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We Are Wolves

Sometimes it's good to be wild.

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When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of the war, the Wolf family must flee. Liesl, Otto and their baby sister Mia fin…

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Sick Bay

Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She’s struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to school and buries her head in books.

New girl Riley is a type 1 diabetic with an over-protective mot…

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Exit Through the Gift Shop

Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is discovering that life is absurd. As if dying of cancer at the age of 12.5 isn't bad enough, she still has…

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The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

Clem Timmins can't wait to see her best friends after being apart all summer holidays. But when they get back together, things have changed. Bridge is boy-crazy and acting like a different person. Ell…

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Waiting for the Storks

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad.

I don't want to remember the truck, or the night I was taken, or the family I left behind. I am not a sad Polish girl. I am a good and…

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Grace Notes

, This song has a grace note
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All the Beautiful Things

A new heart-wrenching, impeccably researched historical novel for middle-grade readers

The Nazis want everyone to be the same. If you're different, you don't belong.

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The Ledge

When human remains are discovered in the forests of regional Victoria, the police are baffled, the locals are shocked, and one group of old friends starts to panic. Their long-held secret is about to …

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Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her mum are always moving on, Eleanor likes to stay on the outer, to stay invisible. So maybe it’s just b…

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Silver Linings

A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad

Nettie Sweeney has a dad, three big sisters, a farm full of cows and a cat called Mittens. But it's not enough.…

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Tiger Daughter

IBBY Honour List 2024
A Kirkus, Booklist, She Reads and Amazon Best Book of 2023
Winner, People's Choice Award, 2022 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards
Winner, CBCA Book of the Year: Older Readers
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The Night War

From the two-time Newbery Honor-winning author of The War That Saved My Life and Fighting Words comes a middle grade novel set at the border between freedom and fear in World War II France, at the Cha…

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The White Girl

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A Glasshouse of Stars

Meixing Lim and her family have arrived at the New House in the New Land, inherited from First Uncle who died tragically and unexpectedly while picking oranges in the backyard. Everything is vast and …

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Sunshine on Vinegar Street

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Runt

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author of Jasper Jones and Honeybee .

'You don't have to carry the weight of the world in your tool belt.'

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A wise and moving story about a family navigating grief, hope, and healing through a bond with a new pet rabbit.

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Scar Town

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human bones in an old house that’s sticking out of a rapidly receding lake amid the worst drought in histo…

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