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John Marsden
Be careful in this book. You could find yourself up to your ankles in blood, being stalked by a skeleton … or worse!
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You move into the most boring street in the most boring town in Australia. Tarrawagga is a hole. Its only ambition is to be a crater, and it has every…
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Somewhere out there Ellie and her friends are hiding. The first book in the bestselling the Tomorrow series.
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Scott and his friends are just staying alive until new teacher Mr Murlin arrives. Suddenly, it’s OK to be weird.
Live what you believe in… die fighting for it.The third day comes a frost… a killing frost.The enemy spreads across the land, cold and relentless. They invade. They destroy. They…
The epic tale of a convict boy’s extraordinary journey from Australia’s master storyteller, John Marsden.
Maybe deep down every kid knows his parents want him to be the Pride of the School, the Captain of Cricket and Tennis and Rowing and Darts and Knitting and…
Tony writes letters to Miffy: Dreamed about you again. Like I do most nights. Sometimes its nightmares sometimes its good dreams sometimes I have to change the sheets.
A book for all people.And all who read it will be changed by the experience. When Argus leaves home at fourteen every reader will travel with him.And what happens to…
Lisa Morris could be the girl next door. She could be your cousin. She could be sitting behind you in class. She could be you. But Lisa, cool and beautiful…
This remarkable novel, now an established classic, is based on a true story. It was awarded the Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Award in 1988, the Victorian Premier’s…
A manifesto on all aspects of growing up - from parenting and education to the role of literature and imagination - by one of Australia’s most passionate and experienced educators…
Hell is still the safest place on earth.When you’ve run out of choices, you’ve only got yourself.As war rages, as the enemy closes in, as Ellie and her friends fight…
Alice Pung
In this fascinating book, Alice Pung writes about one of her deep influences - the much-loved and hugely successful John Marsden.
A dramatic picture book for older readers that poses the question - what would happen if a typical Australian family found themselves refugees?
Take Risks is the compelling memoir of a revered author and educator, and a forthright discussion on teaching, parenting and society as a whole.
With a roar like a train in a tunnel, the war enters its final days. Ellie has to be on that train. There’s no more sitting around, no more waiting…
The ultimate get off your bum and do it book, Everything I Know About Writing will motivate anyone to write. It’s a lively funny guide to writing, as readable as…
Sunk by a U-boat, Attacked by Kamikazes tells the story of one man's experiences during the years 1939 to 1947. Aged sixteen when the war broke out, Joseph Marsden worked…
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Dear Tracey I don’t know why I’m answering your ad, to be honest. It’s not like I’m into pen pals, but it’s a boring Sunday here, everyone’s out, and I…
The world is in flames…You look behind - there’s nothing but smoke. Ahead of you the future has just burst into flames.Your life is on fire. The world’s an inferno.You’re…
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Nowhere to run; one place left to hide. You’re running from bullets through the streets of your own town. Your life’s on the line and no-one’s there to help.
Hunting and being hunted.Sometimes life seems to offer nothing more than a chase to the death. The fight to survive has never been fiercer.But as they wage war, Ellie and…
Be careful in this book! You could become your school’s biggest hero or its biggest loser. You make it happen.
Tony and his friends are seriously bored with their lives so they go ‘looking for trouble’. But then they find it.
A rich and haunting allegory for all ages, all cultures.
Thought-provoking text, illustrated by internationally-acclaimed artist Shaun Tan. The rabbits came many grandparents ago. They built houses, made roads, had children. They cut down trees. A whole continent of rabbits…
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John Taylor
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
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John Noell Moore
John Marsden is the best known of all contemporary Australian writers for young adults. A master storyteller, Marsden’s 7-volume Tomorrow Series has become a landmark in Australian YA fiction, capturing…
Life is a thrilling adventure. Our children get only rare glimpses of the possibilities. To roam, to dare, to fail?… these are the rights of children.
John Marsden, the award-winning…
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The first John Marsden in five years!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Several years ago over 100 well-known Australians tackled the biggest question of all, exploring their personal truths, in a collection of essays. The world has changed and the author asks…
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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1853 Edition.
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone… When Matthew spoke these lines in the hit film Four Weddings and a Funeral every reviewer was moved.Poems selected to fit the…
Walk around Manchester city centre today and it is difficult to appreciate that in the nineteenth century you would never have been more than a few minutes walk from a…
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Winter is sixteen. It’s time to come home.For twelve years Winter has been haunted. Her past, her memories, her feelings, will not leave her alone. And now, at sixteen, the…
She has parents, a brother, friends and a dog.Sometimes the dog seems like the only one she can trust.Her life is about to fall apart.The dog is Checkers.The book is…
