The 130-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed The World by Elena Favilli The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor Landing with Wings by Trace Balla You Matter by Christian Robinson Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger, Book 1) by Amy Timberlake & Jon Klassen Back to Sleep b…

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Over the next few weeks, we’ll be compiling a host of gift guides to help you with your Christmas shopping. CONTEMPORARY STORIES

If you’re buying for a teen that loves relatable realism, then we have some excellent choices this festive season.

The F Team is a funny, thought-provoking and heartwarming debut.

Sydney author Rawah Arja’s debut The F Team is equal parts entertaining and tho…

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Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, Book 3) by Jessica Townsend Good Night Stories For Rebel Girls: 100 Immigrant Women Who Changed The World by Elena Favilli The Adventures of Catvinkle by Elliot Perlman & Laura Stitzel The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger, Book 1) by Amy Timberlake & Jon Klassen …

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The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced their Book of the Year Awards winners for 2020. These Awards celebrate the best Australian books for readers in early childhood up to young adult readers.

Here are the winners for each category.

Older Readers (for ages 13-18 years) This Is How We Change The Ending by Vikki Wakefield

Sixteen-year-old Nate McKee has a lot of worr…

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Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, Book 3) by Jessica Townsend The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals by Sami Bayly The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo, Book 5) by Rick Riordan Back to Sleep by Zoë Foster Blake & Mike Jacobsen Skunk and Badger (Skunk and Badger, B…

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This month in young adult books we have magical booksellers, a life-changing trip to France, a secret-filled schoolies week, emotional contemporary stories, and a near-future visual feast. Find our October picks for kids books here. YA BOOK OF THE MONTH The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

Eighteen-year-old Susan Arkshaw arrives in London in search of her father. But befor…

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Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, Book 3) by Jessica Townsend The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor Back to Sleep by Zoë Foster Blake & Mike Jacobsen Welcome To Country (Board book edition) by Lisa Kennedy & Aunty Joy Murphy The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals by Sami Bayly How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life by Fiona Hardy The Left-Handed Bookse…

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Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, Book 3) by Jessica Townsend How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life by Fiona Hardy Grime and Punishment (The Adventures of Dog Man, Book 9) by Dav Pilkey Welcome To Country (Board book edition) by Lisa Kennedy & Aunty Joy Murphy The Wolves of Greycoat Hall by Lucinda Gifford Bluey: Grannies How to Make a Movie in Twelve Days by Fiona Hardy The P…

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Who needs sleep when you could instead stay up late to read a page-turning, spine-chilling YA thriller? Here are our six of top picks of recent, thrilling books for teens. You can find even more recommendations by browsing the collection below. The Erasure Initiative by Lili Wilkinson

A girl wakes up on a self-driving bus with no memory of how she got there or who she is. Her nametag reads…

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How to Write the Soundtrack to Your Life by Fiona Hardy Grime and Punishment (The Adventures of Dog Man, Book 9) by Dav Pilkey The Wolves of Greycoat Hall by Lucinda Gifford Welcome To Country (Board book edition) by Lisa Kennedy & Aunty Joy Murphy Sherlock Bones and the Sea-Creature Feature (Book 2) by Renée Treml Bluey: Grannies None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney The Polar Bear in Sydney Harbour…

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