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  • Mystery at Riddle Gully

    by Jen Banyard

    Pollo di Nozi, reporter-in-training, has a nose for news. Strange things are happening in Riddle Gully and Pollo smells a major scoop.

    With Shorn Connery, her sheepish sidekick, Pollo is determined to track down the Graffiti KidRead more »

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  • Lighthouse Girl paperback edition

    by Dianne Wolfer with illustrations by Brian Simmonds

    ‘Full of evocative illustrations, sepia photographs and news clippings, Wolfer’s book transports. A great one for early and older readers alike,’ — Frances Atkinson, The Sunday Age

    ‘This lovely book is based on the real Faye Howe and her life as a lighthouse keeper’s daughter…Fay’s reflections on her life and her relationship with the far-away…Read more »

    Price $19.95 Add to cart

  • Spider Lies

    by Jen Banyard with illustrations by Tracey Gibbs

    Connor’s little white lies have spawned a monster! It’s big, it’s hairy and it’s lurking outside his bedroom window.

    Connor is home alone with his pet spider. Tricking Mum and Dad was easy and now he’s got nobody to tell him to wash the dishes, nobody to make him go to school and nobody to turn to when his very existence is threatened by…Read more »

    Price $14.95 Add to cart

  • Hal Spacejock 4: No Free Lunch

    by Simon Haynes

    Get another helping of misadventures with Hal Spacejock and Clunk!

    Hal and his sidekick are looking for a job to earn some cash to settle their bills, and they find just the thing on Planet Dismolle. And when Hal ducks out for a quick coffee date with an attractive young woman, he thinks his luck has finally changedRead more »

    Price $19.95 Add to cart

  • Jack's Island

    by Norman Jorgensen

    ‘This accomplished writer tells a good tale. The cheeky but lovable characters are woven well into a riveting story-line with an Australian setting. All blend beautifully together within simple prose to form an exciting and entertaining story.’ — Good Reading

    Jack’s family is based on Rottnest Island during WWII while his father helps build…Read more »

    Price $16.95 Add to cart

  • Pope Max

    by David Caddy

    Fulfilling a promise made to his dying grandfather Max sets himself a hard road—the Vatican or bust! An unlikely hero, Max lurches from challenge to challenge in his bid for the big job; from his secret adoption of a lost lamb to his thwarted attempts at saintly behaviour.

    ‘A brilliant story with a great twist ..Read more »

    Price $16.95 Add to cart

  • Beat Feat

    by Marlane Ainsworth

    Tommo on trumpet and Mikki on drums have always been the backbone of the school band. But when Mikki discovers a passion for football, Tommo finds himself torn between winning glory as a trumpet soloist and learning drums to save the band. Lurching from mishap to mayhem, he must somehow dodge the clutches of a die hard coach, the teeth of the principal’s…Read more »

    Price $14.95 Add to cart

  • Another Fine Mess 002

    by Norman Jorgensen

    In this sequel to A Fine Mess! the adventures of Michael Hardy and Woody Decker continue. These two hapless Year 9 students have a serious knack for getting themselves into a lot of trouble, from exploding fire trucks to exploding cows, sewage laden willy-willys, kidnapped Harry Potter gnomes, cattle prods, smoking penises and serious wardrobe malfunctions…Read more »

    Price $16.95 Add to cart

  • Danger Unlimited

    by Dafne Bidwell

    Holidaying in Singapore, a group of friends visit an off-shore drilling rig. Their excitement soon turns to terror when they are caught up in events beyond their control. Confronted by a vicious gang, a violent storm and the ultimate catastrophe…can they survive to solve the mystery of the rig? Read more »

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  • Hal Spacejock 3: Just Desserts

    by Simon Haynes

    Space pilot for hire! Hal Spacejock Guaranteed Cheap.

    A mysterious sealed crate, a pair of shady mercenaries with more guns than brain cells and an amnesiac robot which may or may not be on a secret mission…Only interstellar ignoramus Hal Spacejock and the unflappable Clunk could turn a straightforward cargo delivery into a space opera with…Read more »

    Price $19.95 Add to cart

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What, No Baby?

by Leslie Cannold

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Outdoor Reading in Freo

The National Year of Reading is about turning Australia into a nation of readers. Fremantle City Library invites you the launch of the National Year of Reading 2012 at their Outdoor Reading Room.

Indulge your love of reading this Valentine’s Day with a morning tea and talks by Susanna Juliano author of Fremantle Italians and Andrew Relph, author of Not Drowning, Reading

When: 10am, 14 February 2012
Where: Outdoor Reading Room, Kings Square, Fremantle
RSVP by 7 Feb: 08 9432 9766 or frelib@fremantle.wa.gov.au