Penguin Books Australia

The wind, blasting up over the horizon from the south, carried with it the coldness of polar ice, and wielded it like a sword. Already the waves at the Heads would be heavy and huge, Farren knew, the gale rising so fiercely that there'd be wives down at the wharf waiting and praying for the boats to come back in . . .

Henry Lyon, in a borrowed Volvo station wagon, is driving up to the south coast of New South Wales.

The paths of their lives are about to cross.

From this award-winning and best-selling author comes a story of two young men. As Andy and his mates head inexorably towards the bloody, torturous Western...

Hiding a horse, even a very small one, isn't easy.  Tim and Mr Conroy have to use all their wits to keep little Percy from being caught by horse-hating Ranger Dooley!

So far, Marc E. Jarvis has lost a white football boot, a school tie and a best friend.

But there's more in store for him when he completes Work Experience at a local car yard – where his world is truly rocked, shocked and shaken.

Then Marc meets Electra.

And nothing will ever be the same again . . .

A story of true friends, crazed coaches, shooting stars, and loves lost and found.

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A little girl named Holly takes a baby squid from the sea. She calls him Mr Googly, and is fascinated by his speediness and his ability to change colour. As she wanders along the beach, showing her prize catch to beachgoers, she becomes lost. Her parents are worried and begin to look for her. Meanwhile, the parents of the little squid also worry about their missing baby. Holly's parents find her, and...

Dangerously complicated, Aaron discovers – and that's before he's met Rose, the haunted young woman wandering the wild paddocks. Aaron's father is a city consultant brought in to sack country workers. Aaron Knott is the city kid taken along for the ride. And the ride in the Rocky Rises is always rough...

Bessie Swan lives with her father, an artist. Ronald Swan is a very cautious, nervous person who prefers to paint things like flowers and jugs because they don't move. Bessie loves her father, but she isn't as happy with his lifestyle as he is.

Awful objects dead ahead!

In their latest do-it-yourself adventure, Pete 'Pod' Podlewski and Morris 'Shiny-Boy' Diamond attempt to canoe all the way from Sockby to the sea.

But they didn't count on revolting rubbish traps, killer rapids, freaky whirlpools, and a container ship ten storeys high . . .

Get set for a motorised mini-bike adventure fuelled by love, junk food and a string of dodgy deals!

It's a matter of life, death, love and discount icy poles!

Tiff Porter lives in the tiny mountain town of Tilgong. She loves trout fishing, her best friend, Cass, and their two-room school. But as winter approaches and the seasons change, so life will change...