by The House Guest
genre Literary Fiction · Young Adult
‘The pick of the bunch is Eleanor Nilsson’s evocative, spine-tingling novel about loyalty, friendship and communication across the barriers of death…’
—The Sun-Herald
by The Earth Below
genre Literary Fiction · Young Adult
Almost a century after the Catastrophe, a group of survivors have built a new society deep in the safety of the underground network.
by Answers to Brut
genre Literary Fiction · Young Adult
‘He knew in his heart that the dog belonged to someone else, but at the same time he felt quite strongly that the dog ought to be his…’
by Shinkei
genre Science Fiction · Young Adult
‘Its general meaning is nerve, or the nervous system. But originally it meant the channel of the gods, the divine pathway… It was to be the name of the new game.’
by Skymaze
genre Science Fiction · Young Adult
‘All around him stars were appearing. Struggling and swaying, he pulled himself through the sky and sank down, panting and exhausted, in the first stage of the Skymaze.’
by Space Demons
genre Science Fiction · Young Adult
‘On the screen the spaceman continued to zap the space demons, twisting, turning and firing, but the chair where he had sat was empty, and the joystick did not move…’
by Galax-Arena
genre Science Fiction · Young Adult
Before The Hunger Games—even before Battle Royale—there was the Galax-Arena, where children are pitted against each other for the benefit of a shadowy audience that feeds on their fear. A Children’s Book Council of Australia Honour Book for Older Readers, Galax-Arena is a dark, uncompromising thriller and a cult classic.
by Foxspell
genre Young Adult
Foxspell is a fable of shape-shifters and animal spirits, of teenage gangs and schoolyard friends and finding your place in the world—or worlds—all concentrated in a dense, vivid corner of the half-wild Adelaide hills. A Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Older Readers, Foxspell is a mysterious and unforgettable dream.
by Beyond the Labyrinth
genre Science Fiction · Young Adult
A challenging, mesmerising young adult novel that brings role-playing dice games, the nuclear nightmare, a phantom graffiti artist and a curious alien anthropologist together in a remote beachside town. A Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Older Readers, Beyond the Labyrinth is a devastating exploration of chance, fate, and love.