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The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love by Davina Bell

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She said we didn't know what the world out there had become. We had been alone there so long on that tiny island, in that tiny church. But in the night, I couldn't bear it. My chest beat like wings. Identical twin sisters Summer and Winter live alone on a remote island, sheltered from a destroyed world ...Show more

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Our Home, Our Heartbeat by Adam Briggs

$24.99 AUD

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17

Category: Picture Books

Briggs is a much-loved hip-hop artist, screenwriter and producer, working on shows such as Matt Groening's Disenchantment and The Weekly with Charlie Pickering. Briggs won 'Film Clip of the Year' and was shortlisted for 'Artist of the Year' at the 2019 National Indigenous Music Awards. ·Kate Moon is a ...Show more

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My Place for Younger Readers by Sally Morgan

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6

Category: History

Since its publication in 1987, Sally Morgan's My Place has sold more than half a million copies in Australia, been translated and read all over the world, and been reprinted dozens of times. Sally's rich, zesty and moving work is perhaps the best loved biography of Aboriginal Australia ever written. My ...Show more

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Living on Stolen Land by Kwaymullina, Ambelin

$22.99 AUD

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13

Category: First Nations Stories

You are on Indigenous lands, swimming in Indigenous waters, looking up at Indigenous skies. Living on Stolen Land is a verse-styled look at our colonial-settler ‘present’. This book is the first of its kind to address and educate a broad audience about the colonial contextual history of Australia, in a ...Show more

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The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks

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4

Category: Middle Fiction (8-12)

One extraordinary year will change them all... Sorrento, Victoria, 1999. Fred's family is a mess. Her mother died when she was six and she's been raised by her Pop and adoptive father, Luca, ever since. But now Pop's had to go away, and Luca's girlfriend Anika and her son have moved in. More and more it ...Show more

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Naughty Dragons Make Trouble! (Naughty Dragons #1) by Natalie Jane Prior

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Category: Action & Adventure | Series: Naughty Dragons

In the Laidley Hundreds, dangerous wild dragons roam the Highlands. But dragons aren't born bad - just naughty! When Ava and Jack's parents agree to foster two young dragons, the siblings can't believe their luck. But teaching a mischievous pair of dragons how to behave isn't easy, and Jack and Ava wi ...Show more

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Skunk and Badger (#1) by Amy Timberlake

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7

Category: New Junior Fiction | Series: Skunk and Badger

When friendly, free-spirited Skunk moves in with solitary rock-scientist Badger, both are forever changed in this whimsical, emotionally rich story from Newbery Honor author Amy Timberlake, illustrated in full-colour and black-and-white pictures by Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen (This Is Not My Hat, Pax ...Show more

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Birdie and the Virus by Andrea Baldwin; Anil Tortop (Illustrator)

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Category: Birdie's Tree Storybooks

A virus has made Birdie's friend's sick! Birdie feels lonely and worried. What if everyone stays sick forever? But the doctors and nurses are there to help.

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The Secret Library of Hummingbird House by Julianne Negri

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5

Category: NEW Middle Grade

Hattie Maxwell is trying to make sense of her life since the Big Split. It used to be the four of them - Mum, Dad, Ivy and Hattie - against the universe. But now it feels like she's a lone star in a big galaxy. And to make matters worse, her favourite place, Hummingbird House, is going to be demolished! ...Show more

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Peta Lyre's Rating Normal by Anna Whateley

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5

Category: #LoveOzYA

At sixteen, neurodivergent Peta Lyre is the success story of social training. That is, until she finds herself on a school ski trip - and falling in love with the new girl. Peta will need to decide which rules to keep, and which rules to break... I'm Peta Lyre,' I mumble. Look people in the eye if you ...Show more

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Hodgepodge (#1 How to Make a Pet Monster) by Lili Wilkinson

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Category: Junior Fiction (5-9) | Series: Pet Monster

A fantastically readable, gloriously funny and highly collectable new junior fiction series. I'm Artie. I'm eleven years old. I do not believe in ghosts, or monsters. I do believe in science. I also believe that my step-sister Willow is kinda terrifying. Willow and I found a weird old book in the attic ...Show more

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The Lost Soul Atlas by Zana Fraillon

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Category: NEW Middle Grade

One street-boy's quest to reunite and make amends with his best friend told in an epic story that spans a city, a decade, and the divide of life and death itself. From the award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow. A boy awakens in the Afterlife, with a pocketful of vague memories, a key, a raven, and a ...Show more

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The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love by Davina Bell