When Paddy Flanagan, a gold fossicker, is found bashed to death in the hills behind the township of Jericho, the search begins for his two wild children...more details Format:Paperback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780734401748
Arno lives in the middle of his family's junkyard and at school he's known as Rat Head, Stinky Bum,or just plain Arno the Garbo. His school reports always say...more details Format:Hardback
Following his invention of the light bulb and recorded sound, Thomas Edison turned his genius to the invention of a doll which could speak and walk...more details Format:Hardback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780850917215
Travis is a slick city kid whose trendy parents have gone country -- buying a dilapidated farm and moving the family to a rural area. Disgusted with the "yokels" at his school...more details Format:Paperback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780850917048
Janet was friendless until Lola, a smelly. brutish and disheveled new schoolmate, shows up in class. Invited to spend the night at her new-found friend's house...more details Format:Paperback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780733610752
Simon, a runaway from the State Care programme, joins Greg Muir, a wild bird sanctuary owner and his friend Mala on a trek to discover the truth behind the local legend of Esperance. But the force of the legend proves to have unexpected consequences for those who seek it out. Originally published for young-adults...more details Format:Paperback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780850919820
Micah lives in Dingo, a tiny outback wheat town. His parents are farmers, down on their luck, until Micah convinces them to give him free reign over ten hectares of land. With the help of the Internet...more details Format:Paperback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9781863743198
First published in hardback in 1996, an account of one teenage boy's metamorphosis. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Steven Woolman....more details Format:Paperback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780734403438
This is the story of Jack Ireland, cabin boy of the Charles Eaton, fourteen years old when it was shipwrecked, and William Doyle, whose father...more details Format:Hardback
Back at Old Rusty's isolated farm in the mountains, David and Andrew decide to go caving. Once through the secret entrance, the brothers find a fantastic network of limestone caves and a great deal more...more details Format:Paperback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780734410276
On holiday with his parents, fifteen-year-old Damon is bored. His parents drag him to an art gallery, but after cruising around for a while, he returns to his hotel room to play his gameboy. Bored by the repetitive nature of the games...more details Format:Hardback Pages:32
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780850919172
Venny is a 16 year old Australian boy who is shy with girls and not interested in school. When told that his class must take part in a pen friend scheme with students from New York...more details Format:Paperback
Two unsolved murders; a father in denial; a lover who knows too much, and a boy who speaks with the dead. From award-winning author, Gary Crew...more details Format:Paperback Pages:224
A dramatic story based on the historical fact of Point Puer, the boy's prison at Port Arthur, Tasmania. Seventeen-year-old convict, Edward Britton was transported for stealing from the kitty of the Shakespeare actors he worked with...more details Format:Paperback Pages:256
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9781876462871
Rich and beautiful, Gary Crew's text is redolent with the sounds and colours of the Australian bush. This picture book for older children is an ode and an obituary to the indigenous landscape...more details Format:Hardback Pages:32
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9781863306454
The collected cop stories of multi-award winning novelist Gary Crew, whose haunting works have twice been nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for a prestigious Edgar Alan Poe Award....more details Format:Paperback
A deserted WWII fort has become a favourite play area for local boys. But when a Japanese boy comes to live on the island, fear and prejudice provoke a deadly new game....more details Format:Paperback
Gino Garibaldi is a genius. He can invent anything, from a wind powered lawn-mower to a mega play station. But Gino's little sister Gina is even smarter - especially when she asks Gino to invent something which REALLY has him stumped....more details Format:Hardback
Follows modern day teenager Johnny Doolan as told to his psychiatrist. Johnny's favourite books are gothic novels and Grimms' Fairy Tale he finds that the scenes...more details Format:Paperback
Rosie witnessed the capture of the last Tasmanina Tiger. Could she have done anything to save it, and the soecies from extinction? Ages 8-12....more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:32
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780734407283
In December 1872, the brigantine Mary Celeste was found adrift in the Atlantic. She was in full sail and in seaworthy condition, but had no crew aboard...more details Format:Hardback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780733610783
An intriguing and moving story of two teenage boys' struggle for personal identity against the odds of prejudice and the injustices of the world....more details Format:Paperback Pages:114
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780734401823
Where there is light, there must also be shadow...and monsters that lurk in the dark. By internationally acclaimed children's author, Gary Crew...more details Format:Hardback
Seventeen year old Theresa Adelaide Bartlett (Tabby, as she is called) has been confined to her parents' stately home, Camelot, because of her antisocial - even violent - behaviour. It is her intention to research...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:224
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9781550377255
"By the time I was nine years old I had begun to doubt that Mama Pratchett, the woman with whom I had lived for as long as I could remember, was in fact my mother..."
So begins Gary Crew's chilling fictionalized account of a "baby farmer" who...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:160
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9781550377248
"By the time I was nine years old I had begun to doubt that Mama Pratchett, the woman with whom I had lived for as long as I could remember, was in fact my mother..."
So begins Gary Crew's chilling fictionalized account of a "baby farmer" who...more details Format:Paperback Pages:160
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780850918274
As long as twelve-year old Sarah can remember, she and her Mama have lived with a succession of new babies. But one day, a baby arrives by train and is handed over to her Mama along with an envelope full of money...more details Format:Paperback
A tribute to man's best friend. Short stories featuring dogs at war, in science and in crime solving, mythical dogs and dog explorers. Wide appeal to both genders at upper primary and lower secondary...more details Format:Paperback / softback
A tree, planted as a memorial to soldiers killed in WW1, looks set to be cut down by the local council. This story interweaves themes of war...more details Format:Hardback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780734405456
A moving and evocative story interweaving themes of war, memory and conservation which brings the legend of the Anzacs to a new generation. Ages 9+. Honour Book...more details Format:Paperback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780733617812
It's 1893 and Sam sets sail to China in search of a rare carnivorous butterfly. An enraged Mongol Prince Chi Lin has released this insect in Kew Gardens as an act of revenge against the British Empire and its involvement in the opium trade that has devastated his family...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:240
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780733610790
Cut off from the world by sea and swamp, the people of New Canaan submit to their oppressive spiritual leader, the "Father". But signs soon appear that the Father's days are numbered. Two girls...more details Format:Paperback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780060523053
On the disastrous night when the ocean liner Titanic sinks, the sounds of a pig-shaped music box cheer children escaping in a lifeboat....more details Format:Hardback Pages:32
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780734407733
"But on the last night of that Three Day Dark, some said they saw a shape in the starry sky. A black void, where no star shone. A void in the shape of a rat..." Is this sign a foreboding of fantastical events to befall Quentaris? What part do the rat children...more details Format:Paperback / softback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780733617805
Set in the 19th century; fourteen-year-old Sam Silverthorne runs away from his home in London and his cruel Aunt Bertha and embarks on a quest to find his father. Ages 8+...more details Format:Paperback / softback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780734402400
In 1890 a strange child custody case came before the court. Against all odds a tiny child was wrenched from the wreckage of the British East India vessel...more details Format:Hardback
Tells the story of the Quentaran children stolen by Nordian traders to sell to the dispicable Trollantan rat people. Follows the children's capture...more details Format:Paperback / softback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780733613999
On 4 June 1629, the "Batavia" struck rocks off the Western Australian coast. By the time help arrived, over 120 people had been killed - not by the sea but by two fellow survivors. In 1986...more details Format:Paperback
When a mysterious 'cannibal plot" is discovered by sixteen-year-old Steven Messenger, it is only one of the many bizarre clues that lead to the truth behind an age-old murder mystery...more details Format:Paperback
David and Andrew return to the limestone caves beneath Old Rusty's farm, determined to discover the truth behind their dark secret. Is there a connection to the nuclear power station nearby? Will they survive? From the award-winning team of Gary Crew and Steven Woolman comes this gripping conclusion to The Windmill series....more details Format:Paperback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780207200700
This is the true story of David and his father, who came to Stephens Island - a remote and pristine island off Cook Strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand in 1894. There they built a lighthouse to protect ships entering the strait. Oblivious of the potential damage to the environment...more details Format:Hardback Pages:32
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9781740944038
It has award winning book written all over it.
An Award Winning Author Winning the Jim Dimond Award for Short stories in 1985 and the Childrens Book Council of Australia...more details Format:CD-Audio
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780733610608
Danny Coley is 16 years old and he seems to have it all: looks, athletic ability, a great singing voice and a wonderful talent for writing. But then he begins to talk of voices and visions. On the surface Danny appears to be normal...more details Format:Paperback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9781876944414
Jo Boy's mother has warned him to stay away from gypsies she says they steal kids and sell them to butchers for mincemeat. But when he comes across a bright...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:64
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780734411891
Young Tristan, a curious boy who rescues all sorts of objects from the rubbish dump, finds an old Viewmaster in its elaborate box, complete with a set of disks. He finds that these represent the ages of humankind...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:32
This book introduces students to the skills required to write poetry. It follows the efforts of Troy Thompson as he tries to understand poetry. It includes the assignments set by Troy's teacher...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:32
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780734400390
A simulation of Troy's writing folder for Grade 5-6 at Daggaburra Primary, where Ms Kranke tells her students the local newspaper is offering a week's work experience as a cadet reporter for the best media-based piece of writing. A week off school appeals to Troy...more details Format:Hardback
I never met anyone like Emma Burden. Whenever I was with her I was in a state of constant confusion. She was at once moral and immoral, honest and deceitful...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:208
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780734400147
A multi-layered adventure for both boys and girls set on a massive Central Queensland beef property owned by the parents of Lachlan Reed. Tara...more details Format:Hardback
Sam sets off to Madagascar and the exotic isles of the Indian Ocean in search of a shell whose deadly venom could provide the antidote for all known toxins...more details Format:Paperback / softback Pages:192
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9781863744294
Exploring some sophisticated themes, the "Junior Novels" strand of the "Magic Bean" series is designed to develop children's response to literature...more details Format:Large Book Size
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9781863744300
Two youths, David and Andrew, enjoy their holidays at Old Rusty's farm in a wild and lonely valley. But after a new windmill power generator is built...more details Format:Paperback
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Gary Crew
ISBN:9780734407801
The true story of 15 year old John Murphy, who joined Leichhardt's ill concieved Expedition of Discovery in northern Australia in 1844. Ages 10-14 years....more details Format:Hardback Pages:32
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Gary Crew;Stev Woolman
ISBN:9780733619328
The mist lifted the moment he stepped through. And there was the watertower at the summit. His watertower... This was what he had come for.'In the award-winning book THE WATERTOWER...more details Format:Paperback / softback
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Gary Crew;Stev Woolman
ISBN:9780733613593
The mist lifted the moment he stepped through. And there was the watertower at the summit. His watertower - This was what he had come for.In the award-winning book THE WATERTOWER readers were introduced to the small town of Preston and the old watertower that stands outside the town...more details Format:Hardback
A collection of the spookiest and bone-chilling stories from some of Australia's fines authors including Gary Disher, Carmel Bird, David McRobbie and Jenny Pausacker....more details Format:Paperback Pages:270
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Gary Crew;Annmar Scott
ISBN:9780733613265
From the cracked and dusty land of the floodplains, bearing only shrunken rivers and a series of waterholes, to the fierce storms and torrential downpours over the paperbark trees...more details Format:Paperback
Four times CBC Book of the Year Award winner Gary Crew has teamed up with illustrator Annmarie Scott to produce a delightful story about a father who is making a secret gift for his daughter...more details Format:Hardback
When Aiden's father goes missing in a storm at sea, the boy's mother tells him to light a lantern and put it in his window. Aiden thinks this is to guide his missing father home - but could he be mistaken? This is a beautifully written picture book about coming to terms with the loss of a family member...more details Format:Hardback Pages:32
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Gary Crew;Marc McBride
ISBN:9780733613104
Old Ridley is Joachim's enigmatic neighbour. When Ridley dies, Joachim sneaks into his house and finds a secret that will change him forever....more details Format:Hardback
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Gary Crew;Steven Woolman
ISBN:9781566563314
Nobody in Preston could remember when the watertower was built, or who had built it, but there it stood on Shooter's Hill -- its iron legs rusted...more details Format:Paperback Pages:32
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Gary Crew;Craig Smith
ISBN:9781929132522
Troy Thompson's Excellent Peotry (sic) Book follows Troy Thompson, a Year 6 Student in Ms. Kranke's English class in Dagaburra, Australia. Read his assignments...more details Format:Hardcover Pages:40
Nobody in Preston could remember when the watertower was built, or who had built it, but there it stood on Shooter's Hill -- its iron legs rusted...more details
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P Crew Gary and Hollard
ISBN:9780850919653
A retired policeman is telling his grandchildren and their friend the "real-life" horror story of "Dickie" Dingle. He is the groundsman at a small bush school...more details Format:Paperback
This unique frog carried fertilised eggs in its stomach and gave birth through its mouth. It could shut down its gastric juices to turn its stomach into a womb...more details Format:Hardback
Harry lives with his family on a sheep station west of Maryborough, Qld. Harry has seen two Paradise Parrots nesting in a termite mound and is concerned about trappers he knows to be in the area. With the visit of a naturalist...more details Format:Hardback
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Ma Crew Gary and Wilson
ISBN:9780734404725
Rosie never liked Elias Churchill, and she liked him even less when he trapped the last tiger-wolf ever to be seen. Thylacine was the proper name for a tiger-wolf. Was Rosie the last person to see the Thylacine alive and free in the wild? Could she have done anything to save it being captured...more details Format:Hardback
Leo's parents are trapeze artists extraordinaire, who think they are the greatest circus act in the world. But their son is terrified of heights...more details Format:Hardback
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Je Crew Gary and Geddes
ISBN:9780734407955
Joins Gary Crew as he investigates what secrets the lighthouse hides in this hauntingly beautiful picture book for older readers. Ages 9+ years....more details Format:Hardback
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Gr Crew Gary and Rogers
ISBN:9780734401755
For Audrey, the journey "down the creek" in her tiny boat is one that marks not only the myriad changes to the physical environment she passes...more details Format:Hardback
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Crew Gary; Ottley Matt
ISBN:9780734410283
This is a carefully designed, multi-layered picture book for older readers. At the most literal level of the story, a boy demands that his mother buy a bracelet or amulet at a fair in the town square. The artifact looks like a snake chasing or devouring its own tail in an endless cycle. Alone in his attic room...more details Format:Hardback Pages:32
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Crew Gary
ISBN:9780732285876
Small, but perfectly formed...
Augustus is not a dwarf. He?s perfectly proportioned, just on a smaller scale than other people.
Abandoned by his mother at the circus...more details Format:Paperback / softback