The Dog on the Tuckerbox (Corinne Fenton, illus by Peter Gouldthorpe, Walker Books)
The Dog on the Tuckerbox brings to life one of Australia’s most iconic stories about the mateship and hardship experienced by early Europeans in Australia. We follow the story of...
A Very Unusual Pursuit: City of Orphans book one (Catherine Jinks, A&U)
Prolific author Catherine Jinks is back with a brand new series, ‘City of Orphans’. The first book, A Very Unusual Pursuit, is set in Victorian London and stars 10-year-old Birdie,...
Catch the Zolt: The Debt Instalment One (Phillip Gwynne, A&U)
It’s a warm, cloudless day on the Gold Coast when elite runner Dom Silvagni turns 15. On his routine morning run, an altercation with a white van changes things forever....
Bad Grammar (Nathan Luff, Walker Books)
Marcus is a great warrior—a dragonslayer! At least, he is online. Gaming is the one place he feels at home since his only friend Bashir moved to India, a fact...
Tyrannosaurus in the Veggie Patch: Saurus Street 1 (Nick Falk, illus by Tony Flowers, Random House)
At some point most of us poke around in the garden for signs that dinosaurs used to roam our backyards—the fantasy ends when all that’s unearthed is a broken bit...