Sadie isn't thrilled when her mother drags her from the city to live in the country town of Boort. But soon she starts making connections - connections with the country, with the past, with two boys, Lachie and Walter, and, most surprisingly, with the ever-present crows. When Sadie is tumbled back in time to view a terrible crime, she is pulled into a strange mystery. Can Sadie, Walter and Lachie figure out a way to right old wrongs, or will they be condemned to repeat them?
CBCA Shortlist 2012 - Younger Readers
Bungawitta
$12.99 – Paperback book / Omnibus Books
It's crunch time in Bungawitta. The land's as dry as a dead galah, there's no rain in sight, and only twelve people left in town. Nobody can make it rain. But a shower of money would help keep Bungawitta alive. And a fes... Buy or find out more →
The Golden Door: The Three Doors #1
$16.99 – Paperback book / Omnibus Books
The walled city of Weld is under attack from ferocious flying creatures that raid in the night, bringing death and destruction. The Warden calls for Volunteers to find and destroy the Enemy sending the invaders, and the ... Buy or find out more →
The Truth About Verity Sparks
$16.95 – Paperback book / Walker Books
Verity Sparks is good at finding lost things, but will she be able to uncover the truth about her own past?
Verity Sparks is a thirteen-year-old orphan working as a milliner in Victorian London. But Verity is no ordinary... Buy or find out more →
Nanberry Black Brother White
$16.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
It's 1789, and as the new colony in Sydney Cove is established, Surgeon John White defies convention and adopts Nanberry, an Aboriginal boy, to raise as his son. Nanberry is clever and uses his unique gifts as an interpr... Buy or find out more →
Crow Country
$15.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Sadie isn't thrilled when her mother drags her from the city to live in the country town of Boort. But soon she starts making connections - connections with the country, with the past, with two boys, Lachie and Walter, a... Buy or find out more →
The Outcasts: Brotherband #1
$17.95 – Paperback book / Random House
In Skandia, there is only one way to become a warrior. Boys are chosen for teams called brotherbands and must endure three months of gruelling training in seamanship, weapons and battle tactics. It's brotherband against ... Buy or find out more →
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature 2012 Children's Shortlist
The Ghost Of Miss Annabel Spoon
$29.95 – Hardcover book /
No matter what hour, she lurked looking sour, be it midnight or mid-afternoon.Her dresses were shabby, her mood always crabby. Her name was Miss Annabel Spoon.
Life is cursed For The people of the village of Twee. The gh... Buy or find out more →
Crow Country
$15.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Sadie isn't thrilled when her mother drags her from the city to live in the country town of Boort. But soon she starts making connections - connections with the country, with the past, with two boys, Lachie and Walter, a... Buy or find out more →
A Bus Called Heaven
$27.95 – Hardcover book / Walker Books
A broken, old bus appears one morning, sad as a whale on a beach, right outside Stella's house. On the front of it, held up with packing tape, is a hand painted sign... "Heaven".
For Stella, this decrepit old vehicle is ... Buy or find out more →
Museum Of Thieves: The Keepers Book One
$15.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
In the city of Jewel, impatience is a sin and boldness is a crime and Goldie Roth is both impatient and bold. When she escapes the clutches of the Blessed Guardians to find haven at the Museum of Dunt, an unforgettable a... Buy or find out more →
The Last Viking
$24.95 – Hard back / Fremantle Arts Ct Pr
Let the pillaging begin! CBC Picture Book of the Year winner, Norman Jorgensen, teams up with illustrator James Foley on this fun picture book about a boy who outwits local bullies by channelling his inner Viking.
James ... Buy or find out more →
Taj And The Great Camel Trek
$16.95 – Paperback book / Univ Queensland Pr
Twelve-year-old Taj and his camel Mustara are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime.
They are joining explorer Ernest Giles on his second attempt to cross the Australian desert where wild dogs, scorpions, poison... Buy or find out more →
