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Young Adult Fiction > Melbourne YA Authors

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I Am Out With Lanterns by Emily Gale

$17.99 AUD

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Category: #LoveOzYA

One of us is in the dark. One of us is a bully. One of us wants to be understood. One of us loves a girl who loves another. One of us remembers the past as if it just happened. One of us believes they've drawn the future. But we're all on the same map, looking for the same thing. Year Ten begins with a jolt for best friends and neighbours Wren and Milo. Along with Hari, Juliet, Ben and Adie, they tell a story of friendship, family, wild crushes, bitter feuds, and the power of a portrait. As their lives interwine, images could bring them together, and tear them apart. FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE OTHER SIDE OF SUMMER ...Show more

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Euphoria Kids by Alison Evans

$19.99 AUD

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Category: #LoveOzYA

Ever since the witch cursed Babs, she turns invisible sometimes. She has her mum and her dog, but teachers and classmates barely notice her. Then, one day, Iris can see her. And Iris likes what they see. Babs is made of fire. Iris grew from a seed in the ground. They have friends, but not human ones. N ot until they meet Babs. The two of them have a lot in common: they speak to dryads and faeries, and they're connected to the magic that's all around them. There's a new boy at school, a boy who's like them and who hasn't yet found his real name. Soon the three of them are hanging out and trying spellwork together. Magic can be dangerous, though. Witches and fae can be cruel. Something is happening in the other realm, and despite being warned to stay away, the three friends have to figure out how to deal with it on their own terms. Anyone who loves the work of Francesca Lia Block and delights in Studio Ghibli films will be entranced by this gorgeous and gentle young adult novel about three queer friends who come into their power. ...Show more

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Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories by Michael Earp

$24.99 AUD

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Category: #LoveOzYA

What does it mean to be queer? What does it mean to be human? In this powerful #OwnVoices collection, twelve of Australia’s finest queer writers explore the stories of family, friends, lovers and strangers – the connections that form us. Compelling queer short fiction by bestsellers, award winners and newcomers to the #LoveOzYA community including Jax Jacki Brown, Claire G Coleman, Michael Earp, Alison Evans, Erin Gough, Benjamin Law, Omar Sakr, Christos Tsiolkas, Ellen van Neerven, Marlee Jane Ward, Jen Wilde and Nevo Zisin. ...Show more

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The Other Side of Summer by Emily Gale

$16.99 AUD

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Category: Middle Fiction (8-12)

Summer is trying to recover from a tragedy, but it seems impossible when her family is falling apart around her. Having an extraordinary best friend like Mal helps a little, but Summer?s secret source of happiness is a link to the past- one very special guitar. Now her dad?s plan to save them is turning Summer?s life upside down again. The next thing she knows, they?ve moved to the other side of the world. In Australia, Summer makes an unlikely friend, who seems to be magically connected to her guitar. Is this for real? Has a mysterious boy been sent to help Summer? Or could it be the other way around?'Summer Jackman is prickly, sad, funny - and absolutely loveable. This pitch-perfect story is full of hope and magic. Exquisite and unforgettable.' Fiona Wood, award-winning author of Wildlife ...Show more

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The Haunting of Lily Frost by Nova Weetman

$19.99 AUD

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Category: #LoveOzYA

"This room holds secrets, and even if they are of the dark-frightening type, I love secrets more than anything else." When Lily Frost's parents move her from the only home and best friend she's ever known to a country town called Gideon, things are dire. Lily knows no one - but someone seems to know her . And that someone isn't exactly the welcoming type. Upon entering her new attic bedroom, Lily faints. Coming to, she's overcome by the whispers of secrets. Determined to find out why, Lily is thrown into the path of cute local boy Danny. He's not giving anything away, so it's up to Lily to make sense of the watery footprints on her floor and the cold air that constantly seeps into her bones. For Lily, life in this small town is about to get very interesting as she finds herself seeing things she thought belonged to the dead. ...Show more

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Frankie and Joely by Nova Weetman

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Category: #LoveOzYA

Frankie and Joely are best friends. They love each other like no one else can. It's summer and, together, the girls are escaping the city and their mums for a week of freedom in the country. But when Joely introduces Frankie to her country cousins, Thommo and Mack, it soon becomes clear that something o ther than the heat is getting under their skin. As the temperature rises, local boy Rory stirs things up even more and secrets start to blister. Will they still be 'Frankie and Joely' by the end of their holiday? Catch your breath on this original novel from an unflinchingly honest Australian voice. ...Show more

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Everything is Changed by Nova Weetman

$19.95 AUD

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Category: #LoveOzYA

If only we could all go back to the way it was before...Jake and Alex. Best mates. One terrible mistake. Two lives that will never be the same.Told in reverse, this powerful and gritty novel moves through the wreckage of a broken friendship, back to the moment when everything changed.

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Take the Shot by Sue White

$16.99 AUD

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Category: #LoveOzYA

Bug has a secret. Actually, he has a lot of secrets … NUMBER ONE: he’s formed a basketball team at his new school based on a giant lie.NUMBER TWO: his parents don’t know he’s playing basketball again.NUMBER THREE: his new team-mates have no idea he isn’t allowed to play, and they definitely don’t know w hy. Bug will do ANYTHING to keep his secrets, keep his new team and keep his life from falling apart. Because no one can know THE BIGGEST SECRET OF ALL … Bug risks his life every time he steps out onto the basketball court. ...Show more

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Meet Me at the Intersection by Ezekiel Kwaymullina; Graham Akhurst; Jessica Walton; Ambelin Kwaymullina; Rebecca Lim; Amra Pajalic; Kelly Gardiner; Alice Pung; Omar Sakr; Jordi Kerr; Ellen van Neerven

$19.99 AUD

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Category: #LoveOzYA

With works by Ellen van Neerven, Graham Akhurst, Kyle Lynch, Ezekiel Kwaymullina, Olivia Muscat, Mimi Lee, Jessica Walton, Kelly Gardiner, Rafeif Ismail, Yvette Walker, Amra Pajalic, Omar Sakr, Wendy Chen, Jordi Kerr, Rebecca Lim, Michelle Aung Thin and Alice Pung, this anthology is designed to challeng e the dominant, homogenous story of privilege and power that rarely admits 'outsider' voices. ...Show more

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Ida by Alison Evans

$19.99 AUD

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Category: #LoveOzYA

How do people decide on a path, and find the drive to pursue what they want? Ida struggles more than other twentysomethings to work this out. She can shift between parallel universes, allowing her to follow alternative paths.One day Ida sees a shadowy, see-through doppelganger of herself on the train. S he starts to wonder if she's actually in control of her ability, and whether there are effects far beyond what she's considered. How can she know, anyway, whether one universe is ultimately better than another? And what if the continual shifting causes her to lose what is most important to her, just as she's discovering what that is, and she can never find her way back? Ida is an intelligent, diverse and entertaining novel that explores love, loss and longing, and speaks to the condition of an array of overwhelming, and often illusory, choices. ...Show more

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The Year it all Ended by Kirsty Murray

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Category: #LoveOzYA

On Armistice Day 1918 Tiney Flynn turns seventeen and it feels as though her life is just beginning. Her brother and his friends are coming home from the Great War and her sisters are falling in love. But Tiney and her family find that building peace is far more complicated than they could ever have ima gined...Tiney's year will hold a world of new experience, from tragedy to undreamt-of joy, from seances to masked balls and riots in the streets. At the end of a war and the dawn of the jazz age, Tiney Flynn will face her greatest fears and begin a journey that will change her destiny... ...Show more

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After the Lights Go Out by Lili Wilkinson

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Category: #LoveOzYA

Seventeen-year-old Pru Palmer lives with her twin sisters, Grace and Blythe, and their father, Rick, on the outskirts of an isolated mining community. The Palmers are doomsday preppers. They have a bunker filled with non-perishable food and a year's worth of water. One day while Rick is at the mine, the power goes out. All communication is cut. No one knows why. It doesn't take long for everything to unravel. In town, supplies run out and people get desperate. The sisters decide to keep their bunker a secret. The world is different; the rules are different. Survival is everything, and family comes first.   ...Show more

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