Nobody was better at being bad than Buster Reed. But when he's very, very good, he becomes a hero and finds a special friend as well. Ages 8+.

Bad Buster: Puffin Nibbles

Laguna, Sofie

Literature & Fiction

Puffin AU

A convict-era adventure in a series of exciting, action-packed Australian stories Irish brothers Danny and Declan Sheehan are inmates at Tasmania's Point Puer prison for convict boys in 1836. When tragedy strikes and the prison bully is on the rampage, escape is their only chance to survive. But will they dare?

1836: Fighting Bones (Do You Dare?)

Children's Books

Lily the hippo discovers that there's a time and a place for her high-volume gifts in this delightful celebration of standing out from the crowd. Lily Hippo is too loud. She sings too loudly, she laughs too loudly, and everyone knows when she is around. At home she disturbs the peace and wakes the baby. At school she gets her friends into trouble. She can't help it. But one day a new teacher, Miss Loopiola, comes to school to teach music and drama, and Lily discovers that she is doing exactly the right thing at last. When the school play comes around, Lily finds she is loud in just the right way.

Too Loud Lily

Animals

Scholastic Press

Mary Poppins meets Mrs. Doubtfire in this hilarious story about three kids whose aunt is in charge while the parents are away. Families are strong enough to survive a little separation-- aren't they? For Bettina, Vince, and Aidan it's a testing time. They have to find a way to survive Aunt Marsha for three weeks while their parents take a much-needed vacation. It won't be easy. Aunt Marsha wants the dog outside. NOW. And the comic books MUST go. And just to cheer them up, how about a nice big slice of kidney pie?! Aunt Marsha seems very much in control, until a near-tragedy bares her deepest fear, and ends up bringing her closer to the kids than any of them could ever have imagined.

Surviving Aunt Marsha

Lily La Ruidosa is the Spanish edition of Too Loud Lily. Lily is too loud. She laughs, sings too loudly and everyone knows when she's around. She gets her friends into trouble at school and wakes up the baby at home, but she can't help it. Then one day, a new teacher arrives at school to teach music and drama. Lilly finds out that she is doing the right thing at last. When the school play comes around, Lilly finds she is loud in just the right way

Too Loud Lily / Lily La Ruidosa

Scholastic. Inc.

Four books in one.It's 1808... and Grace's world is about to change - from her tough life as a mudlark on the River Thames in London, to the adventures and challenges she faces as a servant girl in a new country. Journey with Grace across all four exciting stories about a convict girl who's given a second chance. Dreamy, thoughtful, brave and compassionate, Grace is an unforgettable Australian Girl.

The Grace Stories

Viking Australia

One Foot Wrong

Hester is a young girl of dark beginnings and few words. She is kept at home by her painfully reclusive parents and allowed no contact with the world outside the front door. Yet Hester finds joy in life's most ordinary moments - to her everything is a discovery, a surprise.

Allison Busby

Being bad is what Buster Reed does best. He flicks paint. He sticks chewing gum under seats. He wears the same socks every day--for a whole month! And much worse! What happens when trouble finally trips up Buster and leaves him working at the Dog Home? Will Bad Buster ever be good? Grades 1-3

Bad Buster (Nibbles Series)

Running Press

“The stars shine brightest out of the deepest dark . . .” A child is imprisoned in a house by her reclusive, religious parents. Hester Wakefield has never spoken to another child, nor seen the outside world. Her one possession is an illustrated children’s Bible, and its imagery forms the sole basis for her capacity to make poetic, real-life connections. Her companions at home are Cat, Spoon, Door, Handle, Broom, and Tree, and they all speak to her, sometimes telling her what to do. One day she takes a brave Alice in Wonderland trip into the forbidden outside, at the behest of Handle, and this overwhelming encounter with light and sky and sunshine is a marvel to her. From this moment on, Hester learns that there are some things she cannot tell her parents, and she keeps this secret to herself. Hester buries it among her other secrets, the ones that take place in the shadowy corners of her insular world, and she keeps them all locked inside her as they multiply and grow, waiting until she can find other ways to be free. One Foot Wrong challenges the boundaries of right and wrong, sanity and madness, love and justice, poetry and life. The story told by Hester is often dark and harrowing, but the affecting impact of her distinctive voice and her way of seeing the world illuminates every page and makes this novel an exhilarating, enlightening and, ultimately, an uplifting and transformative experience.

One Foot Wrong: A Novel

United States

Other Press

Ned was beside me, his messages running easily through him, with space between each one, coming through him like water. He was the go-between, going between the animal kingdom and this one. I watched the waves as they rolled and crashed towards us, one after another, never stopping, always changing. I knew what was making them come, I had been there and I would always know. Meet Jimmy Flick. He's not like other kids - he's both too fast and too slow. He sees too much, and too little. Jimmy's mother Paula is the only one who can manage him. She teaches him how to count sheep so that he can fall asleep. She holds him tight enough to stop his cells spinning. It is only Paula who can keep Jimmy out of his father's way. But when Jimmy's world falls apart, he has to navigate the unfathomable world on his own, and make things right. Sofie Laguna's first novel One Foot Wrong received rave reviews, sold all over the world and was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award. In The Eye of the Sheep, her great originality and talent will again amaze and move readers. In the tradition of Room and The Lovely Bones, here is a surprising and brilliant novel.

The Eye of the Sheep

Allen Unwin Australia

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