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 …
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1. The Angry Women's Choir
By: Meg Bignell
4.07
Format: 403 pages, Paperback
By the acclaimed author of Welcome To Nowhere River comes a heart-warming and uplifting story about… read more
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- australia
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2. The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)
By: Amie Kaufman
3.92
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
When Selly's father leaves her high and dry in the port of Kirkpool, she has no intention of riding… read more
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- young adult
"First flowers, now you don't like pastries?" he asks, studying my frown. "What's next, kittens?"-Amie Kaufman, The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)
"Better not start apologizing now my prince," she says. "you'll run out of time to cover it all."-Amie Kaufman, The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)
"There." I lean across to tuck it behind his ear. "Everything useless around here is beautifully decorated. I wouldn't want you to feel left out."-Amie Kaufman, The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)
3. 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
- young adult
- family
- australia
- contemporary
4. 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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- australia
- young adult
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5. 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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- family
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- young adult
- contemporary
6. Completely Normal (and other lies)
By: Biffy James
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all. Stella Wilde is secre… read more
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- family
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"This isn't all on you. But god forbid we blame the dude. Fucking patriarchy."-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
"I considered letting my own meltdown come to the surface, but I had no way of knowing how long it would last once I let it, so I didn't. I put it in the black well instead, backing away so I wouldn't…"-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
"Maybe it was better to accept that when someone died there were some things that were never going to happen, and this was just another one of them. Because death left things unfinished. Unsaid. Unsew…"-Biffy James, Completely Normal (and other lies)
7. 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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- young adult
- contemporary
8. Let’s Never Speak of This Again
By: Megan Williams
3.80
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Award Winner, Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, 2022 Ella and I have been best … read more
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- young adult
- australia
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9. Grace Notes
By: Karen Comer
4.16
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
, This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more
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- young adult
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- contemporary
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"-Karen Comer, Grace Notes
10. Inkflower
By: Suzy Zail
4.32
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
A gritty YA novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story. Lisa’s father has… read more
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- young adult
11. Hamlet is Not OK
By: R.A. Spratt
3.40
Format: 240 pages, ebook
Selby hates homework. She would rather watch daytime television – anything to escape the tedium of … read more
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- middle grade
- young adult
12. 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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- family
- middle grade
- young adult
13. 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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14. 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
- 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
15. 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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- young adult
- contemporary
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. Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell
By: Tobias Madden
3.86
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
There Are No Cheat Codes for Showmance Seventeen-year-old gaymer Noah Mitchell only has one frie… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
"But still, despite all of this . . . I’m in love. It’s irrational. It’s irresponsible. But it’s irrevocable."-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell
"Because my curiosity is killing me? Because I’m reckless and ridiculous? Because I’m suddenly one step closer to meeting the love of my life?"-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell
"I place my hands in his, my stupid heart skipping a beat when our palms make contact. ‘You good?’ he asks. I bite my lip to keep from grinning like a fool. ‘Yep."-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell
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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19. Dancing Barefoot
By: Alice Boyle
4.19
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2021 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing Evie Vanhoutte is a teacher… read more
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20. Selfie
By: Allayne L. Webster
4.18
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Dene Walker picked me to be her best friend. She had the whole of Tonsley High’s year eight to choo… read more
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- young adult
- family
- contemporary
"A stupid little photo of a random moment on a bus hardly mattered. There were bigger things to worry about. Much bigger."-Allayne L. Webster, Selfie
21. 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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22. 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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23. The Killing Code
By: Ellie Marney
3.81
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer, for f… read more
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"I am the code you never broke, and I don't play by the rules."-Ellie Marney, The Killing Code
24. 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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- contemporary
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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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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" 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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28. 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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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- family
- contemporary
- australia
29. 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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30. 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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31. Mikki and Me and the Out-of-Tune Tree
By: Marion Roberts
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Eleven-year-old Alberta Bracken is having a terrible summer. After a bike-riding accident, caused b… read more
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