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'...
Jon Scieszka introduces some really stupid off-the-wall fairy tales including: ‘Chicken Licken’, ‘The Princess and the Bowling Ball’; ‘The Really Ugly Duckling’, and ‘Jack's Bean Problem’. Chosen by children as...
First recorded in 1000 A.D., the epic tale of the warrior-prince Beowulf is reinvented through Gareth Hinds' masterful and darkly beautiful illustrations. Grendel's black blood runs thick as Beowulf defeats...
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when...
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...
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...
'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...
Albert (Lengy) Lengviriyakul, is fed up with being Thai. His parents own a Thai restaurant with the cheesy name of Thai-riffic! and Lengy is sick of being his father's curry...
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...
King Arthur is one of the greatest legends of all time. From the magical moment when Arthur releases the sword in the stone to the quest for the Holy Grail...
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...
Told in a series of vibrant vignettes, The House on Mango Street is the story of Esperenza Cordera, a young girl growing in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago. For Esperanza, Mango Street...
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...
ABOUT AKIRA VOLUME 1 Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, built on the ashes of a Tokyo annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III. The lives of two streetwise...
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...
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...
With bold imagery and an ear tuned to the music of Homer's epic poem, Gareth Hinds reinterprets the ancient classic as it's never been told before. Fresh from his triumphs...
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,...
Pete's dad is being pursued by a secret organisation and both their lives are in danger. That's why they never stay in the same place long, and always stay out...
The slide opened and I heard a gentle, kind voice: "What is your confession, my child?" I was stuffed. The Priest would declare me a heretic; my parents would call...