Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee
$22.99 NZD
Category: Children's | Reading Level: very good
Lenny Spink is the sister of a giant. Her little brother, Davey, suffers from a rare form of gigantism and is taunted by other kids and turned away from school because of his size. To escape their cruel reality, Lenny and Davey obsess over the entries in their monthly installment of Burrell's Build-It-a ...Show more
Scrublands (#1 Martin Scarsden) by Chris Hammer
$36.99 NZD
Category: Debut Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In the vein of The Dry and Before the Fall, a town's dark secrets come to light in the aftermath of a young priest's unthinkable last act in this arresting and searing debut thriller. In Riversend, an isolated rural community afflicted by an endless drought, a young priest does the unthinkable, killin ...Show more
Shell by Kristina Olsson
$39.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
"A luminous look at a city at a time of change, a time when the building of the Sydney Opera House was a reach for greatness." --The New York Times In this spellbinding and poignant historical novel--perfect for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Flamethrowers--a Swedish glassmaker and a fierce ...Show more
Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan
$39.99 NZD
Category: Children's | Reading Level: 7 Kids picture
Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal 2020. A stunning companion to Tales from Outer Suburbia, this collection of illustrated short stories is sure to delight Shaun Tan fans of all ages. Where can we live if not in each other's shadow?World-renowned artist Shaun Tan applies his unique imagination to a ...Show more
The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire - Indie Non-Fiction Winner 2019 by Chloe Hooper
$38.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
On the scorching February day in 2009 that became known as Black Saturday, a man lit two fires in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, then sat on the roof of his house to watch the inferno. In the Valley, where the rates of crime were the highest in the state, more than thirty people were known to police as fire ...Show more
The Land Before Avocado by Richard Glover
$32.99 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
'It was a simpler time'. We had more fun back then'. 'Everyone could afford a house'. There's plenty of nostalgia right now for the Australia of the past, but what was it really like? In The Land Before Avocado, Richard Glover takes a journey to an almost unrecognisable Australia. It's a vivid portrait ...Show more
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
$37.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The man lay still in the centre of a dusty grave under a monstrous sky. Two brothers meet at the border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of outback Queensland. They are at the stockman's grave, a landmark so old, no one can remember who is buried there. But today, the scant shad ...Show more
The Nowhere Child by Christian White
$34.99 NZD
Category: Debut Fiction
A little girl went missing years ago. That child is you. A dark and gripping debut psychological thriller that won the 2017 Victorian Premier's Literary Award, previously won by THE DRY and THE ROSIE PROJECT. 'Read page one, and you won't stop. Guaranteed' Jeffery DeaverA child was stolen twenty years a ...Show more
The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton
$45.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Jaxie dreads going home. His mum?s dead. The old man bashes him without mercy, and he wishes he was an orphan. But no one's ever told Jaxie Clackton to be careful what he wishes for. In one terrible moment his life is stripped to little more than what he can carry and how he can keep himself alive. Ther ...Show more
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
$32.99 NZD
Category: Debut Fiction | Reading Level: very good
The Tattooist of Auschwitz is based on the true story of Lale and Gita Sokolov, two Slovakian Jews, who survived Auschwitz and eventually made their home in Australia. In that terrible place, Lale was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival-literally scratching numbers into his fell ...Show more
Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia by Marcia Langton
$44.99 NZD
Category: Illustrated Non-Fiction
Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country is a curated guidebook to Indigenous Australia and the Torres Strait Islands. In its pages, respected Elder and author Professor Marcia Langton offers fascinating insights into Indigenous languages and customs, history, native title, art and dance, storytelling, and cu ...Show more
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow: Nevermoor 2 by Jessica Townsend
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children's | Series: Nevermoor | Reading Level: very good
Morrigan Crow's adventures in the magical world of Nevermoor continue . . . The most anticipated sequel of the year - a treat for all fans of magic and 'wunder'. A stunningly designed package - with silver foil, hidden artwork under the jacket and beautifully designed interiors - a perfect gift for all ...Show more