Reading Age: 13+ Years

Sandy knows that life at 15 is hard, but it's even harder when your mum died a year ago and nothing's gone right since. His brother Red is 18 and working the farm. As Sandy and Red deal with girls, dirt biking, footy and friendship, both have to work out who they want to be, with...out their mum. It turns out this is going to be one hell of a year.
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Imagine being the only two seventeen-year-olds in a small town. That's life for Kirby Arrow -- named after the most dissenting judge in Australia's history -- and her best friend Clancy Lee, would-be musical star. Clancy wants nothing more than to leave town and head for the big ...smoke, but Kirby is worried- her family has a history of leaving. She hasn't heard from her father since he left when she was a baby. Shouldn't she stay to help her mother with the goat's-milk soap-making business, look after her grandfather who suffers from dementia, be an apprentice carpenter to old Mr Pool? And how could she leave her pet goat, Stanley, her dog Maude, and her cat Marianne? But two things happen that change everything for Kirby. She finds an article in the newspaper about her father, and Iris arrives in town. Iris is beautiful, wears crazy clothes, plays the mandolin, and seems perfect, really, thinks Kirby. Clancy has his heart set on winning over Iris. Trouble is Kirby is also falling in love with Irisa
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Produced in partnership with the National Museum of Australia, The Story of Australia is an accessible, definitive history resource that every home should have How did Australia's earliest human inhabitants reach the island continent? Which discovery ushered in a new era of immig...ration, prosperity and technological advancement? How did a far-flung colony and military outpost transform into one of the wealthiest and most peaceful nations in the modern world? Dip into the pages to discover these answers and morea The Story of Australia is a complete full-colour illustrated history of the country. Find out how the Australian landscape was formed, and how the continuing cultures of its indigenous peoples, European exploration, colonisation, and Federation have helped the country develop into a thriving modern nation. Produced in partnership with the National Museum of Australia, The Story of Australia draws on the museum's exhaustive collection of objects, photographs and artefacts. Authoritative, inviting and entertaining, The Story of Australia is the reliable and definitive history resource that every home and library should have.
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Sixteen-year-old Lucy Hart has been counting the days till she can get the hell out of Digger's Landing - a small Queensland fishing hamlet home to fifteen families, a posse of mongrel dogs, and Parkers Corner Store (no apostrophe and nowhere near a corner). But just like the tid...es Lucy's luck is on the turn, and as graduation nears her escape plans begin to falter; her best friend, Polly, is dropping out of school to help pay the bills, and Tom has been shipped off to boarding school, away from the flotsam of this place. And then there's Lucy's nightlife, which is filled with dreams that just don't seem to belong to her at all ...When the fish stop biting, like they did when her mum was still around, Lucy realises she isn't the only one with a secret.
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From the highly acclaimed author of The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex comes this funny, heartfelt novel about rage, regret and the pitfalls of life in the digital age.