Hip Hooray! It's Christmas Day! Come on, Meerkats, let's all play! Jumping, leaping, up, up, up. Meerkat pup on pup on pup! Join our ten Meerkat friends as they play a wobbly Christmas game. But who makes them crash?!

Meerkat Christmas

Children's Books

Parker, Aura

Animals

Penguin (AU YR)

Celebrate the wonder of Christmas in this heartwarming picture book from the bestselling and award-winning author of Looking for Alibrandi, Melina Marchetta, together with talented and joyous illustrator Deb Hudson. This year, Zola and Alessandro are going to decorate the street with Nonno Nino's Christmas lights. Zola's house and Boomerang Street haven't had Christmas lights for two years. But this year, Zola and Alessandro want to continue the tradition. They've learned a lot about tradition lately - and how some families have different beliefs, and others celebrate Christmas differently. And with the help of their family and friends, this Christmas Boomerang Street is going to shine! 'Highly recommended . . . A beautiful story of friendship, of memories at Christmas, of sharing, of community . . . diversity, family, memory and togetherness . . . readers will be enthralled.' Fran Knight, ReadPlus 'A gorgeous, heartwarming journey into the wonders of Christmas . . . Inclusivity, joy and community spirit shine brightly along with a central message of light and hope, which is achingly beautiful.' Kids' Book Review 'A stunning picture book based on an Australian Christmas . . . Captivating and magical . . . Mesmerisingly gorgeous.' get.kids.booked

Zola and the Christmas Lights

Marchetta, Melina

Literature & Fiction

Selby hates homework. She would rather watch TV - anything to escape the tedium of school, her parents' bookshop and small-town busybodies. So Selby didn't plan to read Hamlet. She certainly never planned to meet him. This novel transports Selby, and the reader, into the cold and crime-ridden play itself. Here she meets Hamlet- heavy with grief, the young prince is overthinking and over everything. Selby can relate. But unlike Hamlet, Selby isn't afraid of making decisions. In her world, Selby is used to feeling overlooked. But in the bloody, backstabbing world of Shakespeare, Selby's good conscience and quiet courage might just save some lives . . . hopefully before Hamlet stabs one of her classmates.

Hamlet is Not OK

Spratt, RA

The thrilling final book in acclaimed Australian filmmaker Bill Bennett's dark witchcraft series, Palace of Fires. The thrilling conclusion to acclaimed Australian filmmaker Bill Bennett's dark witchcraft series will keep you riveted and enthralled to the very last page. To prepare herself for the final climactic battle between dark and light, Lily goes to a remote region of Japan to study under a legendary ninja grand master. But she returns as the Golden Order is about to unleash Ganglia, a disturbance designed to kill thousands and wreak global havoc. Can Lily's own powers of witchcraft pass the ultimate test in a deadly confrontation with the Beast, son of Satan come to earth? She spun around and saw a shape in shadow. Dark on dark. Gleaming eyes and teeth, with an old dank smell of gravesites and death. Then a sudden glint of metal - a sword. The moonlight shifted. Lily gasped and stepped back from the Fallen Priest. He was holding the Soul Cutter.

Beast (3) (Palace of Fires)

Bennett, Bill

It is German-occupied Poland in 1942 and Jewish lives are at risk. Nazi soldiers order young boys to pull down their trousers to see if they are circumcised. Many are summarily shot or sent to the camps. A remarkable mother takes an ingenious step. To avoid suspicion, she trains her teenage son to be a girl: his clothing, voice, hair, manners and more. Together, mother and son face incredible odds as their story sweeps backwards and forwards across occupied Europe.

I Am Sasha

Selzer, Anita

You Must Be Layla

With her long skirt and headscarf Layla certainly stands out at her new high school. Everyone thinks they know her, just from a glance. But do they? And does Layla really know herself?Layla's mind goes a million miles a minute, so does her mouth - unfortunately her better judgement can take a while to catch up! Although she believes she was justified for doing what she did, a suspension certainly isn't the way she would have wished to begin her time at her fancy new high school. Despite the setback, Layla's determined to show everyone that she does deserve her scholarship and sets her sights on winning a big invention competition. But where to begin?Looking outside and in, Layla will need to come to terms with who she is and who she wants to be if she has any chance of succeeding.Jam-packed with heart and humour You Must Be Layla by Yassmin Abdel-Magied reveals a powerful new voice in children's writing. Touching on the migrant experience and exploring thought-provoking themes relevant to all teens, this book shows the strength required to be a Queen with a capital 'Q'.

Abdel-Magied, Yassmin

It's easy to be perfect when your secrets are buried. Three girls, loyal to each other? That never happens. All the groups of three implode eventually. Two in, one out. Change. Betrayal. Again and again. But not us. I make sure of it. I make Ash and Ruby see that our power is in our three-ness. We can do what no other trio can. Together, we're strong. Thick, thin, boys, mothers, divorce, other girls, secrets, lies, all of it. I'll keep us safe. Whatever it takes. Watch me. Intoxicating and intense, lush and chilling, LOVE LIE REPEAT is the unmissable debut novel from Catherine Greer.

Love Lie Repeat

Teen & Young Adult

Greer, Catherine

Do you ever feel like your head's the most random place, like you'll be listening in class and then whoosh! suddenly you're thinking about dogs, or monobrows or that time you tried to catch a fish with your bare hands? Okay that could just be my head! But maybe it's yours too . . . The Amazingly Disorganised Help Dictionary is a scrapbook of my brain; how I use my lack of concentration and hyperactivity to be creative, to come up with ideas and to NEVER GIVE UP. It contains random and relatable lists, hot tips, advice, activities, stories from my past, info about how I got started on YouTube, lots of LOLs and so much more! Hopefully this book will make you laugh, but also help you to see that everyone's brain works differently and that your so-called weaknesses can really be gifts. See ya later, potata! DISCLAIMER- This book is NOT actually a dictionary but it's most definitely amazingly disorganised.

The Amazingly Disorganised Help Dictionary

Productions, Georgia

A beautifully written contemporary YA with a love story at its heart, by one of Australia's best-loved authors for young people. I don't know if it's possible for people to change, not really. The way you're made up, the important stuff, I reckon you're born with that . . . when it matters, when it really matters, we are who we are. Nate's had it tough. An abusive father. His mother dead. He's done things he regrets. But he's never met anyone like Gem. She's a tiny piece of wonderful and she'll change everything he knows about himself. Is this the beginning of happiness? Or is there more hardship around the corner?

Promise Me Happy

Newton, Robert

What Zola Did on Saturday

Action & Adventure

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