In this breathless and beautifully crafted tale, twelve-year-old Neen Marrey must separate town gossip from town lore to learn the truth about her mother—and herself.The people of Carrick Island have been whispering behind Neen’s back ever since her father drowned and her mother disappeared. The townspeople say her mother was a merrow and has returned to the ocean. Neen, caught in her hazy new in-between self—not a child, but not quite grown up—can’t help but wonde...

We found my brother in the skybog. It was me that found him.Boson Quirk is dead, face-up in a bog of stars. Almost everyone in Carrick said that the boy was a monster, and now Fermion is sure that the townspeople are looking sideways at her, wondering if she’ll go the way of her cursed, mad twin. When a new voice rises inside her, Fermion begins to wonder the same thing. The voice tells her that the answer to Boson’s affliction lies on the other island, the one that everyo...

A place to call home.Maddy Frank has always lived in Jermyn Street. Always. But now her mum and dad are making her move from the city, far away to some place called Plenty. How will Maddy survive without everything and everyone she knows? Nobody understands. But what about her mysterious new classmate, Grace Wek, who was born in a refugee camp? Could Grace actually understand how Maddy feels?

An exciting new addition to this magical, mythical series.In Carrick things are changing and Mally needs to change too. Her brothers and sisters are fearless, light as scuds, quick as hoppers. Not Mally. She knows too many secrets. Mally is frightened – frozen at the edge of the shore. Out of nowhere comes Dolyn Craig – a sneak and a bully. But that’s not the worst of it. He wants something from Mally. But what?

Life doesn’t just grow you up and leave you there, it keeps beating you into different shapes, like the cliffs.The people of Carrick have been whispering behind Neen’s back for most of her life; ever since her father drowned and her mother disappeared. The townspeople say her mother was a merrow who has returned to her real home in the ocean. But if the villagers are right, then what does this make Neen? This pitiless summer, all the talk will end in trouble. All Neen want...

The people of Carrick Island have been whispering behind Neen's back ever since her father drowned and her mother disappeared. The townspeople say her mother was a merrow and has returned to the ocean. Neen, caught in her hazy new in-between self-not a child, but not quite grown up-can't help but wonder if the villagers are right. But if her mother was a merrow, then what does that make Neen?

Death by design.Evie doesn’t have a choice. One day she’s an ordinary seventeen year old, grieving for her mother. The next, she’s a Shield, the result of a decades-old experiment gone wrong, bound by DNA to defend her best friend from an unknown killer. The threat could come at home, at school, anywhere. All Evie knows is that it will be a fight to the death. And then there’s Jamie. Irresistible. Off-limits.Spark is the first novel in a gripping y...

Join the Rebellion!Ashala Wolf has been captured by Chief Administrator Neville Rose, a man intent on destroying Ashala’s Tribe – the runaway Illegals hiding in the Firstwood. Injured and with her Sleepwalker ability blocked, Ashala is forced to succumb to the machine that will pull secrets from her mind. And right beside her is Justin Connor, her betrayer, watching her every move.The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf is the first book in a thrilling ne...

Six Faces is a cubic world, like a gigantic dice floating in space. On such a strange planet, strange things are bound to happen.Calamity Rainbow is a thief expelled from his Guild for chronic incompetence. Just when everything seems to be going wrong, he finds a medallion in an old shed that he's "visiting". So begins a frantic race across the continent to the origins of the Magia, the true magic.Along for the ride is a cowardly Professor of Cypresstechnology®, a quarterback...

From renowned fantasy author of the Old Kingdom series, Garth Nix, comes an entertaining collection of stories, including one Old Kingdom novella.Across the Wall brings together an electic mix of Garth Nix’s writing spanning several years, beginning with the novella set in the Old Kingdom, “Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case,” winner of two Aurealis Awards.The collection also includes two tales inspired by Arthurian legend, a war story, a ...

WINNER OF THE 2015 GOLD INKY AWARD'If you loved The Devil Wears Prada, you'll dive right into The Intern.'-- Lauren Sams, author of Crazy, Busy, Guilty and She's Having Her BabyJosie Browning dreams of having it all.A perfect academic record, an amazing journalism career - and for her crush to realise she exists. The only problem? Josie can't stop embarrassing her little sister or her best ...

I saw the moon crack and open like an egg, and a seethe of transparent beasts emerged . . .I heard a sound like thunder inside the earth and the ground shook and broke open like a vast stony maw. It spat out fire and I saw wolves falling into a molten gold stream . . .I made my way along the ancient tunnel, following Maruman, who ran lightly ahead of me.I did not ask how he had come to be here. He was the Moonwatcher as I was the Seeker.