AustLit

'The final book in the award-winning and beloved fantasy series, The Kingdom of the Lost, by the acclaimed author of Little Fur and the Obernewtyn Chronicles.

'In this last part of their long journey, Bily and Zluty must each travel to the dangerous Velvet City, where they will learn the shocking truth about themselves . . . even as their beloved Monster faces the fate he fled.

'A thrilling series for younger readers from the award-winning author of Little Fur and The Obernewtyn Chronicles.' (Publication summary)

'The third book in the charming Kingdom of the Lost series for younger readers by award-winning author Isobelle Carmody.

'Bily and Zluty, the injured Monster and two diggers journey into a land of ice and darkness. Here they find a secret settlement and learn more about the mysterious Makers plan. But the Monster must make a dreadful choice…

'A magical adventure series for younger readers from the award-winning author of Little Fur.' (Publication summary)

'This is the post-apocalyptic fairy tale of Princess Rose, who dwells in a strange, complex walled Kingdom, the final outpost of a lost civilisation.

'Ruled by a tyrannical and all powerful despot, the Kingdom of Evermore survives and sometimes thrives in an otherwise devastated world of deserts and ruins inhabited by the plague-ridden descendants of those who chose not to sleep away the poisoned eons that followed the end of the old world.

'Growing up under the watchful eye of her stern but beloved nanny, Pilar, with the loving companionship of the bakers' son Quiet and the strange, enigmatic boy Enzo, Rose pursues two quests. One is to discover the origins of Evermore and the other is to understand the mysterious tragic death of her mother, a beautiful and gifted storyteller who began as a prisoner of the King before winning his heart and being made Queen of Evermore.

'What Rose does not know is that the two quests are linked, and only by learning the truth about the past will she find the means and the courage to walk the difficult and dangerous path that will lead to the redemption of Evermore and a future where love and hope are possible.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Before Elspeth Gordie can continue her journey to find Sentinel and prevent it unleashing the horrors of the Great White, she must fight free of a strange prison, where people are laid to sleep forever or cling to a suffocating existence, believing the world beyond their walls is already utterly annihilated.

'But at the end of her journey, nothing is as she imagined. She is drawn into the struggle for a kingdom, only to find the Destroyer is at the heart of the turmoil, waiting for her.

'Somehow she must do what she has sworn to do, for the sake of the world and all of its creatures. She must complete her quest, no matter what it costs . . .

'The highly anticipated dramatic conclusion to the much-loved Obernewtyn Chronicles from award-winning and bestselling author Isobelle Carmody. Drawing to a close the journey of Elspeth Gordie and the Misfits, The Red Queen will surprise and thrill readers right to the very last page.' (Sourced from publisher's website.)

Geneva tries to save her brother, Hel, from a life of sex- based discrimination after all ‘true’ men have been killed in a set of historic Motherwars. In this dystopian future, biological males have been replaced by part-biological, part- cybernetic men, stripped of a predisposition to violence. An introduction to exploring notions of genetic ‘maleness’—and by extension, genetic ‘femaleness’.

The second book in The Kingdom of the Lost series.

Adventure and danger follow Bily, Zluty, Redwing and the Monster as they cross a desert and journey through high stony mountains in search of a new home.

A magical new series for younger readers from the award-winning author of Little Fur.

'When her parents are divorcing, a young girl is sent from her native Australia to an unnamed city in Europe to live with an aunt. The girl is strange and withdrawn. Even her own mother does not understand her. Less, so, the plump frowsy aunt she is sent to. The girl has dreams of a tunnel and something white which lives in it. On a day out with her aunt, she is unexpectedly on her own and must make her way home on the subway. Her dreams and her purpose in life come to fruition in this dark, moody, tale.'

Source: SFRevu (http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=14272). (Sighted: 18/2/2014)

'While the Obernewtyn Chronicles is over, there are many things we still don't know about the world, particularly involving the Beforetime's Cassy and Hannah; the two women who (as far as we're aware) helped set up the keys and clues for Elspeth's quest, and to fill in some of those gaps it's been Isobelle's intention to write several short stories (including the Matthew and Dragon story, which will also explore the Salamander/Ariel relationship). '  (Publication summary)
 

'In this companion to The Wilful Eye, Catherine Bateson, Victor Kelleher, Cate Kennedy, Maureen McCarthy and Nan McNab, along with British author Kate Thompson, give fresh voice to age-old stories of abandonment, desire and entrapment.'