He looked to the sky, praying for rain, a downpour, some sign from the heavens that he should refuse the abomination contained in that flask. But all he saw was the bloated white face of the moon smiling down on him.
And the sky around it was cold and clear and black.
They made their circle of blood. And only the moon witnessed the slaughter that followed.
For Jamie Mackie, summer holidays in the coastal town of Rocky Head mean surfing, making money, and good times at the local music festival. But this year, vampires are on the festival's line-up … fulfilling a pact made on the wreck of the Batavia, four hundred years ago. If their plans succeed, nobody in Rocky Head will survive to see out the new year.
NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2011: Young People's Literature Shortlist
Dreaming of Amelia
$16.99 – Paperback / Pan Macmillan Australia
Amelia and Riley are bad kids from the bad crowd at bad Brookfield High, and they've just transferred to Ashbury. Brilliant, mysterious and probably evil, they have the rich kids at Ashbury spellbound. Tantalisingly aloof, they... Buy or find out more→
Pipers Son
$24.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Australia
Five years on from Saving Francesca, Thomas Mackee is the one who needs saving. Tom wants oblivion. Wants to forget parents who leave and friends he used to care about and a string of one-night stands, and favourite uncles being... Buy or find out more→
Big River Little Fish
$19.95 – Paperback / University of Queensland Press
Set in South Australia during the 1956 Murray River flood, Big River, Little Fish tells the story of Tom Downs, a boy trapped between his way of reading the world and the world's way of seeing him. Buy or find out more→
Graffiti Moon
$16.99 – Paperback / Pan Macmillan Australia
Lucy is in love with Shadow, a mysterious graffiti artist. Ed thought he was in love with Lucy, until she broke his nose. Dylan loves Daisy, but throwing eggs at her probably wasn't the best way to show it. Jazz and Leo are slowly... Buy or find out more→
Saltwater Vampires
$19.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Australia
For Jamie Mackie, summer holidays in the coastal village of Rocky Head mean surfing, making money, and good times at the local music festival. But this year is different. It starts with a savage attack in the surf one night. Then,... Buy or find out more→
FitzOsbornes in Exile
$18.95 – Paperback / Random House Australia
The thrilling sequel to the NSW Premier's Award-winning and critically acclaimed A Brief History of Montmaray. Forced to leave their island kingdom, Sophie FitzOsborne and her eccentric family take shelter in England. Sophie's... Buy or find out more→
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Raw Blue
$19.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Australia
Carly has dropped out of uni to spend her days surfing. Surfing is the one thing she loves doing, and the only thing that helps her stop thinking about what happened two years ago at schoolies week. Then Carly meets Ryan, and she... Buy or find out more→
Saltwater Vampires
$19.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Australia
For Jamie Mackie, summer holidays in the coastal village of Rocky Head mean surfing, making money, and good times at the local music festival. But this year is different. It starts with a savage attack in the surf one night. Then,... Buy or find out more→