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Series
Language
English
Description
Last year Scarlet King was a blushing bride-to-be, but now she's alone and more than anything longs for a baby. This time she's determined to prove she doesn't need a man! Successful, spine-tinglingly gorgeous John Mitchell has desired Scarlet for years, so seizes the chance to claim her. But his proposal comes with a devilish price: if she wants a baby, they'll do it the old fashioned way! John reminds Scarlet of the pleasures she's been missing,...
2) Tamarisk row
Author
Publisher
And Other Stories
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First UK edition.
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
An unsparing evocation of a Catholic childhood in a Victorian country town in the late 1940s. Clement Killeaton transforms his father's obsession with gambling, his mother's piety, the cruelty of his fellow pupils and the mysterious but forbidden attractions of sex, into an imagined world.
Author
Series
Ninja kid volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Nelson is a nerd! Unfit, uncool...totally awkward! But when he wakes up on his tenth birthday, he discovers he is a NINJA! THE LAST NINJA ON EARTH! How is he going to save the world when he cannot even get his undies on the right way?! With the help of Grandma's inventions and his wild cousin Kenny, can Nelson master his new ninja skills AND save Duck Creek?
4) A dream life
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Language
English
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When the Armstrong family moves from New York at the dawn of the 1970s, Australia feels, to Alice Armstrong, like the end of the earth. Residing in a grand manor on the glittering Sydney Harbour, her family's life has turned upside down. As she navigates this strange new world, Alice must find a way to weave an existence from its shimmering mirage.
5) Cobalt Blue
Author
Publisher
Pan Macmillan Australia
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
208 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
For 35 years, the United States and Russia each had their own superhero. Three days ago, America's hero died. Today will be bad. In the face of an overwhelming attack, one young woman-unassuming and anonymous-might be America's only hope. Her codename ... COBALT BLUE.
6) If not us
Author
Publisher
Text Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hesse lives in a small coastal town, where a coalmine and power station are a part of the scenery - and part of the problem of climate change. His mum is a member of the local environment group campaigning to close both down. But Hesse is more interested in surfing - and in Fenna, the new exchange student from the Netherlands. When someone tries to derail the campaign and cover up the dangerously high emissions levels from the power station, Hesse...
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English
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"It's the 1960s, and Peregrine Fisher has just been fired. Soon after, she receives a letter from The Adventuresses' Club of the Antipodes: "Please attend urgent meeting regarding inheritance." Peregrine, it turns out, is Phryne Fisher's long-lost niece. Aunt Phryne went missing, but her will stipulated that Peregrine should inherit not just Phryne's fortunes, but also her seat in the Adventuresses' Club. After a lousy first impression in Melbourne,...
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English
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For the next seven days, the only homework is partying with friends, making new ones and living in the moment. There are no parents or curfews-- and no rules. Zoe, Samira and Dahlia are strangers, but they have something in common: their plans for a dream holiday after their final year of school are flipped upside-down before they even arrive at the beach. From hooking up and heartache, to growing apart, testing friendships and falling in love, anything...
9) The gaps
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Language
English
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Description
When sixteen-year-old Yin Mitchell is abducted, the news reverberates through the whole Year Ten class at Balmoral Ladies College. As the hours tick by, the girls know the chance of Yin being found alive is becoming smaller and smaller. Everyone is affected by Yin's disappearance--even scholarship student Chloe, who usually stays out of Balmoral dramas, is drawn into the maelstrom. And when she begins to form an uneasy alliance with Natalia, the queen...
Author
Publisher
Scribble, an imprint of Scribe Publications
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A pair of pears rocked on a seesaw. A pair of pears played ping-pong. A pair of pears rode their tandem bike. Until one day, someone new wanted to join their fun. Big Pear and Little Pear love playing together. But when Orange joins in, their games don't work and Big Pear feels left out. A relatable, hilarious, and kind-hearted tale about navigating friendship when three definitely starts to feel like a crowd! From the author of much-loved Anemone...
11) Amazing ninja!
Author
Series
Ninja kid volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
186 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this illustrated chapter book, the circus is coming to town, and Nelson has a chance to show off his amazing ninja skills! But what will he do when big trouble arrives at the big top?" -- Publisher's website.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pan Macmillan Australia
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
x, 418 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Against all the odds, Jack West Jr found the Three Secret Cities but at a heartbreaking cost. His beloved daughter Lily, it appeared, was slaughtered by Sphinx in a cruel ancient ritual. With his rivals far ahead of him, Jack must now get to one of the five iron mountains - two of which have never been found - and perform a mysterious feat known only as 'The Fall'. Although what is this object on the moon that is connected to it? Amid all this, Jack...
13) Ninja switch!
Author
Series
Ninja kid volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
186 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Nelson can't wait for the athletics carnival now that he's a NINJA! For the first time ever, he won't be a nerd - he'll be AWESOME! But just when Nelson needs his powers the most, they get switched ... with GRANDMA'S! How's he going to win ANYTHING when he runs and jumps like an old lady?!
14) The Rosie result
Author
Series
Publisher
Text Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are back in Australia after a decade in New York, and they're about to face their most important challenge. Their son, Hudson, is struggling at school: he's socially awkward and not fitting in. Don's spent a lifetime trying to fit in, so who better to teach Hudson the skills he needs? The Hudson Project will require the help of friends old and new, force Don to decide how much to guide Hudson and how much to let him be...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pan Macmillan Australia
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xi, 392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jack West Jr has made it to the Supreme Labyrinth. Now he faces one last race - against multiple rivals, against time, against the collapse of the universe itself - a headlong race that will end at a throne inside the fabled labyrinth. But the road will be hard. For this is a maze like no other: a maze of mazes. Uncompromising and complex. Demanding and deadly. It all comes down to this. For it ends here - now - in the most lethal and dangerous place...
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Language
English
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"Emily Proudman's life is in chaos. She's just lost her acting agent and her job in one miserable day. Scott Denny has a problem. Even though he's a successful CEO, neither his business acumen nor vast wealth can come close to fixing it. He's at a breaking point. Until he meets Emily. Emily is friendly and agreeable. Emily is desperate. Emily is perfect. Scott offers Emily what seems the perfect summer job as a housekeeper and nanny on his remote...
17) Ninja giants!
Author
Series
Ninja kid volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
186 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
The fair is in town! Nelson and Kenny want to go on ALL the rides! But after testing Grandma's new invention, they are suddenly TOO SMALL to go anywhere! Luckily, Nelson and Kenny have a plan to get TALLER again... way, WAAAAY TALLER!
18) Swallow's dance
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Pajama Press edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
274 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Leira is starting her initiation as a priestess when her world is turned upside down. A violent earthquake leaves her home in pieces. And the goddess hasn't finished with the island yet. With her family, Leira flees across the sea to Crete, expecting sanctuary. But a volcanic eruption and tsunami throw the entire world into darkness. In the resulting chaos, Leira finds her noble-born privilege reduced to nothing; alone with her injured mother and...
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of The Things We Cannot Say comes a poignant post-WWII novel that explores the expectations society places on women set within an engrossing family mystery that may unravel everything once believed to be true. With her father recently moved to a care facility, Beth Walsh volunteers to clear out the family home and is surprised to discover the door to her childhood playroom padlocked. She's even more shocked at what's behind...
Author
Publisher
Text Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
322 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"It is 1788. Twenty-one-year-old Elizabeth is hungry for life but, as the ward of a Devon clergyman, knows she has few prospects. When proud, scarred soldier John Macarthur promises her the earth one midsummer's night, she believes him. But Elizabeth soon realises she has made a terrible mistake. Her new husband is reckless, tormented, driven by some dark rage at the world. He tells her he is to take up a position as Lieutenant in a New South Wales...
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