July 2008 Young Adult Fiction
Against The Tide
$16.95 (Paperback book / )
Katie and Matt are champion ocean swimmers, who love nothing better than a challenge that will test their training and skills to the limit. But even the toughest Sydney beach is nothing compared with the course of events... More »
That's Life, Lily
$15.95 (Paperback book / Faber )
It's August and people are setting off on their yearly holiday.
It's a time of excitement and promise and happy families and Lily
is in the back seat of the car, scribbling in her notebook and sick
of her parents.
But w... More »
Screw Loose
$17.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
"I can catch tennis balls in my mouth!" - Matilda
"You may sneer, but they all adore me." - Chelsea Dean
"She's cute, but if she bites try rubbing her tummy" - Craig
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"Go Cockies!" - A. Tarano - chick magnet
"I do own a... More »
The Truth About Forever
$17.95 (Paperback book / Penguin Books )
On the outside, Macy queen is cool and calm. On the inside, she's breaking.
Silently struggling with her dad's death, and spending the summer apart from her oh-so-perfect boyfriend, Macy is smiling her way through - she'... More »
The Crossing Of Ingo
$19.99 (Paperback book / Harper Collins )
Sapphire, Conor and their Mer friends Faro and Elvira are ready to make the Crossing of Ingo – a long and dangerous journey that only the strongest young Mer are called upon to make. No human being has ever attempted thi... More »
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You
$19.95 (Paperback book / Scribe Publications )
It’s time for eighteen-year-old James Sveck to begin his freshman year at Brown. Instead, he’s surfing the real-estate listings, searching for a sanctuary—a nice farmhouse in Kansas, perhaps. Although James lives in twen... More »
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Anahitas Woven Riddle
$14.95 (Paperback book / Abrams )
Anahita, a nomad, learns that her father has promised her hand in marriage to a man she dislikes. Determined to have a say in her own fate, Anahita convinces her father to let her hold a contest, in which potential suito... More »
The Dangerous Days Of Daniel X
$27.95 (Trade paperback / Doubleday )
Daniel X works alone. Having watched from the shadows as the brutal murder of his own parents unfolded before him, he has been forced to make his own way in a dark and unforgiving world with a heavy task handed to him. D... More »
Juno Of Taris
$17.95 (Paperback book / Random House )
Don't give up. Don't let them kill your spirit. Things will change. You need to be strong. You need to be ready. And you will need courage.' Juno is young; she has no authority, no power, and to question the ways of Tari... More »
A Good Arriving
$19.95 (Paperback book / Puffin )
'I'm in it good and proper, worse than sweeping out the tallest, muckiest chimney. But I learnt there are two sorts of kindness. One of them's nice to look at for a time, but it's rotten inside. The other one's true and ... More »
Flitterwig
$17.00 (Paperback book / Scholastic )
Ella has felt different all her life, with her pale, almost translucent skin, wild hair, pointed ears and gangly limbs. Her father has wanted nothing to do with her since her mother's death, and her grandparents hide her... More »
Cathy's Key
$27.95 (Hardcover book / Bloomsbury )
When the laboratory technicians working for Ancestor Lu discover the key to the immortality genetic structure, Victor names it the Cathy Key in honour of his quest to make Cathy immortal. Ancestor Lu humours him. But whe... More »
A Brief History Of Montmaray
$17.95 (Paperback book / Random House )
I need to write down what has just happened. I need to set down the truth. If I write lies or if I write nothing at all, this journal is worthless. I must do this, in case anything happens. All right. This is what happen... More »
The Kissing Club
$13.95 (Paperback book / Oxford University Pr )
When I was 14 I joined the Kissing Club. I became a professional virgin and also gave up telling lies. The first bit was pretty easy - the second was pretty hard... Emily loves being part of the Kissing Club. She loves t... More »
Superior Saturday: Keys To The Kingdom Book Six
$15.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
The sixth book in Garth Nix's blockbuster fantasy-adventure series, The Keys to the Kingdom. Arthur Penhaligon has defeated five of the seven Trustees, but his week is getting worse and worse. Can he stop Saturday's bid ... More »
The Eyes Of A King
$19.95 (Paperback book / Corgi Books )
Five-year-old Cassius escaped the brutal assassination of his parents, the king and queen of Malonia, and was exiled to modern-day England. Now fifteen, Cassius continues to be hidden in England under the protection of h... More »
Invisible City: The Joshua Files
$17.99 (Paperback book / Scholastic )
An ancient civilization is awakening. An ancient Maya prophecy is unfolding. One boy – Joshua – holds the key. When his archaeologist father goes missing in Mexico, Josh suspects alien abduction. But when he realises his... More »
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The Nostradamus Prophecy
$29.95 (Paperback book / Doubleday )
Melisande is the daughter of the king's minstrel and lives among the royal French court. She, like many others, pays little heed to the dire warnings of Notradamus the soothsayer. Chantelle, Melisande's older sister is b... More »
The Last Summer Of You And Me
$23.00 (Paperback book / Hodder Headline )
The highly-anticipated first adult novel from the bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants. More »
A Spoonful Of Jam
$17.95 (Paperback book / Egmont Books )
It is the summer of 1947 and the second year of world peace. Elsie, however, is still fighting a war. Against a vicious bully. Against the indifference of her father. Against being the scholarship pupil at the girl's gra... More »
Cuckoo In The Nest
$17.95 (Paperback book / Egmont Books )
From the award-winning author of "Goodnight Mister Tom" comes the classic "Cuckoo in the Nest", packaged with a beautiful, fresh new cover.Amid the rubble of post-war Britain, Ralph is entranced by the theatre. He loves ... More »