Penguin Books Australia

Gabrielle Wang's stunning and magical novel with a brand-new cover!

It's 1864 . . . and Poppy, disguised as a lost princess from India, has joined a travelling medicine show. Join Poppy in the final of four exciting stories about a Gold Rush girl who dreams of a better life.

Meet Poppy and join her adventure in the first of four stories about a Gold Rush girl who dream of a better life.

Follow Poppy on her adventure in the second of four series about a Gold Rush girl who dreams of a better life.

It's 1864 . . . and Poppy is on the road again, heading to the town of Wahgunyah.  On the way she meets a stranger who seems to know something about her past, and her special letter with the red tiger seal.

The flute music stops, and my breath catches in my throat.  Silence falls like a veil.  Then I hear something - no, I feel it in my chest.  'Steady yourself,' Por Por whispers.  'It's here . . . '

When Celeste travels to China to visit her grandmother, she uncovers an incredible family secret.  And with this secret comes danger and adventure.

If Celeste is to save her family...

Mimi laid the box in the bench and opened it carefully. Inside were rows and rows of coloured pastels that shimmered in the light. She rolled them under her fingertips and her imagination began to fill with amazing pictures.

When Mimi is given a box of magical pastels, she discovers that she can draw the Garden of Empress Cassia – a drawing so beautiful and real that people are transported inside...

Suddenly, Annie felt a cold flutter touch the back of her neck. Someone was watching her, she was sure of it. She glanced up at the limestone cliff behind her. It was then she noticed a creepy old house with blank staring eyes, its outline barely visible against the thin cover of clouds.

When Annie moves with her family to the seaside town of Tiger Bay, she finds a place full of secrets, mystery and...

The Abbot said, 'Peng is so powerful he can fill up the whole sky, and yet shrink so small he can sit on a blade of grass without it bending under his weight.'

'No creature on earth can do that!' said Jax.

'But Peng is not from this world,' the Abbot replied.