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The Nargun and the Stars
Winner of the 1974 CBCA Book of the YearWhen Simon Brent's parents are killed in a car accident he is taken to live with his mother's second cousins, Edie and Charlie, on Wongadilla, their 5000 acre sheep run in the Hunter Valley. Simon, with his city attitudes feels like an outsider, unable even to bring himself to call his cousins by name. But Simon is not the only thing that doesn't belong in Wongadilla. The arrival of heavy machinery intent on clearing the land brings to life the Nargun, a great rock, older than time itself, that has slowly dragged itself into the valley - and with it, a simmering rage that drives it to kill. Before long, Simon is captivated by the land and by the Potkoorak, the Turongs and the Nyols, mischievous and ancient creatures steeped in the traditions of the land and its inhabitants. As the terror begins, Simon, his cousins and the creatures must use their wit and ingenuity to drive the monster away. Rich in mythology, The Nargun and the Starsevokes an image of this land and its people, and carries an environmental message that is as important and relevant today as it was thirty years ago.
The Ice Is Coming
Wirrun, a young aboriginal inhabitant of an Australian coastal town, searches for the eldest Nargun, an age-old monster with the power of fire, in order to stop the Ninya, ancient ice creatures, from overwhelming the land.
A Little Fear
Reprint of a novel for young adults first published in 1983. Fed up with being treated like a child at the home for the elderly, Mrs Tucker runs away with her dog Hector to a lonely country cottage and together they confront some strange happenings. This novel won the 1984 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year award for older readers and the author has received an OBE for services to literature.
The Dark Bright Water
Tribal elders urge a young Australian Aborigine to investigate the strange events occurring in the interior of their vast continent.
I Own the Racecourse!
For a while Andy really believes that the old tramp he meets actually sold him the Beecham Park racecourse. Andy's friends help him to keep his dream for as long as they can, but soon Andy has to accept the truth.
An Older Kind of Magic
Beneath the earth are older things than perhaps we understand. Every so often, when the time is right, they appear again above the earth to visit the world that was once theirs alone.
Antonio S and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman
This is the story of a boy who explores a secret passage and arrives in a place where the only limit is his own imagination. Written with vigour and humour.
The Rocks of Honey
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How to Bee
WINNER: CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers, 2018 WINNER: 2018 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature WINNER: 2018 New Zealand Book Awards, Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction "Sometimes bees get too big to be up in the branches, sometimes they fall and break their bones. This week both happened and Foreman said, 'Tomorrow we'll find two new bees.' Peony lives with her sister and grandfather on a fruit farm outside the city. In a world where real bees are extinct, the quickest, bravest kids climb the fruit trees and pollinate the flowers by hand. All Peony really wants is to be a bee. Life on the farm is a scrabble, but there is enough to eat and a place to sleep, and there is love. Then Peony's mother arrives to take her away from everything she has ever known, and all Peony's grit and quick thinking might not be enough to keep her safe. How To Bee is a beautiful and fierce novel for younger readers, and the voice of Peony will stay with you long after you read the last page.
The Sugar-Gum Tree
SUMMARY: Two young girls were best friends, then one day an argument over a tree-house escalated into a big fight involving both their families and the fire brigade.
