$18.95 (Paperback book / Penguin / ISBN:9780143005612)
Black Water
The wind, blasting up over the horizon from the south, carried with it the coldness of polar ice, and wielded it like a sword. Already the waves at the Heads would be heavy and huge, Farren knew, the gale rising so fiercely that there'd be wives down at the wharf waiting and praying for the boats to come back in . . .
When Farren Fox's father is missing at sea, all Farren wants is for his brother, Danny, to come home from Gallipoli. But when Danny does return from the war, he is vastly changed. And with the arrival of the mysterious child Souki, the sole survivor of a midnight shipwreck, the lives of both Fox brothers are altered forever.
CBCA Shortlist 2008 - Older Readers
The Ghost's Child
$24.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )
A strange boy suddenly appears in a lonely old woman’s lounge room. As she serves him tea, Hartnett observes that the milk turns the tea ‘a pressed-rose brown’ and immediately we are in a world where language makes exhil... More »
Marty's Shadow
$17.99 (Paperback book / Omnibus Books )
He liked trees. Trees are tough and strong. They've been around much longer than people. This one had, that's for sure. He'd seen an old yellowy photograph of the school from the days of carts and horses, with women in l... More »
Love Like Water
$19.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Like Alex Miller’s awardwinning Journey to the Stone Country, Meme McDonald’s new book explores the relationship between a European woman and an Aboriginal man, and is about place and identity. It’s an exuberant, joyou... More »
Black Water
$18.95 (Paperback book / Penguin )
The wind, blasting up over the horizon from the south, carried with it the coldness of polar ice, and wielded it like a sword. Already the waves at the Heads would be heavy and huge, Farren knew, the gale rising so fierc... More »
Leaving Barrumbi
$17.00 (Paperback book / Omnibus Books )
The nine-hour trip to his new school is just the beginning of the worst time in Dale Murphy's life. He's only ever lived with Aboriginal kids—his is the only white family at the community—but once he starts at the Leichh... More »
MWF Schools Program Authors
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 »
The General: CHERUB Book Ten
$17.95 (Paperback book / Hodder Headline )
Riots, robbery & the biggest ever training exercise.
The world's largest urban warfare training compound stands in the desert near Las Vegas. Forty British commandos are being hunted by an entire American batallion. More »
The Not Quite Perfect Boyfriend
$14.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
I did meet a Boy,' Midge snaps. 'He has wavy brown hair, and
he's English. I met him at the Library. We had romantic picnics by
the river and we kissed. A lot.'
Midge has never had a boyfriend - so she makes one up. The... More »
So Much To Tell You
$15.99 (Paperback book / Walter Mcvitty )
No extra details available for this item. More »
Black Water
$18.95 (Paperback book / Penguin )
The wind, blasting up over the horizon from the south, carried with it the coldness of polar ice, and wielded it like a sword. Already the waves at the Heads would be heavy and huge, Farren knew, the gale rising so fierc... More »
Growing Up Asian In Australia
$27.95 (Trade paperback / Black Inc )
Asian-Australians are known to each other and the outside world by many labels: Quiet Achiever. FOB. Gangster Chigger. Mainlander. Banana. But are these labels based on some degree of truth, or only fiction? What is it l... More »
ReviewTuesday Schools Program Highlights
The General: CHERUB Book Ten
$17.95 (Paperback book / Hodder Headline )
Riots, robbery & the biggest ever training exercise.
The world's largest urban warfare training compound stands in the desert near Las Vegas. Forty British commandos are being hunted by an entire American batallion. More »
The Long Patrol: Australia and East Timor's Wars
$17.00 (Paperback book / Black Dog Books )
Black Dog Books’ award-winning history series 'The Drum' uses first-person accounts and non-fiction to bring history roaring to life.
Australia’s involvement with East Timor began in the second world war when many Aust... 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 »
The Not Quite Perfect Boyfriend
$14.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
I did meet a Boy,' Midge snaps. 'He has wavy brown hair, and
he's English. I met him at the Library. We had romantic picnics by
the river and we kissed. A lot.'
Midge has never had a boyfriend - so she makes one up. The... More »
Black Water
$18.95 (Paperback book / Penguin )
The wind, blasting up over the horizon from the south, carried with it the coldness of polar ice, and wielded it like a sword. Already the waves at the Heads would be heavy and huge, Farren knew, the gale rising so fierc... More »
Convincing Ground
$39.95 (Paperback book / Aboriginal Stud Pr )
Convincing Ground is a wide-ranging, personal and powerful work which resonates with historical and contemporary Australian debates about identity, dispossession, memory and community.
Pascoe ranges across the national c... More »