Col's safe, civilized world on the Upper Decks of the Worldshaker, a huge ship that has been sailing since 1845, is changed forever when a Filthy from Below finds her way into his cabin. Col twisted over in bed, lifted the fringed edge of his bedspread and looked underneath. Two eyes looked back at him. The female Filthy! Disgusting! Then she moved. Fast as a snake, she slid out and knelt at the side of his bed. 'Don't let 'em take me,' she said. Richard Harland has created an acutely observed and utterly compelling Gothic world of warped Victoriana to explore 16-year-old Col's journey from cosseted youth to courageous maturity. 'I loved Worldshaker!...Dark, twisting, bustling, brilliant...I was very, very glum when it came to an end.' - D.M. Cornish 'I was captivated from the beginning.' - Samantha, 15 'A terrific adventure, full of sly humour, weird and wonderful characters, and plot twists I never saw coming.' - Ian Irvine
NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2010: Young People's Literature Shortlist
When The Hipchicks Went To War
$18.99 – Paperback book / Hachette
The sixties are in full swing and going to a war is the last thing on Kathy’s mind. For sixteen-year-old Kathy, it’s all about miniskirts, the Beatles, discos and her fab new boots! The world is rapidly changing, her bro... Buy or find out more →
Liar
$22.99 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
Micah Wilkins admits she's a liar. But will murder be enough of a reason to stop lying? An extraordinary and original story that will have you grasping for the truth until the very last page.
Secrets, lies, murder and be... Buy or find out more →
Vulture's Gate
$15.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
It is 40 years into the future and the world is in turmoil. A plague has destroyed humans' ability to conceive females, or so Callum thinks until he meets Bo. A page-turning adventure unfolds as the pair rely on each oth... Buy or find out more →
A Small Free Kiss In The Dark
$16.95 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Two young boys, an old tramp, a beautiful lost dancer and her baby - rag-tag survivors of a sudden war - form a fragile family holding together in the remnants of a fun fair. This is a vivid, poetic story about life in t... Buy or find out more →
Worldshaker
$17.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Col's safe, civilized world on the Upper Decks of the Worldshaker, a huge ship that has been sailing since 1845, is changed forever when a Filthy from Below finds her way into his cabin. Col twisted over in bed, lifted t... Buy or find out more →
Hollywood Ending
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Text Publishing
Set in a glamorous and seedy Los Angeles, Hollywood Ending is a story that will make your heart skip a beat.
Pink-haired Hilda and endearing punk Benji are two seventeen year olds with an obsessive hobby — they haunt the... Buy or find out more →
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Worldshaker
$17.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Col's safe, civilized world on the Upper Decks of the Worldshaker, a huge ship that has been sailing since 1845, is changed forever when a Filthy from Below finds her way into his cabin. Col twisted over in bed, lifted t... Buy or find out more →
Boneshaker
$20.99 – Paperback book / Tor
At the start of the Civil War, a Russian mining company commissions a great machine to pave the way from Seattle to Alaska and speed up the gold rush that is beating a path to the frozen north. Inventor Leviticus Blue cr... Buy or find out more →
Mortal Engines
$19.99 – Paperback book / Scholastic
The great Traction City lumbers after a small town, eager to strip its prey of all assets and move on. Resources on the Great Hunting Ground that once was Europe are so limited that mobile cities must consume one another... Buy or find out more →
Perdido Street Station
$21.99 – Paperback book / Pan Macmillan
Brilliantly imaginative urban fantasy on a colossal scale.
The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the centre of its own bewildering world. Humans and mutants and arcane races throng the gloom beneath its chimneys, whe... Buy or find out more →
Leviathan: Book 1
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Viking
It is the beginning of the 20th century, 80 years after Darwin established the foundations of modern biology. But in the world of Leviathan these discoveries changed history more dramatically than in our own. England and... Buy or find out more →
The Rise of the Iron Moon
$22.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
From the author of The Court of the Air and The Kingdom Beyond the Waves comes a thrilling new adventure set in the same Victorian-style world. Perfect for fans of Philip Pullman and Susanna Clarke. Born into captivity a... Buy or find out more →
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Broken Glass
$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
There was an air of suspended violence around him, like an open fox trap or a black cloud. With Nile, danger and ecstasy were the same beautiful thing...
Danny Clarke's best friend, Nile, is back in town. Having him arou... Buy or find out more →
Where The Streets Had A Name
$16.99 – Paperback book / Pan Macmillan
Winner of the 2009 Inky Award for Australian teenage fiction.
I need to see Sitti Zeynab one last time. To know if I will have the courage to go ahead with my plan. The two nurses look frazzled and smile wearily at me. '... Buy or find out more →
Worldshaker
$17.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Col's safe, civilized world on the Upper Decks of the Worldshaker, a huge ship that has been sailing since 1845, is changed forever when a Filthy from Below finds her way into his cabin. Col twisted over in bed, lifted t... Buy or find out more →
Jarvis 24
$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
Winner of the 2010 CBCA Book of the Year award for Older Readers.
So far, Marc E. Jarvis has lost a white football boot, a school tie and a best friend. But there's more in store for him when he completes Work Experience... Buy or find out more →
Everything Beautiful
$16.99 – Paperback book / Pan Macmillan
I believe in Chloe and chocolate. I believe the best part is always before. I believe that most girls are shifty and most guys are dumb. I believe the more you spill, the less you are. I don't believe in life after death... Buy or find out more →