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Memoirs of a Geisha meets The Selection in this stunning YA fantasy novel. Perfects for fans of Renée Ahdieh, Laini Taylor and Sabaa Tahir.
Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honour they could hope for...and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. And instead of paper, she's made of fire...
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Girls of Paper and Fire
Natasha Ngan
Memoirs of a Geisha meets The Selection in this stunning YA fantasy novel. Perfects for fans of Renée Ahdieh, Laini Taylor and Sabaa Tahir.
Each year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Girls to serve the king. It's the highest honour they could hope for...and the most demeaning. This year, there's a ninth. And instead of paper, she's made of fire...
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Light Years: the thrilling new novel from the author of The 100 series
Light Years Book One
by Kass Morgan
Pub Date 09 Oct 2018
The first book in a thrilling new sci-fi series from the bestselling author of The 100, as seen on TV!
Reeling from the latest attack by a mysterious enemy, the Quatra Fleet Academy is finally admitting students from every planet in the solar system after centuries of exclusivity.
Hotshot pilot Vesper, an ambitious Tridian citizen, dreams of becoming a...
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Light Years: the thrilling new novel from the author of The 100 series
Kass Morgan

Light Years: the thrilling new novel from the author of The 100 series
Light Years Book One
by Kass Morgan
Pub Date 09 Oct 2018
The first book in a thrilling new sci-fi series from the bestselling author of The 100, as seen on TV!
Reeling from the latest attack by a mysterious enemy, the Quatra Fleet Academy is finally admitting students from every planet in the solar system after centuries of exclusivity.
Hotshot pilot Vesper, an ambitious Tridian citizen, dreams of becoming a...
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Incognito
Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker Book 2
by Shelley Johannes
Pub Date 25 Sep 2018
Beatrice Zinker's top-secret plan, Operation Upside, is finally in full swing! It's her genius idea to recognise the things that make everyone unique and special, and she's REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
But when Beatrice impulsively awards her teacher, Mrs. Tamarack, an Upside certificate with the words 'Most Strict' lettered in gold, she and her friends have to...
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Incognito
Shelley Johannes

Incognito
Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker Book 2
by Shelley Johannes
Pub Date 25 Sep 2018
Beatrice Zinker's top-secret plan, Operation Upside, is finally in full swing! It's her genius idea to recognise the things that make everyone unique and special, and she's REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
But when Beatrice impulsively awards her teacher, Mrs. Tamarack, an Upside certificate with the words 'Most Strict' lettered in gold, she and her friends have to...
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Pub Date 25 Sep 2018
'Are you lonely here?' her mother asked.
'Never,' Alice said. 'Not while I am friends with the lyrebird.'
Alice has spent her life living on the outskirts of a small town, in a house nestled in bushland. Every other morning, she is visited by a lyrebird. Her bond with this magnificent bird brings her together with her nearest neighbour, Mr Brown, a widower...
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Leaving the Lyrebird Forest
Gary Crew and Julian Laffan

Pub Date 25 Sep 2018
'Are you lonely here?' her mother asked.
'Never,' Alice said. 'Not while I am friends with the lyrebird.'
Alice has spent her life living on the outskirts of a small town, in a house nestled in bushland. Every other morning, she is visited by a lyrebird. Her bond with this magnificent bird brings her together with her nearest neighbour, Mr Brown, a widower...
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'A darkly clever teen murder mystery [...] that succeeds in undermining everything you've come to believe and trust. S K Wright pulls off a difficult trick with apparent ease' Crime Review
If I'd told the truth, it would have been fiction.
Everyone loves Eva. Beautiful, bright, fun, generous - she's perfect.
So when her body is found in a ditch in the local...
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It Ends With You
S. K. Wright
'A darkly clever teen murder mystery [...] that succeeds in undermining everything you've come to believe and trust. S K Wright pulls off a difficult trick with apparent ease' Crime Review
If I'd told the truth, it would have been fiction.
Everyone loves Eva. Beautiful, bright, fun, generous - she's perfect.
So when her body is found in a ditch in the local...
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Amazing Australian Women
Twelve Women Who Shaped History
by Pamela Freeman and Sophie Beer
Pub Date 28 Aug 2018
A bright and colourful look at twelve incredible Australian women who helped shape our country, from politics and the arts to Indigenous culture, science and more.
Meet twelve amazing Australian women who have changed the world, in small ways and large.
Some of them are world famous, like Annette Kellerman and Nellie Melba.
Some of them are famous in...
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Amazing Australian Women
Pamela Freeman and Sophie Beer

Amazing Australian Women
Twelve Women Who Shaped History
by Pamela Freeman and Sophie Beer
Pub Date 28 Aug 2018
A bright and colourful look at twelve incredible Australian women who helped shape our country, from politics and the arts to Indigenous culture, science and more.
Meet twelve amazing Australian women who have changed the world, in small ways and large.
Some of them are world famous, like Annette Kellerman and Nellie Melba.
Some of them are famous in...
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Bold, brutal and beautiful, this is a must-read with the glitter and romance of The Selection and the thrilling action and intrigue of Red Queen.
In a world where women have no rights, sisters Serina and Nomi face two very different fates: one in the palace, the other on an island prison where women must fight to survive.
Serina has spent her whole life...
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Grace and Fury
Tracy Banghart
Bold, brutal and beautiful, this is a must-read with the glitter and romance of The Selection and the thrilling action and intrigue of Red Queen.
In a world where women have no rights, sisters Serina and Nomi face two very different fates: one in the palace, the other on an island prison where women must fight to survive.
Serina has spent her whole life...
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Pub Date 27 Mar 2018
An orphan in exile. A band of rebel girls. And a prince whose throne has been stolen. Come on a journey full of danger, intrigue, adventure and incredible secrets.
'The Ateban Cipher,' Lucien continued, 'is also known as the Book of Answers.'
'Answers to what?' Eddie asked.
Lucien sighed. 'Everything.
In the second gripping Ateban Cipher novel, Gabe and his...
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The Book of Answers: The Ateban Cipher Book 2
A.L. Tait

Pub Date 27 Mar 2018
An orphan in exile. A band of rebel girls. And a prince whose throne has been stolen. Come on a journey full of danger, intrigue, adventure and incredible secrets.
'The Ateban Cipher,' Lucien continued, 'is also known as the Book of Answers.'
'Answers to what?' Eddie asked.
Lucien sighed. 'Everything.
In the second gripping Ateban Cipher novel, Gabe and his...
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Bronte's Big Sister Problem
Surf Riders Club 2
by Mary Van Reyk
Pub Date 27 Feb 2018
The Surf Riders Club is back! And Bronte has a problem - a big sister problem!
How's Bronte supposed to catch waves when she keeps fighting with her big sister? She always wanted to be just like Carrie, but now they are growing apart. Bronte wants to do her own thing, but Carrie thinks Surf Riders Club is lame.
Now Bronte is torn between her friends and her...
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Bronte's Big Sister Problem
Mary Van Reyk

Bronte's Big Sister Problem
Surf Riders Club 2
by Mary Van Reyk
Pub Date 27 Feb 2018
The Surf Riders Club is back! And Bronte has a problem - a big sister problem!
How's Bronte supposed to catch waves when she keeps fighting with her big sister? She always wanted to be just like Carrie, but now they are growing apart. Bronte wants to do her own thing, but Carrie thinks Surf Riders Club is lame.
Now Bronte is torn between her friends and her...
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A compelling fantasy adventure with a strong feminist message, for fans of Melinda Salisbury and Victoria Aveyard.
Less than a year since their cities were joined, the people of Athenas and Metis are still arguing. When the island is invaded by Vulcan, whose resource-ravaged, overpopulated island wants to claim Chloris as its own, Etain's new leadership is...
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Anassa
Josh Martin
A compelling fantasy adventure with a strong feminist message, for fans of Melinda Salisbury and Victoria Aveyard.
Less than a year since their cities were joined, the people of Athenas and Metis are still arguing. When the island is invaded by Vulcan, whose resource-ravaged, overpopulated island wants to claim Chloris as its own, Etain's new leadership is...
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Pub Date 13 Feb 2018
Bestselling author Tamora Pierce crafts a richly realised world in the highly anticipated first instalment of The Numair Chronicles - a gripping fantasy series for young adults.
THREE STUDENT MAGES, BOUND BY FATE . . .
FATED FOR DANGER
Arram Draper is on the path to becoming one of the realm's most powerful mages. The youngest student in his class at the...
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Tempests and Slaughter
Tamora Pierce

Pub Date 13 Feb 2018
Bestselling author Tamora Pierce crafts a richly realised world in the highly anticipated first instalment of The Numair Chronicles - a gripping fantasy series for young adults.
THREE STUDENT MAGES, BOUND BY FATE . . .
FATED FOR DANGER
Arram Draper is on the path to becoming one of the realm's most powerful mages. The youngest student in his class at the...
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No parents, pets or soft toys allowed. Science in progress - enter at your own risk!
Quark's Academy is a junior fiction
adventure complete with humorous dialogue, mad plotting and peculiar characters
for readers aged eight to twelve.
Junior science geniuses Augustine, Celeste and Oscar can't believe their luck when they're accepted into an elite and...
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Quark's Academy
Catherine Pelosi
No parents, pets or soft toys allowed. Science in progress - enter at your own risk!
Quark's Academy is a junior fiction
adventure complete with humorous dialogue, mad plotting and peculiar characters
for readers aged eight to twelve.
Junior science geniuses Augustine, Celeste and Oscar can't believe their luck when they're accepted into an elite and...
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An inspiring adventure story from Young Australian of the Year 2011, Jessica Watson.
Alex feels like a fish out of water in her new hometown - the sleepy little lakeside village of Boreen Point where she is reluctantly sent to live with her slightly eccentric aunt for her final year of high school. None of Alex's classmates could care less about the...
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Indigo Blue
Jessica Watson
An inspiring adventure story from Young Australian of the Year 2011, Jessica Watson.
Alex feels like a fish out of water in her new hometown - the sleepy little lakeside village of Boreen Point where she is reluctantly sent to live with her slightly eccentric aunt for her final year of high school. None of Alex's classmates could care less about the...
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Time is a prison. She is the key. Packed with danger, temptation and desire - a perfect read for fans of The Red Queen.
In the land of Sempera, the rich control everything - even time. Ever since the age of alchemy and sorcery, hours, days and years have been extracted from blood and bound to iron coins. The rich live for centuries; the...
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Everless
Sara Holland
THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER
Time is a prison. She is the key. Packed with danger, temptation and desire - a perfect read for fans of The Red Queen.
In the land of Sempera, the rich control everything - even time. Ever since the age of alchemy and sorcery, hours, days and years have been extracted from blood and bound to iron coins. The rich live for centuries; the...
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A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut Australian author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world - but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination.
Morrigan Crow is cursed. Born on an unlucky day, she is blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks - and, worst of all, the...
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Nevermoor
Jessica Townsend
A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut Australian author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world - but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination.
Morrigan Crow is cursed. Born on an unlucky day, she is blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks - and, worst of all, the...
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Hachette Children’s Books offers an unequalled range of titles for babies right up to teens and old. Proudly, all of our books are written and illustrated by the most respected authors and illustrators in children's publishing.





























































