A moving story of one child's life in a conflict zone: Shahana, a young girl living in war-torn Kashmir.*'Open your eyes. We will not hurt you.'The boy quietens; his eyes open.'Where are you from?'The boy stares at them both; then says, 'Who will you tell?'*Shahana lives alone with her young brother in the shadow of the Line of Control, the border patrolled by Pakistani and Indian soldiers that divides Kashmir in two. Life is hard, b...

A heartfelt story of a teenage boy living in the conflict zone of Afghanistan.*The explosion jolts him awake. He sits up, gasping for air, heart thumping.Was the blast real? Perhaps it had only happened in his head, a bad dream. Demons of the dark, his father had called them. 'Push them away. They'll only poison your thoughts. Seek the light and they can't hurt you.'*Naveed is sick of war - of the foreign powers and the Taliban, the warlords and the...

An engaging and suspenseful story about one girl surviving Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013.WINNER: Educational Publishing Awards 2019Angel's family has seen many typhoons. For generations the violent storms have passed across the central Philippines around November, bringing with them drenching rains and strong winds. Lately they seem to be stronger, more destructive, but Angel's family and their neighbours know how to batten down - it's part of t...

A moving story of one child's life in a conflict zone, in Mogadishu, Somalia.Amina lives on the edges of Mogadishu. Her family's house has been damaged in Somalia's long civil war, but they continue to live there, reluctant to leave their home. Amina's world is shattered when government forces come to arrest her father because his art has been officially censored, deemed too political. Then rebel forces kidnap Amina's brother, forcing him to become a soldier in Som...

A suspenseful story of survival and resilience inspired by the 2022 Brisbane floods.The kayak rolled as Max tried to get into it. The shock of capsizing into the cold, dirty water made him gasp and swallow some of it. It tasted muddy and disgusting. Was he going to drown? His chest thudded as he fought the floodwater gushing around him. How long could he hold his breath? He could feel a sense of panic rising.When an unexpected rain bomb hits south-...

A powerful story of one girl's experience of 2019's Cyclone Veronica in Western Australia.Mia is used to cyclone build-ups, but the noise and energy of the wild rain squalls keep her awake half the night. What if the cyclone hits before Mum gets back? As wild winds batter the coast, Mia knows she must keep calm. The animals need her.Thirteen-year-old Mia lives on a bush block in the Pilbara, where she assists her mother's work as a vet and equine t...

A gripping and personal story about one girl's experience of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and its aftermath.WINNER: Educational Publishing Awards 2019Lyla has just started her second year of high school when a magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes Christchurch to pieces. Devastation is everywhere. While her police officer mother and trauma nurse father respond to the disaster, Lyla puts on a brave face, opening their home to neighbours and leading the communi...

A moving story of one child's life in the conflict zone of Sri Lanka.Malini lives with her parents and young sister, Banni, in northern Sri Lanka. As the civil war heads towards its catastrophic end, Malini and her family are herded by Tamil Tiger troops towards the coast where they will act as human shields, along with thousands of other Tamil civilians. When Malini's father pushes a mobile phone into her hands and tells her to run off into the forest with Banni, ...

A powerful and moving story about one boy caught up in the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011.WINNER: Educational Publishing Awards 2019When the tsunami strikes the Japanese coastal town of Omori-wan, the effects are utterly devastating. Three years later, much of what happened on that day is still a mystery. As Hotaka sets about convincing local performers to appear at the town's upcoming Memorial Concert, he finds himself increasingly haunted by memo...

An evocative and compelling story about one boy living through the 2014 drought in Henan, China.WINNER: Educational Publishing Awards 2019Shaozhen has no intention of staying in his remote Henan village and becoming another poor farmer: he'll finish school, and then, hopefully, work in a factory in one of the major cities, just like his father. But when Shaozhen returns home for the summer holidays, imagining days filled with nothing but playing basketball ...

An engaging and suspenseful novel about one girl's experience of the terrifying Tasmanian bushfires.They huddle low, nostrils burning from the smoke. A wave of despair flows over Tye. Nothing will survive this firestorm. The bush and everything she loves will be lost.It's the summer holidays, and Tye is staying at her grandparents' lodge at Chancy's Point in Tasmania's beautiful Central Highlands. But her plans for fun with best friend Lily and wor...

An inspiring story of courage, resilience and hope, set in the Torres Strait Islander community as climate change threatens culture, tradition and connection to place, co-written by Michelle Scott Tucker and proud Torres Strait Islander creator, actor, producer and director Aaron Fa'Aoso.SHORTLISTED: 2025 Children's Book Prize, Queensland Literary AwardsThe crocodile's eyes were yellow, slit by a vertical pupil. The creature remained pe...