Aster's Good, Right Things (Aster, #1)
By: Kate Gordon
4.28
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
"I can’t let go of them – the good, right things—because if I do I’ll turn into a cloud and I’ll fl…
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1. Once (Once, #1)
By: Morris Gleitzman
3.63
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
Onceby Morris Gleitzman is the story of a young Jewish boy who is determined to escape the orphanag… read more
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2. Runt
By: Craig Silvey
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more
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3. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer
By: Amy Doak
3.69
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more
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4. Sick Bay
By: Nova Weetman
4.28
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She’s struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to… read more
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5. The Book of Chance
By: Sue Whiting
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Chance is a black-and-white thinker until she realises that sometimes there are shades of grey. … read more
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"Things had changed in a way that no one could have ever expected - and I ached with regret."-Sue Whiting, The Book of Chance
"It will pass. You'll see. It always passes when there is love. I have had much hurt in my life, and look at us now. Nothing can change what has happened, but we can march forwards."-Sue Whiting, The Book of Chance
6. We Are Wolves
By: Katrina Nannestad
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches … read more
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"Books are treasure."-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves
"How do you thank someone for saving your sister?"-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves
"I don't want to stop because when the songs and rhymes and stories and all the German words are gone, I will be gone. Liesl Anna Wolf will be no more."-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves
7. Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief
By: Katrina Nannestad
4.51
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into… read more
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8. The Grandest Bookshop in the World (The Grandest Bookshop in the World #1)
By: Amelia Mellor
3.86
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole’s Book Arcade in … read more
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9. Are You There, Buddha?
By: Pip Harry
4.27
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
A fresh, funny and very contemporary take on puberty, first periods and relationships from the CBCA… read more
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10. The Quiet and the Loud
By: Helena Fox
3.99
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A heartbreaking, hopeful, and timely novel about holding too tight to family secrets, healing from … read more
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"And for a moment - here, now - we aren't the pregnant girl or the quiet girl. We aren't scared of death, or of memories oozing out of the dark. We are two girls, suspended. Timeless. Immense. Untouch…"-Helena Fox, The Quiet and the Loud
11. Exit Through the Gift Shop
By: Maryam Master
4.10
Format: None pages, ebook
Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is disc… read more
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12. A Glasshouse of Stars
By: Shirley Marr
3.98
Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Meixing Lim and her family have arrived at the New House in the New Land, inherited from First Uncl… read more
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"It is then you understand that Kevin isn't angry at the world; he's angry at himself."-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars
"The promise touches your face softly and wraps itself gently around you, planting a seed of hope in your heart."-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars
"Are you scared of the darkness?" Kevin asks you. "No," you say. With your answer, the black sky is at once filled with a million galaxies. It is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen. "No," you…"-Shirley Marr, A Glasshouse of Stars
13. Huda and Me
By: H. Hayek
4.03
Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition
Huda's sitting in the airport lounge, fiddling with our tickets. I can tell she's excited because s… read more
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14. Aster's Good, Right Things (Aster, #1)
By: Kate Gordon
4.28
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
"I can’t let go of them – the good, right things—because if I do I’ll turn into a cloud and I’ll fl… read more
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15. Dragon Skin
By: Karen Foxlee
4.24
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
How to save a dragon: 1) Assemble equipment. Water, Weet-Bix, sugar, syringe, sticky tape, scissor… read more
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"He was dangerous. Dangerous like water. He could seem calm and glassy on top but underneath he was all dark silt and weed."-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin
"[Pip] was wondering if the dragon was still alive in the little hoodie nest. It had been after the world’s fastest shower. She’d peeked into the wardrobe and seen its little belly rising and falling,…"-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin
"Mika belIeved in Magic. One hundred per cent without a doubt. She learned that fast when he arrived. He knew the Dewey decimal 130s like the back of his hand and they went to the town library often t…"-Karen Foxlee, Dragon Skin
16. The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)
By: Nova Weetman
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Clem Timmins can't wait to see her best friends after being apart all summer holidays. But when the… read more
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17. The Bookseller's Apprentice
By: Amelia Mellor
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Return to Amelia Mellor’s magical Melbourne in the prequel to best-seller The Grandest Bookshop in … read more
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"Summer came in November, and it came in blazing"-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice
"It felt as large as an orange and as heavy as grief."-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice
"The free reading wasn't a gimmick to bring customers back after all. It was a small, secret, gentle revolution. Oh, that Mr Cole was clever."-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice
"History arranged everything that had ever happened into one epic tale of humankind. It turned scattered bones back into people and broken objects into stories."-Amelia Mellor, The Bookseller's Apprentice
18. The Little Wave
By: Pip Harry
4.44
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
When a Manly school sets out to bring a country class to the city for a beach visit, three very dif… read more
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19. August and Jones
By: Pip Harry
4.33
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Eleven-year-old Jones Kirby has just moved to Sydney from her farm in country New South Wales. She'… read more
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20. The Way of Dog
By: Zana Fraillon
4.42
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A fiercely original verse novel from the ABIA and CBCA award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow. … read more
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" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog
21. Evie and Rhino
By: Neridah McMullin
4.35
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
When Evie finds a fully-grown rhinoceros washed up on a beach, she feels an immediate connection an… read more
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