White Ute Dreaming

by Scot Gardner

  ‘Entertaining and heartfelt . . . Scot Gardner presents pictures of youth with a compassion that endures’

  VIEWPOINT

  ‘An often hilarious glimpse into a fifteen-year-old boy’s life . . . Gardner has the ability to describe very funny events’

  MAGPIES

  Paul Hayden

  Last Wave

  I sit there in the water. Watching it all. Feeling the sun on my face, feeling my feet in the gluggy sand under the water. And I feel the warm, gentle lull of the water around me. I look back again. Across the blue sheen to the distance of the break. ‘Last wave,’ I say.

  Seventeen-year-old Owl is between school and the rest of his life. He has his mates, the beach, the surf, and the big event on his calendar is Stink’s eighteenth birthday and a longed-for date with an absolute goddess.

  But the party is about to end. Owl is about to learn what it really means to lose something you love . . .

  ‘A bloody good first up novel . . . Paul knows his shit when it comes to writing for surfers’

  TRACKS

  ‘A first novel that really moves . . . Don’t let your nervous ness about the gritty realism prevent you from letting this book speak for itself’

  AGNES NIEUWENHUIZEN

  Markus Zusak

  When Dogs Cry

  ‘You’re a bit of a lonely bastard, aren’t you?’ said Rube. ‘Yeah,’ I answered. ‘I guess I am.’

  But Cameron Wolfe is hungry. He’s sick of being the filthy, torn, half-smiling, half-scowling underdog. He’s finally met a girl. He’s got words in his spirit. And now he’s out to prove that there’s nothing more beautiful than an underdog who’s willing to stand up.

  A tough but poetic street story by the acclaimed author of Fighting Ruben Wolfe

  ‘a surprisingly stylish package . . . convincing in its handling of teenage anxiety and ambition’

  SUNDAY AGE

  ‘Markus Zusak . . . shows that the future is in most competent hands’

  GOLD COAST BULLETIN

  ‘stands alone as an absorbing, deeply satisfying coming of age novel’

  MAGPIES

  ‘this is one to make you laugh, cry and believe’

  SPECIALIST CHILDREN’S BOOKSELLERS CATALOGUE

  Jaclyn Moriarty

  Feeling Sorry for Celia

  Dear Ms Clarry,

  It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join

  our Society.

  We have just found out about your holiday. It is so

  impressive! You had four assignments, an English essay

  and a chapter of Maths to do. And you didn’t do one

  single piece of homework!

  Fabulous!

  Also we have a feeling that you have a History test today.

  And you’re trying to study now? On the bus? With the

  Brookfield boys climbing onto each other’s shoulders to

  get to the emergency roof exit? And with Celia about

  to get on the bus at any moment? And you think that’s

  going to make a difference!!!

  That’s really very amusing, Elizabeth. We like you for it.

  You’re perfect for our Society and we’re very excited

  about having you join.

  Yours sincerely,

  The Manager

  Society of People who are Definitely Going to Fail

  High School (and Most Probably Life as Well!)

  ‘Elizabeth Clarry is exactly the sort of person I’d love for a best friend’

  MELINA MARCHETTA, AUTHOR OF LOOKING FOR ALIBRANDI

  ‘Hilarious . . . a must for any angst-ridden teenager’

  DOLLY

  ‘Moriarty’s writing is a hoot and her sense of irony perfectly placed in this hilarious addition to the genre of genuinely comic Australian young adult novels’

  THE AUSTRALIAN

  Catherine Jinks

  The Rapture

  Early in the 21st century, Joseph Peek turned into another person.

  Now, eighty years later, journalism student Aldo Frewin discovers who that person was—and why he’s now living as Jarom Woodruff, aged sixteen, in a troubled Mormon cult in remote Tasmania.

  For members of this cult, the End of the World is imminent and the Rapture awaits. For Aldo and his uncle, time is also running out. They need to know—will Jarom die as Joseph died before they uncover the truth? Has a genetic experiment changed the course of history? And if it did, does anyone have the power to change the future?

  From the award-winning author of Eye to Eye, winner of the 1998 Children’s Book Council, Book of the Year Award.

  ‘cleverly conceived . . . competent writing and interesting ideas will ensure the novel’s success’

  MAGPIES

  John Marsden

  Winter

  ‘I came home when I was sixteen.’

  For twelve years Winter has been haunted.

  Her past, her memories, her feelings, will not leave her

  alone.

  And now, at sixteen, the time has come for her to act.

  Every journey begins with a single step. If Winter is going to step into the future, she must first step into the past.

  ‘Marsden caters for his teen audience magnificently’

  GEELONG ADVERTISER

  ‘Upper primary and secondary students will love this book’

  COURIER MAIL

  ‘one of the most intriguing stories I have ever read . . . you won’t be able to put it down . . . John Marsden has outdone himself again’

  REACT

  ‘a powerful and redemptive story of the journey to the discovery of truth . . . Marsden has drawn Winter with great skill and feeling. Highly recommended

  READING TIME