Children's
Kalpana's Dream
Judith Clarke
Format: Paperback
When Neema's great-grandmother Kalpana leaves her village in India to visit her family in Australia, Neema is not sure how to be friends with her, but a boy on a skateboard brings them together, and they both find something they've long forgotten. Judith Clarke writes with humour and insight, and introduces a teacher known as the Bride of Dracula!
Shelf Life
Robert Corbet
Format: Paperback
This is a red-hot special: sharp, original, funny YA fiction exploring the secret life of 15 diverse young people working in a supermarket, from the author of Fifteen Love. For readers 13+
Hazel Green
Odo Hirsch
Format: Paperback
'Sometimes you are really terrible, Hazel Green. Good, thought Hazel. Everyone should be terrrible sometimes.' A tender, funny tale of determination and discovery, independence and friendship, with the most endearing young heroine you've met in a long time.
Stormriders
Anna Ciddor
Format: Paperback
This third and final book in the popular Viking Magic series, like its predecessors Runestone and Wolfspell, mixes adventure and magic with authentic Viking life and lore to create a breath-taking story for boys and girls 9-12.
The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull
Barry Jonsberg
Format: Paperback
Part quirky journal, part detective fiction, this wild and witty novel is a laugh-out-loud comedy about two unlikely friends who are drawn into a dramatic series of events through their mutual mistrust of their new English teacher.
A Company of Fools
Deborah Ellis
Format: Paperback
From the best-selling author of Parvana and Parvana s Journey comes an extraordinary story for young readers, set in fourteenth century France at the time of the Plague; a story about friendship, courage and the importance of resisting hypocrisy and despair.
Fox
Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks
Format: Paperback
This sophisticated, multi-award winning picture book goes to the heart of human relationships.
The Ballad of Cauldron Bay
Elizabeth Honey
Format: Paperback
Funny, engaging and wise, this novel from the one and only Elizabeth Honey is the third adventure involving Henni and the Stella Street mob. On holiday in a remote old house by the beach, Henni finds that being a teenager is more complicated than being a kid.
Who Will Comfort Toffle?
Tove Jansson, translated by Sophie Hannah
Format: Hard Cover
A tale of Moomin Valley sees Toffle driven from his home by the frightening noises of the forest.
Goodnight Lulu
Paulette Bogan
The perfect bedtime story for kids who are afraid of being left alone
