CBCA Shortlist 2007 - Older Readers
Don't Call Me Ishmael
$17.00 (Paperback book / Scholastic )
Ishmael Lesuer is 14 years. He believes that he suffers from Ishmael Lesuer’s syndrome – a chronic condition for which there is no cure. Symptoms of Ishmael Lesuer’s syndrome include the inability to stick up for yoursel... More »
One Whole And Perfect Day
$17.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Freakish, thought Lily; that was the word for her family. Her brother Lonnie kept dropping in and out of courses; her mother worried about Lonnie; her nan had an imaginary friend (who wouldn't be a little bit mad if they... More »
Monster Blood Tattoo Foundling 1
$399.20 (Pack / Scholastic )
Set in a world of tricorn hats, frockcoats and flintlock pistols, Monster Blood Tattoo abounds with monsters, chemical potions and surgically altered people. In this first book, 'Foundling', David Cornish begins the jour... More »
The Red Shoe
$19.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Punctuated by the headlines of the time (all true!), this is the story of Matilda and her two sisters growing up in Sydney in the 1950s at the time of the Petrov Affair. It shows with unsettling clarity how the large eve... More »
Red Spikes
$17.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
It is difficult to describe these short stories from the author of Black Juice and White Time without sounding over the top. The language is taut and precise, not one word too many. And Margot Lanagan’s imagination and a... More »
My Big Birkett
$17.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
14-year-old Gemma’s deranged older sister has an obsession with bizarre swan costumes and an immature juvenile delinquent appears to have a substantial crush on her. She must also deal with a crazed fellow bridesmaid, an... More »