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Bad, Bad Thing by Julia Lawrinson
Category: Young Adult | Series: Lothian YA Fiction Ser.
Bad, Bad Thing is the coming-of-age story of Seb, a high-spirited, witty fourteen-year-old who finds herself bored with home, school, and her best friend, Lavinia. Seb is the neighbour of sixteen-year-old Alex, who is likeable, relaxed, sporty and good-looking. His only problem, according to Seb, is his ...Show more
Before You Forget by Julia Lawrinson
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Year Twelve is not off to a good start for Amelia. Art is her world, but her art teacher hates everything she does; her best friend has stopped talking to her; her mother and father may as well be living in separate houses; and her father is slowly forgetting everything. Even Amelia. At times funny, at ...Show more
Bye, Beautiful by Julia Lawrinson
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Set in the wheatbelt area of Western Australia in the 1960s, this is a family and town drama that has as backdrop the radical societal changes that were taking place at the time in Austraila and the rest of the world. Ages 14+
Chess Nuts by Julia Lawrinson
Category: Young Adult Fiction
A lighthearted novel for children about the game of chess. Jackson is sporty and popular. Anna doesn't like the sporty, popular people. So when Jackson joins the chess squad, Anna does not initially welcome him. But Anna is about to learn some things about friendship, chess and physical fitness.
City of Light by Julia Lawrinson
Category: Picture Books
Our city is big. Our universe is bigger. An astronaut from the other side of the world will fly over our home, at night. We will see a tiny light and we will know it's him. But will he be able to see us? One girl, one boy? A true story.
Famous! (Aussie Chomps) by Julia Lawrinson
Category: Young Readers | Series: Aussie Chomps
Sophie Callender wants to be famous so badly! When she is chosen for the hit TV game-show, MegaMatch, it looks as if her dream may come true. But as the game heats up, so do the competitors, and amid the pressure and tantrums Sophie begins to wonder: is being famous as good as it seems?
How to Avoid a Happy Life by Julia Lawrinson
Category: Biography
From domestic dysfunction to extraordinary bad luck, Julia Lawrinson reflects on her intriguing and eventful life with disarming honesty and wit. Some people are born into bad situations, some people have bad situations thrust upon them, and some people find bad situations through their dodgy choices, l ...Show more
Losing it by Julia Lawrinson
Category: Young Adult Fiction
To avoid Losing It in the bushes with some random guy in a heavy-metal T-shirt after too many tequila shots, four best friends make a bet: to lose it before schoolies week - and preferably in a romantic, sober way that they won't regret. What follows is a sometimes funny, sometimes awkward, but always c ...Show more
Maddie in the Middle by Julia Lawrinson
Category: Junior Fiction
Maddie Lee is in year six, and she feels ordinary and dull. Her best and oldest friend Katy is head counsellor and aiming at an academic scholarship. Maddie doesn't have anything that is hers, anything that is special. Enter a mysterious new girl, Samara. Samara is pretty, calm and before long is in the ...Show more
Mel and Shell by Julia Lawrinson
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Mel and Shell is the latest book for middle readers from award-winning author Julia Lawrinson.Shell and Mel are best friends, united by their love of ABBA. But when Scary Sharon decides she wants to be friends with Shell, and Mel begins acting strangely, things start changing fast. Confiding in her pen ...Show more
Obsession by Julia Lawrinson
Category: Fiction
Charlie is fifteen. She's just moved to a new school and nothing is going right. Everything seems hopeless. And then she meets Kate. Kate is sixteen, she's a singer, and she's wonderful. But when Kate announces she's leaving, Charlie is desperate. Desperate enough to do anything to get Kate to stay.