Wurrtoo: The Wombat Who Fell in Love with the Sky by Tylissa Elisara
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
Described as an Indigenous Blinky Bill meets Winnie the Pooh, this heartwarming and beautifully illustrated middle-grade novel follows Wurrtoo the wombat on his quest to marry the love of his life, the sky, while facing his fears and learning the importance of friendship along the way. It all began in a ...Show more
Heroes by Alan Gratz
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
December 6, 1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good. Their dads are Navy pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and the boys get a front-row view of the huge battleships and the sparkling water. Yes, World War II is raging in Europe and in Asia, but the US isn't involved in the war and the ...Show more
Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
Michael Morpurgo's children's classic is now a major movie animation starring Cillian Murphy, Sally Hawkins and Ken Watanabe. With screen play by Frank Cottrell-Boyce. From the award-winning author of War Horse. 'A dazzling adventure' - The Times 'I heard the wind above me in the sails. I remember think ...Show more
Leo and Ralph by Peter Carnavas
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
From award-winning storyteller Peter Carnavas comes this stellar novel about space, soccer and the best friend you could ever imagine. Ralph sat up. His voice was croaky. 'If a shooting star zoomed past right now, what would you wish for?' 'To find another friend like you.' Leo and Ralph have been bes ...Show more
Hilda and the Laughing Merman by Luke Pearson, Stephen Davies
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
Based on the hit Netflix series, join Hilda - explorer, adventurer, avid sketchbook-keeper and friend to (almost!) every creature in the valley - as she heads to Scout Camp. Join our beloved heroine as she heads to Scout Camp, hoping for the most normal scouting expedition ever. But, when her expedition ...Show more
The Grimmelings by Rachael King
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
The same evening Josh Underhill went missing, the black horse appeared on the hill above the house. Thirteen-year-old Ella knows that words are powerful. So she should have known better than to utter a wish and a curse on the same day, even in jest. When the boy she has cursed goes missing, in the same ...Show more
Smoke & Mirrors by Barry Jonsberg
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
Grace McKellon isn't a 'people person'. All she needs is her magic tricks and her wise-cracking grandmother - until a new friend comes along and promises to make her a social media star. A wonderful and intriguing middle fiction novel from an internationally acclaimed, bestselling Australian author. I d ...Show more
Girls by Annet Schaap (author, illustrator); Laura Watkinson (translator)
$28.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
A collection of dark, funny retellings of classic fairytales for girls growing up in the modern world 'A wickedly delicious book. Surprising, subversive and totally addictive' Sophie Anderson 'Spell-bound by these clever and witty stories' Yarrow Townsend 'Satisfying, surprising and consistently superb ...Show more
The Bother with the Bonkillyknock Beast: Miss Mary-Kate Martin's Guide to Monsters 3 by Karen Foxlee
$16.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Miss Mary-Kate Martin's Guide to Monsters Ser.
Miss Mary-Kate Martin travels the globe with her family helping solve monstrous problems in this fun fantasy adventure from the multi-award-winning author of Dragon Skin and Lenny's Book of Everything.
Shockingly Good Stories by R.A. Spratt
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
"From R.A. Spratt, bestselling author of Friday Barnes, comes this collection of twenty short stories perfect for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Paul Jennings. Featuring fractured fairytales told by none other than Nanny Piggins, previously unpublished Friday Barnes mysteries and a bunch of othe ...Show more
Astonishingly Good Stories: Twenty short stories from the bestselling author of Friday Barnes by R.A. Spratt
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
From R.A. Spratt, bestselling author of Friday Barnes and Shockingly Good Stories, comes this collection of twenty terrific tales perfect for fans of Roald Dahl, David Walliams and Paul Jennings. Featuring Greek myths and fractured fairytales as told by Nanny Piggins (the world’s most glamorous flying p ...Show more
Tyger by S.F. Said
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
Winner of the British Book Award for Children's Fiction Book of the Year 2023...! Adam has found something incredible in a rubbish dump in London. A mysterious, mythical, magical animal. A TYGER. And the tyger is in danger. Adam and his friend Zadie are determined to help, but it isn't just the tyger's ...Show more