We Are Wolves: 2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Shortlist Book by Katrina Nannestad
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader
Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of the war, the Wolf family must flee. Liesl, Otto and their baby sister Mia find themselves lost and alone, in a blizzard, in the middle of a war zone. Liesl has promised Mama that ...Show more
The Great Gallipoli Escape by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader
Renowned for her historical fiction titles, Jackie French now tells the story of the brilliant and famous evacuation of Gallipoli. Sixteen-year-old Nipper and his Gallipoli mates Lanky, Spud, Bluey and Wallaby Joe are starving, freezing and ill-equipped. By November 1915 they know that that there is mo ...Show more
Waiting for the Storks by Katrina Nannestad
$22.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader
The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the truck, or the night I was taken, or the family I left behind. I am not a sad Polish girl. I am a good and happy German girl. I am. I am. I am. It's the Second World War and Himmler's Lebensborn Program is in f ...Show more
11 Ruby Road: 1900 by Charlotte Barkla
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Category: Middle Reader | Series: Ruby Road Ser.
Perfect period fiction for middle-grade girls - for fans of the Our Australian Girl series It is 1900 and Dorothy and her family have just moved to a new house at 11 Ruby Road. Ruby Road is a busy street, bustling with activity - families and children, noisy carts and animals. The house is close enough ...Show more
The Bone Sparrow by Zana Fraillon
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Category: Middle Reader | Series: Refugee issues
Born in a refugee camp, all Subhi knows of the world is that he's at least 19 fence diamonds high, the nice Jackets never stay long, and at night he dreams that the sea finds its way to his tent, bringing with it unusual treasures. And one day it brings him Jimmie. Carrying a notebook that she's unable ...Show more
11 Ruby Road: 1925 by Charlotte Barkla
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Category: Middle Reader | Series: Ruby Road Ser.
The second book in the 11 Ruby Road series set in the roaring 1920s - perfect period fiction for middle-grade readers and for fans of the Our Australian Girl series. It is 1925 and Bert Mueller and his German-Australian family have moved from Ipswich to their new house at 11 Ruby Road. Bert's father ha ...Show more
Small Acts by Kate Gordon, Kate Foster
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader
From acclaimed authors Kate Foster and Kate Gordon, a special story about being kind to others... and yourself. There are people everywhere who need help, who might seem okay on the outside but aren't on the inside. People whose whole entire day can be changed ... Josh wants a friend but he doesn't kn ...Show more
The Majorly Awkward BFF Dramas of Lottie Brooks (Lottie Brooks #6) by Katie Kirby
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Category: Middle Reader | Series: Lottie Brooks
Lottie Brooks is BACK and she's as BRILLIANT as ever! At long last Lottie and Daniel are an official couple and everything seems to be going super well (except for Amber being increasingly mean and jealous, but what's new there?). Amber decides it's ludicrous that Lottie has a boyfriend and she doesn't ...Show more
Scar Town: Winner of the CBCA Book of the Year Younger Readers 2024 by Tristan Bancks
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader
A missing father. A drowned town. A buried secret. Three friends on a dangerous mission to uncover the truth.Seven years after Old Scarborough was drowned, a house is emerging from the water. Will and his friends Dar and Juno dare each other to explore it.But when they find bones - and a stash of cash - ...Show more
Six Summers of Tash and Leopold by Danielle Binks
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Category: Middle Reader
Leopold and Alytash - Leo and Tash - 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 wi ...Show more
Losing the Plot by Annaleise Byrd
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Category: Middle Reader
A tremendous whooshing noise started up. It sounded like a million pages being riffled at once. I caught a strong whiff of gingerbread. Then The Complete Fairytales of the Brothers Grimm flew open and a human-shaped blur came shooting out … Basil Beedon and Terry Clegg are neighbours, and that's all the ...Show more
Finding Bear (#2 The Last Bear HB) by Hannah Gold
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader
The unmissable follow-up to the phenomenal bestselling and award-winning The Last Bear. Beautifully illustrated by Levi Pinfold and perfect for readers 8+. April Wood has returned home from her adventure on Bear Island. But, over a year later, she can’t stop thinking about Bear.When April hears that a ...Show more