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The Remarkable Secret of Aurelie Bonhoffen

The Remarkable Secret of Aurelie Bonhoffen (Paperback, New title)

By Abela, Deborah

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Aurelie Bonhoffen's family operate Bonhoffen's Seaside Pier, a rundown amusement park. Times are grim and they face crippling taxes, dwindling audiences and the constant pressure of developers to sell. Ages 8+.

ISBN 9781741660951
Published 17 April 2009 by Random House
Interest Age 8-11 years
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Peekaboo, Baby!

Peekaboo, Baby! (Hardback)

By Kinkaid, Claire; Illustrated by Starace, Tom; Polillio, Joe

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You and your baby will enjoy lifting the flaps and playing peekaboo together while learning about emotions. Peekaboo!

ISBN 9780061448850
Published 16 June 2009 by HarperCollins
Interest Age 0-2 years
Series Fisher-Price
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Sylvia
 

Sylvia (Paperback)

By Courtenay, Bryce

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Presents the story of the Children's Crusade, which occurred in the year 1212. This title is also a story of how, throughout some of the darkest medieval times, the redeeming power and strength of a young woman's love and intelligence prevail over poverty, brutality and bigotry. ...

ISBN 9780143006992
Published 7 January 2008 by Penguin
Interest Age 12-15 years
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The Wish Kin

The Wish Kin (Paperback, First novel by this author)

By Hedley, Joss

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Colm and Lydia are part of a generation of children who have never seen rain. As they wander through this Mad Max landscape, hoping to meet up with their father, they hear of a great underground fire that is incinerating the earth. A futuristic novel set in Australia when the ear ...

ISBN 9780330423724
Published 1 April 2008 by Pan Macmillan
Interest Age 13-19 years
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The Giant Hug

The Giant Hug (Hardback)

By Horning, Sandra; Illustrated by Gorbachev, Valeri

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When Owen sends a real hug to his grandmother for her birthday he inadvertently brings cheer to the postal workers as they pass the hug along.

ISBN 9780375924774
Published 1 July 2008 by Random House
Interest Age 4-8 years
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Jade Green: A Ghost Story

Jade Green: A Ghost Story (Other book format/Other)

By Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

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While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders if her one small transgression has caused mysterious happenings.

ISBN 9780689820052
Published 15 March 2000 by Simon & Schuster
Interest Age 10-14 years
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Marsupial Sue Presents The Runaway Pancake
 

Marsupial Sue Presents The Runaway Pancake (Paperback)

By Lithgow, John; Illustrated by Davis, Jack E.

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Marsupial Sue joins her outback friends to put on a play about a Runaway Pancake. This spin on a classic tale is sure to delight readers, who will learn how to put on a play as they enjoy this story by a New York Times -bestselling team. Full color.

ISBN 9780689878480
Published 9 December 2008 by Simon & Schuster
Interest Age 4-8 years
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Life Bytes

Life Bytes (Paperback)

Edited by Evans, Alwyn; Foreword by Winton, Tim

A collection of prize-winning stories selected from the entries for the Tim Winton Young Writers Award. Written by 8-13 year olds, these stories tell about life experiences and how, even when something bad happens, life goes on. Foreword by Tim Winton. Ages 8-13.

ISBN 9781863683821
Published 1 July 2002 by Fremantle Press
Interest Age 9-12 years
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Global Cooling

Global Cooling (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Reiter, David Philip

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The second in a trilogy of environmentally conscious but enjoyable novels for kids who want to learn about how to save the Earth. After their early success with Project Earth-Mend in Canberra in The Greenhouse Effect, Tiger the Cat bids farewell to his owner, Alexander, and head ...

ISBN 9781876819767
Published 1 January 2009 by Interactive Publications
Interest Age 8-12 years
Series Project Earth-mend
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Lame Duck Protest

Lame Duck Protest (Hardback)

By Alexander, Goldie; Illustrated by Gaudion, Michele

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When Hanna and her younger sister Zoe find a duckling with a broken leg in a nearby park, they are determined to nurse it back to health. But after doing so, they realise that an even greater threat to the duckling has appeared: someone wants to develop the park into a shoppi ...

ISBN 9781921479137
Published 1 March 2009 by Interactive Publications
Interest Age 8-12 years
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