'A marvel of wonder and experience' ALICE PUNGA coming-of-age story inspired by true events in Australia in World War I that explores the things that separate us and those that bring us together, from an award-winning author.Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.- William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 3Langwarrin, Victoria, 1...

'A gorgeous book ... it's timeless and beautiful and it deserves to be read by people of all ages.' MELINA MARCHETTAShortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2021A CBCA Notable Book for Younger Readers 2021Shortlisted for the Readings Children's Book Prize 2021Longlisted for the ABIA Book of the Year Award for Young Children 2021Longlisted for the Indi...

Wolf Hollow meets The Thing About Jellyfish in Danielle Binks’s debut middle grade novel set in 1999, where a twelve-year-old girl grapples with the meaning of home and family amidst a refugee crisis that has divided her town."Timeless and beautiful, and it deserves to be read by people of all ages." —Printz Award-winning author Melina MarchettaIf you asked eleven-year-old Fred to draw a map of her family, it would be a bit confusing. Her birth father was never in the pictu...

A CBCA NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER READERS 2025Alytash and Leopold - Tash and Leo - are neighbours who used to be best friends, but aren't anymore, for reasons that Leo doesn't entirely understand. But now it's the last week of Year Six and Tash is standing in Leo's front yard with a misdelivered letter - and a favour to ask.It's a request that will set off a chain of events in their little crescent in Noble Park, a suburb that is changing, and fas...

WINNER OF A 2018 BOOK OF THE YEAR ABIABestsellers. Award-winners. Superstars.This anthology has them all.With brilliantly entertaining short stories from beloved young adult authors Amie Kaufman, Melissa Keil, Will Kostakis, Ellie Marney, Jaclyn Moriarty, Michael Pryor, Alice Pung, Gabrielle Tozer, Lili Wilkinson and Danielle Binks, this all-new collection will show the world exactly how much there is to love about Aussie YA.Harnessi...

WINNER OF A 2018 BOOK OF THE YEAR ABIABestsellers. Award-winners. Superstars.This anthology has them all.With brilliantly entertaining short stories from beloved young adult authors Amie Kaufman, Melissa Keil, Will Kostakis, Ellie Marney, Jaclyn Moriarty, Michael Pryor, Alice Pung, Gabrielle Tozer, Lili Wilkinson and Danielle Binks, this all-new collection will show the world exactly how much there is to love about Aussie YA.Harnessi...

'A marvel of wonder and experience' ALICE PUNGA coming-of-age story inspired by true events in Australia in World War I that explores the things that separate us and those that bring us together, from an award-winning author.Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel.- William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 3Langwarrin, Victoria, 1914. The...

A CBCA NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER READERS 2025Alytash and Leopold - Tash and Leo - are neighbours who used to be best friends, but aren't anymore, for reasons that Leo doesn't entirely understand. But now it's the last week of Year Six and Tash is standing in Leo's front yard with a misdelivered letter - and a favour to ask.It's a request that will set off a chain of events in their little crescent in Noble Park, a suburb that is changing, and fas...

Wolf Hollow meets The Thing About Jellyfish in Danielle Binks’s debut middle grade novel set in 1999, where a twelve-year-old girl grapples with the meaning of home and family amidst a refugee crisis that has divided her town.""Timeless and beautiful, and it deserves to be read by people of all ages."" —Printz Award-winning author Melina MarchettaIf you asked eleven-year-old Fred to draw a map of her family, it would be a ...

'A gorgeous book ... it's timeless and beautiful and it deserves to be read by people of all ages.' MELINA MARCHETTAShortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2021A CBCA Notable Book for Younger Readers 2021Shortlisted for the Readings Children's Book Prize 2021Longlisted for the ABIA Book of the Year Award for Young Children 2021Longlisted for the Indi...

Taylor Markham is now a senior at the Jellicoe School, and has been made leader of the boarders. She is responsible for keeping the upper hand in the territory wars with the townies, and the cadets who camp on the edge of the school's property over summer. She has to keep her students safe and the territories enforced and to deal with Jonah Griggs - the leader of the cadets and someone she'd rather forget. But what she needs to do, more than anything, is unravel the mystery of her past and...

A Kirkus Prize nominee with five starred reviews! A New York Times bestseller!2018 Audie Award® nominee for Best Male Narrator!Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR and the New York Public Library!"The queer teen historical you didn’t know was missing from your life.”***—*Teen Vogue"A stunning powerhouse of a story."**...