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Small Acts by Kate Gordon, Kate Foster
Category: Children's Fiction
From acclaimed authors Kate Foster and Kate Gordon, a special story about being kind to others... and yourself. There are people everywhere who need help, who might seem okay on the outside but aren't on the inside. People whose whole entire day can be changed ... Josh wants a friend but he doesn't kn ...Show more
Temora and the Dreamers by Kate Gordon
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: The\Wordspinners Ser.
Temora Tempest is in Writungeard, a student at Lyfthelm Tower, but things aren't as well as the Literi would have them believe. Because Rider Marr is on the loose and it's up to Temora and her friends to uncover his sinister plans and protect the realm and the Dreamers. Temora Tempest used to think she ...Show more
Temora and the Wordsnatcher by Kate Gordon
Category: CHILDREN'S MIDDLE FICTION | Series: The\Wordspinners Ser.
Temora Murphy lives in an immaculate house, with a controlling mother. The only other children she sees are the "shining" girls her mother selects for her as friends. Girls who tease her for her size and shyness. To escape, she reads books about adventure and magic.Then, on her twelfth birthday, Temora ...Show more
The Ballad of Melodie Rose by Kate Gordon
Category: Junior Fiction
When Melodie Rose is abandoned on the doorstep of Direleafe Hall, she realises she must be a ghost. Strangely, she is not sad. With the three other ghostly girls who haunt the school and a gloomy crow on her shoulder, Melodie has never felt more at peace. Finally there is a place for her to call home. S ...Show more
The Calling of Jackdaw Hollow by Kate Gordon
Category: Junior Fiction
An evocative story about one odd boy searching for his place in the world, perfect for anyone who has ever wondered where their path might lead.When Jackdaw Hollow is orphaned by a lightning strike, he is taken in by the headmistress of Direleafe Hall. Even though he grows up with her love and care, he ...Show more
The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn by Kate Gordon
Category: Junior Fiction
Wonder Quinn is a lonely orphan who lives in the attic of Direleafe Hall with only a gloomy crow for company. Every year she watches the other girls return to school, hoping to find a friend among them. And every year her heart breaks when she doesn't. So when a fiery new girl befriends her in class, Wo ...Show more
The Letterbox Tree by Rebecca Lim, Kate Gordon
Category: Middle Readers
Two of Australia’s most acclaimed and high profile writers co-author a sensitive and ultimately hopeful story about our growing climate crisis. Nyx lives in the Tasmania of 2093 – deforested, over-mined and affected by bushfires and drought. With sea-levels rising, Tasmania is marooned and abandoned to ...Show more
Three Things About Daisy Blue by Kate Gordon
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Girlfriend Fiction
Daisy Blue is not happy. She doesn't want to go to Bali. And she doesn't want to keep a diary of her trip. And she doesn't want to hang out with Paulina Gifford. She does want to be a size zero and famous. Paulina Gifford is very studious. She is excited about the Bali trip and is keen to use her journa ...Show more
Thyla by Kate Gordon
Category: Fiction
My name is Tessa. I am strong. I am brave. I do not cry. These are the only things I know for certain. I was found in the bush, ragged as a wild thing. I have no memory - not even of how I got the long, striping slashes across my back. They make me frightened of what I might remember. The policewoman, C ...Show more
Twenty-five Memories of Viggo MacDuff by Kate Gordon
Category: Young Adult Fiction
On Christmas Day, Connie Chase opens the twenty-fifth door on her advent calendar, eating the last chocolate as she tries to swallow the memory of her former love, Viggo MacDuff. His dazzling green eyes are everywhere; from the Christmas tree to the promise of eternal love in a sprig of mistletoe, Conni ...Show more
Vulpi by Kate Gordon
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Cat Connolly is a Thyla now. She's not sure where her life is heading, but she knows she doesn't want to go back to the human world. But all is not well among the shapeshifters. The treaty between the Thylas and the Sarcos is causing tension and the malevolent Diemens are still on the hunt. Then into Ca ...Show more
Whalesong by Kate Gordon; Tam Teow (Cover Design by)
Category: Junior Fiction
"There is no now and no then, only in between and always Open the box. Come and see." Aberdeen Knopwood wants to make a difference - to help save the planet and express the passion for the environment that burns underneath her skin. But how can a girl who is too scared to stand out actually do something ...Show more