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All That Glitters ebook
by Ron Bunney
Martin Graham loves and understands horses. Stable lad at the Travellers Inn just out of Guildford, he also longs to join the thousands making for the goldfields around Coolgardie. Chance throws good fortune his way, and Martin knows just how to ride it. On the long journey east he joins forces with Beth Wilkes, a girl with a serious chip on her shoulder…Read more »
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Hal Spacejock
by Simon Haynes
Bored with on-time deliveries? Want your valuable cargo strewn across the nearest planet? Call Hal Spacejock! Partial deliveries, non-arrivals and total write-offs a specialty.
An incompetent, accident-prone pilot is given one last chance to save his ship. An ageing robot is trusted with a midnight landing in a deserted field. And a desperate businessman…Read more »
Price $19.95
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Fur, The
by Nathan Hobby
Michael Sullivan comes of age on the eve of the new millennium in a small country town in the fur-ravaged western third of Australia. The fur infestation began before he was born: it was always there. Like jungle reclaiming an abandoned city, black plumes of fur burst open cracks in the concrete and soar menacingly over derelict buildings. The state…Read more »
Price $17.95
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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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No One Owns Me
by Ron Bunney
Joe was a quiver with feelings she couldn’t name. Something had been let loose — something that was of vital importance to her. And although she knew the situation was loaded with danger, she couldn’t stop herself from digging.
Everything Joe has taken for granted in her life is turned upside down by a chance meeting. But it’s not the first time…Read more »Price $14.95
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Tev on Home Turf
by Brendan Murray
It’s the school holidays and for Tev that means partying, the beach and a real chance for hot romance. Becky’s got wheels and a place, and she’s also pretty keen. But a surprise phone call from Tev’s Tongan girlfriend, Siale, ruins everythingRead more »
Price $14.95
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Invisible Girl Stories
by Glyn Parry
What? You don’t think ghost kids have a sense of humour? We’re just the same as you, except, you know, dead. And no, I won’t describe what that’s actually like. It would spoil the surprise. Blood stains the memory.
Magical and grotesque, romantic and macabre, this is the ghost world of suburbs and malls, dunescapes and forests. Read more »
Price $16.95
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Return Ticket
by Warren Flynn
How do you live in a world with no cars, no bras, and no TV? What do you buy at the local shop if they don’t have chips, pies or Coke? Are you still sane if you need to sleep at 9pm? Abruptly thrust back in time, teenagers Sam, Shannon and Zak find themselves aliens in their own country, facing dangers and excitement they’d never imagined. Read more »
Price $14.95
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Bantam
by Terry Whitebeach & Michael Brown
Punctuated by dogs and chooks and the daily tragicomedy of small town life, Bantam follows Mick and his mates as they court disaster and struggle to hold on in the roller-coaster ride of life on the dole. Read more »
Price $14.95
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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 »
Price $13.95
From the Catalogue
Ten Tiny Things on Wilderness Society shortlist
Ten Tiny Things author Meg McKinlay was pleasantly surprised to be shortlisted for the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature, just one day after winning a Crystal Kite award.
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