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Temora and the Wordsnatcher is a book of magic and adventure, self-discovery and the true power of words. It is peopled by children who are discovering their true selves and the way they fit in the world.Temora Murphy is eleven years old. She lives in an immaculate house, with a mother who wishes to control and mold her. The only other children she sees are the "shiny" girls her mother selects for her as friends. Girls who tease her for her size and shyness. Girls who call her "Puddingface.". Temora wants more. Temora loves reading, books about adventure and magic. She finds these books in a black pearl box at the bottom of the garden, beneath the Bloodwood tree. She does not know how they come to be there or who sends them, and every time she thinks too hard about it, some strange impulse in her mind compels her to stop.The books help her to escape. But only so much. Then, at a party for her twelfth birthday, Temora Murphy makes another wish. And with that wish, her life alters forever.Temora and the Wordsnatcher is a literary children's story,; a portal fantasy work, featuring characters from multiple backgrounds and a protagonist who does not conform to societal standards of beauty, and who wishes to push against the constructs of what it means to be "feminine".

Its 1993. Beth McMaugh is eleven years old and about to start her final year of middle school. Her best friend since kindergarten is Ashlee, but Ashlee is changing. She wears surf brand clothes now, and watches teenage TV and knows all the words to all the songs by Girlfriend and Peter Andre. Beth is terrified of losing her when they get to senior school, but Ashlee assures her that grade six is going to be the best year ever. On the first day, though, Beth enters her new homeroom to find Ashlee sitting with Kristy, Abbi and Nikki – the popular girls. The mean girls. What is Beth going to do? Ashlee cant really want to be one of them. They must have trapped her into being part of their group, through some sort of heinous bribery. Beth has to save Ashlee, but how? Further complicating matters, there is a new kid in class – a strange, loud, smart kid from Brisbane, called Jools, who listens to Queen and is obsessed with science fiction and all things nerdy. So obsessed that, on her first day at her new school, she starts the Cooee Middle School Nerd Club and she wants Beth to be her first member – despite the fact that Beth has never even seen Star Wars! Behind all of this – behind everything – is a secret from Beths past, a secret so terrible it stays with her, every day, whispering in her ear: Wash your hands.Behind everything is that day at the beach, when Kristy saw her in her worst moment. Is that why Ashlee doesnt want to be friends with Beth anymore? Is that why her mother doesnt want to be near her? Has Beth ruined everything? And if she has, can a nerdy girl with mismatched socks, a rebellious punk, a popular boy and a science fiction movie trilogy set it all to right?Real Friends, by Shannon Hale, meets Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, meets The Friendship Matchmaker, by Randa Abdel Fattah, this is a story of growing up, of friendship, of finding your tribe and unlocking your hidden talents ... plus Star Wars.

Do you ever look at the sky and think that's where we belong? Like maybe the world is the wrong way around and we're meant to be up there, floating?Sixteen-year-old Therese lives in a small town on a small island. Her Aunt Kath calls her Tiger. Her friends call her Resey. The boy she loves calls her Champ. She's a lot of different things for a lot of different people.Therese has always had her feet on the ground. She's running through high school, but someone in her life is about to fall ...And when he does, her perfect world falls with him. For the first time in her life, Therese can't stand being on the ground.Girl Running, Boy Falling is a raw read about a girl and boy- who are beautifully flawed.

Matilda loves visiting her cousin Emily's farm with her friends. Especially down by the creek with the cute frogs. One day, Emily and her mum find an old tin. It contains a leather pouch and a beautiful Chinese comb. But where did it come from?The girls uncover even more surprises when a naughty froglet stows away in Matilda's jacket and escapes. Now there's a mystery to solve and a frog to find!Can the girls figure it out and set things right again?

Ein ergreifender Coming-of-Age-Roman über die erste Liebe und den ersten Verlust. Was tun, wenn der beste Freund Selbstmord begeht? Ein Buch, das tröstet und Mut macht! Ein schwieriges Thema, sensibel beschrieben.Therese liebt die kleine Stadt auf der Insel am Ende der Welt. Sie liebt Tante Kath, von der sie Tiger genannt wird, ihre Freunde, die sie Resey rufen, und vor allem ihren besten Freund Wally, für den sie nur Champ ist, und der sie endlich, endlich geküsst hat. Doch dann geschieht das Undenkbare. Der strahlende Wally, die nächste große Football-Hoffnung der Schule, nimmt sich das Leben und Thereses Welt fällt in sich zusammen. Sie versucht alles, um nicht selbst zu fallen. Zum Glück gibt es Tante Kath und ihre Freunde, die Therese auffangen und ihr helfen weiterzuleben.»Ein packendes Buch: nachdenklich, authentisch und feinfühlig geschrieben.« (Nick Earls)Trigger-Warnung: suizidales Verhalten

Nyx lebt in Tasmanien im Jahr 2093, wo die Ozeane sauer geworden sind und das ganze Jahr über Buschfeuer herrschen. Um ihre Frustration über die Welt auszudrücken, hinterlässt sie eine wütende und verzweifelte Nachricht an ihrem Lieblingsbaum. Siebzig Jahre in der Vergangenheit findet Bea Nyx''s Zettel und antwortet. Der Briefkastenbaum wird das Verbindungsglied der beiden Mädchen über die Zeit hinweg. Doch als Nyx‘s Welt endgültig unterzugehen droht, wird ihre Freundschaft auf die Probe gestellt und ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt: Kann die Vergangenheit die Zukunft retten?

Packender Klima-Thriller mit fantastischem Twist und einer Freundschaft, die die Zeiten überbrücktWettlauf gegen die Zeit: Das hochaktuelle Thema Klimawandel wird im spannenden Roman erlebbarEine inspirierende Freundschaftsgeschichte mit fantastischem Twist für Leser*innen ab 10 Jahren