Books »Young Adult
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Have you seen Ally Queen?
by Deb Fitzpatrick
Ally Queen, aged fifteen, is the new kid in a very small town. Uprooted from her comfortable city life and dumped in ‘hicksville’ she’s trying to find her place amongst the bogans, the surfies and the spinach-munching hippies.
Life is tough when your closest friend is miles away and deep and meaningful conversations are restricted to the length…Read more »
Price $19.95

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Have you seen Ally Queen? eBook
by Deb Fitzpatrick
Ally Queen, aged fifteen, is the new kid in a very small town. Uprooted from her comfortable city life and dumped in ‘hicksville’ she’s trying to find her place amongst the bogans, the surfies and the spinach-munching hippies.
Life is tough when your closest friend is miles away and deep and meaningful conversations are restricted to the length…Read more »
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Dress Rehearsal
by Zoe Thurner
‘This term we’ve had a bank robbery, an abduction and this crazy show. You kids are running wild, Lara. It’s too much.’
Lara Pearlman has an appetite for life.
She loves acting, vintage clothes and her best friend Oggy. She flirts with Nathan but really likes Blake. She devours muffins with cream and chocolates by the box. Lara’s mum…Read more »
Price $19.95

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Dress Rehearsal eBook
by Zoe Thurner
‘This term we’ve had a bank robbery, an abduction and this crazy show. You kids are running wild, Lara. It’s too much.’
Lara Pearlman has an appetite for life.
She loves acting, vintage clothes and her best friend Oggy. She flirts with Nathan but really likes Blake. She devours muffins with cream and chocolates by the box. Lara’s…Read more »
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Spinner: A Novel
by Ron Elliott
A simple boy with an amazing gift.
A promise to a dying man.
And a nation that wants to believe.Can a twelve year old boy be the hero his country needs?
David Donald is a 12-year-old boy with an amazing bowling arm. He’s a spinner who becomes the stuff of legend. His guardian, Uncle Michael, is also a spinner — a great Australian…Read more »
Price $27.95

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Wavelength
by A.J. Betts
Oliver’s world has shrunk. It’s all about Year 12 finals. It’s about that magic 80% average he needs to get into uni, get his dream job and get cashed up. If only he can find a quiet place to study – away from the chaos and mess of living with two small kids and his Mum’s booming muffin business.
A study break in a small coastal town seems…Read more »
Price $17.95

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Wavelength eBook
by A.J. Betts
Oliver’s world has shrunk. It’s all about Year 12 finals. It’s about that magic 80% average he needs to get into uni, get his dream job and get cashed up. If only he can find a quiet place to study – away from the chaos and mess of living with two small kids and his Mum’s booming muffin business.
A study break in a small coastal town seems…Read more »
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90 Packets of Instant Noodles eBook
by Deb Fitzpatrick
Joel and Craggs are in it together. They drink together, they nick stuff together and, when Craggs turns violent, they face the consequences together too. That’s until Joel’s dad makes a deal with the cops. Craggs is off to juvenile detention and Joel to solitary confinement. Ninety days of fending for himself in a remote bush shack, till one day the…Read more »
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90 Packets of Instant Noodles
by Deb Fitzpatrick
Joel and Craggs are in it together. They drink booze together, they flirt with petty theft together and, when Craggs turns violent, they face the consequences together too. That’s until Joel’s dad makes a deal with the police. Craggs is off to juvenile detention and Joel to solitary confinement.
Ninety days of fending for himself in a remote…Read more »
Price $17.95

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Beautiful Monster
by Kate McCaffrey
It only takes a few blood-stained seconds for Tessa’s life to change forever. Her brother is gone and now she wants her old life back. She wants her mum and dad the way they were.
If it wasn’t for Ned, she’d be all alone. He’s her greatest support and her staunchest ally, privy to her deepest secrets. Ned is like her other half, and he…Read more »
Price $19.95

From the Catalogue
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

