Astonishing, suspenseful, and creative the Hourglass from author Claudia Grey, will keep your teens guessing with its inevitable twists and turns and cliff hanger ending.
Bianca has found refuge again with the Black Cross, and she and Lucas work desperately to keep her secret. In this company, being a vampire is a death sentence, [...]

Gill Harvey brings Ancient Egypt vividly to life for children in The Sacred Scarab an adventure about two orphans Hopi and Isis who are always getting into difficult situations. It is festival time and someone is plotting against the Pharoah and the kids have to find out who and stop him.
Fantastically atmospheric evocations of Egyptian [...]

Timmy the Tug by Jim Downer and Ted Hughes is the sort of endearing simple story that children love to hear and parents like to read. An original found in an attic after the poet’s death it’s the book every grandparent will want to read to their grandchild.
Ted Hughes was one of the greatest poets [...]

When You Reach for Me – Rebecca Stead

Posted on February 17th, 2010 by Jarvis in Childrens, Fiction

Rebecca Stead’s novel When You Reach for Me recently won the 2010 John Newbery Medal in America for outstanding children’s literature,  the top prize for children’s book authors.  Set in New York City in the 1970’s, its the story of Miranda, a sixth-grader, who gets mysterious notes saying she needs to be saved from a [...]

Richly imagined by author Celine Kiernan Moorehawke 02: The Crowded Shadows is the second in a cracking trilogy set in medieval Europe. Intrigue, adventure, fantasy, romance this is powerful storytelling at its very best.
Wynter Moorehawke finds herself alone for the first time in her life, caught up in confusing formalities and politics very [...]

Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle is all about the adventures of the Prime Minister’s pet cat and dog, as they try to avert one disaster after another, including destroying the Australia Day celebrations at the Prime Minister’s House in Canberra, The Lodge.
It was a special day at the Lodge. There was [...]

The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga reveals the face of the man behind the mask of animated genius. Packed with stunning, never-before-seen images, this book tells the story of Tezuka and his amazingly prolific life, connecting it both to his manga and anime work.
Osamu Tezuka has often been called the god of manga [...]

Assassin’s Apprentice, the first book in the Oathbreaker series, unveils an intriguing cast of characters. It is their sense of honour, strength, and history that binds them all together, and incredible talents of mind and body that set them uniquely apart.
A murderer shoves a prince to his “death.”, an assassin legally kidnaps a terrified boy [...]

A New York Times award winning first novel for its co-authors Beautiful Creatures is the story of a secret that cannot stay hidden forever.
Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the [...]

New from critically acclaimed author Karen Brooks, Tallow is set in a world akin to renaissance Venice, and the first in a trilogy entitled The Curse of the Bond Riders. Artisans, magic, and prophecy meet politics and superstition in a potent mix. 
When Pillar, a simple tradesman from Serenissima, catches the bundle thrown to him by [...]

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