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Each day Esmeralda collects a variety of objects and waddles down the hill. Everyone wonders why the Saddleback sow is carrying a bottle, fencing wire and a pair of sneakers in her mouth. Only Esmeralda knows. Nothing will stop her. Esmeralda's Nest is a sweet story introducing c...hildren to the days of the week and the way that animals nest.
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After she is set a challenge to test her wisdom, Ling Li returns from the village marketplace with only a lantern to light her way. How will she prove herself to her father? Ling Li's Lantern is a heart-warming story of compassion, kindness and the true nature of wisdom.
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For many refugees the alphabet represents the start of a new language and a new future, but Anisa's Alphabet is different. A poignant and highly imaginative telling of one girl's story which will appeal to children and adults alike ... Come with Anisa, and see things through her ...eyes.
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Age range 9 to 12 It's 1665. Rats have infested homes and alleys in Marie Perrin's provincial French town. Twelve-year-old Marie is set to become a maid, although she hungers for adventure. However, one mistake alters her fate and as punishment she is forced to apprentice for an ...intimidating rat-catcher. Away from her parents and twin brother, and handling gnarly rat traps under Gustave Renard's unusual mentorship, Marie must overcome a new set of challenges which come after a plague enters her town. Are rats responsible for the spread of the illness? Can Marie find a way out of the bubbling danger around her? The Rat-Catcher's Apprentice depicts non-traditional families, belonging and female bravery in an atmospheric historical setting. 'An intrepid heroine, a perilous time in plague-ridden France, a society cleaved by class division. The Rat-Catcher's Apprentice is full of heart and hope with a young girl who dares to dream of a life unrestrained by her gender. A compelling and rollicking MG novel.' - Amra Pajalic 'A gripping, historical adventure story of bravery and belonging.' - Judith Rossell 'An exceptional novel, full of twists and turns and intrigue, with a heart that is brave and kind and true. I adored this timeless story.' - Kate Gordon
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From the team that created One Step at a Time, a CBCA Honour Book, and Papa Sky, a CBCA notable book. Mama Ocean had eyes that sparkled, like sunlight on the sea, and tresses which tumbled and trailed through the tides.But something is troubling Mama Ocean. Who will help her?
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Age range 12+ Imagine a world where all seems normal and yet nothing is - a world very much like our own, yet jarringly unlike. A world where two clandestine organisations, the Ghost Squad and the Base, are engaged in a secret battle for control of information so dangerous it cou...ld literally change life as humans have always known it... A bold, exciting novel with thrilling twists and turns, The Ghost Squad is a novel that will keep readers guessing - and keep them awake.
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Age range 9+ 1901. The slide clunks into the lantern, and Phantoms come alive on the wall. The father-and-son Magic Lantern team of Bert and Tom Eliot are masters of The Art of the Story. The only problem is that they are missing a wife and mother. Then one morning eleven-year-ol...d Tom wakes to find his father missing, too. The Lanternist's apprentice is thrown out of home, forced to work for the arch-criminal Jimmy Sacks, arrested and imprisoned. Will he ever be able to escape with his new friend Max and make the long, flea-bitten, rat-infested journey to Sydney in search of his parents? The Lanternist is a story about stories, and how they show us a way through life, despite callous landladies, corrupt officials, criminal companions and the problems with living in incinerators. But mostly, it is about searching, and making your own endings. Celebrated author Stephen Orr's first foray into young adult literature is a thrilling historical adventure.
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Age range 12+ We hunt to live. We do not live to hunt. The River People and the Mountain People have survived for another season. But at what cost? Pandora has returned to her village. She is haunted both by her failure to bring her friend home and the vision she has seen of the ...last days, The Burning, when creatures swarmed the city. How did these monsters come into being in the first place? And are the last remnants of humanity really safe from them? Whilst Pan now knows how to shoot an arrow, she still does not know the shape of her own heart and the river stone remains in pieces...
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Rafferty Kaminski is a 13-year-old who believes in facts. Not like his Cryptozoologist father, who searches for creatures not proven to exist. When their father disappears in the Flinders Ranges, strange things start happening to Raff and his younger sister Zara. They learn that ...their father belongs to a secret organisation and they are suddenly being pursued by bunyip hunters. Raff is drawn into the weird world of Cryptozoology as he and Zara follow `sightings' of creatures around country Victoria. Will they find their father? And what is the ancient voice that only Raff can hear as they approach the Wombat State Forest?
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James Brandt can't decide who's considered worse in his hometown: aboriginals, vegetarians, or gays. He was two out of three, so he got out early. He's back in town for the first time in twenty years because cousin Tony's body has been found under the Kippen Bridge, although Jame...s is unsure if the Brandts ever worked out their favourite son made the blacklist long before he apparently jumped to his death. The news that Tony has left him the entire family farm triggers James's journalistic curiosity - and his anxiety - which he's starting to suspect came from the same place somewhere in his turbulent journey to adulthood. But it's the brutal homophobic attack James survives that draws him into a hunt for the reasons one lonely Kippen farm boy in every generation kills himself. Standing in the way is James's father, the town's recently retired top cop, who's not prepared to investigate crimes no-one reckons have taken place. James must play nice with family, avoid putting pressure on police, accept the media just aren't interested, and use every newshound's trick he ever learned in order to uncover the circumstances that led to Tony's untimely death... That's if he lives longer than twenty-four hours in this remote community that would prefer he'd never returned.
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