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Kate Gordon
Esme doesn't like the girl she sees in the mirror. Not pretty enough. Not thin enough. Not smart enough or talented enough. Nothing at all like her big sister, Ro…
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"We are the storm and the stillness. "Indigo Michael isn't like other kids. And her mum isn't like other mums. Life for people like them isn't meant to have meaning-…
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Kate Temple, Jol Temple, Shiloh Gordon (illus.)
Step into a top-secret world where frogs don't just eat flies, they eat danger! This is FROG SQUAD!
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Wonder Quinn is a lonely orphan who lives in the attic of Direleafe Hall with only a gloomy crow for company. Every year she watches the other girls return to…
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Finch and Wren were as close as a brother and sister can be. When he vanished, when they were nine years old, her world cracked in two. Finch was never…
Aberdeen’s family has been woven into the fabric of Hobart for generations. When her journalist father gifts her an antique chronometer, it leads her to another girl who also knows…
Temora Tempest used to think she was just a regular girl, but after making a wish on her twelfth birthday, she learns the truth: She's one of the wordspinners from…
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Can Xavier learn to cherish the moments in between the struggles - the moments in the meantime?
Spirals and Stars is a timeless story of friendship loss and gain, finding your place in the world, and breaking free from expectations. Set in a of small town, "nerd…
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Aster attends a school for gifted kids, but she doesn’t think she’s special at all. If she was, her mother wouldn’t have left. And if she isn’t careful, everyone else…
Kate Gordon, Kate Foster
From acclaimed authors Kate Foster and Kate Gordon, a special story about being kind to others... and yourself.
Kate Gordon-Smith
Join dog-loving, ten-year-old Maddison McQueen in the first, fun and fast-paced Red Collie Mystery!
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Nothing could stop Juno helping her secret ninja friend, Futoshi, defeat the Alien Lizard Men before they take over the world-except a book-themed school camp of course! It wasn't so…
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Rebecca Lim, Kate Gordon
Two of Australia's most acclaimed and high profile writers co-author a sensitive and ultimately hopeful story about our growing climate crisis.
With sea-levels rising, and the land deforested, over-mined, and affected by bushfires and drought--Tasmania is increasingly marooned, its people abandoned.
Nyx's father wants them to leave while they still can…
A disaster has happened! Again. Muttonbird Bay Primary is once again under threat of closure, and Juno Jones is pretty sure the Alien Lizard Men are involved. But that’s not…
When Juno Jones’s (Former Kid Who Doesn’t Like Reading), first-ever favourite book goes missing, she convinces Miss Tippett to turn their classroom into a courtroom so she can present her…
A DISASTER HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED " THE SCHOOL HAS CLOSED. Not Muttonbird Bay Primary, of course, but their neighbour Pademelon Point. When five new kids join Juno Jones' class, Juno…
A disaster has happened. Muttonbird Bay School might be closing. I mean, FOREVER. Juno Jones loves her school. She does not want to have to go to the posh school…
Kate and Jol Temple
Alert! When a distress signal comes in from Croakomo Island, there's only…
Can the Underdogs find the art faker?
Can the Underdogs find the tennis ball thief?
Kate Temple,Jol Temple
The Underdog Detective Agency has a proud tradition of sniffing out trouble (and sniffing each other’s butts).Detective Barkley (a dog) and Detective Fang (a cat) are cleaning up the…
Kate Temple, Jol Temple
The Underdogs are overdue for a holiday! So when the Mayor of Cape Dog asks for help catching a mysterious sea monster that is terrifying the citizens - the Underdogs…
A funny, warm, feel-good novel about friends, family, first kisses and finding your way in the world. Clementine Darcy is floundering. She wants to be the kind of a fish…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
On Christmas Day, Connie Chase opens the twenty-fifth door on her advent calendar, eating the last chocolate as she tries to swallow the memory of her former love, Viggo MacDuff…
A riding competition. A magical battle. Can she win first prize and rescue a herd of lost unicorns?
Sixteen-year-old Therese lives in a small town on a small island. Her Aunt Kath calls her Tiger. Her friends call her Resey. The boy she loves calls her Champ. She’s…
Double Acrostic Enigmas: With Poetical Descriptions Selected Principally From British Poets (1868) is a book written by Kate Gordon. The book is a collection of enigmas, or puzzles, that are…
Gallop into an exciting new world of warrior unicorns, feuding witches and brave friends! Can Lily use her wits and the power of her Maori heritage to preserve the unicorns’…
A heartfelt story of one girl’s determination to save her beloved home and the lyrical companion tale to The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn.
Do you ever look at the sky and think that’s where we belong? Like maybe the world is the wrong way around and we’re meant to be up there, floating…
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A psychological study of the nature and sources of meaning in human experience.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge…
An evocative story about one odd boy searching for his place in the world, perfect for anyone who has ever wondered where their path might lead.
When Jackdaw Hollow is…
Temora Murphy lives in an immaculate house, with a controlling mother. The only other children she sees are the "shining" girls her mother selects for her as friends. Girls who…
Temora Tempest is in Writungeard, a student at Lyfthelm Tower, but things aren't as well as the Literi would have them believe. Because Rider Marr is on the loose and…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
Rebecca Lim and Kate Gordon
Two of Australia's most acclaimed and high profile writers co-author a sensitive and ultimately hopeful story about our growing climate crisis. With sea-levels rising, and the land deforested, over-mined and…
Amira's Magpie is a story of friendship, family and escape; of bravery and resilience in the face of hardship
A seagull above
Said, “See, look here, loves, I’ve winged my way further than you!”
A soaring brown hawk
Said, “Hey, you two dorks, See me stick to the clouds…
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