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10 Futures

Ten possible futures. Two lives. One enduring friendship.

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Neverland

Kit Learmonth would rather die than grow up and leave Neverland …

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The Centre of My Everything

'Often funny, sometimes shocking, always real' - Vikki Wakefield, author of Inbetween Days

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Turtles All The Way Down

The best-selling book from acclaimed, award-winning author John Green - now available in paperback.

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See You in the Cosmos

An astonishingly moving middle-grade debut about a space-obsessed boy's quest for family and home.

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Maybe

<h3>The next powerful episode in the life of Felix, hero of Morris Gleitzman's multi-award-winning Once, Then, Now, After and Soon.</h3>

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Enemy

Weaving a striking personal narrative with a revelatory exploration of the effects of war, Enemy is a bold, compelling and ultimately triumphant memoir from a hugely impressive new Australian writer.

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Dust 

Evocative and earthy . . . from a powerful new Australian voice

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Before You Forget

At times funny, at times heartbreaking, this is an ultimately uplifting story about the delicate fabric of family and friendship, and the painful realisation that not everything can remain the same forever.

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A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares

From the New York Times bestselling author of House of Hollow comes a new edition of her acclaimed second novel. A sweet and heartfelt story of love, fear, and mental illness . . . funny and touching in all the best ways.”—Vox

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Wreck

Bad things happen. Fight to make things right. Or let it wreck your life.

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Wonder

The unforgettable, life-affirming and internationally bestselling story of August Pullman - a boy who's desperate to blend in, but is destined to stand out because of the way he looks.

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When We Were Two

This extraordinary rite of passage is a powerful, heart-rending story – Robert Newton at his very best.

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Valentine

Sarah J. Maas meets Holly Black with an OzYA twist. Valentine is the first book in Jodi McAlister's page-turning paranormal YA series featuring Pearl Linford and Finn Blacklin.

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Two Wolves

<h2>SURVIVAL, SECRETS, TRUTH!</h2> <h3>Get ready for a wild adventure filled with moral dilemmas and tough choices.</h3>

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The Whole of My World

An unputdownable novel for anyone who’s ever loved or lost, drawn a line between then and now, or kept a secret that wouldn’t stay hidden . . .

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The Story of Tom Brennan

A powerful story of love and loss, secrets and revelations - and making sense of a past that once seemed perfect.

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The Silver Donkey

One bright spring morning in the woods of France, a soldier, blinded by the war, is found by a little girl named Coco, and her older sister Marcelle. In return for their kindness, the soldier tells the sisters marvellous tales, each story connected to the keepsake he carries in his pocket . . .

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The Sidekicks

Will Kostakis, award-winning author of The First Third, perfectly depicts the pain and pleasure of this teenage world, piecing together three points of view with intricate splendour.

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The Shark Caller

Only a twin from a shark calling family can appease the ancestors and bring a community back together in this powerful and haunting story.

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The Shadow Girl

‘I tried to be forgettable. That’s how I survived.’

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The Sequin Star

Everyone in the circus has a secret - Claire's is just more unusual than most . . .

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The River Charm

A river pebble on a charm bracelet has an astonishing true story to tell, of one family’s bravery and survival in harsh colonial Australia . . .

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The Pause

Everyone’s going to be talking about The Pause, the new novel from award-winning author John Larkin.

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