Penguin Books Australia

The Seaport Junior Sharks can't win a game.  Their coach is in trouble, their footy ground is unsafe, and the team needs more players.  But will the Sharks give up?
Never!

When you're half boy, half machine, it's hard not to be a hero.

Andy's just a regular kid with a normal, everyday life. Or is he? Why is a sinister scientist out to kidnap him? And who are his parents really? He's about to find out, but this superhuman secret will change everything!

When you're half boy, half machine, it's hard not to be a hero.

Andy's trying to live an ordinary life, despite his extraordinary powers… But when a field trip goes terribly wrong, should he save the day and risk blowing his cover? With the evil Dr Baffi on his trail, it could be the last decision he'll ever make!

When your life is at a crossroads, how do you find the road home?

Lara Turner has a boyfriend, a nice house in the city and a chance at a big promotion.  So when her brother calls asking her to come home, she hesitates.  Can she face the memoires that inhabit the beloved place of her childhood?  And how does she feel with the news it's to be sold?  Could she be the answer to saving...

'The Outback isn't a place on a map; it's a place in your heart.  It's an attitude, how you treat people, a way of behaving.  It's your belief system, and how a whole nation of Australians often long for a time when life was simpler, less complicated, more genuine . . . '

Sue Williams has long been fascinated by the Outback – its striking landscapes, the salt-of-the-earth characters...

When Abby enjoys a memorable night with a delicious 22-year-old, she easily waves him out of her life the next morning.  She doesn't have time for these sorts of distractions.  And he's only 22, after all!  A child.  But the charming young Marcus isn't going to let her get away that easily.  He knows what he wants and takes it upon himself to prove that age is irrelevant where...

'Are you German or are you French?  Are you working against Germany or for it?  Are you telling me the truth, or are you a very accomplished liar?'

Lavender farmer Luc Bonet is raised by a wealthy Jewish family in the foothills of the French Alps. When the Second World War breaks out he joins the French Resistance, leaving behind his family's fortune, their home overrun by soldiers...

'Woodend was less than an hour from my Melbourne office, and the size of the school land was manageable. That was as far as my rational response to St Ambrose went – for I'd fallen in love with the schoolhouse. It had been tucked away for so long behind its walls of blackberries, like some sleeping beauty, that I wanted to wake it up, bring it to life.'

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR LOVE?

Kay Schubach almost has it all – a great job, a beautiful apartment, a life of champagne and mixing it with Sydney's A-list, and a steady relationship.

By chance she meets handsome and charismatic Simon.  He sweeps her off her feet with promises the one thing her younger boyfriend won't give her – a baby.  She takes the biggest risk of her life...

Kathleen Evans was an ordinary woman from an ordinary suburb on the NSW central coast. Although a committed Catholic, she wasn't excessively pious and had even had a decade-long disagreement with her Church after her philandering husband divorced her.

With her Cook's Companion front and centre in half a million kitchens, Stephanie Alexander is the very definition of a household name. Each day thousands turn to this 'food Bible' for definitive recipes, encouragement and advice. But before Stephanie Alexander penned a word for the emerging food media – let alone for The Cook's Companion – she had spent decades avidly documenting food experiences...