The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat
By: Charlie Archbold
4.07
Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Bernie mutters to me. ‘No way. Who’d go into the mangroves at night?’ I swallow. Not me. Not into …
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1. The Lost Library
By: Rebecca Stead
4.14
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more
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- mystery
- middle grade
"But aren’t “parents"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"That delicious book smell, his heart said."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library
2. Treasure & Dirt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #1)
By: Chris Hammer
4.07
Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition
An unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands. In the desolate outback tow… read more
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- mystery
- crime
3. The Tilt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #2)
By: Chris Hammer
4.29
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- contemporary
4. Dirt Creek
By: Hayley Scrivenor
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in rural Austral… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- contemporary
5. The Hummingbird Effect
By: Kate Mildenhall
3.60
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread a… read more
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- contemporary
6. 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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- middle grade
- contemporary
7. Cutters End (Detective Sergeant Mark Ariti #1)
By: Margaret Hickey
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A scintillating crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterio… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- contemporary
8. Scar Town
By: Tristan Bancks
4.04
Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition
Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more
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- mystery
- crime
- middle grade
- contemporary
9. The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart
By: Samera Kamaleddine
3.65
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Friendship, family and feelings collide in this sparkling middle-grade debut from Matilda Prize win… read more
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- middle grade
- contemporary
10. His Name Was Walter
By: Emily Rodda
4.32
Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition
FROM AUSTRALIA'S FAVOURITE STORYTELLER COMES A STORY, WITHIN A STORY, THAT SHOWS US THE EXTRAORDINA… read more
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- mystery
- middle grade
11. The Greatest Thing
By: Sarah Winifred Searle
3.92
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalist A 2023 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens A 2023 Children… read more
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- contemporary
12. The End of the World Is Bigger than Love
By: Davina Bell
3.31
Format: None pages, ebook
She said we didn’t know what the world out there had become. We had been alone there so long on tha… read more
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"What I see, what I see are the colours for love."-Davina Bell, The End of the World Is Bigger than Love
13. 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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- middle grade
"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
14. Danger and Other Unknown Risks
By: Ryan North
3.90
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
A twisty, spellbinding adventure about a girl and her dog who want to save the world, Danger and Ot… read more
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15. Waiting for the Storks
By: Katrina Nannestad
4.59
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the … read more
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- middle grade
16. No Words
By: Maryam Master
4.20
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Hero doesn't feel like a hero, but sometimes she feels as if the universe is asking her to be one. … read more
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- middle grade
- contemporary
17. 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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- middle grade
- contemporary
18. The Book of Wondrous Possibilities
By: Deborah Abela
4.01
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Arlo Goodman lives with his Uncle Avery in a run-down flat above their bookshop. He has no friends,… read more
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- middle grade
19. The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat
By: Charlie Archbold
4.07
Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Bernie mutters to me. ‘No way. Who’d go into the mangroves at night?’ I swallow. Not me. Not into … read more
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- mystery
- crime
- middle grade
- contemporary
20. 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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- middle grade
- contemporary
21. 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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- middle grade
" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog
22. The Raven's Song
By: Zana Fraillon
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A wonderful children's novel by two stellar writers featuring Shelby and Phoenix, living 100 years … read more
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- middle grade
23. The Lorikeet Tree
By: Paul Jennings
3.79
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
A sister and brother face the hardest year of their lives and discover the healing power of nature … read more
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- contemporary
24. Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon
By: Gabrielle Wang
4.15
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Zadie Ma has a special talent for telling stories . . . and it seems that some of Zadie’s stories c… read more
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- middle grade
25. Huda Was Here
By: H. Hayek
3.74
Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition
Huda hatches a bold plan to help her dad get a job - which lands her and her brother in all kinds o… read more
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- middle grade
- contemporary
26. What Snail Knows
By: Kathryn Apel
4.54
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Lucy and Dad move a lot, so it’s hard to make friends. Lucy’s glad she has Snail, the perfect pe… read more
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27. How to Spell Catastrophe
By: Fiona Wood
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Nell McPherson is a catastrophe expert, but nothing has prepared her for the impending catastrophe … read more
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- contemporary
28. 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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- middle grade
29. Being Jimmy Baxter
By: Fiona Lloyd
4.02
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
A gently funny yet powerful coming-of-age middle grade novel about surviving the odds, unlikely fri… read more
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- middle grade
30. The Apprentice Witnesser
By: Bren MacDibble
4.19
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
Bastienne Scull is nearly twelve years old and lives a simple life as an apprentice to the Witnesse… read more
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31. A Little Spark
By: Barry Jonsberg
4.11
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling multi-award-winning author of My Life as an Alphabet and A Song Only I Can Hea… read more
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- contemporary
