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Golden Boys

Sonya Hartnett

First published by Penguin Group (Australia) 2014.

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The Silver Donkey

Sonya Hartnett

One bright spring morning in the woods of France, a soldier, blinded by the war, is found by a little girl named Coco, and her older sister Marcelle. In return…

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Blue Flower: CBCA shortlisted picture book 2022

Sonya Hartnett

A gentle exploration of a child’s realisation that it is her individual differences and creativity that make her special, with stunning illustrations by Gabriel Evans that delicately and sensitively convey…

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Surrender

Sonya Hartnett

As life slips away, Gabriel looks back over his brief 20 years that have been clouded by frustration and humiliation.

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Wolf Creek

Sonya Hartnett

In 2005, the horror film Wolf Creek depicted the abduction and torture of three backpackers in the Australian outback, and created an immediate industry and media frenzy. Wolf Creek tapped…

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Of a Boy: Popular Penguins

Sonya Hartnett

Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory. He loves to draw and he wants a dog; he’s afraid of quicksand and self-combustion. Adrian watches his…

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The Midnight Zoo

Sonya Hartnett

First published by Penguin Books (Australia) 2010 –T.p. verso.

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Life in Ten Houses: Penguin Special

Sonya Hartnett

The internationally celebrated writer Sonya Hartnett is firmly Melburnian but has restlessly moved from suburb to suburb in her search for the ‘Last House’ - that special corner of the…

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The Children of the King

Sonya Hartnett

Three children have been sent to live in the countryside, safe from the war in London.When they find two boys hiding in a castle, the past and future come together…

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Come Down, Cat!

Sonya Hartnett

The day is ending, night is falling, and Nicholas’ cat still won’t come down. High on the roof he licks his paws while Nicholas worries about monsters and ghosts. Nicholas…

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Butterfly

Sonya Hartnett

Awkward, alienated, angry teenager Plum looks in the mirror, and hates what she sees. No one appreciates her - least of all herself. But when a beautiful, sophisticated neighbour invites…

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All My Dangerous Friends

Sonya Hartnett

Shortlisted for the CBC Award 1999. Louie has finished her old life, and stepped into a world of sinners. For her, things are not going to be the same again…

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Ghost’s Child

Sonya Hartnett

Maddy yearns for her life to be mystifying, to be as magical as a fairy story. And then one day, on the beach, she meets the strangest young man she…

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Thursday’s Child

Sonya Hartnett

Through the long years of the Great Depression, Harper Flute watches with a child’s clear eyes her family’s struggle to survive in a hot and impoverished landscape.

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Forest

Sonya Hartnett

In the tradition of Watership Down and Animal Farm , this is a powerful literary novel for all ages that charts the perilous journey of a dumped domestic cat trying…

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Sleeping Dogs

Sonya Hartnett

A chilling story of how morality can be twisted by obsessive family loyalty. Ages 14+.

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Butterfly

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On the verge of her fourteenth birthday, Plum knows her life will change. But she has no idea how. Over the coming weeks, her neighbour Maureen will show her how…

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Surrender

Sonya Hartnett

Gripping psychological thriller by international award-winning author.

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Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf

Sonya Hartnett

Two loners in a country town find cause for hope when one of them encounters a long-lost animal in this taut, shimmering tale about daring to live a life beyond…

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Thursday’s Child

Sonya Hartnett

First published by Penguin Books Australia, 2000 –Title page verso.

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What the Birds See

Sonya Hartnett

First published by Penguin Books Australia, 2002. –Title page verso.

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Baja, Gata!

Sonya Hartnett

Nicholas tries everything to get his cat to come down from the roof to no avail. When it starts to rain, he is determined to come to her rescue.

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Of a Boy

Sonya Hartnett

The year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory; his best friend is Clinton Tull. He loves to draw and he wants…

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Surrender

Sonya Hartnett

As he is dying, a twenty-year-old man known as Gabriel recounts his troubled childhood and his strange relationship with a dangerous counterpart named Finnigan.

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Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf

Sonya Hartnett

Two loners in a country town find cause for hope when one of them encounters a long-lost animal in this taut, shimmering tale about daring to live a life beyond…

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The Midnight Zoo

Sonya Hartnett

A brilliantly told magical story that questions what it means to be free.

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Princes

Sonya Hartnett

Ravel felt a shifty stab of panic. Indigo had an inquisitive new hobby. He’d taken to chopping things into pieces and this was not, Ravel felt, quite sane. In a…

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The Silver Donkey

Sonya Hartnett

Another enchanting novel from acclaimed author Sonya Hartnett. The soldier unfurled his fingers and held up the thing that he had hidden in his palm. The object caught the light…

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Go Home, Cat!

Sonya Hartnett

A delightful story about the special bond between a boy and his cat, from the award-winning team, Sonya Hartnett and Lucia Masciullo, celebrating friendship, courage and the value of those…

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The Devil Latch

Sonya Hartnett

He draws her close, envelops her as if with wings. She does not resist him or the kisses over her face when he tilts her chin up, she lets him…

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Forest

Sonya Hartnett

The forest is earth and leaves, sun and shade, feather and blood and bone. It is the old way, the true way, the wild way to live. But, for Kian…

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Forest

Sonya Hartnett

The forest is earth and leaves, sun and shade, feather and blood and bone. It is the old way, the true way, the wild way to live. But, for Kian…

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Thursday’s Child

Sonya Hartnett

TRADE EDITION: The creature held a great bundle of something tied up in a rag. For a moment we stared, not recognising him, but who else could it have been…

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Butterfly

Sonya Hartnett

In masterful prose, the author of Surrender tells a quiet but powerful tale about the shifting bonds and psychological perils of adolescence as she chronicles the experience of 13-year-old Plum…

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The Midnight Zoo

Sonya Hartnett

A brilliantly told magical story that questions what it means to be free.

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Golden Boys

Sonya Hartnett

Rex and Tabby Jenson and their sons, Colt and Bastian, arrive in Freya Kiley’s Australian neighborhood with little fanfare, but their presence sends fissures throughout their modest community.

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The Children of the King

Sonya Hartnett

Cecily and Jeremy have been sent to live with their uncle Peregrine in the English countryside, safe from the war, along with a young refugee named May. But when Cecily…

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Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf

Sonya Hartnett

In a dying country town lives a young man fighting the future, a young woman fighting the past, and a long-lost animal that can teach them both the art of…

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The Children Of The King

Sonya Hartnett

Cecily and Jeremy have been sent to live with their uncle Peregrine in the English countryside, safe from the war, along with a young refugee named May. But when Cecily…

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Sleeping Dogs

Sonya Hartnett

A chilling story of how morality can be twisted by obsessive family loyalty. Ages 14+.

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Of A Boy

Sonya Hartnett

Internationally published author: the US, Canada, Germany, Italy, Norway and Denmark. Award winning author. The year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle…

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The Ghost’s Child

Sonya Hartnett

The story of 75-year-old Maddy, who returns home one day to find a young boy waiting for her. A boy who hungers for story, he aids her in remembering her…

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The Midnight Zoo

Sonya Hartnett

First published by Penguin Books (Australia) 2010 –T.p. verso.

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Surrender

Sonya Hartnett

The new psychological thriller from the author of the highly acclaimed novels, Of A Boy, Thursdays Child and The Silver Donkey, also available from Bolinda Audio. Sonya Hartnett has received…

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Surrender

Sonya Hartnett

A small, unforgiving town and distant, punitive parents ensure that 20-year-old Gabriel never forgets the horrific mistake he made as a child. He has only two friends–his dog, Surrender, and…

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The Silver Donkey

Sonya Hartnett

Another enchanting novel from acclaimed author Sonya Hartnett. The soldier unfurled his fingers and held up the thing that he had hidden in his palm. The object caught the light…

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Golden Boys

Sonya Hartnett

Rex and Tabby Jenson and their sons, Colt and Bastian, arrive in Freya Kiley’s Australian neighborhood with little fanfare, but their presence sends fissures throughout their modest community.

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