thrust into an adventure...