Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Diary of a Baby Wombat by Jackie French, illustrated by Bruce Whatley

From chapters.ca:
The inimitable wombat who shared her adventures (eating, scratching, digging, sleeping) in the wildly successful Diary of a Wombat is back-with a baby! This time, it's the baby who tells the story. And a perfect wombat story it is, featuring eating, scratching, digging, sleeping, and playing, as well as the important task of finding a new underground home big enough for baby and Mum. Wry, understated humor and gorgeous, funny illustrations make this new picture book a brilliant next chapter in the wombat saga.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

From chapters.ca:
Ed Kennedy is an underage cabdriver without much of a future. He's pathetic at playing cards, hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey, and utterly devoted to his coffee- drinking dog, the Doorman. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That's when the first ace arrives in the mail. That's when Ed becomes the messenger. Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary) until only one question remains: Who's behind Ed's mission?

A 2005 Michael L. Printz Honor Book and recipient of five starred reviews, I Am the Messenger is a cryptic journey filled with laughter, fists, and love.

Thursday, June 03, 2010

The 39 Clues Book Six: In Too Deep by Jude Watson

From chapters.ca:
Are some secrets better left buried? As Amy and Dan track the next clue to a remote corner of the world, they make shocking discoveries about the source of the Cahills' power and the mystery of their parents' deaths. And as the threat of the mysterious Madrigals grows real, one of the clue- hunters makes the ultimate sacrifice. Amy and Dan have to decide how much they're willing to risk, and what they are fighting for. Can they avenge their parents - or are they following their fatal path?

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks

From chapters.ca:
An un-romanticized, irreverent, hilarious look at the blood- sucking life, through the eyes of Nina Harrison, fanged at 15 and still living with her mother. She's stuck in a support group for reformed vamps that has never had anything exciting happen to them... until one of them is murdered. With the help of a priest and Nina's mom soon the whole cast of weak misfit vampires bands together to surprise themselves: saving a werewolf, solving a mystery and keeping the world safe from blood- thirsty unreformed vamps. Through it all, Nina learns to stop fighting fate, accepts that she's a vampire, and realizes she actually kind of does like that cute Dave guy even if he's a vampire.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks

From chapters.ca:
Now that the Axis Institute has been blown up and his probable real father is in jail, Cadel Piggot's stuck in foster care. That is, until billionaire Rex Austin - founder of the Genius Squad, a private vigilante group who would attack the Darkkon Empire - requests that Cadel and Sonja join the squad. Genius Squad operates under a front: Clearview House, a safe haven for troubled and needy kids. But Clearview turns out not to be so safe when Prosper English (a.k.a. Thaddeus Roth - mentor, teacher, madman) escapes prison and comes after Cadel.

Monday, October 06, 2008

Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

From chapters.ca:
Cadel Piggott has a genius IQ and a fascination with systems of all kinds. At seven, he was illegally hacking into computers. Now he’s fourteen and studying for his World Domination degree, taking classes like embezzlement, misinformation, forgery, and infiltration at the institute founded by criminal mastermind Dr. Phineas Darkkon. Although Cadel may be advanced beyond his years, at heart he’s a lonely kid. When he falls for the mysterious and brilliant Kay-Lee, he begins to question the moral implications of his studies for the first time. But is it too late to stop Dr. Darkkon from carrying out his evil plot?

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Plaidypus Lost by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel

From Lookybook:
Here is a heartwarming tale of a girl with a boundless imagination and a very special friend. As Plaidypus tags along with the spirited narrator on her adventures at the park, the lake, and even the supermarket, there's always a chance he'll find himself astray. But no need to worry: Plaidypus lost, Plaidypus found. This story goes around and around!

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Across the Wall by Garth Nix

A collection of short stories by Australian author, Garth Nix. The first story is a continuation of the Abhorsen series.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Didane the Koala: From a Legend of the Bidjara People of the Upper Warrego by Grahame L. Walsh, illustrated by John Morrison

From the back of the book:
Long ago in the Dreamtime, the Carnavon ranges were hot, dry and barren. The Bidjara people loved their craggy beauty, but they felt sad because there were no trees or plants. The tribe wanted to see trees in the bare land. A wise old man thought of a plan, but first the people must find a mighty boomerang-thrower.

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

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