The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in the small town of Martinville, eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Evan and his best friend Rafe quickly discover a link between on ...Show more
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
$19.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
It was a very fine day, until something tried to eat him. A boy called Christopher is visiting his reclusive grandfather when he witnesses an avalanche of mythical creatures come tearing down the hill. This is how Christopher learns that his grandfather is the guardian of one of the ways between the no ...Show more
Crash Landing (Family Disasters #1) by Nathan Luff
$16.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
There’s a reason families usually live together — to contain the horror and not inflict it on others. A family holiday is a really, really bad idea! After a super embarrassing situation at school, Jakob decides the only way to escape the ridicule is to leave the country on a family holiday. But with a c ...Show more
Stellarlune by Shannon Messenger
$18.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Keeper of the Lost Cities
In this stunning ninth book in the New York Times bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series, Sophie and her friends discover the true meaning of power – and evil. Sophie Foster changed the game. Now she's facing impossible choices:When to act. When to trust. When to let go. Her friends are divided an ...Show more
The 143-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths
$15.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Treehouse
Andy and Terry's treehouse now has 13 new storeys, including a word-o-matic (it knows every word in the whole world!); a recycling depot; a wrecking ball; a deep, dark cave with a real live, fire-breathing dragon; a too-hard basket; a SUPER BIG STUFF storey; a baked-bean geyser (it erupts on the hour, e ...Show more
The Song of Lewis Carmichael by Sofie Laguna
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
A beautiful, illustrated adventure story with a classic feel, about a quiet boy and a talking crow on an extraordinary hot-air balloon ride to the Arctic. Matthew stood on the snowy peak and stared out at the world spread before him. Every picture in his books had been limited by the size of the page, ...Show more
The Stonekeeper (Amulet, Book One) by Kazu Kibuishi
$18.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Amulet
There's something strange behind the basement door... After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mum through a door in the ba ...Show more
Horrible Harriet's Inheritance by Leigh Hobbs
$14.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Horrible Harriet
Horrible Harriet is now horrible in a new chapter book format, highly (and horribly) illustrated You may remember Horrible Harriet—she's wicked, wild, and larger than life, and she invented Mr. Chicken. Well Harriet is back, to claim her inheritance and fill in the gaps in her impressive family tree al ...Show more
Penny Draws a Secret Adventure (#3) by Sara Shepard
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Penny Draws Ser.
The highly anticipated third book in the Penny Draws series from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Sara Shepard. Penny learns more about coping with her anxiety as she embarks on an exciting adventure to find hidden treasure. Little by little, Penny Lowry is making it through grade five-with a bit o ...Show more
My Family and Other Romans by Marie Basting
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
Silvia’s dad loves re-enacting Roman battles on Hadrian’s Wall – unfortunately, he’s stumbled through a one-way portal back to ancient Rome and dragged the whole family along for the ride. Now, the fate of the world rests on Silvia’s shoulders ...
Countdown to Yesterday by Shirley Marr
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
From the incredible mind of multi-award-winning Australian children's author Shirley Marr comes a beautiful story for young readers about memories, family, friendship, The Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book, David Bowie and time travel! James wishes he could go back in time. Back t ...Show more
Losing the Plot by Annaleise Byrd
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
A tremendous whooshing noise started up. It sounded like a million pages being riffled at once. I caught a strong whiff of gingerbread. Then The Complete Fairytales of the Brothers Grimm flew open and a human-shaped blur came shooting out … Basil Beedon and Terry Clegg are neighbours, and that's all the ...Show more