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A Place Like This by Steven Herrick
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
Jack and Annabel have decided to put off university and drive around the country. It all seems wildly romantic, but when their car dies two days into the trip, they end up at George's apple orchard. They figure it's a temporary pit stop--and at first it is. But when Jack recognizes a familiar suffering ...Show more
Another Night in Mullet Town by Steven Herrick
Category: Young Adult Fiction
An iridescent verse novel from award-winning author Steven Herrick that shines light on friendship, family and finding your way.People like you and me, Jonah,we drag down the price of everything we touch.Life for Jonah and Manx means fishing for mullet at the lake, watching their school mates party on F ...Show more
Black Painted Fingernails by Steven Herrick
Category: Young Adult Fiction
James is heading into the country on his first teacher-training round when a mysterious girl asks him for a ride. Sophie has him all worked out: 'You live with your parents and they bought you this car, and a very nice car it is too...' At first James can't see past her wild hair and attitude, but then ...Show more
Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out In the Rain by Steven Herrick
Category: Junior Fiction
Jesse is an eleven-year-old boy tackling many problems in life, especially fitting into a new school. Luckily he meets Kate. She has curly black hair, braces and an infectious smile. She wants to 'Save the Whales' and needs Jesse's help. But they haven't counted on Hunter, the school bully, who appears ...Show more
By the River by Steven Herrick
Category: Teenage/Young Adult Fiction
This memorable novel in verse, a USBBY Outstanding International Book, reveals the tough and tender sides of a young boy growing up in a small, sleepy river town in Australia. Harry swims in the swamp, eats watermelon with his brother and dad, survives schoolyard battles, and rac ...Show more
Cold Skin by Steven Herrick
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Cowards don't always hide. Sometimes they're so gutless they need to stand out.'..Eddie doesn't want to be in school, he wants to work in the mine. But his dad won't go down the coal pits and he won't let his sons go either...Nothing much happens in Burruga, except for fights at the pub. Then one Friday ...Show more
Cold Skin by Steven Herrick
Category: Fiction
A page-turning read about father-son relationships and the many ways of being a man. Eddie doesn't want to be in school; he wants to work in the mines. But his dad won't go down in the coal pits, and he won't let his sons go either. Nothing much happens in the town of Burruga, except for fights at the p ...Show more
Do-wrong Ron by Steven Herrick
Category: Young Adult Fiction
HONOUR BOOK: CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2004..He's do-wrong Ron..who does the wrong things at the wrong time..or the right things at the wrong time..or the wrong things at the right time...until he finds Charlie..the guinea pig who looks like an oversized rat..and they meet Isabelle..who is ...Show more
How to Repaint a Life (CBCA Honours 2022) by Steven Herrick
Category: Junior Fiction
A powerful prose novel from one of Australia's most awarded authors.Isaac is running from his old life when he steps off the bus in a small town. He doesn't plan on sticking around and has nowhere to stay, but a local cafe owner's kindness offers him a chance to change his story. Then Isaac meets Sophie ...Show more
In Times of Bushfires and Billy Buttons by Steven Herrick
Category: Junior Fiction
Age range 13 to 18 What makes a good family? Love or blood? And what if you have to choose between the two? Ethan’s parents are in jail; his Aunt works too hard; the new kid, Joshua, has a scar on his arm; a fire storm threatens the suburb, while wildflowers bloom along the school fence.For Ethan, Audr ...Show more
Lonesome Howl by Steven Herrick
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Jake's dad saw the wolf, before Jake was born. They say wolves don't live in this country, yet in the night Jake hears it howling, long and lonely...When Jake and Lucy hike to Sheldon Mountain in search of the wolf, Jake is out to prove his dad right or wrong; Lucy is escaping her father's cruelty. Both ...Show more
Love Ghosts & Nose Hair by Steven Herrick; Gregory Rogers (Illustrator)
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
Jack is 16. He's obsessed with the beautiful Annabel, the ghost of his mother and nose hair. This is a bitter-sweet comedy written in verse for young adults.