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Aster's Good, Right Things by Kate Gordon
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Category: CHILDREN'S JUNIOR FICTION
Aster attends a school for gifted kids, but she doesnt think shes special at all. If she was, her mother wouldnt have left. And if she isnt careful, everyone else will leave her too. Each day Aster must do a good, right thinga challenge she sets herself, to make someone elses life better. Nobody can kno ...Show more
Esme in the Limelight by Kate Gordon
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Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION
Esme doesn’t like the girl she sees in the mirror. Not pretty enough. Not thin enough. Not smart enough or talented enough. Nothing at all like her big sister, Ro.Then, a new friend comes into her life—a friend who wants Esme to be exactly who she is, or so Esme thinks.For a while, Esme likes who she se ...Show more
Indigo in the Storm by Kate Gordon
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Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION
"We are the storm and the stillness."Indigo Michael isn't like other kids. And her mum isn't like other mums. Life for people like them isn't meant to have meaning- it's just something to survive in whatever way you can.When her mum abandons her, Aster's Aunt Noni becomes her foster parent. Suddenly Ind ...Show more
Juno Jones, Epic Explorer # 5 by Kate Gordon
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Category: CHILDREN'S JUNIOR FICTION
Nothing could stop Juno helping her secret ninja friend, Futoshi, defeat the Alien Lizard Men before they take over the world—except a book-themed school camp of course! It wasn’t so great that Bella and her wannabe-pop-star clones were going too, but even that couldn’t spoil her excitement at spending ...Show more
Juno Jones - Word Ninja by Kate Gordon
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Category: CHILDREN'S JUNIOR FICTION
A disaster has happened! Muttonbird Bay School might be closing. I mean forever! Juno Jones loves her school but the Men in Suits want to close it down! And there's only one thing Juno and her classmates can do to stop it... Read! Which is perfectly fine but Juno Jones is A KID WHO DOESN'T LIKE READING. ...Show more
My Brother, Finch by Kate Gordon
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Category: TEENAGE/YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Finch and Wren were as close as a brother and sister can be. When he vanished, when they were nine years old, her world cracked in two. Finch was never found. On the same day that Finch disappeared, another girl was lost, too. Her name was Ava. Her parents were rich tourists, from Sydney. Ava's story go ...Show more
Temora and the Dreamers by Kate Gordon
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Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION | Series: The\Wordspinners Ser.
Temora Tempest is in Writungeard, a student at Lyfthelm Tower, but things aren't as well as the Literi would have them believe. Because Rider Marr is on the loose and it's up to Temora and her friends to uncover his sinister plans and protect the realm and the Dreamers. Temora Tempest used to think she ...Show more
Temora and the Wordsnatcher by Kate Gordon
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Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION | Series: The\Wordspinners Ser.
Temora Murphy lives in an immaculate house, with a controlling mother. The only other children she sees are the "shining" girls her mother selects for her as friends. Girls who tease her for her size and shyness. To escape, she reads books about adventure and magic.Then, on her twelfth birthday, Temora ...Show more
The Ballad of Melodie Rose by Kate Gordon
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Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION
When Melodie Rose is abandoned on the doorstep of Direleafe Hall, she realises she must be a ghost. Strangely, she is not sad. With the three other ghostly girls who haunt the school and a gloomy crow on her shoulder, Melodie has never felt more at peace. Finally there is a place for her to call home. S ...Show more
The Calling of Jackdaw Hollow by Kate Gordon
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Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION
An evocative story about one odd boy searching for his place in the world, perfect for anyone who has ever wondered where their path might lead.When Jackdaw Hollow is orphaned by a lightning strike, he is taken in by the headmistress of Direleafe Hall. Even though he grows up with her love and care, he ...Show more
The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn by Kate Gordon
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Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION
Wonder Quinn is a lonely orphan who lives in the attic of Direleafe Hall with only a gloomy crow for company. Every year she watches the other girls return to school, hoping to find a friend among them. And every year her heart breaks when she doesn't. So when a fiery new girl befriends her in class, Wo ...Show more
The Letterbox Tree by Rebecca Lim, Kate Gordon
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Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION
Two of Australia’s most acclaimed and high profile writers co-author a sensitive and ultimately hopeful story about our growing climate crisis. Nyx lives in the Tasmania of 2093 – deforested, over-mined and affected by bushfires and drought. With sea-levels rising, Tasmania is marooned and abandoned to ...Show more