WALKER BOOKS AUSTRALIA 2022
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CONTENTS Picture Books ............................................................................... 4 Board Books ...............................................................................16 Graphic Novels ...........................................................................17 Junior Fiction ...............................................................................19 Middle-Grade Fiction ................................................................. 20 Young Adult Fiction .................................................................... 25 New in Paperback...................................................................... 26 LOOK FOR US ON
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PICTURE BOOKS Piano Fingers
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Caroline Magerl A charming picture book about finding your talent, even if it takes some time and a little help. Isla and Bea are two sisters who share a love of music. Big sister Isla plays the violin and Bea is waiting for her music to start. With the help of Maestro Gus, the cat ghost of the piano, Bea will make her sparkling debut. Piano Fingers is the latest magical creation from an award-winning and internationally distinguished creator that hits all the right notes. 9781760652616 • March 2022 • 3 years + • Hardback • AU$26.99/NZ$28.99 . . . pick
a key.”
The sound of an icy tear falling from a star.
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The piano began to huff and hum from its great belly strings.
PICTURE BOOKS Bush Magic Kylie Howarth A delightful story of the power of imagination, appreciating the natural world and spending time with the ones you love. Jarrah and Grandpa love spending time together exploring the bush around their home. But one Sunday it's too rainy to venture outside, so Jarrah and Grandpa float away on a dreamlike quest and meet magical creatures to save their stranded bush friends from a flood and have their most exciting adventure together yet. 9781760650827 • May 2022 • 4 years + • Hardback • AU$25.99/NZ$28.99
Arabella’s Alphabet Adventure Suzy Zail and Christopher Nielsen A timeless story about an alphabet, a daring adventure and a book who learns she is perfect, just the way she is. Arabella's Alphabet Adventure is the most beautiful and most borrowed book in the library – but only ever by children. Tired of having her pages torn by sticky fingers, Arabella slips into the Very Serious Book section of the library and takes an adventure within the pages of an African travel guide. But will Arabella realise that where she belongs is closer than she thinks? 9781760652425 • March 2022 • 4 years + • Hardback • AU$25.99/NZ$28.99
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PICTURE BOOKS Frank’s Red Hat Sean E Avery Frank is a penguin with ideas. Mostly terrible ones. That's why his fellow penguins are nervous when he shows them his strange new creation. Something they'd never seen or expected to see in their cold and colourless Antarctic world – a red hat. Frank's Red Hat is a story about never giving up on your talents, because even though what you do may not be appreciated right now, it may be in time. Possibly by someone you'd least expect. 9781760654283 • August 2022 • 4 years + • Hardback • AU$24.99/NZ$27.99
Jigsaw Bob Graham Serendipity and positive thinking come into play as a family searches for a missing puzzle piece in Bob Graham’s enchanting story with a sweet surprise ending. “Oh, let’s do it!” say Kitty and Katy and Mum when a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle mysteriously arrives in the post. “I have time on my hands,” agrees Dad. Starting in winter with the edges, by autumn they’re almost done, only to discover that one piece is missing... 9781529503319 • July 2022 • 3 years + • Hardback AU$27.99/NZ$29.99
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PICTURE BOOKS Tractor Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock Head to the farm to see the tractors ploughing, spraying, moving and harvesting in this new addition to the best-selling ROADWORKS series that makes the perfect interactive read-aloud for vehicle-obsessed kids. Down on the farm, let’s cut the earth. Chop, chop! Don’t stop! Break that ground! Down on the farm, let’s cut the earth. What makes that cut-cut-cutting sound? Tractor is full of rhythmic words that describe the machinery used in farm work from planting the seeds through to harvesting. And right at the centre of the action is the hard-working tractor! 9781529503319 • July 2022 • 3 years + • Hardback AU$27.99/NZ$29.99
Paradise Sands Levi Pinfold An enchanting tale of haunting places and mystical bargains, sumptuously illustrated by Levi Pinfold. When a young girl and her brothers step into the ghostly Paradise Sands hotel, they fall under the rule of the mysterious Teller. She makes a deal with him to free them all from his haunting paradise. But can she hold up her side of the bargain? 9781406383942 • October 2022 • 5 years + • Hardback • AU$27.99/NZ$29.99
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PICTURE BOOKS Ella and the Useless Day Meg McKinlay and Karen Blair A heartwarming picture book about community, sustainability and how one neighbour’s rubbish is another’s treasure. Ella’s house is full of things . . . useless things! At least that’s what she and Dad think. But when they decide to have a clean-up day, something very curious happens. Maybe what is useless to them is treasure to someone else? 9781760653095 • August 2022 • 3 years + • Hardback • AU$25.99/NZ$28.99
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PICTURE BOOKS Jack’s Jumper Sara Acton A sweet story about the bond between brothers and the sentimental value of sharing with your siblings. Jack's jumper is special because it can be many things – a den, a hat, a hug – but most of all it is special because it belonged to Jack's big brother, Paul. Jack wears the jumper every day, but when forced to take it off to have a bath, the cat sees a comfy new bed . . . 9781760654054 • July 2022 • 3 years + • Hardback AU$25.99/NZ$27.99
Old Fellow Christopher Cheng and Liz Anelli A touching and tender story about the joy that can be found in companionship and community. An old man and an old dog look after each other on their daily trip to the local park. Along the way they meet friends new and old who brighten their day in different ways. A beautiful, heartwarming book that celebrates community and connection. 9781760652395 • June 2022 • 3 years + Hardback • AU$25.99/NZ$27.99
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PICTURE BOOKS Seree’s Story Irma Gold and Wayne Harris An uplifting and thought-provoking tale about elephant conservation. When they came, the herd scattered in fright, their trumpeting calls shattering the morning. Seree and her mother were cornered. Life in the jungle was good for young Seree and her mother until the day poachers come. Separated from her mother and the life she knows, Seree is taken to work in a circus. Forced to perform every day and spend each night in chains, Seree longs to be with the herd and reunited with her mother. Will she ever be free? A poignant story by an active elephant conservationist that puts the spotlight on animal welfare. 9781925126990 • April 2022 • 5 years + • Hardback • AU$26.99/NZ$29.99
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Our home is an ancient land. In every corner of Australia, wonders are waiting Our Country: Ancient Wonders for curious explorers. Mark Greenwood and Frané Lessac Adventure is out there . . .
This first book in the Our Country series takes readers on a journey across Australia to marvel at our unique geology and geography. Our home is an ancient land. In every corner of Australia, wonders are waiting for curious explorers. With each vibrant fact-filled page of this unique book, readers will visit different natural wonders across all states and territories. See the prehistoric beasts that roamed the land in Winton, venture through the lava-formed caves at Undara, experience the fiery glow of Uluru and Kata Tjuta, and more! Adventure is out there . . . Our Country is calling.
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9781760652241 • February 2022 • 7 years + • Hardback • AU$26.99/NZ$28.99
A is for Australian Reefs
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Frané Lessac A factastic tour of Australian under the sea, by award-winning author-illustrator Frané Lessac. Which reef can be seen from space? Which fish prefer to walk on their fins? Which sea creature has nine brains? Discover the answers to these questions and more in this factastic tour of Australian oceans! 9781760652258 • October 2022 • 5 years + • Hardback • AU$26.99/NZ$29.99
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The Echidna Near My Place Sue Whiting and Cate James The Echidna Near My Place tells the story of a child and their nana, and the echidna they love to follow around. As a young child and their nana go for walks together, they follow a short-beaked echidna, and keenly observe and discuss what its life might be life. Learn with them about what echidnas eat, where they live, and how they protect themselves. 9781760652401 • April 2022 • 5 years + • Hardback AU$26.99/NZ$28.99
Tasmanian Devil Claire Saxby and Max Hamilton Tasmanian Devil showcases different elements of the habitat, behaviours and day-today life of one of Australia's most famous marsupials. In Tasmanian Devil, award-winning author Claire Saxby and talented artist Max Hamilton tell the story of two imps, or young devils. As brother and sister grow and venture further from the den, they explore more and more of their world in this stunning Nature Storybook. 9781760652418 • June 2022 • 5 years + • Hardback • AU$26.99/NZ$28.99
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Nature Storybooks is an award-winning series featuring lyrical narratives and engaging nonfiction combined with stunning artwork to pique the curiosity of young minds. NEW IN PAPERBACK
Gecko Huber & Lovelock 9781760650926 • May 22 5+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
Kookaburra Saxby & Harricks 9781760655020 • Feb 22 5+• AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
Searching for Cicadas Gibbes & Watson 9781760655488 • Jan 22 5+ • AU$17.99/NZ$19.99
Wombat Cheng & Duthie 9781760653873 • Apr 22 5+• AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
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Over 1 million Little Wombat books sold!
The internationally-beloved Little Wombat series is about a playful little wombat exploring and adventuring through the world around him. Little Wombat’s Easter Surprise Charles Fuge A Little Wombat story about sharing, new friends, and of course, Easter eggs.
Little Wombat is busy collecting eggs on his Easter hunt when he sees Rabbit hop by wearing a special Easter Bunny costume. It's such a good costume that the tail and nose won't even come off – but wait, is that really Rabbit? Or is it his new friend, Bilby? Perfect for an Australian Easter storytime, this book is about new friends, new experiences and new ways to celebrate Easter. 9781760654269 • February 2022 • 2 years + • Hardback • AU$24.99/NZ$27.99
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THE Little Wombat SERIES
Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball PB • 9781760652951 AU$16.99/NZ$18.99 Board • 9781760653804 AU$15.99/NZ$17.99
You’re the Best, Mum!
Where to, Little Wombat?
Watch Out, Little Wombat?
HB • 9781760652296 AU$24.99/NZ$27.99
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Board • Mar 22 • 9781760653705 Board • Nov 22 • 9781760654115 Board • Jun 22 • 9781760654122 AU$15.99/NZ$17.99 AU$15.99/NZ$17.99 AU$15.99/NZ$17.99
Little Wombat costume, balloons, stickers and activity sheets available for events! Contact marketingwba@walkerbooks.com.au for more information. Swim, Little Wombat, Swim!
Found You, Little Wombat!
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Board • Sep 22 • 9781760653521 Board • Apr 22 • 9781760653514 AU$15.99/NZ$17.99 AU$15.99/NZ$17.99
My dad THINKS . . . My Dad Thinks He’s a Pirate Katrina Germein and Tom Jellett The next hilarious title in the My Dad Thinks . . . series, which includes My Dad Thinks He‘s Funny, My Dad Still Thinks He‘s Funny and My Dad Thinks He’s Super Funny. Captain Dad and his crew are having a day at the beach, and of course Dad brings his treasure trove of jokes. Whether it's a ship he bought on sail or an earring that costs one buccaneer, a day with Dad is shore to be hilarious! At least he seems to think so. 9781760653460 • July 2022 • 4 years + • Hardback • AU$24.99/NZ$27.99
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BOARD BOOKS Farmer John’s Tractor Sally Sutton and Robyn Belton Celebrate the tenth anniversary of Farmer John’s Tractor with this gorgeous board book edition! Farmer John’s rusty old tractor lies locked in the shed. Rusty yet trusty and orangey-red. When the rain comes and the river rises, will Farmer John’s tractor be able to save the day? 9781760655037 • July 2022 • 3 years + • Board Book • AU$16.99/NZ$17.99
Sometimes Cake Edwina Wyatt and Tamsin Ainslie For anyone who has ever wished for a party every day of the year, this is a story about finding your own reasons to have cake. Two friends learn the joy of celebrating the everyday because sometimes it’s important to enjoy things like Tuesdays, coconuts, orange, purple and lions. . . 9781760654276 • August 2022 • 2 years + • Board Book • AU$15.99/NZ$17.99
Tractor
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Sally Sutton and Brian Lovelock Head to the farm to see the tractors ploughing, spraying, moving and harvesting in this new addition to the best-selling ROADWORKS series that makes the perfect interactive read-aloud for vehicle-obsessed kids.
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GRAPHIC NOVELS CLICK series Kayla Miller For fans of Raina Telgemeier, a graphic novel series about stepping out of one’s comfort zone, navigating new experiences, and the satisfaction of blazing your own trails. A New York Times bestselling series.
Click 9781760654870 • Oct 21 Camp 9781760654924 • Jan 22 Act 9781760654931 • Jul 22 Clash 9781760655174 • Oct 22 Crunch 9781760655181 • Dec 22 8 years + • Paperback AU$17.99/NZ$19.99 17
GRAPHIC NOVELS Friendly Bee and Friends Sean E Avery Friendly Bee wants to be friends with all the bugs he meets, whether they like it or not. Meet Friendly Bee: he’s a bee who puts himself out there, a bee who sees the best in everyone else. Sometimes, Friendly Bee's cheerful attitude gets him into trouble – like almost being squashed by an excessively large shoe; or becoming a delicious meal for the mildly homicidal Enormous Hairy Spider. Luckily, Friendly Bee's reluctant best friend Angry Wasp is there to save this buzzing buffoon from certain doom – if he really has to. 9781760654351 • September 2022 • 5 years + • Paperback • AU$15.99/NZ$17.99
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JUNIOR FICTION Miss Penny Dreadful and the Midnight Kittens Allison Rushby and Bronte Rose Marando An enquiring mind – and mystical mysteries to solve – adds up to adventure in the first book of the new junior fiction series. 1872. Forever in trouble for sketching in her notebook, Penny Pickering dreams of her famous authoress aunt turning up at her boarding school and whisking her away. So when Aunt Harriet appears at Miss Strickland’s School for Girls of an Enquiring Mind and asks Penny if she would like to join her on an adventure, Penny knows exactly what to say – yes, please! Penny soon finds herself headed for Hampshire and a strange place called Mr Toddington’s Museum of the Curious and Absurd where bewitched kittens are said to have a tea party at midnight. 9781760654030 • August 2022 • 7 years + • Paperback • AU$15.99/NZ$17.99
The Courage of Magnolia Moon Edwina Wyatt, Katherine Quinn and Sarah Davis
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Magnolia Moon is very good at finding courage. And when you’ve fought with your best friend and your grandma is sick, it will take great courage to find a way forward. Magnolia Moon returns with a story of the great daring it takes to be ten years old (almost eleven). Whether she’s helping a friend be brave, standing up to bullies or helping out at home, Magnolia shows readers how a little bit of courage can make life magical. A lyrical and imaginative tale that highlights everyday wonders. 9781760654658 • November 2022 • 8 years + • Hardback • AU$19.99/NZ$21.99
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MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION Pearly and Pig and the Great Hairy Beast Sue Whiting and Rebecca Crane A fast-paced junior fiction adventure starring a plucky new heroine that has to face her fears to save her parents, her friend and the day! Pearly Woe is a worrier. She worries about everything, especially that she'll never be brave enough to become a member of the top-secret group of stealth adventurers – The Adventurologists' Guild. Pearly also has a special talent – she can talk to animals. Her favourite animal to talk to is her pet pig, Pig. But with her parents missing, Pig pig-napped, and Pearly a stowaway on an icebreaker heading for Antarctica, Pearly's worries just got REAL. 9781760653590 • March 2022 • 8 years + • Paperback • AU$15.99/NZ$17.99
Tilda Sue Whiting You have a big heart. And people blessed with a big heart have a choice to make. Do they fill that heart with light and love or do they fill it with darkness and hate? This is your choice to make, Matilda. Make it wisely. Tilda Moss refuses to believe her papa has abandoned her and left her, alone and orphaned, in Brushwood Convent and Home for Girls, no matter what Sister Agatha says. A promise is a promise and Papa promised he would be back for her as soon as he returns from the war. But Tilda is convinced the dreadful Sister Agatha is out to get her. Why is she so hateful all the time? She insists that Matilda declare to all at the convent that she is an orphan. She is not an orphan and she will never say it! Something is amiss and Tilda and her best friend Annie need to find out what before it is too late. A story of friendship, hope and resilience. 9781760654634 • September 2022 • 10 years + • Paperback • AU$17.99/NZ$19.99 20
funny squeaking sounds as he snuffles her face. She
elephant, the monkeys and the birds. Evie feels
rubs his ears and scratches his chin, before tapping
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his horn and leading him to a fence. She steps up
onto a railing and clicks her tongue, asking Rhino to move closer to her. He stands very still.
How hard can it be to ride a rhinoceros? wonders Evie.
Evie and Rhino
Evie hoists herself up and climbs onto Rhino’s
back. With a squeeze of her legs, Rhino starts to
walk. His gait is smooth and slow, much smoother Neridah McMullin and Astred Hicks than a pony’s. Evie places her hands on Rhino’s neck, and touches him on the left or right to show
him which way she’d like to go. A moving tale for middle-grade readers about love, It’s not that different to riding a horse! thinks connection Evie. andExcept, the you’re healing powers friendship a lot higher off theof ground, and Rhino’s girth is so wide her legs stick straight
When Evie finds a fully-grown rhinoceros washed up on a beach, she feels an immediate connection and knows she has to help him. When Rhino wakes, he knows that the small, golden-haired child in front of him will save his life. Side-by-side, these unlikely friends form a bond capable of overcoming the tragedies that saw one in chains and the other lose her parents and unable to speak. 9781760654207 • October 2022 • 10 years + Paperback • AU$18.99/NZ$21.99
How to Be ... The New Person Anna Branford A delightful, touching and insightful new story from the award-winning author of Violet Mackerel. When her family decides to leave their home and move to the outer suburbs, Hazel has to cope with leaving her best friend, and starting at a new school where she doesn’t exactly feel welcomed. She manages to make a new friend, her elderly next door neighbour, Veronica, but THEN Veronica has to move too. As Hazel settles in at school, she meets Laura, and together they create a video – a how-to guide for being “the new person” . . . because everyone, sometime, will meet one, or be one! 9781760655839 • October 2022 • 8 years + • Paperback • AU$15.99/NZ$17.99
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MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION The Bravest Word
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Kate Foster A beautiful and uplifting tale of finding the courage to say the bravest word. Do you hear that? You're Cliff now, and life is going to get better, I promise. When eleven-year-old Matty finds Cliff, a hurt, neglected dog abandoned in the bush, he knows the brave little pup needs saving. He knows he wants to help. But can he? Lately, Matty has had way more bad days than good days. The pieces of his life just don't seem to fit together any more and he doesn't understand why. He’s finding it impossible to concentrate at school and has lost interest in the activities he used to love, including soccer. Plus, he's tired all the time. Matty’s too afraid to share what’s really going on in his own head with anyone. His friends and family will never understand . . . maybe it’s not only Cliff who needs saving. 9781760654719 • May 2022 • 9 years + • Paperback • AU$17.99/NZ$19.99
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The Ghost Locket Allison Rushby A captivating supernatural mystery set in a house haunted by secrets from the past. Eleven-year-old Lolli must return to London and break a promise she made to herself – to never again enter the house in Spitalfields, an historic building managed by her family. There, Lolli must face up to what she saw in the house several years ago and make things right for two ghosts, one friendly and one decidedly not, and open her heart to people in both the living and twilight worlds. 9781760654139 • April 2022 • 9 years + • Paperback • AU$17.99/NZ$19.99
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MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION The Astronaughties: Moon Mayhem Andrew Cranna An out-of-this-world illustrated middle grade adventure that will have young readers giggling across the galaxy! You may be asking yourself, dear reader, how three naughty kids, one pet octopug and their handsome robot minder – that's me – accidentally got strapped inside a 400 megaton thermonuclear rocket on a one-way collision course to the moon? Good question! Well, let me take you back to the beginning . . . In 2120 the Moon has been transformed into the ultimate super-cool intergalactic amusement park. The Astronaughties, the children of some of the park's designers, get a chance to visit the Lunar Park before it officially opens. But when they arrive, they discover their parents are missing. Now their mission is to find them, defeat the baddies and free a trapped alien. Hold on tight, this is going to be one wild rocket ride! 9781760653378 • May 2022 • 9 years + • Paperback • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
The Homecoming Horse
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Jackie Merchant A touching novel about finding your home, even if it doesn't look the way you expected. Kennedy and Dad have been on the move since Mum left and their farm had to be sold. When Dad takes on a horse called Ugly, the plan for the horse is clear from the start – train him up, sell him off and put the money toward their new farm deposit. Despite knowing the clock is ticking, the bond between Kennedy and Ugly (or Douglas, as she calls him) becomes unbreakable. In the face of all uncertainty, Douglas has become her home and her haven, but will they have to sell him to have a home of their own? 9781760653569 • April 2022 • 9 years + • Paperback • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
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MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION The Wearing of the Green Claire Saxby A powerful historical novel exploring themes of racism, classism and gender expectations present in a growing nation. When Biddy arrives in Melbourne from Ireland in 1850, she knows exactly what she's going to do – find her rebellious big brother, Ewen. Her plans are derailed when he's not there to meet her and she's forced into a situation that is nothing like she expected. Faced with challenges and chased by luck, bad and good, Biddy must find a strength within herself to build a new life – and to find her missing brother. 9781760653583 • April 2022 • 10 years + • Paperback • AU$18.99/NZ$21.99
Interned Pamela Rushby Based on true events, Interned is a moving, well-researched and evocative historical fiction novel that highlights an often forgotten moment in Australian history. It's 1914. Gretta lives a privileged life in Singapore, the daughter of a businessman; Tilly lives a modest life in Brisbane, the daughter of a baker. When war breaks out and both countries turn on their families for being German, the two girls find themselves taken from their homes, interned at a camp in rural New South Wales. Far away from everything they have ever known, Gretta and Tilly are forced to face prejudice, overcome adversity and to make their own community. 9781760653019 • March 2022 • 11 years + • Paperback • AU$17.99/NZ$19.99
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YOUNG ADULT FICTION All the Best Liars Amelia Kahaney This dark, modern psychological thriller, and coming-of-age YA novel, is about obsession, manipulation and the intensity of those first friendships that take hold of you and never let you go. Best friends Syd, Rain and Brie grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in the stifling California desert, desperately wishing for a way out. In the end, each of them will escape, but not in the way they expect. One will do it by dying, another by lying, a third by taking the fall. A deadly fire is set two weeks before the end of their senior year of high school and nothing will ever be the same. With gorgeous, taut prose and twists to the very last page, All the Best Liars switches between the present and the past to unravel the truth behind the fire and the cost of the secrets at the heart of their friendship. 9781760656072 • September 2022 • 14 years + • Paperback • AU$19.99/NZ$22.99
The Hidden Girl
THE HIDDEN GIRL LOUISE BASSETT
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Louise Bassett Mel has everything to lose – but how can she stand back when she knows something's not right? Within the pages of a stolen diary, Melati discovers a coded cry for help – the diary belongs to Devi, an Indonesian teenager who is being held by traffickers. Mel races across the island of Java and against the clock to work out Devi's identity and where she’s being held. Before long the pieces fall into place and Mel must put her own life on the line to save a girl she's never met. 9781760654788 • August 2022 • 13 years + • Paperback • AU$19.99/NZ$21.99
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An Amazing Australian Road Trip Hosking & Vamos 9781760653842 • Jan 22 5+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
Bear in Space Abela & Crosby-Fairall 9781760654740 • Jan 22 3+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
Henry Turnip Harris 9781760654566 • Feb 22 2+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
The Biscuit Maker Lawson & Anelli 9781760654498 • Feb 22 3+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
The Anzac Billy Saxby, Jackson & Potter 9781760654573 • Mar 22 5+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
Rajah Street Yim 9781760653866 • Mar 22 3+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
North and South Morris 9781760653859 • Mar 22 7+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
The Happiness Box Greenwood & McLean 9781760654474 • Apr 22 7+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
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The Dragonkeeper Trilogy Box Set Wilkinson 9781760655440 • Mar 22 8+ • AU$49.99/NZ$54.99
Magnolia Moon Deluxe Slipcase Wyatt & Quinn 9781760654580 • Oct 22 6+ • AU$37.99/NZ$39.99
Wilam Murphy, Kelly & Kennedy 9781760652203 • Jun 22 6+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
The Wolves of Greycoat Hall Lucinda Gifford 9781760655129 • Oct 22 9+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
Florence and Fox: Sharing Day Louise & Pignataro 9781760653880 • Jun 22 3+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
An Aussie Christmas Gum Tree Hosking & Eckstrom 9781760653927 • Oct 22 3+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
The Skunk with No Funk Young & Rudge 9781760655280 • Sep 22 3+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
The Christmas Rose Blaxland & Hennessy 9781760655273 • Oct 22 3+ • AU$16.99/NZ$18.99
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