When Ellie and six of her friends return home from a camping trip deep in the bush, they find things hideously wrong -- their families gone, houses empty and abandoned, pets and stock dead. Gradually they begin to comprehend that their country has been invaded and everyone in the town has been taken prisoner. As the horrible reality of the situation becomes evident they have to make a life-and-death decision: to run back into the bush and hide, to give themselves up to be with their famili...

"Australia's king of young adult fiction" The AustralianLisa Morris could be the girl next door. She could be your cousin. She could be sitting behind you in class. She could be you.But Lisa, cool and beautiful Lisa, remote and private Lisa, has more going on in her life than anyone imagines.Only her journal knows the truth about her life. Only her journal - and you.Fans of Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and John Flanaga...

From the multi-award winning and bestselling author behind the Tomorrow seriesStaying Alive in Year 5 is a monster hit for primary school readers from one of Australia's most popular storytellers, John Marsden.Scott and his friends are simply staying alive in year 5 until their surprising new teacher, Mr Murlin, comes along.Boring textbooks go into the bin, eating chocolate in class becomes compulsory and suddenly it's OK to be wei...

She lives in the best suburb. She goes to the finest school. Her family is wealthy and powerful. She has everything money can buy. So why are there reporters outside her house? And why is her father telling lies on television? And why is the Premier talking about them in State Parliament? Something is wrong. Something is terribly wrong. Riveting and compulsively readable, John Marsden's Checkers plunges us deep in the mind and world of a teenage girl whose life has spun completely out of c...

A riveting story of courage, hope and extraordinary adventure."You will hardly read a more fascinating account of a convict's voyage to Australia" Australian Book ReviewThirteen-year-old Barnaby Fletch is a bag-and-bones orphan in London in the late 1700s.Barnaby lives on his wits and ill-gotten gains, on streets seething with the press of the throng and shadowed by sinister figures. Life is a precarious business.Wh...

"Australia's king of young adult fiction" The AustralianWinter is sixteen. It's time to come home.For twelve years Winter has been haunted. Her past, her memories, her feelings, will not leave her alone. And now, at sixteen, the time has come for her to act.Every journey begins with a single step. If Winter is going to step into the future, she must first step into the past.Winter is an intense, em...

One of the greatest medieval warriors Harald Sigurdsson, nicknamed Hardrada (Harold the Ruthless or hard ruler) fell in battle in an attempt to snatch the crown of England. The spectacular and heroic career which ended at Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire on 25 September 1066 had taken Harald from Norway to Russia and Constantinople and saw him gain a kingdom by force and determination rather than right or inheritance. He was one of the most feared rulers in Europe and was firs...

John Marsden is not just one of Australia's most successful writers of all time; he's also one of our best teachers of writing."Highly recommended" Sun Herald"The most exciting, interesting and useful book on the teaching of writing" Australian English TeacherThe ultimate "get off your bum and do it" book, Everything I Know About Writing will motivate anyone to write. It's...

A book for all people. And all who read it will be changed by the experience.". . . an extraordinary book. . . I would commend it to everybody." Terry Lane, ABC RadioThe Journey is a story of young people in a world so different and yet so like our own. It is a world in which young people must undertake a journey of discovery on their way to becoming adults.Fourteen-year-old Argus sets out on his journey aw...

"Australia's king of young adult fiction" The AustralianShe has parents, a brother, friends and a dog. Sometimes the dog seems like the only one she can trust.Her life is about to fall apart.The dog is Checkers.The book is unforgettable.Fans of Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and John Flanagan will love John Marsden.

From the mutli-award winning and bestselling author of the Tomorrow series."Australia's king of young adult fiction" The AustralianYou move into the most boring street in the most boring town in Australia. Tarrawagga is a hole. Its only ambition is to be a crater, and it has every chance of getting there.The last thing you expect is to have action all around you, dangerous strangers in the backyard and bullets flyi...

The follow-up to the bestselling Tomorrow seriesBOOK 2 IN THE ELLIE CHRONICLES TRILOGY"Addictive reading" Sydney Morning Herald"Australia's king of young adult fiction" The AustralianPacked full of action and high-drama, John Marsden delivers another fast-paced adventure that will thrill old fans and new readers alike."I held my line. I knew from the war, if not...