Books »Fiction for Middle Readers
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A Fine Mess!
by Norman Jorgensen
Michael Hardy and Woody Decker have a talent for creating disaster. While testing a replica Roman catapult they accidentally fire a brick through the church window, and so a month of mayhem is unleashed. The school library burns down, the principal is knocked unconscious, a huge dog runs amok, a wedding is totally wrecked and a regiment of garden gnomes…Read more »
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Babies Bite
by Geoff Havel
Max is back, with more crucial facts of life that every kid should know…Like, you can be extra nice for a while, but then you get tired of it. And, even if you feel fine, you get mad if someone keeps telling you that you’re angry. And, parents have no idea how embarrassing they can be. Now, Max has to learn some facts about where babies come from…Read more »
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Gaz
by Warren Flynn
Gary hated school. What he needed was some excitement. What he got was ‘the Killer’ for Social Studies, a bike prang, a drug bust, a fight with the year nine heavies and, best of all, a strange new friend. Read more »
Price $13.95
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Loz and Al
by Julia Lawrinson
It’s amazing how your life can go from normal to outer-space weird in just a few short weeks. So what do you do when your mum leaves home, your teacher is determined to make your life miserable, and your best friend hates you and you don’t even know why? Read more »
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Grave of the Roti Men
by Geoff Havel
Aaron doesn’t usually get to see much of his dad but now he’s going to spend a whole month with him in the Indonesian islands. Paradise! But what starts as a fun holiday soon turns into something quite different, and Aaron is caught up in a whirlwind adventure he’ll be lucky to survive. Read more »
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Journey to the Dawn of Time
by John Long
The magical cave near Devil’s Roost is alive again, transporting Sarah and Peter on another journey through time—back to earth’s first age. A time of gargantuan dinosaurs, flying reptiles and volatile volcanoes. An icy world inhabited by giant lizards, strange mammals and huge flightless birdsRead more »
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Lighthouse Kids, The
by Diana Chase
When Ellie and Davey climb off the bus onto the dusty road at Larsen’s Point, things don’t look like they can get any worse. Mum is dead, and the grandfather they’ve been sent to live with is nowhere in sight. Ellie just wants to cry. Then, in the attic of Lighthouse Cottage, she stumbles on an old mysteryRead more »
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Switched
by Jo Coghlan
Garry is enjoying his birthday at Aqua Mania, when he is literally hurled into another world. One minute he’s standing at the top of the water slide, the next he’s somewhere he’s never seen before — like nowhere on earth! He soon finds himself in a race against time to unlock a bizarre secret to save himself and this strange, other worldRead more »
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Gaz Takes Off
by Warren Flynn
Gaz does the world, and there’s no holding him back. It’s his first time skiing and he goes ballistic! He dines in a Parisienne cafe with two of the spunkiest chicks imaginable. He gets mugged in the Toronto subway and he falls in love (again!). Could all this be true? Read more »
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Spooking the Cows
by Glyn Parry
‘Year ten is giving me migraines…’
Claire’s in love with one Stephen James Jacob, who’s got the hots for Emily Hitchings, who’s going with Ashley, who’s sort of interested in…but year ten runs on goss, and sometimes true romance is right under your nose. Read more »Price $12.95
From the Catalogue
Wilderness Society Award
Congratulations to Sally Morgan whose book The Last Dance won the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature. Meg McKinlay and Kyle Hughes-Odgers were also shortlisted in the same category for Ten Tiny Things