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Amira's Magpie by Gordon Kate / Brennan Krista
Category: Picture Books
Amira has a magpie. He is the most beautiful, strangest of creatures ...Amira imagines her magpie flying across the world, to visit the family she left behind when she escaped her homeland. And as she flies, she flies with him and she is free.Amira's Magpie is a story of friendship, family and escape; o ...Show more
Aster's Good, Right Things (#1 Aster) by Kate Gordon
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Aster attends a school for gifted kids, but she doesnt think shes special at all. If she was, her mother wouldnt have left. And if she isnt careful, everyone else will leave her too. Each day Aster must do a good, right thinga challenge she sets herself, to make someone elses life better. Nobody can kno ...Show more
Bird on a Wire by Kate Gordon; Nathaniel Eckstrom (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
A seagull aboveSaid, "See, look here, loves,I've winged my way further than you!"A soaring brown hawkSaid, "Hey, you two dorks,See me stick to the clouds here like glue!"From the illustrator who brought you The Ricker Racker Club and The Dress-Up Box comes a picture book about a pack of arrogant charact ...Show more
Esme in the Limelight by Kate Gordon
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Esme doesn’t like the girl she sees in the mirror. Not pretty enough. Not thin enough. Not smart enough or talented enough. Nothing at all like her big sister, Ro.Then, a new friend comes into her life—a friend who wants Esme to be exactly who she is, or so Esme thinks.For a while, Esme likes who she se ...Show more
Girl Running Boy Falling by Kate Gordon
Category: Young Adult Fiction
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, ...Show more
Indigo in the Storm by Kate Gordon
Category: Junior Fiction
"We are the storm and the stillness."Indigo Michael isn't like other kids. And her mum isn't like other mums. Life for people like them isn't meant to have meaning- it's just something to survive in whatever way you can.When her mum abandons her, Aster's Aunt Noni becomes her foster parent. Suddenly Ind ...Show more
Juno Jones, Book Sleuth by Kate Gordon
Category: Children's
When Juno Jones's (Former Kid Who Doesn’t Like Reading), first-ever favourite book goes missing, she convinces Miss Tippett to turn their classroom into a courtroom so she can present her evidence, unmask the culprit and—more importantly—get her book back!With her list of possible suspects ranging from ...Show more
Juno Jones, Epic Explorer # 5 by Kate Gordon
Category: Junior Fiction
Nothing could stop Juno helping her secret ninja friend, Futoshi, defeat the Alien Lizard Men before they take over the world—except a book-themed school camp of course! It wasn’t so great that Bella and her wannabe-pop-star clones were going too, but even that couldn’t spoil her excitement at spending ...Show more
Juno Jones - Mystery Writer by Kate Gordon
Category: Children's
A disaster has happened! Again. Muttonbird Bay Primary is once again under threat of closure, and Juno Jones is pretty sure the Alien Lizard Men are involved. But that's not all: Shy Vi is missing, Miss Tippett is acting VERY strangely, and everyone keeps turning to Juno Jones to solve the mysteries. ...Show more
Juno Jones - Word Ninja by Kate Gordon
Category: Children's
A disaster has happened! Muttonbird Bay School might be closing. I mean forever! Juno Jones loves her school but the Men in Suits want to close it down! And there's only one thing Juno and her classmates can do to stop it... Read! Which is perfectly fine but Juno Jones is A KID WHO DOESN'T LIKE READING. ...Show more
My Brother, Finch by Kate Gordon
Category: Junior Fiction
Finch and Wren were as close as a brother and sister can be. When he vanished, when they were nine years old, her world cracked in two. Finch was never found. On the same day that Finch disappeared, another girl was lost, too. Her name was Ava. Her parents were rich tourists, from Sydney. Ava's story g ...Show more
Rival Reader (Juno Jones #4) by Kate Gordon
Category: Children's
A DISASTER HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED…THE SCHOOL HAS CLOSED. Not Muttonbird Bay Primary, of course, but their neighbour Pademelon Point. When five new kids join Juno Jones’ class, Juno must do whatever she can to keep her title as the school’s ‘Super Reader.’ Her greatest rival: Tess Golightly—a warrior maid ...Show more