Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing & Believing by Clive Gifford
$24.95 AUD
Category: 9 – 12 years old
Why do some printed pictures appear to swirl madly in front of your eyes? How can two colours that look completely different actually be the same? What makes complete images suddenly arise out of random patterns? With this crazy book of optical illusions, astound your eyes and amaze your brain and disco ...Show more
Jacky Ha-Ha by James Patterson; Chris Grabenstein
$15.99 AUD
Category: 9 – 12 years old | Series: Jacky Ha-Ha
In the middle grade hit that debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, bestselling author James Patterson introduces the hilarious Jacky Ha-Ha, a class clown who turns to troublemaking--and laughter--to cope with life's challenges. Now available in paperback In twenty years Jacqueline Ha ...Show more
The Beach at Night by Elena Ferrante
$19.99 AUD
Category: 9 – 12 years old
Inspired by one of Elena Ferrante's earlier novels, The Lost Daughter, this is a bewitching fable for girls and boys, but also for Elena Ferrante fans of all ages. Accompanied by full-colour illustrations by Mara Cerri, The Beach At Night is a beautiful picture book narrated by a doll named Celina. Mati ...Show more
The Terranauts by T. C. Boyle
$32.99 AUD
Category: 9 – 12 years old
Linda is desperate to be one of the lucky eight chosen to take part in the world's most ambitious ecological experiment. Gazing longingly at Ecosphere II, which rises like a spaceship from the Arizona desert, Linda knows she can survive under its glass dome. Competition is fierce between the hopefuls, a ...Show more
Violet and the Smugglers (#3 PB) by Harriet Whitehorn
$14.99 AUD
Category: 9 – 12 years old | Series: Violet Remy-Robinson
Meet Violet Remy-Robinson, an amateur Sherlock Holmes in the making, in this "Agatha Christie-esque mystery... that's] quirky and charming" (The Guardian)--perfect for fans of Chris Riddell and Robin Stevens's Wells & Wong mysteries. Uncle Johnny has invited Violet and her friends to spend the s ...Show more
The Beast of Hushing Wood by Gabrielle Wang
$16.99 AUD
Category: 9 – 12 years old
Ziggy Truegood lives in a tiny town deep in Hushing Wood, where strange things are happening. The townspeople are fighting, Ziggy feels like something is hunting her, and her beloved woods have become dark and hostile. When exotic Raffi and his grandfather arrive in town, Ziggy finds herself strangely d ...Show more
Queste (Septimus Heap #4) by Angie Sage
$16.99 AUD
Category: 9 – 12 years old | Series: Septimus Heap
Enter the world of Septimus Heap, Wizard Apprentice. Magyk is his destiny. Septimus faces a perilous quest to find Nicko and Snorri, who have been trapped back in time. Everyone at the Castle is realising that Nicko and Snorri's chances of coming back are slim. Septimus, aided by Alchemist Marcellus Pye ...Show more
Julius and the Watchmaker (#1) by Tim Hehir
$19.99 AUD
Category: 9 – 12 years old | Series: Watchmaker
A lost diary. A spinning pocketwatch. A gentleman wielding a deadly walking cane. And a boy who's about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. When Julius Higgins isn't running from Crimper McCready and his gang of bullies he's working in his grandfather's bookshop in Ironmonger Lane. Until Jack Spri ...Show more
The Fastest Boy in the World by Elizabeth Laird
$14.99 AUD
Category: 9 – 12 years old
Eleven-year-old Solomon loves to run! The great athletes of the Ethiopian national team are his heroes and he dreams that one day he will be a gold-medal-winning athlete like them, in spite of his ragged shorts and bare feet. When his grandfather announces that he's going to take Solomon to Addis Ababa, ...Show more
Asterix and Caesar's Gift PB (#21) by René Goscinny; Albert Uderzo
$19.99 AUD
Category: 9 – 12 years old | Series: Asterix
When Caesar offers a gift, be suspicious...very suspicious. Upon his release from the Roman Army, Tremensdelirius gets the deed to Asterix's little Gaulish village. But he swaps it for a drink in the tavern--and soon the owner and his family are off to claim their prize. What's going to happen? Surprisi ...Show more
Candyfloss by Jacqueline Wilson
$17.99 AUD
Category: 9 – 12 years old
Floss's parents split up when she was younger and she now divides up her week, spending five days with her mum, her mum's new boyfriend and her new baby half-brother. The other two days Floss spends with her dad, helping him to run his greasy spoon cafe. But then their simple arrangement is thrown into ...Show more
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (#1 Gryffindor Ed PB) by J. K. Rowling
$16.99 AUD
Category: 9 – 12 years old | Series: Harry Potter House Gift Editions
Celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter magic with four special editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw - Twenty years ago these magical words and many more flowed from a young writer's pen, an orphan called Harry Potter was freed from the cupboard u ...Show more