Recommended Australian fantasy & sci-fi for teens

Shadowscent: The Darkest Bloom
In Aramtesh, scent has power. When the crown prince lies poisoned, long suppressed rivalries threaten to blow the empire apart. It's up to a poor village girl with a talent for fragrances and the prince's loyal bodyguard to find...
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Hive
A compelling and immersive alternate-world story from the award-winning and bestselling author of Zac & Mia.
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A Curse of Ash and Embers
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This Cruel Design (This Mortal Coil, Book 2)
Cat thought the Hydra epidemic was over, but when new cases arise, she must team up with an enemy to fix the vaccine before the virus spirals out of control.
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Vardaesia: Medoran Chronicles Book 5
Vardaesia is the final book in the best-selling and critically acclaimed Medoran Chronicles.
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Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle 1)
From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of The Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic . . .
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Four Dead Queens
Four Queens. A divided nation. A ruthless pickpocket. A noble messenger. And the murders that unite them.
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Highway Bodies
Highway Bodies is a unique zombie apocalypse story featuring a range of queer and gender non-conforming teens who have lost their families and friends and can only rely upon each other.
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This Mortal Coil
A breathtaking debut about one girl's quest for answers in a genetically and technologically advanced future.
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River Stone
A story of confused love, difficult friendships and clumsy attempts at heroism
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Misrule
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Frogkisser!
A rollicking fantasy-adventure by the master of children's speculative fiction.
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In The Dark Spaces
The latest winner of the Ampersand Prize is a genre-smashing hostage drama about 14-year-old Tamara, who's faced with an impossible choice when she falls for her kidnappers.
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Obsidio: The Illuminae Files_03
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Valentine
Valentine is the first in a page-turning young adult series featuring Pearl and Finn, from explosive new talent Jodi McAlister.
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Whisper
A girl known as Jane Doe who has the power to change reality has been held in a secret government facility for more than two years, but everything changes when she gets a new handler, the mysterious but kind Landon Ward.
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Mindcull
Who can you trust when nothing is as real as virtual reality?
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Gap Year in Ghost Town
Anton Marin and his father are on high alert after a spike in ghost manifestations. Anton wants to help the ghosts. Rani Cross wants to slice and dice them. And they both need to work together to keep the city safe. A smart,...
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Singing My Sister Down And Other Stories
An outstanding collection of thirteen short stories from the internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning author of Sea Hearts and Tender Morsels.
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Waer
When Lowell Sencha finds the strange girl lying as if dead on the riverbank, he is startled to find that she is like them: waer. Human, but able to assume the form of a wolf. The Sencha family's small community has kept itself...
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Welcome to Orphancorp (Orphancorp Trilogy, Book 1)
A sharp-edged semi-futuristic riff about a rebellious teenager's last week at an industrial orphanage.
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The Cracks in the Kingdom: The Colours of Madeleine Book 2
Madeleine and Elliot must unlock the dangerous cracks between the Kingdom and the World to save the royal family.
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Razorhurst
Kelpie and Dymphna are accustomed to the mean streets of 1930s Sydney, but this is a day that will test their courage, their loyalty, and their ability to survive both the ill-intentions of the living and the ever-presence of the...
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A Corner of White: The Colours of Madeleine Book 1
A mesmerising story of two worlds; the cracks between them, the science that binds them and the colours that infuse them
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Zeroes
Global bestseller Scott Westerfeld returns to his Uglies heartland with a fast-paced new YA trilogy.
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The Tribe Book 1: The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf
The Reckoning destroyed civilisation and humanity has had to rise from the ashes. But there are now people with abilities -- Flyers, Firestarters, Rumblers and society is scared of them. The government calls them Illegals.
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The Tribe Book 3: The Foretelling of Georgie Spider
A storm was stretching out across futures to swallow everything in nothing, and it was growing larger, which meant it was getting nearer...
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This Is Shyness
In the suburb of Shyness, where the sun doesn't rise and the border crackles with a strange energy, Wolfboy meets a stranger at the Diabetic Hotel. She tells him her name is Wildgirl, and she dares him to be her guide through the...
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The Tribe Book 2: The Disappearance of Ember Crow
The Tribe is settling back into life in the Firstwood. But Ashala Wolf is struggling to control her Sleepwalking ability -- it has become unpredictable and dangerous. Then Ember Crow goes missing and Ashala discovers her friend...
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Abhorsen
The conclusion to Garth Nix's extraordinary Lirael is a rich and vividly imagined story, breathtaking, terrifying, and utterly absorbing.
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Lirael
Set in the same dark, magical world as Garth Nix's award-winning Sabriel, this is a spellbinding tale of discovery, destiny and danger, from an exceptional fantasy talent.
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Fairytales for Wilde Girls
With a motley pack of possibly imaginary friends watching over her, Isola Wilde feels safe, loved. But even her protectors can't save her from the anguish of watching her mother's illness take over their house.
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Sabriel
Garth Nix's fantasy masterwork is a compelling high fantasy, the gripping story of a young heroine who must do battle in Death itself to defeat a powerful enemy. A tale of dark secrets, deep love and dangerous magic.
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The Sending: The Obernewtyn Chronicles Volume 6
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The Stone Key: The Obernewtyn Chronicles Volume 5
It is the end of wintertime, and when the Farseeker Guildmistress, Elspeth Gordie sets out from Obernewtyn to return the crippled gypsy Darius to his people, she is aware that this is the first time she can openly name herself a...
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The Keeping Place
After a kidnapping, Elspeth Gordie and the Misfits are forced to join the rebellion against the oppressive Council, using their extraordinary mind powers. But Elspeth must also seek out clues left by the long-dead seer, Kasanda,...
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Ashling
The powerful farseeker Elspeth Gordie is sent to Sutrium, seat of the totalitarian council that rules the Land, to seal an alliance between the secret Misfit community at Obernewtyn and rebel forces.
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The Farseekers
Since their takeover of Obernewtyn, the secret community of Misfits has flourished, protected by their remoteness. Led by Elspeth Gordie, whose extraordinary powers set her apart even among her Misfit friends, an expedition sets...
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Obernewtyn
In a world struggling back from the brink of apocalypse, life is harsh. But for Elspeth Gordie, born with enhanced mental abilities that would see her sterilised or burned if discovered, it is also dangerous. Ages 13+ 1988 CBC...
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Obernewtyn Chronicles Volume 1: Popular Penguins
In a world struggling back from the brink of apocalypse, life is harsh. But for Elspeth Gordie, born with enhanced mental abilities that would see her sterilised or burned if discovered, it is also dangerous. There is only...
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