The Goodbye Year
By: Emily Gale
4.36
Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
It’s the start of 2020 and Harper is filled with anticipation about being in the final year of Rive…
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1. Sister Heart
By: Sally Morgan
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A young Aboriginal girl is taken from the north of Australia and sent to an institution in the dist… read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
2. The Secrets We Keep (The Secrets We Keep #1)
By: Nova Weetman
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
I don't know if you've ever seen a house burn, but it's not like anything else ... Clem Timmins has… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
- mystery
3. Limberlost
By: Robbie Arnott
4.25
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more
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- contemporary
"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
4. 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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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
5. Salt and Skin
By: Eliza Henry-Jones
3.79
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
‘Until recently, there had been four of them. Unspeaking, the three remaining Managans lugged their… read more
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- mystery
- contemporary
6. 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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- mystery
- young adult
- contemporary
7. 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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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
- mystery
8. Cop and Robber
By: Tristan Bancks
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
If your mum was a cop and your dad was a crim who needed your help to commit a crime, would you do … read more
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- family
- middle grade
- young adult
9. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
- contemporary
10. Royals
By: Tegan Bennett Daylight
3.35
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Six teenagers. An empty shopping centre. No Wi-Fi. And … a baby? Acclaimed author Tegan Bennett Day… read more
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- mystery
- young adult
- contemporary
11. Silver Linings
By: Katrina Nannestad
4.32
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad Nettie… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- family
"How can anyone eat now that Billy is gone? How can we even breathe?"-Katrina Nannestad, Silver Linings
12. Tiger Daughter
By: Rebecca Lim
4.07
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
IBBY Honour List 2024 A Kirkus, Booklist, She Reads and Amazon Best Book of 2023 Winner, People's… read more
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- family
- middle grade
- young adult
- contemporary
"It's aiming for the peaks,' I tell him, 'and swimming through the troughs so that there are moments where you can just float under the sun and see how far you've come."-Rebecca Lim, Tiger Daughter
13. The Light in Everything
By: Katya Balen
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the author of October, October, shortlisted for the 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medal, comes a life-af… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
14. 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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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
15. All the Little Tricky Things
By: Karys McEwen
4.11
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
It’s the start of the summer holidays and twelve-year-old Bertie is worried. Next year she’s going … read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- family
- contemporary
"The empty block at the end of my street is probably the best hang-out spot of the lot. While these places aren’t that exciting, they’re all we’ve got, and we make the most of them. It only takes a li…"-Karys McEwen, All the Little Tricky Things
16. Unnecessary Drama
By: Nina Kenwood
3.80
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From the award-winning author of It Sounded Better in My Head comes a deliciously entertaining enem… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
17. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
- contemporary
18. 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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- childrens
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
19. The Boy Who Stepped Through Time
By: Anna Ciddor
4.04
Format: 325 pages, Paperback
When Perry steps into a crumbling ruin while on holiday in France, he is not expecting to be transp… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
20. 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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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
21. 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
- childrens
- family
- contemporary
22. 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
- childrens
23. 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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- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
- contemporary
24. Social Queue
By: Kay Kerr
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
'I thought I was nobody’s teen crush, but turns out I was just missing the signs.' Zoe Kelly is … read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
"It bothers me how people need the truth to be sugar-coated to be palatable. And that it's my job to remember the sugar."-Kay Kerr, Social Queue
"I’ve been trying to motivate myself to have a shower for the last forty-five minutes, but so far all I’ve managed to do is get my underwear out of the drawer and lie back down on the bed. Having a sh…"-Kay Kerr, Social Queue
25. 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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- contemporary
- middle grade
- childrens
- health
26. 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
- childrens
- family
" Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. "-Zana Fraillon, The Way of Dog
27. The Goodbye Year
By: Emily Gale
4.36
Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
It’s the start of 2020 and Harper is filled with anticipation about being in the final year of Rive… read more
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- childrens
- health
- war
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
- mystery
28. The Jammer
By: Nova Weetman
4.27
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
Fred has moved around her whole life, one small town after another, and never minded starting over.… read more
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- family
- middle grade
- young adult
- contemporary
29. A Walk in the Dark
By: Jane Godwin
3.78
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
'It's just a walk in the dark. What is there to worry about?' That's what the head teacher, Joha… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
30. Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret
By: Amy Doak
4.21
Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition
Things have settled down in Cooinda and Eleanor Jones is getting used to her new normal – spending … read more
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- mystery
- young adult
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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- middle grade
- young adult
- contemporary
