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Valiant Author: Holly Black
ISBN: 9781416901198 When 17-year-old Valerie Russell runs away to New York City, she's trying to escape a life that has utterly betrayed her. Sporting a new identity, she takes up with a gang of squatters who live in the city's labyrinthine subway system. But there's something eerily beguiling about Val's new friends. Impulsive Lolli talk ... |
RRP: $16.99 Our Price: $15.29 
Delivery: 7-10 Days Type: Paperback Book |
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It's Not All About You, Calma! Author: Barry Jonsberg
ISBN: 9781741144840 Calma Harrison is in love. Not just with herself, but also with the handsome checkout guy at Crazi-Cheep. But when Calma gets a job at Crazi-Cheep, her cynical approach to customer service makes headlines.And then there's the small matter of the rest of her life, which is fast falling apart: her absent father turns up ... |
RRP: $17.95 Our Price: $16.16
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Ivy Author: Julie Hearn
ISBN: 9780192754318 The only beautiful thing in Ivy's drab life is her glorious red hair. At a young age, her locks made her the target of Carroty Kate, a 'skinner'. She recruited Ivy to help her coax wealthy children away from their nannies so that she could strip them of their clothes. It is years before Ivy escapes and finds her way ba ... |
RRP: $17.95 Our Price: $16.16
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After the Death of Alice Bennett Author: Rowland Molony
ISBN: 9780192754721 Before mum died, she told Sam that she would always be with him. On the day of mum's cremation, his sister Becky receives a text from a friend: 'Thinking about you. X' Sam becomes convinced that the text is from their mother. Sam thinks he's in contact with mum and forms a plan. How will Sam cope when confronted with t ... |
RRP: $12.95 Our Price: $11.66
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Life of Pi Author: Yann Martel
ISBN: 9781841958491 A stunning illustrated edition of the multi-million selling Man Booker prize-winner. In October 2005 Canongate launched a competition with The Times to find an artist to illustrate Yann Martela??s international bestseller. Soon the competition expanded as the Globe and Mail and The Age newspapers also launched a search ... |
RRP: $59.95 Our Price: $53.96
Delivery: 7-10 Days Type: Hardback Book |
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Blue Noon Author: Scott Westerfeld
ISBN: 9781904233848 The Midnighters have emerged victorious from their greatest challenge. They now know much more about the secret history of Bixby and, with the halfling dead, the Grayfoots' link to the darklings has been severed. But the cost is high. Rex's horrific experience in the desert has left him damaged, painfully suspended bet ... |
RRP: $19.99 Our Price: $17.99
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Love Lessons Author: Jacqueline Wilson
ISBN: 9780552553520 Fourteen-year-old Prue and her sister Grace have been educated at home by their controlling, super-strict father all their lives. They know they are different to 'normal' girls but their attempts to find out what being an ordinary teenager are like - buying nice clothes instead of wearing Mum's odd hand-made garments, ... |
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Red Spikes Author: Margo Lanagan
ISBN: 9781741146578 Ten electrifying new stories from Margo Lanagan, internationally acclaimed author of Black Juiceand White Time. 'Lanagan is in a class of her own.' Weekend Australian'The genius (not too strong a word) of Margo Lanagan is her ability to reach into darkness and return with something both different and powerfully convinc ... |
RRP: $17.95 Our Price: $16.16
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Life, the Universe and Everything Author: Douglas Adams
ISBN: 9780330267380 If The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was a work of genuine lunacy, and its sequel The Restaurant at the End of the Universe less inspired and considerably more ragged, this is a much busier but practically mirthless offering: the whole notion palls, the dialogue is frequently reduced to the characters telling one an ... |
RRP: $19.95 Our Price: $17.96
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Little Wing Author: Joanne Horniman
ISBN: 9781741148572 Dear YouYou are here. I don't know how I know that this is the beginning of you. I just do. I should be afraid. But what I feel is, we can do this. You and I.When she was pregnant, Emmy had such high hopes for the future. But what happens when you can't love the baby you thought you'd adore?Sometimes it seems that the ... |
RRP: $17.99 Our Price: $16.19
Delivery: 10-15 Days Type: Paperback Book |
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Tales from Outer Suburbia Author: Shaun Tan
ISBN: 9781741149173 Do you remember the water buffalo at the end of our street? Or the deep-sea diver we found near the underpass? Do you know why dogs bark in the middle of the night? Shaun Tan, creator of The Arrival, The Lost Thing and The Red Tree, reveals the quiet mysteries of everyday life: homemade pets, dangerous weddings, strand ... |
RRP: $35.00 Our Price: $31.50
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The Host Author: Stephenie Meyer
ISBN: 9781847441843 Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading 'soul' who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the ove ... |
RRP: $32.99 Our Price: $29.69
Delivery: 7-10 Days Type: Paperback Book |
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Author: J.K. Rowling
ISBN: 9780747574507 Harry Potter is in his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. However, this new book opens with a difference with a very sinister encounter and a death in a darkened and empty house. In the meantime term goes on and there are spells to be learnt, potions to be brewed and (unluckily) Divination and P ... |
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Eragon Author: Christopher Paolini
ISBN: 9780552552097 When Eragon finds a blue stone he thinks that it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon realises that he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the Dragon Riders? Ages 8-14. |
RRP: $21.95 Our Price: $19.76
Delivery: 7-10 Days Type: Paperback Book |
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The Running Man Author: Michael Gerard Bauer
ISBN: 9781862915756 Fourteen-year-old Joseph is drawing a portrait of his silent, brooding neighbour, Vietnam War veteran Tom Leighton. By seeing beyond the rumours and gossip that surround Tom, Joseph's own horror of the running man recedes with his growing understanding of the difficult relationships in his family. Ages 12+. |
RRP: $19.99 Our Price: $17.99
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The Owl Service Author: Alan Garner
ISBN: 9780007127894 Winner of both the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal, this is an all-time classic, combining mystery, adventure, history and a complex set of human relationships. |
RRP: $17.95 Our Price: $16.16
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Sleep Rough Tonight Author: Ian Bone
ISBN: 9780143000273 Alex us a 14-year-old schoolboy who attends a tough outer-surburban school. When Jockey returns from spending a year at the Juvenile Dentention Centre, Alex is fearful, as he was instrumental in putting Jockey away. But Jockey appears to want to resume their friendship - until Alex finds out that's not the way it is at ... |
RRP: $19.95 Our Price: $17.96
Delivery: 7-10 Days Type: Paperback Book |
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The Glass Mountain Author: Celeste Walters
ISBN: 9780702232978 Ossie is a bikie and the Pit Vipers have rules you don't break. But then, no one's let on that little old ladies can be dangerous. That's when Ossie crosses paths with Mrs Esther Ellis, and he is caught up in a world of shadows and secrets - a world in which the legend of a freakish mountain tells a story that will bec ... |
RRP: $18.95 Our Price: $17.06
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Golden Buddha Author: Clive Cussler & Craig Dirgo
ISBN: 9780141010311 A thrilling new high seas action hero: Juan Cabrillo. Skipper of a non-descript lumber hauler disguising a state of the art spy ship behind the hull, Cabrillo takes the helm on dangerous covert missions carried out for whatever U.S. agency pays the price. |
RRP: $19.95 Our Price: $17.96
Delivery: 7-10 Days Type: Paperback Book |
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The Keeping Place Author: Isobelle Carmody
ISBN: 9780140295795 The Misfits are forced to offer themselves to the rebels despite their now absolute pacifism. The rebels are divided but are forced to join the coming confrontation between Council and Rebel forces. The Misfits are taken in as aids to communication and are used as bait to draw out soldier guards. Ages 13 +. |
RRP: $22.95 Our Price: $20.66
Delivery: 7-10 Days Type: Paperback Book |
