Fourteen-year-old Edwina is growing up in a town where nothing ever happens—and her mother wouldn’t let her near it if it did.Then Tom Atkinson comes along. He works with her dad, he’s older and good-looking and he notices her. But he also wants to keep their relationship a secret.Soon there are no rules, and it feels like no one can help.Haunting, challenging, and uncompromising, Our Little Secret remains essential reading.‘Gripping, moving, deliberately co...

The city is under siege. Bombs are commonplace and food has grown scarce. Eleven-year-old Niko and his family need to escape—but can they really get out?Based on the true story of South Australian vet, Jarko Dobes, a Bosnian refugee who experienced of the Siege of Sarajevo as a boy.‘Vividly realised, particularly Niko’s teenage brother and sister who rise to the occasion with courage and inventive flair.’ 4 stars. Katharine England, SA Weekend Magazi...

Five misfits hit the road in a haunted hearse, on a madcap road-trip from their prison-bordering suburb behind the "Mullet-Proof Fence" to small-town Mount Gambier. After Taylor Kennedy makes a fatal Facebook error and is dumped by his best friend, he's befriended by his eccentric next-door neighbour. Aspiring pornographer Chip drives a funeral hearse and talks to dead people, and he wants Taylor's help. But mild-mannered prison escapee Jackson Rollock has other plans. They're liberating J...

Justin’s back, and wants to put the past behind him.Corey’s a footy hero and high-school dropout who can’t even find work picking fruit.Tara wants to be loved. But if her mother doesn’t care, why would anyone else?Margo wants out, and she has a plan to get there.Plans change. Life happens. Some secrets won’t stay buried. Peace isn’t as simple as laying bones to rest.A story about love and loss. About tragic secrets and the length...

Ages 8 to 11 yearsJorge lives in a shanty town on the outskirtsof Paris. Bill, a controller, has an army of childthieves at his command-and Jorge is oneof them.But soon Jorge faces an even bigger threat.His home is to be bulldozed. Where will Jorgesleep? What will happen to his friends, Ada and Gino? Could a burgeoning friendship withAustralian chef, Sticky-Ricky, help Jorge to stop Billand save the army of child-thieves? And will he doit before he ...

Maisy Hayes is doing it tough. There's never enough money, even for the simple things like having a decent breakfast. Her friends have given up inviting her out. And then there's her sister's serious illness, her overwhelmed mum and her latchkey kid brother. It's a lot. Maisy never hears from her dad – not now that he's got a fancy life in a different city with his new wife and kids. Why would he care? Maisy's angry. She feels ripped off. And she's a first-class expert at hiding it – at ma...

'Dene Walker picked me to be her best friend. She had the whole of Tonsley High's year eight to choose from – and she chose me. Me!' Tully can't believe her luck. Dene is famous. Everyone loves her. She has thousands of followers online and hundreds of sponsorship deals. Being best friends with Dene Walker is a dream come true. Tully is soon hardly aware that her long-time bestie Kira exists, as she shapes her own interests and cares to be the person worthy of Dene's attention. And she's n...