Australian Young Adult Fiction 2015

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Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean

Payal Dhar,Anita Roy,Kirsty Murray

A collection of sci-fi and fantasy writing, including six graphic stories, showcasing twenty stellar writers and artists from India and Australia: Isobelle Carmody, Kate Constable, Penni Russon, Margo Lanagan, Mandy…

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The Flywheel

Erin Gough

Seventeen-year-old Delilah’s crazy life is about to get crazier. Ever since her father took off overseas, she’s been struggling to run the family’s cafe - The Flywheel - without him…

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For the Forest of a Bird

Sue Saliba

A novel about love and the things you can and can’t change, from the winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for young adult fiction, Sue Saliba.

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The Hush

Skye Melki-Wegner

In a world where music is power, one boy’s discovery that he can hear the song will change everything … Chester is on the road, searching every town for clues…

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Pandora Jones: Reckoning

Barry Jonsberg

Pandora Jones knows the truth, but she is alone and seemingly powerless against the might of The School. The stunning conclusion to the Pandora Jones trilogy.

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Footy Dreaming

Michael Hyde

Ben and Noah play on opposing teams in a footy-obsessed town. They each dream of playing on the G - and this is their make or break season. Tensions rise…

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Soon

Morris Gleitzman,Morris Gleitzman

After the Nazis took my parents I was scared. After they killed my best friend I was angry. After I joined the partisans and helped defeat the Nazis I was…

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You’re the Kind of Girl I Write Songs About

Daniel Herborn

Funny, sweet and beautifully depicted, YOU’RE THE KIND OF GIRL I WRITE SONGS ABOUT is a startlingly fresh voice from a very talented new author. Tim is repeating the HSC…

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Stay With Me

Maureen McCarthy

The unforgettable story of a young woman finding the courage to escape her present, face her past and embrace her future, from the bestselling author of The Convent.

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The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex

Gabrielle Williams

A rock chick. An artist with attitude. A girl with a past. A party animal. Four lives collide when one of the world’s most famous paintings is stolen. It’s a…

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Every Move

Ellie Marney

Watts and Mycroft are back in another crime-fighting romance and this time they may not make it out alive…

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A Single Stone

Meg McKinlay (Author)

Beautifully crafted dystopian novel from award-winning author Meg McKinlay.

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One True Thing

Nicole Hayes

When is a secret not a secret? When your whole life is public. Frankie is used to being a politician’s daughter, but with her mum now running for Premier, life’s…

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Becoming Kirrali Lewis

Jane Harrison

Set within the explosive cultural shifts of the 1960s and 1980s, Becoming Kirrali Lewis chronicles the journey of a young Aboriginal teenager as she leaves her home town in rural…

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Pieces of Sky

Trinity Doyle

Lucy’s life was going as smoothly as any teenager’s could. She was the state backstroke champion, and swimming obsessed. She lived with her parents and her brother, Cam, in the…

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To Hold the Bridge: A tale of the Old Kingdom and other stories

Garth Nix

A collection of Garth Nix’s best short stories, featuring a diverse cast of characters - protectors, travellers, warriors - ranging across vividly evoked worlds and times.

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Frankie and Joely

Nova Weetman

A magnetic young adult novel about friendship, rivalry and new love. Frankie and Joely are best friends. They love each other like no one else can. It’s summer and, together…

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Freedom Ride

Sue Lawson (Author)

Robbie knows bad things happen in Walgaree. But it’s nothing to do with him. That’s just the way the Aborigines have always been treated. In the summer of 1965 racial…

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Ophelia: Queen of Denmark

Jackie French

Following on from I Am Juliet, this is the second title in a proposed new series for young people that focuses on the reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s classic and enduring plays…

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Faking it (The Intern, Book 2)

Gabrielle Tozer

Does Josie have what it takes to be a real journalist? Will she be able to prove her innocence without losing her job at indi (and her mind)? Or will…

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Prince of Afghanistan

Louis Nowra

Black parachutes fall from the sky: young soldiers - and a dog - on a rescue mission in a remote part of Afghanistan. But the mission ends in chaos, and…

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The Truth About Peacock Blue

Rosanne Hawke

Everything changes for thirteen-year-old Aster the night her brother dies. One day, she is accused of intentionally making a spelling mistake to insult the holy prophet. Her teacher is incensed…

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Risk

Fleur Ferris

Gripping, devastating and terrifying. The scariest thing is that everything that happens in Risk is all too possible.‘ Rebecca James, bestselling author of Beautiful Malice Taylor and Sierra have been…

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The Peony Lantern

Frances Watts

When Kasumi leaves her remote village for the teeming city of Edo, her life is transformed. As a lady - in - waiting in a samurai mansion she discovers a…

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The Beauty is in the Walking

James Moloney

In the bestselling tradition of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Time and Wonder. ‘Sometimes you’ve got to show some mongrel. There’s mongrel in you, little…

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The Cut Out

Jack Heath

An ordinary teenager’s world turns upside down when he’s mistaken for a ruthless young spy. An action thriller suitable for readers of Cherub or The Last Thirteen.

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In the Skin of a Monster

Kathryn Barker

One of the most original novels I’ve read for a long while. Great voices. Complex relationships. Just what I love to read.‘ - Melina Marchetta Caught in a dreamscape, mistaken…

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Sister Heart

Sally Morgan

A young Aboriginal girl is taken from the north of Australia and sent to an institution in the distant south. There, she slowly makes a new life for herself and…

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The Tribe Book 3: The Foretelling of Georgie Spider

Ambelin Kwaymullina (Author)

A storm was stretching out across futures to swallow everything in nothing, and it was growing larger, which meant it was getting nearer…

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Green Valentine

Lili Wilkinson

Astrid Katy Smythe is beautiful, smart and popular. She’s a straight - A student and a committed environmental activist. She’s basically perfect. Hiro is the opposite of perfect. He’s slouchy…

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KidGlovz

Julie Hunt

KidGlovz is a musical genius. His gift is so precious that he’s kept under lock and key. But when a young thief helps him escape, Kid must embark on a…

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Newt’s Emerald

Garth Nix

After the Newington Emerald is stolen at the height of a conjured storm, eighteen-year-old Lady Truthful Newington goes to London to search for the magical heirloom of her house.

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Inbetween Days

Vikki Wakefield

At seventeen, Jacklin Bates is all grown up. She’s dropped out of school. She’s living with her runaway sister, Trudy, and she’s in secret, obsessive love with Luke, who doesn’t…

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The River and the Book

Alison Croggon (Author)

From the internationally bestselling author of The Books of Pellinor comes a powerful story about the exploitation of indigenous people by the First World.

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Fall: Twinmaker 3

Sean Williams

Action and danger fuel this near-future thriller in a fresh take on technology, identity, and the lengths one girl will go to save her best friend. The explosive conclusion to…

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Clancy Of The Undertow

Christopher Currie

“Awkward, titless, something approaching hopeless.” That’s how Clancy describes herself. Harsh. But in a town like Barwen you only have to be a little different to feel like a freak…

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