Download or read book The Wintrish Girl written by Melanie La’Brooy and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Talisman Day in Arylia, every child receives an object that gives them special powers and reveals their destiny. Every child except for the Wintrish girl, Penn, that is. There's no need for a Talisman to reveal her fate. Penn already knows that she's doomed to a miserable, lonely life as a servant and outcast. All Penn has ever wanted is the impossible: to return to her home in Midwinter and find her true family. But she's trapped in Arylia, where a long-forgotten evil is stirring ... When sinister events start to occur, the blame falls on the Wintrish girl. Suddenly Penn finds herself running for her life. Straight into deadly peril. Facing dangerous enemies with terrifying powers, what can an ordinary Wintrish girl do? Because without a Talisman, there's no changing your fate ... is there? A wildly fun adventure featuring at least five impossibly daring escapes, important life lessons about friendship and cucumbers, a dragon with a fear of unicorns and some stylish execution wear. And one vicious berry.
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Download or read book The Lost History written by Melanie La'Brooy and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After rescuing Princess Seraphine from the evil Malevolents, servant girl Penn thought her fate had finally changed. But now her powerful Talisman is gone and Seraphine is ignoring her again. Even worse, the ruthless Inquisitor has been summoned to uncover why Malevolence has returned to Arylia and fingers are pointing at Penn. Her only hope is to find the Lost History, which might be the key to unlocking both the Inquisitor' s and her own mysterious past. But someone else is hunting for it &– only they want to destroy it. Even as she races to retrieve the Lost History, Penn knows that if she digs up her past, she might not like what she finds. Because Malevolence has started calling to her and she' s finding it strangely hard to resist ... Another thrilling adventure, this time featuring at least six impossibly daring escapes, important life lessons about truth and spare socks, a sinister game of Twenty Questions and a cursed family tree. And some very dangerous cheese.
Download or read book Lulu and the Dance Detectives 4 Ravenous Rooster Stake out written by Sally Sutton and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2024-04-03 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-you-can-eat restaurant, a swinging country and western dance, and a mystery to solve for the Dance Detectives! Lulu and the Silver Star Dancers have an exciting gig dancing at the Ravenous Rooster, but nerves are frayed – notorious criminal Douglas Vipersnitch is on the run from police and believed to be hiding in the area! When suspicious events begin to unfold, there’s only one explanation: it’s him! Amid flowing chocolate fountains and fizzing drinks, the clues come thick and fast. Will the Silver Star Dancers be able find the thief, and be able to perform their toe-tapping routine? Ravenous Rooster Stake-out is fun storytelling that fans of dancing and detecting will love. And look out for more adventures in the Lulu and the Dance Detectives series!
Download or read book Lulu and the Dance Detectives 2 The Pool Party Poisoning written by Sally Sutton and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of friendship and facing your fears - and a whole lot of fun! - The Pool Party Poisoning is storytelling that fans of dancing and detecting will love. In the second book in the Lulu and the Dance Detectives series, Lulu and the Silver Star Dancers have been invited to perform at a pool party! Their synchronised swimming routine and sparkly mermaid costumes are all set to make a real splash ... but things don’t quite go according to plan. Mouse is terrified of putting her head under. The water is turning a very strange colour. Who is sabotaging the party? And why? Will the Silver Star Dancers crack this case? And can this birthday party be saved? Look out for more adventures of Lulu and the Dance Detectives! Every book in the series includes a special activity to encourage engagement. The Pool Party Poisoning features a chance for readers to be the detective, and solve their very own two-minute mystery!
Download or read book Lulu and the Dance Detectives 3 The Doggy Disco Hoax written by Sally Sutton and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2024-04-03 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dodgy dog rescue fundraiser, a dazzlingly dizzy disco, and a mystery to solve for the Silver Star Dancers! When a disco to raise money for a dog rescue centre turns out to be a hoax, Lulu and her team are determined to make it happen anyway. Amongst the yelping and barking, disco lights and darkness, there is a thief to catch. But will their cunning plan work? Fans of dancing, detecting and good stories will love The Doggy Disco Hoax. And look out for more adventures in the Lulu and the Dance Detectives series!
Download or read book Lulu and the Dance Detectives 1 Mystery at the Hotel Espanol written by Sally Sutton and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will Lulu and the Silver Stars deliver a stolen celebrity necklace and an unforgettable dance performance? The Silver Star Dancers have landed a gig a dancing the flamenco at a very ritzy hotel. But before they know it, they’re entangled in the robbery of the hotel's most notable guest – Greta Honeyville, star of Recycled Wardrobe Makeover 4. Every last item of her fabulous recycled clothing collection has been swiped, as well as her signature piece, the famous heart-shaped dog-food-tin necklace. Can the Silver Star Dancers catch the thief as well as perform an unforgettable flamenco? Look out for more adventures of Lulu and the Dance Detectives!
Download or read book The Lost History written by Melanie La'Brooy and published by . This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After rescuing Princess Seraphine from the evil Malevolents, servant girl Penn thought her fate had finally changed. But now her powerful Talisman is gone and Seraphine is ignoring her again. Even worse, the ruthless Inquisitor has been summoned to uncover why Malevolence has returned to Arylia and fingers are pointing at Penn. Her only hope is to find the Lost History, which might be the key to unlocking both the Inquisitor's and her own mysterious past. But someone else is hunting for it - only they want to destroy it. Even as she races to retrieve the Lost History, Penn knows that if she digs up her past, she might not like what she finds. Because Malevolence has started calling to her and she's finding it strangely hard to resist ... Another thrilling adventure, this time featuring at least six impossibly daring escapes, important life lessons about truth and spare socks, a sinister game of Twenty Questions and a cursed family tree. And some very dangerous cheese.
Download or read book Something Like Normal written by Trish Doller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Travis returns home from Afghanistan, his parents are splitting up, his brother's stolen his girlfriend and car, and the nightmares of his best friend getting killed keep him completely spooked. But when he runs into Harper, a girl who despises him for rumors Travis started back in middle school, life actually starts looking up. And as he and Harper see more of each other, he falls deeper in love with her and begins to find his way through the family meltdown, the post-traumatic stress and the possibility of a interesting future. His sense of humor, sense of his own strength and incredible sense of honor make Travis an irresistible and eminently loveable hero in this fantastic and timely debut novel.
Download or read book The Good Times of Pelican Rise written by Samone Amba and published by Affirm Press. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions Raised By Quolls is an eloquent examination of extinction and conservation set against the backdrop of global climate change. From his own family lineage, Harry reveals how the prosperity of the human race runs parallel with the decline of the natural world. Evocative and challenging, this eulogy to lost species will force you to question your place in the vast interconnected web of life.
Download or read book Girl of the Southern Sea written by Michelle Kadarusman and published by Pajama Press Inc.. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the time she was a little girl, Nia has dreamed up adventures about the Javanese mythical princess, Dewi Kadita. Now fourteen, Nia would love nothing more than to continue her education and become a writer. But high school costs too much. Her father sells banana fritters at the train station, but too much of his earnings go toward his drinking habit. Too often Nia is left alone to take over the food cart as well as care for her brother and their home in the Jakarta slums. But Nia is determined to find a way to earn her school fees. After she survives a minibus accident unharmed and the locals say she is blessed with 'good luck magic,' Nia exploits the notion for all its worth by charging double for her fried bananas. Selling superstitions can be dangerous, and when the tide turns it becomes clear that Nia’s future is being mapped without her consent. If Nia is to write a new story for herself, she must overcome more obstacles than she could ever have conceived of for her mythical princess, and summon courage she isn't sure she has.
Download or read book Hedgewitch written by Skye McKenna and published by Hedgewitch. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Cassie runs away from her dreary boarding school, in search of her missing mother, she ends up in the magical village of Hedgely and discovers she comes from a family of witches - women who protect Britain from the denizens of Faerie, who are all too real and far more frightening than the story books suggest.
Download or read book The Gaps written by Leanne Hall and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on true events, this compelling YA novel by award-winning Melbourne author Leanne Hall examines grief and guilt in the aftermath of a community tragedy
Download or read book The Word Hunters written by Nick Earls and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning author Nick Earls and illustrator Terry Whidborne comes the second book in a mysterious, action-packed series for the word nerd in us all. In their previous adventure, Lexi and Al thought they had seen it all ? time travel, epic battles, ancient cities on the point of collapse, the invention of the telephone and ? vomiting rats. But nothing could prepare them for the realisation that their missing grandfather is a word hunter too and has been lost in the past. Only Lexi and Al can save him. But how do you find someone in 3,000 years of history? With more battles, more action and more words, these hunters are discovering history like never before, as they search for their grandfather ? the lost hunter.
Download or read book The F Team written by Rawah Arja and published by Giramondo Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Age range 14+ Meet Tariq Nader, leader of ‘The Wolf Pack’ at Punchbowl High, who has been commanded by the new principal to join a football competition with his mates in order to rehabilitate the public image of their school. When the team is formed, Tariq learns there’s a major catch – half of the team is made up of white boys from Cronulla, aka enemy territory – and he must compete with their strongest player for captaincy of the team. At school Tariq thinks he has life all figured out until he falls for a new girl called Jamila, who challenges everything he thought he knew. At home, his outspoken ways have brought him into conflict with his family. Now, with complications on all fronts, he has to dig deep to control his anger, and find what it takes to be a leader. In confronting and often hilarious situations, Tariq’s relationships with his extended Lebanese family and his friends are tested like never before, and he comes to learn that his choices can have serious consequences. 'Rawah Arja has written one of the best Australian novels I have ever read…not just because the writing sparkles even as it packs a punch, but because this is the kind of novel that shows us what Australia really is.' — Randa Abdel-Fattah 'A great novel, funny and authentic and full of characters I loved.' — Melina Marchetta, author of Looking for Alibrandi, Saving Francesca and On the Jellicoe Road 'Rawah Arja is an astounding new talent whose work will speak to young people everywhere. The F Team is a fresh, surprising work that is set to become a young adult classic.' — Felicity Castagna, author of No More Boats 'In her debut YA novel, Rawah Arja expertly expresses the difficulty of transitioning from adolescence to adulthood while navigating family, friendship, love and self-worth. Not just full of heart and the importance of community, Arja’s novel is also honest...The F Team is an introspective and thought-provoking coming-of-age read.' — Books+Publishing
Download or read book Stay Well Soon written by Penny Tangey and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From CBCA shortlisted author, Penny Tangey, comes a moving, funny and heartfelt coming-of-age story. Stevie has a lot of dreams ... more friends at school, better drawing pencils and a pony. If only she had her dream horse, her life would be better and the other horse-mad girls would talk to her. When her brother is taken to hospital, Stevie’s dreams seem further away than ever. Suddenly her after-school world is filled with hospital visits and there’s even less money for anything, especially a pony. With Stevie’s mum spending more time with her brother, Stevie has to learn to figure out the hard things in life by herself.
Download or read book The Brilliant Ideas of Lily Green written by Lisa Siberry and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dash of Judy Blume, a spoonful of secrets and a whole lot of fun get mixed up in this big-hearted debut by Ampersand Prize-winning author Lisa Siberry. Twelve-year-old Lily Green’s life is falling apart. Her best friend, Violet, is more interested in the latest shade of lip gloss than hanging out. Her enemy, Zoe, is determined to beat Lily in the school science competition – and win Violet’s friendship, too. Worst of all, Lily's precious family beauty salon – the last connection she has to her dad – has hit hard times, and her mum has decided to sell it. When Lily accidentally mixes up a string of wild and wonderful beauty products from the mysterious plants in her neighbour’s garden, she thinks she’s found the perfect way to save the salon – and get her best friend back. But are her inventions as beautiful as she thinks? And when things start turning … ugly … can Lily find the real ‘secret ingredient’ that will save the salon, seal her friendships, and win the school science competition? Beautifully written and full of warmth, this captivating middle-grade novel explores family, friendship and the true meaning of beauty. Shortlisted for the 2020 ABDA Best Designed Children's Fiction and the 2020 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year
