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- y Bad Bad Thing South Melbourne : Lothian , 2005 Z1181554 2005 single work novel young adult
- y Video Zone Port Melbourne : Lothian , 1998 Z64156 1998 single work novel young adult Port Melbourne : Lothian , 1998
- y Edward Britton Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2000 Z796339 2000 single work novel young adult historical fiction Few people know that boys as young as ten years old were transported to Australia as convicts early last century. Even fewer know that a special boys' prison, Point Puer, was built for them at Port Arthur in Tasmania. Edward Britton tells the horrifying story of the suffering and triumphs of two teenage convicts with very different characters, hopes and fears. Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2000
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Murder in Aisle 9
Port Melbourne
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Lothian
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2000
Z835429
2000
single work
novel
young adult
humour
'Bored supermarket checkout girl Nelia Renetti begins to suspect one of her customers is cheating on his wife. She begins to investigate to get to the bottom of the affair, but finds the bottom is much deeper and darker than she thought.'
Source : author's website
Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2000 - y Silver Mantle Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2001 Z921993 2001 single work children's fiction children's fantasy Silver Mantle tells the story of Megwin, a girl born with the power and potential to become the Silver Mantle, the most powerful mantle of all. Megwin learns though, that becoming a Mantle is not so easy. (Publisher blurb) Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2001
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The Eight Lives of Stullie the Great
Port Melbourne
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Lothian
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2001
Z923092
2001
single work
novel
young adult
'A lively, first-person tale about the often humourous, sometimes tragic misadventures of Brett Stulle – aka Stullie – an ardent juvenile delinquent with a love for stealing who keeps blowing every second chance he gets until his luck finally gives out.'
Source : author's website
Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2001 - y Find Me a River Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2001 Z923121 2001 single work novel young adult "Kes is facing the unthinkable. As drought and a bushfire threaten their lives and their homes and wipe out their cattle, her family will have to abandon the mountain property of her great grandparents. Kes is torn by her search for her own identity and that of her Aboriginal grandmother. If her gentle father was not a stolen child but simply unwanted, will she keep this knowledge to herself? And then there is an incredible discovery which only makes her more confused - or will it be her salvation?" (Source: back cover) Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2001
- y Killer McKenzie Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2001 Z923177 2001 single work novel young adult It's a blazing summer just before Christmas and London-based teenager, Alex feels like an unwanted parcel headed for the dead-letter office. She is on her way to spend three months with a father she hasn't seen for four years and a stepmother she's never met. There are lots of laughs and heartaches as ultra-urban Alex comes to terms with real farm life at Sturts Creek. Ultimately, this novel is a story of Alex's journey towards understanding her good-looking, laconic, easy-going, infuriating, procrastinating, stubborn father, but also coming partway towards understanding herself. Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2001
- y Cupid and Co Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2002 Z962052 2002 single work novel young adult Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2002
- y Changeling South Melbourne : Lothian , 2002 Z970205 2002 single work novel young adult fantasy Louise, an ordinary teenager, discovers she is a Changeling from another world. Unbelievable? Well it gets worse - the real Louise is about to come back from the fairy world to claim her real life. (Publisher blurb) South Melbourne : Lothian , 2002
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Zenna Dare
South Melbourne
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Lothian
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2002
Z977244
2002
single work
novel
young adult
'A secret spans five generations from Cornwall to Australia.
'Who was Zenna Dare?
'When Jennefer moves to the old family home in country Kapunda, she uncovers a secret from the past. What sort of life did Gweniver, her great-great-great-grandmother, lead? And what connection did she have to the glamorous young singer, Zenna Dare?
'Could a nineteenth-century mother of nine have led a double life, and, if so, why?
In a story crossing five generations, from the old world to the new, Zenna Dare brings reconciliation in more ways than Jenefer could ever have imagined.' (Publication abstract)
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Portal Bandits
South Melbourne
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Lothian
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2002
Z984068
2002
single work
novel
young adult
adventure
'Garth, Arnold and Lucy are three typical high school students who are busy dealing with the typical problems of being teenagers when they are visited by a being from another world and are recruited into taking part in an interplanetary war in an alternate universe.'
Source : author's website
South Melbourne : Lothian , 2002 - y The Rats of Wolfe Island Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2002 Z1045817 2002 single work novel young adult science fiction Eddy finds himself monitoring some eerie radioactive rats. When the scientist goes mad and then disappears, Eddy fears the worst has happened and puts his own life at risk to find out. Port Melbourne : Lothian , 2002
- y The Losers' Club South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003 Z1021922 2003 single work novel young adult thriller South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003
- y Frames South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003 Z1038430 2003 single work novel young adult South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003
- y Hot Hits : The Remix South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003 Z1038454 2003 single work novel young adult South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003
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Jessie
South Melbourne
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Lothian
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2003
Z1050050
2003
single work
novel
young adult
A gifted classical pianist, Jessie has a nervous breakdown under the pressure. Moving from Canada to Australia, she meets three boys who belong to a punk group, giving her a new perspective on music.
South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003 - y An Earful of Static South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003 Z1050920 2003 single work novel young adult South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003
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Antarctica's Frozen Chosen
South Melbourne
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Lothian
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2003
Z1054236
2003
single work
novel
young adult
thriller
When Kyle gets a job for the Antarctic summer as a marine biologist, his Spainish girlfriend Jade, e-mails daily. Jade an eco-activist is involved with an online protest group, but doesn't realise that she is being used. When a genetic modification threatens to cross over from rats to humans, the expeditioners on Kyle's ship are quarantined and he discovers that courage is more than physical bravery. (Source: Trove)
South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003 - y Leopard Skin South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003 Z1054438 2003 single work novel young adult 'Ellie's mother is an embarrassment. She is loud and crazy and dresses up in leopard skin so that everyone will notice her. Everything she does makes Ellie cringe. When Ellie meets Sun, her first real boyfriend, she decides she will never introduce him to her mother - she is just too different. Or is it that Sun is too different to introduce him to her mother? To be able to accept her parents and her friends for who they really are, Ellie needs to learn to accept herself. And this takes courage. This takes having leopard skin on the inside' (Source: back cover). South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003
- y Watershed South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003 Z1054852 2003 single work novel young adult adventure South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003
- y Avenging Janie Melbourne : Lothian , 2003 Z1066483 2003 single work novel young adult Melbourne : Lothian , 2003
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Operation Alpha Papa
South Melbourne
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Lothian
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2003
Z1082791
2003
single work
novel
young adult
'Just as he’d done for the last few mornings, fifteen-year-old Aaron Smith leaves home in the early hours of the morning and rides his bike to the park to take pictures for his photography assignment. On his way home, he’s knocked from his bike and left for dead on the side of the road.
'Soon he’s running from everybody – from whoever it is who’s out to get him and from the one person who can protect him, his guardian, Detective Sergeant Scott Backer. And now the SAS is involved . . . '
Source: Publisher's blurb.
South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003 - y The Fourth Test South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003 Z1090498 2003 single work novel young adult South Melbourne : Lothian , 2003
- y Ariadne : The Maiden and the Minotaur South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004 Z1119944 2004 single work novel young adult South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004
- y The Inheritance South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004 Z1120005 2004 single work novel adventure young adult horror South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004
- y Time Out South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004 Z1123304 2004 single work novel young adult South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004
- y Three Realms South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004 Z1132345 2004 single work novel young adult fantasy South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004
- y Dancing on Knives South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004 Z1141809 2004 single work novel young adult South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004
- y Heroes South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004 Z1143390 2004 single work novel young adult historical fiction South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004
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Return to Warrah
South Melbourne
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Lothian
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2004
Z1155875
2004
single work
novel
young adult
science fiction
horror
'Something very strange is happening. The townspeople don't seem to have changed very much at all since his first visit as a child, a mysterious young man is found hiding out at the twelve-mile hut and, when someone tries to burn down the homestead, one of his friends thinks it's time to leave. Davie begins to remember what happened at Warrah all those years ago, and when a tall, enigmatic man arrives at the homestead, everyone is suddenly in great danger.
The inheritance has returned to Warrah . . . with a vengeance'. Source: online bookseller.
South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004 - y Green Mantle South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004 Z1159506 2004 single work novel young adult science fiction fantasy Megwin is Green Mantle, protector of all living things and member of the powerful college of the Mantles. She travels through the five kingdoms, alone with her horse and fox and the power of the mantles to protect her, restoring the balance of nature and revelling in its beauty. (Publisher blurb) South Melbourne : Lothian , 2004
- y Bad Bad Thing South Melbourne : Lothian , 2005 Z1181554 2005 single work novel young adult South Melbourne : Lothian , 2005