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4 7 y separately published work icon Mercy Rebecca Lim , London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2016 Z1734886 2010 single work novel young adult mystery fantasy

'Mercy "wakes" on a school bus bound for Paradise, a small town where everyone knows everyone else′s business... or thinks they do. But Mercy has a secret life. She is an angel, doomed to return repeatedly to Earth, taking on a new "persona" each time she does, in an effort to resolve a cataclysmic rift between heavenly beings.

'The first of a brilliant new series sees Mercy meeting Ryan, an eighteen-year-old whose sister was kidnapped two years ago and is presumed dead. When another girl is also kidnapped, Mercy knows she has to act quickly and use extraordinary powers to rescue her, even if it means exposing her true identity.' (From the publisher's website.)
2 y separately published work icon Fury Rebecca Lim , London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2012 6917235 2012 single work novel young adult fantasy fantasy

'Heartbreak. Vengeance. Fury. Mercy is an exiled angel cast down to earth and forced to live out thousands of different lives for her own protection. Betrayed by her eternal love, Luc, Mercy burns with fury. The time of reckoning is here and now she must wage open war with Luc and his demons. Ryan's love for Mercy is more powerful than ever, but loving an angel is mortally dangerous. As their two worlds collide, Mercy approaches her ultimate breathtaking choice. ' (Publisher's blurb)
2 1 y separately published work icon Muse Rebecca Lim , London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2011 Z1811178 2011 single work novel young adult mystery fantasy 'Mercy is an angel, exiled from heaven, and when she wakes in the body of nineteen-year-old Irina, Mercy discovers that she′s one of the world′s most infamous supermodels on the verge of a very public breakdown.

Against the glamorous background of Milan′s opulent fashion world, Mercy continues her increasingly desperate search for Ryan Daley, the mortal boy she remembers falling for in a past life. But, this time, Mercy′s memories and powers are growing ever stronger - and she begins to doubt the pleas of her dream lover, Luc, as more of her mysterious past is revealed by beings both celestial and demonic. Are Luc′s desires as selfless as her own or does he want her for a more terrifying purpose?

The grand scale celestial battle for Mercy′s soul builds to an incredible stormy crescendo as archangels and demons clash in a cataclysmic showdown that not all will survive ...' (Publisher's blurb)
3 2 y separately published work icon Exile Rebecca Lim , London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2011 Z1775659 2011 single work novel young adult mystery fantasy 'Mercy′s search continues ...

'All Mercy knows is that she is an angel, exiled from heaven for a crime she can′t remember committing.

'So when she "wakes" inside the body and life of eighteen-year-old Lela Neill, Mercy has only limited recall of her past life. Her strongest memories are of Ryan, the mortal boy who′d begun to fall for her - and she for him.

'Lela′s life is divided between caring for her terminally ill mother and her work as a waitress at the Green Lantern, a busy city cafe frequented by suits, cab drivers, strippers, backpackers and the homeless, and Mercy quickly falls into the rhythm of this new life.

'But when Mercy′s beloved, Luc, reappears in her dreams, she begins to awaken to glimpses of her true nature and her true feelings for Ryan. How can she know that her attempts to contact Ryan will have explosive consequences?

'Meanwhile, "the Eight" - responsible for her banishment - hover near, determined to keep Mercy and Luc apart, forever ...' (From the publisher's website.)
3 6 y separately published work icon Marshall Armstrong Is New to Our School David Macintosh , David Macintosh (illustrator), London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2011 Z1762828 2011 single work picture book children's

'Marshall Armstrong is new to our school. He looks different to me. His laces are straight, not criss-crossed like mine, and his eyes are always looking at the blackboard.

'Marshall Armstrong doesn′t fit into our school. Not one bit...

'...but it doesn′t take long for Marshall to prove that you don′t have to follow the crowd to be the most popular kid in the playground.' (From the publisher's website.)
3 1 y separately published work icon I Love My Dad Anna Walker , Anna Walker (illustrator), London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2011 Z1701357 2009 single work picture book children's A young zebra named Ollie spends time with his dad.
2 3 y separately published work icon Pete the Sheep Jackie French , Bruce Whatley (illustrator), London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2007 Z1153594 2004 single work picture book children's The sheep-shearers in Shaggy Gully all have a sheep dog, but the new guy Shaun uses an extremely polite sheep named Pete.
2 2 y separately published work icon Alone on a Wide Wide Sea Michael Morpurgo , London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2006 Z1373640 2006 single work children's fiction children's 'When orphaned Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after ...[World War II] he loses his sister, his country and everything he knows. The coming years will test him to his limits, as he endures mistreatment, neglect and forced labour in the Australian outback. But Arthur is also saved, again and again, by his love of the sea. And when he meets a nurse whose father owns a boat-building business, all the pieces of his broken life come together. Now, at the end of his life, Arthur has built a special boat for his daughter Allie, whose love of the sea is as strong and as vital as her father's. Now Allie has a boat that will take her to England solo, across the world's roughest seas, in search of her father's long-lost sister... Will the threads of Arthur's life finally come together?' (Publisher's blurb)
3 10 y separately published work icon Sir Thursday Garth Nix , London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2006 Z1229990 2006 single work children's fiction children's fantasy When Arthur is drafted into the Glorious Army of the Architect by Sir Thursday, he must survive basic training, avoid getting posted to the Front, and figure out how to free Part Four of the Will, while Leaf tries to banish Arthur's doppleganger on Earth.
4 4 y separately published work icon Across the Wall : A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories Across the Wall : Tales of the Old Kingdom and Elsewhere Garth Nix , London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2006 Z1204749 2005 selected work short story novella fantasy young adult

'Nicholas Sayre will do anything to get across the Wall. Thoughts of Lirael and Sam haunt his dreams, and he has come to realize that his destiny lies with them, in the Old Kingdom. But here in Ancelstierre, Nick faces an obstacle that is not entirely human, with a strange power that seems to come from Nicholas himself.

With "Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case," Garth Nix continues to explore the magical world of the Abhorsen Trilogy. In additional short stories that range from two widely different takes on the Merlin myth to a gritty urban version of Hansel and Gretel and a heartbreaking story of children and war, Garth Nix displays the range and versatility that has made him one of today's leading writers of fantasy for readers of all ages' (Amazon).
8 18 y separately published work icon Diary of a Wombat Jackie French , Bruce Whatley (illustrator), London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2006 Z989492 2002 single work picture book children's She sleeps. She eats. She scratches. She is training humans to become better pets. She is Mothball, a wombat with attitude.
1 14 y separately published work icon Shade's Children Garth Nix , London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2006 Z254014 1997 single work novel young adult science fiction In a savage postnuclear world, four young fugitives attempt to overthrow the bloodthirsty rule of the Overlords with the help of Shade, their mysterious mentor.
1 1 y separately published work icon Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case Garth Nix , London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2005 Z1220009 2005 single work novella fantasy young adult

Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case is a short story entry in Garth Nix's Old Kingdom series. Set six months after the events in the novel Abhorsen, it tells of Nicholas's encounter with a Free magic creature in Ancelstierre and his return to the Old Kingdom. The story begins with Nicholas recuperating from the injuries he received at the hands of the Destroyer. After several idle months in Ancelstierre, he is desperate to return to the Old Kingdom, so when the opportunity arrives to actually do something, he accepts immediately. As a favour to his Uncle Edward, the Chief Minister of Ancelstierre, he travels to spend the weekend in a remote country house, the home of a family which would make a good political alliance. That seems easy enough, till he discovers that the house holds many secrets, and the worst of them is a relic of the Old Kingdom, too far from the Wall for any spark of its magical life to reignite. Unless someone finds a way to unleash its power...'
5 11 y separately published work icon Drowned Wednesday Garth Nix , London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2005 Z1167123 2005 single work children's fiction children's fantasy "Arthur Penhaligon has a broken leg and a bad attack of asthma, but there's no time for recovery. Drowned Wednesday has sent a ship to pluck him from the safety of his bed, miles from any ocean, and sail him back to the House. From hospital room to the high seas, Arthur must battle pirates, storms, monsters made of Nothing and a vast beast that can't stop eating. Arthur struggles to unravel the mystery of the Architect's disappearance, and the plotting of the Trustees. For the sake of all that dwell in the Secondary realms, he must discover the third part of the Will and claim the Third Key. But first... can Arthur trust the Raised Rats? Where are Leaf and Suzy? And how will he survive life aboard ship on the treacherous Border Sea?" (Source: Allen & Unwin)
14 6 y separately published work icon Abhorsen Garth Nix , London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2004 Z1004257 2003 single work novel young adult adventure fantasy 'Lirael, newly come into her inheritance as the Abhorsen-in-Waiting, knows that the fate of the world is in her hands. With only a vision from the Clayr to guide her, and the uncertain help of her companions - Sam, the Disreputable Dog and Mogget - Lirael sets out on her perilous mission. The answer must be found somewhere in Life or Death - but can a former Second Assistant Librarian possibly discover the means to defeat the Destroyer ... before it is too late?'
(Source: Back cover)
2 6 y separately published work icon Pagan in Exile Catherine Jinks , London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2004 Z372631 1994 single work novel young adult historical fiction After fighting the infidels in Jerusalem in 1188, Lord Roland and his squire Pagan return to Roland's castle in France where they encounter violent family feuds and religious heretics.
1 5 y separately published work icon Dark Wind Blowing Jackie French , London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 2001 Z915257 2001 single work novel young adult Mike's next-door neighbour is Lance Loosley, nicknamed Loser at school because he's so unpopular. Loser tells Mike that a run-down building is being as a laboratory to run dangerous experiments. Although Mike doesn't believe him, he has to think again when Loser smashes a tube he claims contains a deadly virus. Ages 10-12.
1 2 y separately published work icon The Teddy Bear's Picnic Jerry Garcia , David Grisman , Bruce Whatley (illustrator), London : HarperCollins Children's Books , 1998 Z1011265 1996 single work picture book children's
7 2 y separately published work icon The Muddle-Headed Wombat Ruth Park , Noela Young (illustrator), Sydney : HarperCollins Children's Books , 1990 Z794443 1962 single work children's fiction humour children's
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