A brilliant graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's critically acclaimed novel for young people. When Coraline moves to a new home, she is fascinated by the fact that the 'house'...
The first book of "Earthsea" is a tale of wizards, dragons and terrifying shadows. The island of Gont is a land famous for wizards. Of these, some say the greatest...
The Wolfe family has fallen on hard times. Dad has been out of work for months, Mum works a night shift, Sarah gets drunk and Steve wants to leave his...
When Nathanial and his mother move to the quiet, safe streets of Cheshunt, he immediately senses something wrong.Violent gangs patrol the streets, feral dogs roam at night, and the oppressive...
Nobody in Preston could remember when the watertower was built, or or who had built it, but there it stood on Shooters Hill - its iron legs rusted, its egg-shaped...
The Diary of Mary Talence, Sydney, 1937. "I woke up this morning and I couldn't stop crying cos this place is not my home, even though everyone says it is....
'My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.' Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things - eating...
Mr Piggott and his two sons behave like pigs to poor Mrs Piggott – until, finally, she walks out. Left to fend for themselves, the male Piggotts undergo some curious...
Publisher: Vintage/Random House Year: 2007 Illustrations by John Tenniel Alice is one of the most beloved characters of English writing. A bright and inquisitive child, one boring summer afternoon, she...
Children are kidnapped to perform in a deadly circus for a mysterious audience. From back cover: 'All the suffering and pain of their lives were cancelled out by the beauty...
A collection of short stories from some of Australia's best writers including Carole Wilkinson, Andy Griffths, Michael Panckridge, Michael Gerard Bauer, Karen Tayleur, Tessa Duder, Scot Gardner, Alicia Sometimes, Michael...
Take one Shakespearean tragedy: Macbeth.Add Andy, Danny and Lisa – the Just trio, whosemadcap exploits have already delighted hundreds of thousands of readers for the last ten years.Mix them all together to...
The two men were circling each other with all the angry energy of fighting bulls, in front of a crowd that was already wild with excitement. The Pankration was what...
Henni lives in Melbourne, Leo lives in Berlin. Different countries, different lives, so far apart; but sometimes the person furthest away is just the one you need. A postcard from...
Brett Dalton is a tough guy - hardened, angry, uncaring and always ready to use his fists. When the world hates you, you might as well hate it back...But when...
A black tunnel began to form around me. My room started to spin. Desperately I tried to cry out but I couldn't make a sound. Then, like shattering glass, I...
Jung-ling's family considers her bad luck because her mother died giving birth to her. They discriminate against her and make her feel unwanted yet she yearns and continuously strives for...
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding...
This re-telling of Anglo-Saxon legend recounts Beowulf's terrifying quests against Grendel the man-wolf and against the hideous sea-hag, and his fight to the death with the monstrous fire-drake. Condition: Were...
Product Information Being fourteen is hard but it's even harder when your parents uproot you from a cosy little country town to a huge urban high school.Already unsettled and anxious...
Carl Matt hasn't got much. There's just his younger brother Harley and the old red barge to Wiseman's Cove. And nothing's going to take those away from him.He's an awkward,...