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  • Birrung the Secret Friend (The Secret History Series, #1)

    by Jackie French ...
    The first in a new series that focuses on a secret part of our historyFrom best-selling and award-winning author Jackie French comes a new series for younger readers called the Secret Histories.This first book in the series tells the story of a young indigenous girl Birrung who befriends orphaned Barney and his friend Elsie. Birrung is living with Mr Johnson, chaplain to the Australian colony in ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD

  • The War that Saved My Life

    The award winning modern classic, a New York Times bestseller

    Winner, Newbery Honor Book, United States, 2016Winner, Schneider Family Book Award, United States, 2016Shortlisted, West Australian Young Readers' Book Award, 2017Forbes 25 Top Historical Fiction Books Of All Time selection‘An inimitable, robust, yet lyrically written bildungsroman. Its gentle humour is poignant and heart-warming.’ AustralianAn exceptionally moving story of triumph against all ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD

  • Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

    The CBCA Honour Book for 2022

    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 roughly by the arms. My sister pokes her bruised face out from beneath the table and shouts, 'Run, Sasha! Run!'So I run. I run like a rabbit.It's spring, 1942. The sky is blue, ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • The Girl and the Ghost

    She snaps the locket shut. Just as quickly as he appeared, the boy is gone.Josephine’s heart is hammering. Her skin feels prickly and hot.Surely, she’s imagined him. That’s the only possible explanation. Because boys don’t live in lockets. Not unless they’re ghosts. And ghosts aren’t real. Or are they?When almost-thirteen-year-old Josephine Eloise Thomas moves from Sydney to a chateau in the ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Anca's Story

    a novel of the Holocaust

    by Mark Williams ...
    Three young children smuggle themselves into Auschwitz in search of their mothers.*"Probably the most powerful ending to a book I have ever read.”*“I haven't been so emotionally affected by a book before in all the years I have been reading.”*“Harrowing and gripping. This novel was so different from every other I've read about the Holocaust.”To AncaThis book is dedicated to the real Anca P... ... Read more

    $5.99 AUD

  • Our Australian Girl: The Grace Stories

    The Grace Stories

    by Sofie Laguna ...
    Illustrated by Lucia Masciullo ...
    Series series Our Australian Girl: Collected Stories
    For the first time, read all four Grace stories in one beautiful hardback edition.It's 1808 . . .and Grace's world is about to change - from her tough life as a mudlark on the River Thames in London, to the adventures and challenges she faces as a servant girl in a new country.Journey with Grace across all four exciting stories about a convict girl who's given a second chance.Dreamy, thoughtful, ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • One By One They Disappear

    by Mike Lucas ...
    One girl. Two identities. Three friends.One disappears. One forgets. One remembers.The truth will out. But which one?Another deliciously creepy supernatural YA thriller that chills to the bone with imagined and real horrors. ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • The Scarlet Alchemist

    A dazzling enemies-to-lovers dark fantasy!

    Series series The Scarlet Alchemist
    **You cannot create good without also creating evil.'DAZZLING' Chloe Gong**Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist. But for now, she's trapped practising an illegal form of alchemy - resurrecting the dead for a price.When Zilan finally has the chance to complete her imperial exams, she ventures to the capital to compete against the best alchemists. But her reputation for raising the dead has ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • The Complete Anne of Green Gables Collection

    10 Classic Books by L.M. Montgomery

    Series series Anne of Green Gables
    Welcome to the world of Anne of Green Gables!There is something enchanting in the innocence of children and their extraordinary imaginations. In the Anne of Green Gables books, we follow Anne, a hot-tempered, fiery, passionate, and highly imaginative girl, on her adventures on a small island in Canada.It doesn't matter how old you are, this book will touch you. The magic of this book is in the ... Read more

    $2.32 AUD

  • Tom Appleby, Convict Boy

    by Jackie French ...
    A story of transportation and life in a new world from Australia's Children's LaureateAt the tender age of eight, chimney sweep Tom Appleby is convicted of stealing and sentenced to deportation to Botany Bay. As one of the members of the First Fleet, he arrives in a country that seemingly has little to offer - or little that the English are used to, anyway.Luckily, not long after tom's arrival in ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

  • The Grisha: Siege and Storm

    Book 2

    by Leigh Bardugo ...
    Enter the Grishaverse with the second book of the Shadow & Bone bestselling trilogy and international Netflix sensation by no. 1 New York Times bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Laini Taylor.**Praise for the Grishaverse:"This is what fantasy is for." The New York Times Book ReviewNow with exclusive bonus material: Nikolai Lantsov character art and a Q&... ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

  • To Love a Sunburnt Country

    by Jackie French ...
    Series Book 4 - The Matilda Saga
    In war-torn Malaya, Nancy dreams of Australia - and a young man called Michael.The year is 1942 and the world is at war. Nancy Clancy left school at fourteen to spend a year droving, just like her grandfather Clancy of the Overflow. Now sixteen, Nancy's family has sent her to Malaya to bring home her sister-in-law Moira and baby nephew Gavin. Yet despite the threat of Japanese invasion, Moira ... Read more

    Was $11.99 AUD Now $9.99 AUD

  • Silver Linings

    a heartwarming Australian novel for children and winner of the 2025 NSW Premier's Prize of Children's Writing

    A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina NannestadNettie Sweeney has a dad, three big sisters, a farm full of cows and a cat called Mittens. But it's not enough. She longs for a mother. One with a gentle touch and sparkles in her eyes. Instead, she has Aunty Edith with slappy hands, a sharp tongue and the disturbing belief that peas are proper food.When Dad ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Max and the Midknights

    Join Max's quest to become a knight in this laugh-out-loud New York Times bestselling adventure!Max wants to be a knight - too bad that dream is about as likely as finding a friendly dragon. But when Max's uncle Budrick is kidnapped by the cruel King Gastley, Max has to act . . . and fast! Joined by a band of brave adventurers - the Midknights - Max sets out on a thrilling quest: to save uncle ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

  • The Grisha: Ruin and Rising

    Book 3

    by Leigh Bardugo ...
    Series Book 102 - Shadow and Bone
    Enter the Grishaverse with the third book of the Shadow & Bone bestselling trilogy and international Netflix sensation by no. 1 New York Times bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and** Laini Taylor**.**Praise for the Grishaverse:"This is what fantasy is for." The New York Times Book ReviewNow with exclusive bonus material from Demon in the Wood (a D... ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • Immortality: A Love Story

    the New York Times bestselling tale of mystery, romance and cadavers

    by Dana Schwartz ...
    INSTANT NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!The eagerly-anticipated sequel to Dana Schwartz's Reese's Book Club Winter YA Pick and No.1 New York Times bestselling gothic romance, Anatomy: A Love StoryHazel Sinnett is alone and half-convinced the events of the year before - the immortality, Beecham's vial - were a figment of her imagination. She doesn't even know if Jack is alive or dead. All she can ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • Bloody Tower

    Series series My Story
    Available for the first time as an ebook from the bestselling My Story series, Bloody Tower is an engaging story of 16th century English court. Tilly lives in turbulent times. It's the 1550s; when Queen Mary ousts Lady Jane Grey to win the throne, her executioners are kept busy. Even Princess Elizabeth is imprisoned in the Tower. As Tilly watches the plots and politics of the Tudor court unfolding ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

  • The Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries)

    Series series The Sinclair’s Mysteries
    A gorgeous anniverary edition of the first title in Katherine Woodfine's bestselling debut series, The Sinclair Mysteries. A fast-paced historical mystery adventure for readers aged 9+, with gorgeous Edwardian period detail. Perfect for readers of Robin Stevens' Murder Most Unladylike series and M.G.Leonard’s Adventures on Trains.‘A wonderful book, with a glorious heroine and a true spirit of ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • The Bone Sparrow

    by Zana Fraillon ...
    2017 ABIA Book of the Year for Older ChildrenWinner, Readings Young Adult Book Prize 2017CBCA Honour Book 2017 - Older ReadersShortlisted for the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary AwardsShortlisted fo****r the 2017 Queensland Literary AwardsShortlisted for the 2017 Victorian Premier's Literary AwardsShortlisted for The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2016</s... ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • Kill Joy (A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder)

    by Holly Jackson ...
    Series series A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
    Find out where it all began for Pip in this prequel to the best-selling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder,Good Girl, Bad Blood and As Good As Dead. Previously published in 2021 as a World Book Day title.A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER IS A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERPippa Fitz-Amobi is not in the mood for her friend’s murder mystery party. Especially one that involves 1920’s ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD

  • The World Between Blinks

    Series Book 1 - The World Between Blinks
    Discover a magical world where lost things are found ...Whenever cousins Jake and Marisol get together, adventure follows. They have their late Nana to thank for that. Her epic trips and treasure hunts were the stuff of family legend.This summer, with the whole family reuniting for one last vacation at Nana's home, the cousins are in for a legendary trip of their own.Following a map Nana left ... Read more

    Was $9.99 AUD Now $7.99 AUD

  • Shadow and Bone: bestselling trilogy and international Netflix sensation

    Book 1

    by Leigh Bardugo ...
    Enter the Grishaverse with the first book of the Shadow & Bone bestselling trilogy and international Netflix sensation by no. 1 New York Times bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Laini Taylor.****"This is what fantasy is for." The New York Times Book ReviewNow with exclusive bonus material from Demon in the Wood (a Darkling prequel story) and a Q&A with Leigh ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

  • The Secret Garden

    First published in 1909, "The Secret Garden" is one of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s most popular novels.The book tells the story of Mary Lennox, a spoiled, contrary, solitary child raised in India but sent to live in her uncle’s manor in Yorkshire after her parents' death. She is left to herself by her uncle, Mr. Craven, who travels often to escape the memory of his deceased wife. The only person who ... Read more

    $0.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • If Blood Should Stain the Wattle

    by Jackie French ...
    Series Book 6 - The Matilda Saga
    It’s 1972, and across Australia the catchcry is ‘It’s time’.Time for old folk, time for young folk, time for a new, idealistic Labor government.In Gibber's Creek, it's time for Jed Kelly to choose between past love, Nicholas, the local Labor member, and Sam from the Halfway to Eternity commune. And for Scarlett O'Hara, it's time to dream that one day she becomes a doctor - despite being in a ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD