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Paperback. Condición: New. Flip is a contemporary Australian young adult drama that explores big issues with soul and sensitivity. Its high-low content and feel-good finale make it a perfect read for both lovers of the genre and non-confident readers.Issues and themes flowing through Flip are timely and relevant, including a housing crisis, bullying, loss and grief, finding yourself and a sense of belonging, friendship and family dynamics, starting over in a new town and school, and the impacts of cancer and dementia. Denim Davies wishes he could flip his life, just like the vintage items and clothing he finds at garage sales and thrift stores and sells online. With the worsening housing crisis, Denim and his dad have spent a year moving from town to town in search of sustainable work and a home they can call their own. Every move means starting over in a new school. Denim feels he's drifting through life without an anchor.When Denim and his dad arrive in the coastal town of Driftwood Heights, Denim knows things are only going to get worse. The only accommodation is in the trailer park, he's just started Year 10, and in this small town where everyone knows each other he feels more of a misfit than ever. Besides, what's the point of getting close to anyone if you're just going to move away again?When Denim befriends Mina, a quirky girl with a carefree attitude, Driftwood Heights starts to look a little brighter. But then a vintage find that seems too good to be true goes horribly wrong, and he has a tough decision to make-one that could ruin his friendship forever.  What do you do when flipping your life has too high a price? Reading age of 10 +, Interest age 14+. Rhiza Shorts are teen novellas for reluctant readers.…

Paperback. Condición: New. As Amanda and her friends prepare for the school bake-off, their plans are derailed when Amanda is separated and paired up with Eve instead.So, the Dolphin Squad concoct a plan to get back on the same team, but is working with Eve really so bad?Time to bake some delicious treats!It's OPERATION TEAMWORK. Cooper Smith, Heidi (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: New. As Amanda and her friends prepare for the school bake-off, their plans are derailed when Amanda is separated and paired up with Eve instead.So, the Dolphin Squad concoct a plan to get back on the same team, but is working with Eve really so bad?Time to bake some delicious treats!It's OPERATION TEAMWORK. Cooper Smith, Heidi (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: New. Join Ariana at the Treasure Chest - the best thrift shop in town!Come and find thesecret ingredient. Ariana is excited for the food truck competition. Herfriends, Hunter and Jake, are confident their family will win the big prize.All they need is a standout dish and thanks to the Treasure Chest they thinkthey have it. In the Ariana Treasure early reader series there arealways problems to solve and fun to be had.Ariana often saves the day with her quick thinking andthoughtful spirit. The stories explorefriendship, families, diversity, courage andsustainability. Erasmus, Karen (ilustrador).…

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Paperback. Condición: New. Join Ariana at the Treasure Chest - the best thrift shop in town!Come and find thesecret ingredient. Ariana is excited for the food truck competition. Herfriends, Hunter and Jake, are confident their family will win the big prize.All they need is a standout dish and thanks to the Treasure Chest they thinkthey have it. In the Ariana Treasure early reader series there arealways problems to solve and fun to be had.Ariana often saves the day with her quick thinking andthoughtful spirit. The stories explorefriendship, families, diversity, courage andsustainability. Erasmus, Karen (ilustrador).…

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Paperback. Condición: New. Amanda and her two best friends, Lucia and Mai, are the Dolphin Squad. They live by the beach, hang out in HQ and solve all sort of problems. Amanda Commander is nearly nine and there is nothing she loves more than hanging out with her two best friends at HQ, making all sorts of plans and solving all kinds of problems.Amanda Commander is kind, loyal and a natural-born leader. But even school can be a battlefield sometimes, so sometimes Amanda and her Squad need a plan just to survive.When Amanda returns to school after having a sick day, she finds fitting back into the friendship group tricker than she imagined. Amanda makes a plan, with the help of the Dolphin Squad, to go out of their way and include anyone. But when Eve is sick and has a few days off school, how will Amanda ensure Eve doesnt have a blues-day back at school just like she did? Its OPERATION WELCOME BACK! Amanda tries everything to make Eve feel included, even when it means being left out herself. AMANDA COMMANDER - THE BLUES-DAY TUESDAY is the fourth book in a Junior Fiction series promoting kindness, loyalty and friendship. Cooper Smith, Heidi (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: New. Amanda and her two best friends, Lucia and Mai, are the Dolphin Squad. They live by the beach, hang out in HQ and solve all sort of problems. Amanda Commander is nearly nine and there is nothing she loves more than hanging out with her two best friends at HQ, making all sorts of plans and solving all kinds of problems. Amanda Commander is kind, loyal and a natural-born leader. But even school can be a battlefield sometimes, so sometimes Amanda and her Squad need a plan just to survive. Written for ages 6- 8.AMANDA COMMANDER - THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER is the fifth book in a Junior Fiction series promoting kindness, loyalty and friendship. Cooper, Heidi (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: New. Ariana Treasureloves helping her friends and Maya definitely needs her help. There's a talentshow at school, but Maya thinks she has no talent. To add to Maya's dilemma,she is desperate to impress her grandfather who is visiting all the way fromSri Lanka. Can Ariana help Maya discover her special talent before show day?Afterall Ariana knows we all have talents.In the ArianaTreasure early reader series there are always problems to solve and fun to behad.Ariana often savesthe day with her quick thinking and thoughtful spirit. The stories explorefriendship, families, courage, diversity and sustainability. With simplesentence structures, accessible vocabulary, familiar characters and relatablestorylines, the stories in the Ariana Treasure series would suit eager beginnerreaders. Whether it be making new friends, saving a kitchen disaster or findingan act for the talent show, Ariana is ever ready to step up and help those inher community. Erasmus, Karen (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: New. Mona likes to moan. Kiki is a worry-wart. Bart loves following rules. And Zane HATES following rules. When the four of them are put into The Secret Science Society together, this could only mean one thing: DISASTER! Will they be able to work together to create an experiment that Mona won't moan about, Kiki knows is safe, Bart will think is perfect and that is really, REALLY exciting for Zane? But ssssssshhhhhhh, the ending is a secret. Finn, Ann-Marie (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: New. For ten-year-old Benjamin being a treasure hunter isgreat. Learning he is a pirate, that'seven better. Ben discovers a treasure map left by hisgrandfather and embarks on one lasttreasure hunt with the help of his Nan. But doessomeone else know about the location of thetreasure? Ben must face danger and use his wits, orrisk losing the loot forever. But moreimportantly, Ben must deal with his grief and saygoodbye to his treasured grandfather.        Ben stays with Nanfor the first time since Pa died. The family are still grieving, particularlyBen who adored hisgrandfather. Ben finds a note with a treasure map. It promises anadventure likemany others he went on with Pa. But before the treasure hunt Benjamindiscovers he is adescendant of the fierce pirate, Benito Bonito. The map promises to uncoverthe hiding placeof Benito's treasure. Ben and Nan embark on an exciting adventure using themap, but what theyuncover is much more than they ever expected.  The author's noteat the end gives a more detailed account of the legend of the Lost Loot ofLima and historyinto the real-life attempts made to uncover the buried treasure atQueenscliff. Flett, Sandy (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: New. Riz Chester is an average 10-year-old girl. She can't do anything special and is average at school. But Riz is particularly picky, she notices when the teacher is 2 minutes late, or when the food brand used in the cheese sandwiches changes. She also notices when money doesn't feel quite right.Spotted by a police officer, Riz gets called in for questioning. She demonstrates she does notice the difference between the normal notes and the counterfeit ones, even though before her interaction with the officer she had never heard of counterfeiting. The officer explains that there is a ring of counterfeiting occurring locally but they haven't been able to pinpoint the criminal source. Mum cannot remember where the notes came from, but something sticks out to Riz when she thinks about it later. She recruits her friends to help her help investigate, carefully planning a course of action to track down the counterfeit notes. With the help of Riz and her friends, the police uncover the counterfeit operation.…

Paperback. Condición: New. Matilda loves visiting her cousin Emily's farm with her friends. Especially down by the creek with the cute frogs. One day, Emily and her mum find an old tin. It contains a leather pouch and a beautiful Chinese comb. But where did it come from?The girls uncover even more surprises when a naughty froglet stows away in Matilda's jacket and escapes. Now there's a mystery to solve and a frog to find!Can the girls figure it out and set things right again. Teow, Tamlyn (ilustrador).…

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Paperback. Condición: New. Berry, Jasmine (ilustrador).

Paperback. Condición: New. After being expelled, Joey is sent to the country to help an old man. Will it turn his life around or will his past follow him?   Joey is sent to the country where his phone won't work, he'll be far away from his buddies, and has to live with his great-aunt. His mother must be nuts if she thinks he'll go.  But there isn't any choice. This is the third school he's been asked to leave. For fighting. Which is stupid because he doesn't fight. It's an unfortunate case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Sure, he disrupts every class he attends-a skill he's proud of. Or at least he pretends to be proud of. He has to disrupt them to keep everyone from realizing he can't read.  But it turns out that Auntie Belle is not so old and not so bad, and when she asks him to help out a neighbor who's recovering from a bad accident, Joey finds a world he can understand.  Young Harry has horses and dogs and a bull. And he has a garden that produces more food than Joey  has seen in the city supermarket. It looks like Young Harry will become his new best friend-better  than the ones he hung out with on the streets in the city.  Young Harry is eighty-five years old. He doesn't have a phone either-or anything else from the  21st century. But even without electricity and the internet, Joey has never felt more at home. He likes the trust Harry has in him, hopes to join the local football team and he enjoys going for rides with Emily, the girl who looks after Harry's horses. But that's until the break-ins start. Robbie, who thinks Emily is his girl, points the finger of blame at Joey and the locals turn against him. And when one of his friends from the city is revealed as the culprit, he wants to recruit Joey in his break and enters.   After all, he can't change who he is, can he? And the locals will never accept him as one of them.  Or will they? And will Joey betray Young Harry?  Last Chance Joey is a great read for every kid who struggles to find acceptance and their place in the world. Joey finds not only somewhere that he belongs, but also the courage to stand up for what's important to him and the people he cares about.…

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Paperback. Condición: New. Thirteen-year-old Hayden's parents have just ruined his life. They've signed him up for singing lessons, which is the most embarrassing thing a guy at his school can do. To his surprise, Hayden finds that he enjoys singing and talking to the other students in the singing class. Will he make a friend?But two bullies threaten to livestream his singing if he performs at the end-of-year recital. Is it social suicide or the best thing ever? Will Hayden learn to be comfortable in his own skin.…

Paperback. Condición: New. Flip is a contemporary Australian young adult drama that explores big issues with soul and sensitivity. Its high-low content and feel-good finale make it a perfect read for both lovers of the genre and non-confident readers.Issues and themes flowing through Flip are timely and relevant, including a housing crisis, bullying, loss and grief, finding yourself and a sense of belonging, friendship and family dynamics, starting over in a new town and school, and the impacts of cancer and dementia. Denim Davies wishes he could flip his life, just like the vintage items and clothing he finds at garage sales and thrift stores and sells online. With the worsening housing crisis, Denim and his dad have spent a year moving from town to town in search of sustainable work and a home they can call their own. Every move means starting over in a new school. Denim feels he's drifting through life without an anchor.When Denim and his dad arrive in the coastal town of Driftwood Heights, Denim knows things are only going to get worse. The only accommodation is in the trailer park, he's just started Year 10, and in this small town where everyone knows each other he feels more of a misfit than ever. Besides, what's the point of getting close to anyone if you're just going to move away again?When Denim befriends Mina, a quirky girl with a carefree attitude, Driftwood Heights starts to look a little brighter. But then a vintage find that seems too good to be true goes horribly wrong, and he has a tough decision to make-one that could ruin his friendship forever.  What do you do when flipping your life has too high a price? Reading age of 10 +, Interest age 14+. Rhiza Shorts are teen novellas for reluctant readers.…

Paperback. Condición: New. What would you do if you were about to lose your best friend forever. Grace the Amazing is a story that GLOWS. Quirky, original, and endearing, its filled with fun, laughter, tears, and totally relatable childhood moments that will forever find a place in your heart. Grace Marshall is eleven years old. Shes curious and precocious, stubborn and determined, creative and eccentric. She dreams of becoming many things when she grows up, including a magician called Grace the Amazing! Grace may be little, but she has big emotions and a million burning questions that demand answers. Her only friend is her art teacher, Pamela. When Grace discovers that Pamela is dying, the fragile certainties that existed in Graces world threaten to slip away. She embarks on a journey to find a cure for Pamela using miraculous magic and while doing so she asks the big questions about life, love, friendship, and death. Some of the answers she uncovers will surprise both Grace and readers. Covering issues of family, friendship, finding yourself, mental health, love, loss, animals, brilliant teachers who can change your life, and everything in between. For ages 8+.…

Paperback. Condición: New. Ray Johnston and his best friend Tom, nearing the end of their first year in high school in Melbourne's vibrant inner-western suburbs, develop a fascination with Melbourne's new West Gate Bridge. After school, they regularly go to the bustling construction site to talk to the workers and collect mementos from the debris. To Ray and the community, the bridge symbolizes more than a mere transportation link from the western suburbs to Melbourne's central business district. It represents progress, superiority, and power, filling Ray with immense pride as his father, Doug Johnston, serves as the lead rigger, and his neighbor, George Demetriou, works as an ironworker.  One fateful day, Ray stumbles upon a conversation between a bridge engineer and a foreman. They express serious concern about a buckle in the bridge and discuss plans to loosen the bridge's bolts the following day. Tormented by this secret, Ray confides in Tom and ultimately decides to share his fears with his father. But his father tells him to keep quiet about it. Although Ray fears for his father's and George's safety, he agrees.  The next day, shortly before noon, Ray is in his class at school when he hears piercing sirens wailing. He sprints toward the bridge, only to find a scene of utter devastation and chaos. Driven by desperation, he joins the courageous team of workers, relentlessly searching for his father amidst the wreckage-fighting against time to save lives.  Hours pass like an eternity as Ray, with his torn and dirt-streaked shirt, abandons his identity as a schoolboy. And then, a glimmer of hope-the unimaginable happens-Ray finds his father alive and well. As months pass, Ray is haunted by the bridge as it hooks his fragmented heart, and he refuses to pass it on his way to Tom's house. Although he feels somewhat older since the accident, it's not until Ray learns the biggest lesson of all-to forgive himself-that he is finally free.  And just like the weathered, stressed and damaged pieces of glass he loves to collect, Ray begins to notice they too can be reshaped and strengthened into something new, ultimately reflecting a new perspective and a new way of looking at the world.   On the cusp of adulthood, the two young friends face their own individual rites of passage as they wrestle with tragedy, justice, and a loss of innocence, which will not only define them but change their lives forever.  Reading age of 12+, Interest age 14+ Rhiza Shorts are teen novellas for reluctant readers.…

Paperback. Condición: New. Amanda and her two best friends, Lucia and Mai, are the Dolphin Squad. They live by the beach, hang out in HQ and solve all sort of problems. Amanda Commander is nearly nine and there is nothing she loves more than hanging out with her two best friends at HQ, making all sorts of plans and solving all kinds of problems. Amanda Commander is kind, loyal and a natural-born leader. But even school can be a battlefield sometimes, so sometimes Amanda and her Squad need a plan just to survive. Written for ages 6- 8.AMANDA COMMANDER - THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER is the fifth book in a Junior Fiction series promoting kindness, loyalty and friendship. Cooper, Heidi (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: New. Amanda and her two best friends, Lucia and Mai, are the Dolphin Squad. They live by the beach, hang out in HQ and solve all sort of problems. Amanda Commander is nearly nine and there is nothing she loves more than hanging out with her two best friends at HQ, making all sorts of plans and solving all kinds of problems.Amanda Commander is kind, loyal and a natural-born leader. But even school can be a battlefield sometimes, so sometimes Amanda and her Squad need a plan just to survive.When Amanda returns to school after having a sick day, she finds fitting back into the friendship group tricker than she imagined. Amanda makes a plan, with the help of the Dolphin Squad, to go out of their way and include anyone. But when Eve is sick and has a few days off school, how will Amanda ensure Eve doesnt have a blues-day back at school just like she did? Its OPERATION WELCOME BACK! Amanda tries everything to make Eve feel included, even when it means being left out herself. AMANDA COMMANDER - THE BLUES-DAY TUESDAY is the fourth book in a Junior Fiction series promoting kindness, loyalty and friendship. Cooper Smith, Heidi (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: New. After Riz and her friends successfully ledthe Counterfeit Bust, Riz has discovered her passion for forensic science. Oneday at school, she finds the perfect opportunity to break out her new forensicskit and solve a new mystery. On their way to class in the morning, Rizand her friends notice a commotion outside the music room and hear thatsomething has been stolen! They head off to class, but Riz's observation skillsallow her to notice the principal, deputy, office staff, and their musicteacher speaking with removalists outside the classroom window. Riz tries tolipread their conversation and deciphers it at break with the help of herfriends and Peiter from Grade 6. Instruments have been stolen from the musicroom in the midst of its renovations!They start their investigation by sneakinginto the music room and finding some fingerprints. Riz and her friends collect thefingerprints of all their classmates and compare the patterns, promising theirteacher to give the class a presentation on their findings. They break off intoteams to collect even more fingerprints at break, from other Grades, and evenfrom their principal! They finally find their match, but before they can bringthe information to anyone else, the deputy principal pulls them in for a sternchat. Will they solve another mystery? Anotherforensic science inspired story for young readers. Em Hammond (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Condición: New. Ava's been training hard for an awesome athletics season, and is looking forward to celebrating her 12th birthday. Life's great-and Chloe the dog is having puppies! Even if Mum gets annoyed at Ava's lack of organisation, Ava can always rely on her best friend Josie and her sister Maddie to pick up after her. But when the pandemic hits, everything's cancelled. There's no school, no birthday, no athletics, no toilet paper and definitely no Josie to rely on. When a puppy goes missing, it's Ava's fault. Can she mend her irresponsible ways in time? The Ava Show is a contemporary work with humour and lessons, teaching middle fiction readers how they can be more considerate and getting them to think about what responsibilities they should be taking care of. Set during the Coronavirus Pandemic, this book explores the affects lockdown and the virus had on this particular family.…

Paperback. Condición: New. The filthy back streets of London's East End in the Victorian era were home to every imaginable crime, vice and horror. Many thousands lived there without Christ and without hope, and no one seemed to care. But William Booth did care. In 1865 Booth began a mission which took the Gospel to these people. It became The Salvation Army and changed the lives of many thousands as it spread throughout London, Britain and the world, preaching a Gospel of redemption and holiness.…

Paperback. Condición: New. Young brothers and aspiring musicians, Garlan and Cadell, must find a way out of their kingdom that has outlawed music or they will never be free.Twelve-year-old Garlan and his mute younger brother are forced to run away from their abusive guardians. With no home to return to, the brothers make a dangerous and unlawful journey across the kingdom.The two boys are at constant risk of capture from the King's Guard due to being underage without guardians, and must move on from every town within three days or be arrested for violating traveller's law and sent to work in the King's Mines.Along the way they meet a small underground society of musicians who meet together to sing. Garlan has sung Cadell to sleep for years, and song is one of the few comforts the two have left. The meeting is busted by soldiers, and the brothers have to run for their lives. Still, the group's bravery inspires the brothers to dream of a world where they can embrace the joy and comfort of music freely, and live without constant fear.Though it's rumoured that no one has ever survived crossing the wall that runs along the border of the kingdom - and those who lived were immediately arrested - Garlan has to trust Cadell's unique ability to find lost things, and the pair try their luck navigating through a pitch-black series of tunnels that burrow underneath the wall. Garlan is terrified that they will die down there, and Cadell has to comfort him when they find a human skeleton deep in the cave. When they finally make it to the other side of the wall, Garlan and Cadell have to decide what they'll do with the opportunity to live in a way they've never known before. They race to try out for the King's Conservatorium, which allows children below the age of 13 to study and practice music full time. They barely make it to the auditions in time, and Garlan is even injured while working to pay for the journey.Though Garlan is the one who has spent his life singing, Cadell is the only one who makes it into the conservatorium, as he finds a song within his heart that he plays on an instrument he's never seen before. Garlan can't stay in the city without a job, and the separation of the brothers is tragic. But before anything else, Garlan has always wanted Cadell to be safe and happy, and he emphasises how lucky Cadell is, and how Garlan will find a job as a travelling musician that lets him visit the conservatorium often. Garlan sings to Cadell for the last time.The brothers' devotion to one another is heart-warming and deeply engaging, and sends a strong message of hope and perseverance for the sake of the people we care about. Similarly, anyone who has a personal relationship to music or art will feel seen and resonate with the way that song serves as a beacon of hope for the brothers in a dangerous and unpredictable world. It reminds the reader that even impossible circumstances are survivable if you have the love and passion necessary to fight for a better tomorrow.…

Paperback. Condición: New. Jolie and her friends Charlotte, Bronwyn and Hayley are at war with three boys in Year 9 at school. It's a love/hate relationship, where they set each other up with dares and the losers have consequences.When the boys win a bet, the girls cry 'Unfair!' However, their plan for revenge backfires and leads to the principal banning all e-scooters from school premises and insisting students must follow government regulations, which means they can only ride a scooter with an adult. How can they get to school? To their jobs?Jolie and her friends want to fix things, but what can they achieve on their own? Is the only person who can help the one person Jolie doesn't want to turn to?The e-Revolution is in the Rhiza Shorts series - a short read designed to engage teenage reluctant readers, including those who struggle with confidence in reading. With a reading age of 10+ and an interest age of 14+, The e-Revolution features relatable situations and fun characters who teens can identify with. It also tackles the issues surrounding e-scooters with realism and compassion while still focusing on responsibility and safety.…