One Wrong Turn (#1) by Chenee Marrapodi
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Category: Older Readers
In the competitive world of ballet you always need to be on pointe. If I wanted the lead role, Valentina had to go. A contemporary Ballet Shoes set in an elite dance academy, this compelling coming-of-age novel is all about overcoming pressure, standing up for yourself and the joy of ballet! The perfect ...Show more
When Rain Turns to Snow by Jane Godwin
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Category: Older Readers
A runaway, a baby and a whole lot of questions... Lissa is home on her own after school one afternoon when a stranger turns up on the doorstep carrying a baby. Reed is on the run - surely people are looking for him? He's trying to find out who he really is and thinks Lissa's mum might have some answers ...Show more
A Walk in the Dark by Jane Godwin
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Category: Older Readers
A gripping and suspenseful rite-of-passage novel about five teenagers and one night that will change them all, from award-winning author Jane Godwin. 'It's just a walk in the dark. What is there to worry about?' That's what the head teacher, Johan, says. And so the Year Nines from Otway Community School ...Show more
As Happy as Here by Jane Godwin
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Category: Older Readers
Three teenage girls from very different backgrounds find themselves sharing a hospital ward. When they witness a crime in the park below their window, they bond over trying to solve the crime and each one undergoes a profound change. A beautiful coming-of-age story about identity, expectation, class, j ...Show more
Fearless Frederic by Felice Arena
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Category: Older Readers
When the river rises and the city of Paris begins to disappear under water, Frederic decides to help those who can't help themselves. But as his heroic acts escalate, so does the danger. Frederic will have to battle an escaped zoo animal and fight off pickpockets and looters but, as the waters subside, ...Show more
The Boy and the Spy by Felice Arena
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Category: Older Readers
Life has never been easy for Antonio, but since the war began there are German soldiers on every corner, fearsome gangsters and the fascist police everywhere, and no one ever has enough to eat. But when Antonio decides to trust a man who has literally fallen from the sky, he leaps into an adventure that ...Show more
Sister Heart by Sally Morgan
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Category: Older Readers
A young Aboriginal girl is taken from the north of Australia and sent to an institution in the distant south. There, she slowly makes a new life for herself and, in the face of tragedy, finds strength in new friendships. Poignantly told from the child s perspective, Sister Heart affirms the power of fam ...Show more
We Are Wolves: 2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Shortlist Book by Katrina Nannestad
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Category: Older Readers
Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of the war, the Wolf family must flee. Liesl, Otto and their baby sister Mia find themselves lost and alone, in a blizzard, in the middle of a war zone. Liesl has promised Mama that ...Show more
Waiting for the Storks by Katrina Nannestad
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Category: Older Readers
The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the truck, or the night I was taken, or the family I left behind. I am not a sad Polish girl. I am a good and happy German girl. I am. I am. I am. It's the Second World War and Himmler's Lebensborn Program is in f ...Show more
Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief: CBCA Honour Book 2022 by Katrina Nannestad
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Category: Older Readers
Readers Cup 2023 Winner of the 2022 Indie Book Awards for Childrens Literature Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into the life of Sasha, a soldier at only six years old ... Wood splinters and Mama screams and the nearest soldier seizes her rou ...Show more
The Detective's Guide to New York City by Nicki Greenberg
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Category: Older Readers | Series: The Detective's Guide
Readers Cup 2023 Pepper Stark could not be more thrilled to return to New York City with her father, the Captain. Not only will she be back in the place where her late mother once lived but also she'll reunite with her friends Norah and Sol. But Pepper's excitement for her trip fades when the Captain in ...Show more
Out of Bounds (The Too-Tall Tales of Alma T. Best, #1) by Katherine Collette
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Category: Older Readers | Series: The\Too-Tall Tales of Alma T Best Ser.
When you're 12 years old and 6 foot tall, people ask the most annoying questions. The Number One Most Annoying Question according to Alma T. Best is, 'Do you play basketball?' Uh, no. She hates basketball. Then Alma wins a scholarship to attend Holy Grace, a fancy, basketball-obsessed girls' school ...Show more