Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real love story about a girl, a ghost, a grandmother, and growing up. It's the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium: Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to beco ...Show more
The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
A castle, a bridge, and dangerous secrets- in this page-turning story, set in Nazi-occupied France, a 12 year-old Jewish girl must learn who to trust and how to find her courage. 'We don't choose how we feel, but we choose how we act. Choose courage.' From the two-time Newbery Honor-winner and a #1 New ...Show more
The Puppets of Spelhorst (HB) by Kate DiCamillo
$25.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale, enchantingly illustrated, in which five puppets confront circumstances beyond their control with patience, cunning and high spirits. Once, there was a king. And a wolf. And a girl with a shepherd’s crook. And a boy with a bow and arro ...Show more
Finding Wonder by Lauren St John
$18.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
An epic, beautiful, extraordinary story about finding wonder, and horses, in the most unlikely of places. A WINNING TICKETA STOLEN HORSETHE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Orphaned Roo Thorn feels like the unluckiest girl in the world. Until she discovers a letter. A letter which urges her to 'Grab life by th ...Show more
A Small Collection of Happinesses: A tale of loneliness, grumpiness and one extraordinary friendship by Zana Fraillon
$15.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
An unforgettable story of friendship, hope and happiness from two masters of their craft, renowned Australian writer Zana Fraillon and illustrator Stephen Michael King. Are you ready? Are you listening? Something is about to begin. When Ada arrives on the day of the Great Summer Storm, it is like the ...Show more
The Apprentice Witnesser by Bren MacDibble
$18.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
That's what my photos are. Little moments. All the good moments, the kind moments, the moments of care and love that, if you add them all together, make a life sweet. Bastienne Scull is a young orphan who lives with the local Witnesser of Miracles, Lodyma Darsey, who investigates 'miraculous events' an ...Show more
Batthew Aromascent and the Missing Corpse Flower: Batthew Aromascent #1 by Ella Mulvey, John Roebuck
$18.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Batthew Aromascent Ser.
The first dazzling book in an exciting new adventure mystery series about the rich world of fragrance, starring a young Nose named Batthew Aromascent, whose parents disappeared under mysterious circumstances. When the world’s largest and most pungent flower goes missing right before its grand unveil ...Show more
Tweet by Morris Gleitzman
$18.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
A boy and his beloved budgie are thrust into an epic adventure that could change everything. Absolutely everything. Birds. Lots of birds. The people of the world are puzzled. Their feathered friends are trying to tell them something, and they’re not sure what it is. Then a boy and his pet budgie discov ...Show more
The Blunders by David Walliams
$23.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
Absurd and hilarious, The Blunders is David Walliams’ funniest book yet – a laugh-out-loud tale of the most blundering and lovable family in history! A hugely entertaining adventure that combines timeless, nonstop comedy, the wild inventiveness of comics, a crumbling old house and a madcap family full ...Show more
Runt by Craig Silvey
$23.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
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.' Annie Shearer lives in the country town of Upson Downs with her best friend, an adopted stray dog called R ...Show more
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (#3 Nevermoor) by Jessica Townsend
$19.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Nevermoor
Morrigan Crow and her friends have survived their first year as proud scholars of the elite Wundrous Society, helped bring down the nefarious Ghastly Market, and proven themselves loyal to Unit 919. Now Morrigan faces a new, exciting challenge: to master the mysterious Wretched Arts of the Accomplished ...Show more
The Fight for the Hidden Realm (#1 Paper Dragons) by Siobhan McDermott
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Paper Dragons Ser.
An extraordinary destiny unfolds . . .In a village above the cloud sea, twelve-year-old orphan Zhi Ging is chosen to become a Silhouette, an apprentice to the immortals. Taken to an underwater realm, she begins her training, competes in thrilling challenges and discovers she can awaken a special sort of ...Show more