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Another Night in Mullet Town by Steven Herrick
$19.95 AUD
Category: Children's Novel
An iridescent verse novel from award-winning author Steven Herrick that shines light on friendship, family and finding your way.People like you and me, Jonah,we drag down the price of everything we touch.Life for Jonah and Manx means fishing for mullet at the lake, watching their school mates party on F ...Show more
Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out In the Rain by Steven Herrick
$14.95 AUD
Category: Children's Novel
Jesse is an eleven-year-old boy tackling many problems in life, especially fitting into a new school. Luckily he meets Kate. She has curly black hair, braces and an infectious smile. She wants to 'Save the Whales' and needs Jesse's help. But they haven't counted on Hunter, the school bully, who appears ...Show more
By the River by Steven Herrick
$17.99 AUD
Category: Children's Novel
This memorable novel in verse, a USBBY Outstanding International Book, reveals the tough and tender sides of a young boy growing up in a small, sleepy river town in Australia. Harry swims in the swamp, eats watermelon with his brother and dad, survives schoolyard battles, and rac ...Show more
Do-wrong Ron by Steven Herrick
$14.95 AUD
Category: Children's Novel
HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2004..He's do-wrong Ron..who does the wrong things at the wrong time..or the right things at the wrong time..or the wrong things at the right time...until he finds Charlie..the guinea pig who looks like an oversized rat..and they meet Isabelle..who is ...Show more
How to Repaint a Life (CBCA Honours 2022) by Steven Herrick
$19.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
A powerful prose novel from one of Australia's most awarded authors.Isaac is running from his old life when he steps off the bus in a small town. He doesn't plan on sticking around and has nowhere to stay, but a local cafe owner's kindness offers him a chance to change his story. Then Isaac meets Sophie ...Show more
In Times of Bushfires and Billy Buttons by Steven Herrick
$19.95 AUD
Category: Young Adult
Age range 13 to 18 What makes a good family? Love or blood? And what if you have to choose between the two? Ethan’s parents are in jail; his Aunt works too hard; the new kid, Joshua, has a scar on his arm; a fire storm threatens the suburb, while wildflowers bloom along the school fence.For Ethan, Audr ...Show more
Love Ghosts & Nose Hair by Steven Herrick; Gregory Rogers (Illustrator)
$19.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
Jack is 16. He's obsessed with the beautiful Annabel, the ghost of his mother and nose hair. This is a bitter-sweet comedy written in verse for young adults.
Pookie Aleera is Not My Boyfriend by Steven Herrick
$16.95 AUD
Category: Children's Novel
In a country town, in a school just like yours, the kids in Class 6A tell their stories. There's Mick, school captain and sometimes trouble-maker, who wants to make the school a better place, while his younger brother Jacob just wants to fly. There's shy and lonely Laura who hopes to finally fit in with ...Show more
Spangled Drongo, The by Steven Herrick
$16.95 AUD
Category: Children's Novel | Series: UQP Storybridge Ser.
Twelve-year-old Sam has soccer fever. He lives with eccentric Auntie Amshara and Ronaldo his dog. His best friend is Goose, Captain of the local soccer team...that is, until soccer crazed Jessica Bowles moves next door. Sam soon discovers that there's more to life than just soccer...In this gently comic ...Show more
The Bogan Mondrian by Steven Herrick
$19.95 AUD
Category: Children's Novel
'There are worse things than school.' Luke sleepwalks through his days wagging school, swimming at the reservoir and eating takeaway pizza. That is until Charlotte shows up. Rumour is she got expelled from her city school and her family moved to the Blue Mountains for a fresh start. But when Luke's invi ...Show more
The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick
$19.95 AUD
Category: Children's Novel | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
My hand in his stops trembling, for a moment. When the paths of a runaway teenage boy, an old hobo and a rich girl intersect in an abandoned train yard, each carries their own personal baggage. Over early mornings, long walks and cheap coffee they discover, no matter how big or small, it's the simple gi ...Show more
Tom Jones Saves the World by Steven Herrick
$16.95 AUD
Category: Children's Novel
I hate that wall Every time I go for a bike-ride Mum says, "Stay within the walls". So I ride around in circles. Like a circus animal. It's a prison. A prison for kids. Dumb things become important when you're old. At least that's what Tom reckons: like living in a guarded gated community, filling the t ...Show more