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Before the Storm by Sean McMullen Fox and BC travel through time from the distant future to 1901. Elite cadets in the Imperial Army, they are young, handsome, well-mannered ... and now, mutineers. They have journeyed into the past to save the opening ceremony of Australia’s first parliament from being bombed. If the cadets fail, thousands will die, sparking a century of total war. However, to change the destiny of the world, the young warriors will need the help of three ordinary teenagers ... |
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Pool by Justin D’Ath Something strange has happened to the public swimming pool in New Lourdes, Victoria. The water is no longer level and is rumoured to have curative powers. When sixteen-year-old Wolfgang Mulqueen takes a summer job at the pool, he meets Audrey, a blind girl who claims she’s nocturnal. With the discovery of a butterfly unknown to science, and an unusual request from Audrey’s father, Wolfgang finds himself inextricably drawn into an eighteen-year-old mystery, the tragic resolution of which will change his life forever. |
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The Spell of Undoing by Paul Collins Book #1 in the new Quentaris series! Calamity has befallen the city of Quentaris! Due to a vengeful plot by warlike Tolrush (which backfires), Quentaris is uprooted—city, cliff-face, harbour and all—and hurled into the uncharted rift-maze. Lost and adrift in this endless labyrinth of parallel universes, encountering both friend and foe and facing unknown dangers, Quentaris must somehow forge a new identity and find its way home. But there are other surprises too. When Quentaris gets over its shock, it discovers that it’s not only lost in some other universe, but now it is a floating city, adrift high above an unknown land, at the mercy of the winds. Other authors commissioned: |
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The Equen Queen by Alyssa Brugman ISBN: 978-1-876462-59-8 |
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Wardragon by Paul Collins Book #4 in The Jelindel Chronicles ‘Wardragon is the culmination of The Jelindel Chronicles in a soaring saga. Finally Jelindel, with her allies, Zimak and Daretor, has tracked the alien mailshirt across two radically different worlds. But the journey is perilous when each step is lined with flying beasts, metal wasps, mercenaries and assassins . . . and the mailshirt linked up with the evil Preceptor to create a deadly enemy. 'All Jelindel has is a little magic, Zimak’s wit and Daretor’s sword to scrape through and that is not enough. ‘Collins captures a terrifying, tense world with a touch of humour and holds it to the last shattering battle.’ ALLAN BAILLIE |
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Trust Me! Edited by Paul Collins with an introduction by Isobelle Carmody Blockbuster anthology Trust Me! Features 50 contributions by some of Australia’s best known children’s authors, poets and illustrators. Original stories, poems and art cross all genres: mystery, romance, crime, fantasy, SF, humour and more. Contributors include: Andy Griffiths, Shaun Tan, Gary Crew, Phillip Gwynne, Catherine Bateson, Steven Herrick, Allan Baillie, Sofie Laguna, Leigh Hobbs, Marc McBride, James Roy, Mitch Vane, Michael Wagner, Kerry Greenwood, David Metzenthen and many others. |
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The Ice-cream Man by Jenny Mounfield ISBN: 978-1-876462-68-0 One summer afternoon three boys play a prank on the ice-cream man. This one decision sets into motion a chain of events that will forge a life-long bond, testing each boy as never before. Three boys united by fear and their need for friendship. Three boys united against the ice-cream man. |
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Crossing the Line by Dianne Bates Orphaned then abandoned by long-term foster carers, teenager Sophie lives with Amy and Matt. For a long time and unknown to others, Sophie has been self-mutilating: more recently she has been in therapy. Concerned about Sophie’s increasing depression, the doctor admits her to a hospital. There Sophie is placed in an adolescent ward where she forms tentative relationships with other troubled teenagers and begins sessions with psychiatrist, Helen Marshall. However, the doctor crosses the patient-therapist line, but so too does Sophie ... |
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Big and Me by David Miller The story is a metaphor for a child living with an adult who suffers from mental illness. Big and Me is dramatically illustrated with paper sculpture. |
2009 Releases The following titles can be pre-ordered via your favourite bookshop. |
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Crime Time by Sue Bursztynski Crime Time ? Australians behaving badly is a collection of true Australian crime stories ranging from bushrangers such as Ned Kelly and Mad Dan Morgan through to serial killers, fraudsters and modern celebrity criminals. It has an introduction by Kerry Greenwood and contains details of the crimes, biographical details, portraits by Louise Prout and interesting trivia in Did You Know boxes. |
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The Gimlet Eye by James Roy The Gimlet Eye -- Quest of the Lost City is the third title in series #2 of the Quentaris Chronicles. Much has changed in the sky-city of Quentaris. With the Archon dead, dark forces have come into play. New faces are appearing, familiar ones vanishing, and the horrid Florian has claimed the throne. Then, as Quentaris slips quietly through a vortex into the watery world of the Yarka, Tab Vidler and her friends suddenly realise they are the city’s only hope. Plots, intrigue, magic, mystery, high adventure and more ? everything that you’ve come to expect from the Quentaris series. |
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My Extraordinary Life & Death by Doug MacLeod What exactly is The Tight Trouser Club? None of these questions are answered in My Extraordinary Life and Death, though what do you expect if the author is dead? A roller-coaster of madness and surreal comedy awaits the reader brave enough to open the pages of this truly remarkable book. |
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