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![Flames](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/053/843/product/9781922268211.jpg?1638559585)
Themes:Grief, Australian fiction, Tasmanian fiction, myth & fable
Australian
![Reckoning](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/029/290/product/9781925355413.jpg?1522091384)
Reckoning
Magda Szubanski
Australian
![The Lieutenant](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/037/658/product/9781921656767.jpg?1561662347)
The Lieutenant
Kate Grenville
Australian
![Kinglake-350](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/053/910/product/9781922182920.jpg?1638560261)
Kinglake-350
Adrian Hyland
Australian
![The Sugarcane Kids and the Empty Cage](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/062/167/product/9781922790996.jpg?1719876820)
The Sugarcane Kids and the Empty Cage
Charlie Archbold
Reading age:8+
Australian
![The Best Witch in Paris](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/062/270/product/9781922790880.jpg?1721690906)
The Best Witch in Paris
Lauren Crozier
Reading age:8+
Australian
![Penny Draws a Class Trip](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/062/260/product/9781922790712.jpg?1721173564)
Penny Draws a Class Trip
Sara Shepard
Reading age:8+
![Liar’s Test](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/062/277/product/9781922790873.jpg?1721691177)
Liar’s Test
Ambelin Kwaymullina
Reading age:14+
Australian
![The Night War](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/062/022/product/9781922790637.jpg?1717543251)
The Night War
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Reading age:10+
![Outlaw Girls](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/062/160/product/9781922790231.jpg?1719876638)
Outlaw Girls
Emily Gale and Nova Weetman
Reading age:10+
Australian
![Birdy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/061/911/product/9781922790606.jpg?1715034094)
Reading age:13+
Australian
![Let's Never Speak of This Again](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/061/766/product/9781922790392.jpg?1713224095)
Let’s Never Speak of This Again
Megan Williams
Reading age:14+
Australian
![The Lost Library](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/061/634/product/9781922790477.jpg?1710888068)
The Lost Library
Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead
Reading age:8+
![A Giant’s Trek](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/061/420/product/9781922330703.jpg?1706060414)
A Giant’s Trek
Nick Stella
Reading age:10+
Australian
![Penny Draws a Secret Adventure](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/062/279/product/9781922790569.jpg?1721691265)
Penny Draws a Secret Adventure
Sara Shepard
Reading age:8+
![Penny Draws a School Play](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/061/362/product/9781922790408.jpg?1705442511)
Penny Draws a School Play
Sara Shepard
Reading age:8+
![Penny Draws a Best Friend](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/061/109/product/9781922790248.jpg?1702864035)
Penny Draws a Best Friend
Sara Shepard
Reading age:8+
![Selfie](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/061/986/product/9781922790194.jpg?1716247745)
Selfie
Allayne L. Webster
Reading age:12+
Australian
![Unnecessary Drama](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/060/906/product/9781922458896.jpg?1702509688)
Unnecessary Drama
Nina Kenwood
Reading age:14+
Australian
![Dancing Barefoot](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/060/883/product/9781922458711.jpg?1702508824)
Dancing Barefoot
Alice Boyle
Reading age:14+
Australian
![The Goodbye Year](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/061/919/product/9781922458599.jpg?1715034326)
The Goodbye Year
Emily Gale
Reading age:10+
Australian
![The Brink](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/061/724/product/9781922458643.jpg?1712095556)
The Brink
Holden Sheppard
Reading age:15+
Australian
![Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/060/900/product/9781922458674.jpg?1702509516)
Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over
Miranda Luby
Reading age:14+
Australian
![Answers in the Pages](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/058/803/product/9781922458872.jpg?1679511694)
Answers in the Pages
David Levithan
Reading age:8+
![The Museum of Broken Things](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/058/959/product/9781922458537.jpg?1680635098)
The Museum of Broken Things
Lauren Draper
Reading age:14+
Australian
![The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/060/315/product/9781922458520.jpg?1695927730)
The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat
Charlie Archbold
Reading age:8+
Australian
![Slipping the Noose](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/058/762/product/9781922458544.jpg?1678907173)
Slipping the Noose
Meg Caddy
Reading age:14+
Australian
![All the Little Tricky Things](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/058/746/product/9781922458377.jpg?1678906975)
All the Little Tricky Things
Karys McEwen
Reading age:8+
Australian
![The Best Liars in Riverview](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/056/944/product/9781922458452.jpg?1661281422)
The Best Liars in Riverview
Lin Thompson
Reading age:10+
![Sugar](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/060/631/product/9781922330741.jpg?1700452878)
Reading age:16+
Australian
![Fish Out of Water](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/058/754/product/9781922458346.jpg?1678907064)
Fish Out of Water
Kate Hendrick
Reading age:14+
Australian
![Growing Up in Flames](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/057/818/product/9781922458360.jpg?1669230186)
Growing Up in Flames
Zach Jones
Reading age:14+
Australian
![Those Kids from Fawn Creek](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/057/705/product/9781922458506.jpg?1668020710)
Those Kids from Fawn Creek
Erin Entrada Kelly
Reading age:8+
![Dreams From My Father: Adapted for Young Adults](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/058/748/product/9781922458445.jpg?1678906995)
Dreams From My Father: Adapted for Young Adults
Barack Obama
Reading age:14+
![Bailey Finch Takes a Stand](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/058/747/product/9781922330994.jpg?1678906985)
Bailey Finch Takes a Stand
Ingrid Laguna
Reading age:8+
Australian
![Social Queue](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/060/902/product/9781922458018.jpg?1702509561)
Reading age:14+
Australian
![If Not Us](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/058/954/product/9781922330796.jpg?1680635032)
Reading age:13+
Australian
![Rainfish](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/058/760/product/9781922330963.jpg?1678907149)
Reading age:11+
Australian
![The Ones We’re Meant to Find](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/050/906/product/9781911231332.jpg?1630026829)
The Ones We’re Meant to Find
Joan He
Reading age:14+
![Elsewhere Girls](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/057/061/product/9781922330451.jpg?1662490960)
Elsewhere Girls
Emily Gale and Nova Weetman
Reading age:10+
Australian
![Dirt Circus League](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/056/494/product/9781922330253.jpg?1658948517)
Dirt Circus League
Maree Kimberley
Reading age:14+
Australian
![The Gaps](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/057/752/product/9781922330482.jpg?1668539031)
Reading age:14+
Australian
![The Electric Kingdom](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/061/349/product/9781922330925.jpg?1705441896)
The Electric Kingdom
David Arnold
Reading age:16+
![The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/050/902/product/9781922330918.jpg?1630026780)
The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S.
David Levithan
Reading age:8+
![The Tunnel of Dreams](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/052/653/product/9781922330185.jpg?1634151831)
The Tunnel of Dreams
Bernard Beckett
Reading age:8+
![Watch Over Me](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/059/649/product/9781922330604.jpg?1687892666)
Watch Over Me
Nina LaCour
Reading age:14+
![Fighting Words](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/049/243/product/9781922330628.jpg?1616526276)
Fighting Words
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Reading age:14+
![Sunflower](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/055/418/product/9781922268754.jpg?1651258900)
Reading age:8+
Australian
![Metal Fish, Falling Snow](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/054/399/product/9781922330079.jpg?1642014117)
Metal Fish, Falling Snow
Cath Moore
Reading age:14+
Australian
![Please Don’t Hug Me](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/054/499/product/9781922268051.jpg?1642878234)
Please Don’t Hug Me
Kay Kerr
Reading age:14+
Australian
![Diary of a Young Naturalist](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/050/002/product/9781922458261.jpg?1622919690)
Diary of a Young Naturalist
Dara McAnulty
![The End of the World Is Bigger than Love](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/058/950/product/9781922268822.jpg?1680634989)
The End of the World Is Bigger than Love
Davina Bell
Reading age:16+
Australian
![The List of Things that Will Not Change](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/059/720/product/9781922268679.jpg?1688842968)
The List of Things that Will Not Change
Rebecca Stead
Reading age:8+
![The Republic of Birds](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/056/906/product/9781922268044.jpg?1660849282)
The Republic of Birds
Jessica Miller
Reading age:9+
Australian
![19 Love Songs](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/057/937/product/9781922268921.jpg?1673290960)
19 Love Songs
David Levithan
Reading age:14+
![The Year We Fell from Space](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/049/214/product/9781922268853.jpg?1616180649)
The Year We Fell from Space
Amy Sarig King
Reading age:8+
![This Is How We Change the Ending](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/058/964/product/9781922268136.jpg?1680635173)
This Is How We Change the Ending
Vikki Wakefield
Reading age:14+
Australian
![It Sounded Better in My Head](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/057/011/product/9781922458964.jpg?1661972558)
It Sounded Better in My Head
Nina Kenwood
Reading age:14+
Australian
![Lizard's Tale](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/061/509/product/9781925603910.jpg?1708381465)
Lizard’s Tale
Weng Wai Chan
Reading age:9+
![A Constant Hum](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/048/238/product/9781925773842.jpg?1607799702)
A Constant Hum
Alice Bishop
Australian
![Songbird](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/058/263/product/9781925773538.jpg?1674154933)
Reading age:8+
Australian
![Devil's Ballast](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/045/610/product/9781925773460.jpg?1595703680)
Devil’s Ballast
Meg Caddy
Reading age:14+
Australian
![A Winter's Promise](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/062/285/product/9781925603828.jpg?1721691518)
A Winter’s Promise
Christelle Dabos
Themes:Fantasy romance, strong heroine, epic fantasy
Reading age:13+
![The Finder](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/038/158/product/9781925603811.jpg?1563390082)
Themes:dealing with grief, self-acceptance, road trip, family
Reading age:14+
Australian
![The Art of Taxidermy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/038/941/product/9781925603743.jpg?1568401256)
The Art of Taxidermy
Sharon Kernot
Themes:dealing with death, coping with grief, friendship
Reading age:13+
Australian
![Amal Unbound](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/053/121/product/9781925773026.jpg?1637780475)
Themes:own voices, world literature, multicultural stories, south asian literature
Reading age:9+
![The Peacock Detectives](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/041/935/product/9781925603705.jpg?1581793502)
The Peacock Detectives
Carly Nugent
Themes:Friendship, understanding adults, self-confidence, independence
Reading age:9+
Australian
![The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/057/268/product/9781925603484.jpg?1663873244)
The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls
Adam Cece
Themes:friendship, funny stories, self-acceptance, weird stories
Reading age:8+
Australian
![Kids Like Us](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/028/314/product/9781925498912.jpg?1517684636)
Themes:Autism, French teens, American teens, friendship, coming-of-age, Proust
Reading age:14+
![Reckoning](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/029/290/product/9781925355413.jpg?1522091384)
Reckoning
Magda Szubanski
Australian
![Saving Marty](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/029/689/product/9781925498868.jpg?1523992000)
Saving Marty
Paul Griffin
Themes:Friendship, Animal rights, Bravery, Coming-of-Age
Reading age:9+
![The War I Finally Won](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/031/056/product/9781925498851.jpg?1530644719)
The War I Finally Won
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Themes:Friendship, Social Skills, Adoption, WWII England, Coming of Age, Dealing with Abuse, Friendship, Family Life, LGBTQIA
Reading age:10+
![Wilder Country](https://cdn.statically.io/img/d2wzqffx6hjwip.cloudfront.net/spree/images/attachments/000/042/084/product/9781925498530.jpg?1582917262)
Wilder Country
Mark Smith
Themes:Dystopian, Coming of Age, Refugees, Australia, Dystopia, self esteem & reliance
Reading age:14+
Australian