AustLit

'Grandma Chau always had the best lantern shop in Hoi An – until she could no longer see properly to make her lanterns. Linh and Binh hatch a plan to get their grandmother the help she needs.' (Publication summary)

'Hazel is late for school because she can’t find her pet chook. Loki, the chicken boy, can’t help her and neither can her grandparents. The day is becoming a disaster. And all the while, the sea is slowly flooding her island home.' (Publication summary)

'Bourey is running out of time. He must train Namara to carry tourists around the temple ruins, or the little, saggy-skinned elephant will be sold. But Namara won’t let people on her back or she just pretends to go to sleep – until a girl offers her a reason to work.' (Publication summary)

'Aiko has a problem: she wants to learn traditional Japanese stick and sword fighting. But her mother thinks it’s not ‘ladylike’. Aiko’s hundreds of paper wishes don’t seem to work – until she visits the fortune teller in her favourite Kyoto temple.' (Publication summary)

'Solongo and Tulga are bursting with excitement – they are about to ride in the great Naadam horse races! But they can’t race until Father arrives … and he is nowhere to be seen.' (Publication summary)

'Nyoman wants to be a vet, not a dancer like his brother and sister. He especially loves the monkeys in the Sacred Monkey Forest. What he finds on the side of the road one day might fulfil his dream – or ruin it.' (Publication summary)

'Zhang Wei has the best holiday planned - a hike along the Great Wall of China! But the trip is cancelled when his father must go away suddenly. Mr Zhang makes it up to little Wei with a present he would never have expected.' (Publication summary)

'Adi and Priya do everything together. But when Adi's brother is not allowed to take Priya's sister to the school dance, there are arguments between their Fijian and Indo-Fijian families. As the festival lamps are lit at Diwali, a tragedy throws families together – like it or not.' (Publication summary)

'Mariam has had enough of missing out just because she is a girl. When her great-grandfather tangles with a snow leopard high in the mountains, it's Mariam's chance to show just what she is made of.' (Publication summary)

'Emilio is so busy preparing for the local festival that he doesn't notice the steam and deep rumblings from the Philippine's Mount Mayon. The volcano erupts often, so when the army comes to evacuate the village it's no big deal – as long as everyone sticks together ...' (Publication summary)

'Anula leaves home with her favourite goat to live with her wealthy Aunt Padma and Uncle Philip. She finds a friend in the gardener, Jegan, and leads a busy life of school and shopping. But Anula and her aunt have secrets. Will the truth come out? Will it heal or hurt?' (Publication summary)

'Mary is not afraid of anything – except the crocodiles in the mighty Sepik River. When her mother needs help, Mary must make the journey of her life and find out just how brave she is.' (Publication summary)

'Little Brother is in trouble again – he's damaged the local palm oil plantation and hurt himself. Latif is forced to make a difficult decision about the little orang-utan he loves like a real brother.' (Publication summary)

'Sujan is deaf but it doesn't stop him doing much – except climbing the highest mountain in the world, as his father often did. But when Miss Birdie lands in Nepal with a suitcase full of sign language books, Sujan's world expands – it seems Miss Birdie plans to stay.' (Publication summary)

'Niwas works hard all day selling glasses of tea, just to earn enough for a plate of curry and rice. So when his precious silver tea tray goes missing, he’s desperate to get it back. Could that be it, being carried through the market by a young girl.' (Publication summary)

'Hai works hard for the temple flower sellers and tourists but she really wants to be a translator. When her family is forced from their home, Hai realises the simple stories she hears every day could be the answer to her dream.' (Publication summary)

'Fleur and Kitu travel into the mountains behind Dill to search for a cave on their grandmother's land. There might be treasure hidden among the ferns and banyan trees .. or something much darker from their island's history. '  (Publication summary)

'Chakri dreads visiting his pesky cousins in Thailand's northern mountains. At least he has the ride home on the Kok River to look forward to...until an elephant gets in the way.' (Publication summary)

'Hye-su loves the farm on Jeju Island, but her mother is miserable—she wants to be a fashion designer, not grow cabbages' Hye-su makes a wish for her mother to the islands mysterious Stone Grandfathers. Are they in the mood to listen? '  (Publication summary)

'Latu dreams of growing the perfect orchid and winning the Singapore Botanic Gardens Orchid Competition. His dream fades when he's forced to look after his little sisters. The dream almost vanishes when someone attacks his orchids.  (Publication summary)

'Savi and Bao are best friends. Whether it's swimming, sketching, homework or guiding tourists up the Mekong River, they tackle it together. But one wrong step at the edge of a rice field turns their lives upside down. ' (Publication summary)

'Shakeeb is planning a birthday surprise for his friend Ahmed, the boy the other kids call 'Monster. He just needs to convince the Sultan of Brunei to lend him one of his five-thousand cars .'   (Publication summary)

'Yuvati was told to stay home, look after her brothers and guard the family's island. But the rain won't stop and the river is rising. Soon there'll be no island left ... '   (Publication summary)

'Chen-jui arrives at the lighthouse on the southern tip of Taiwan just as a typhoon roars in from the sea. Rather than stay safe inside, he braves the storm to look for a missing boy—someone he'd rather not see. ' (Publication summary)