Craig Silvey

Written by the bestselling author of Jasper Jones and Honeybee, Rhubarb is a moving, tender sort-of-love story about two people whose worlds are bound by limitations real and imagined. Eleanor Rigby is going nowhere slowly. Accompanied by her loyal guide dog, Warren, she wanders through the familiar streets of Fremantle, searching for something she can't define. Guarded and stubbornly independent,...

She loved to rule up red margins and write in black ink on white — deciphering texts and decoding maths problems. Marginalia: writing in the margins, around the edges of pages. Students produce a lot of it. It's often critiques or interpretations of the main text; sometimes, it can even form a dialogue between readers as they comment on each...

Find out who you are, and live that life. In the dead of night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson stands on an overlooked, lonely overpass, teetering on the brink of despair and peering down at the thundering road below. At the opposite end of the same bridge, an elderly man named Vic contemplates his own fate, nursing what he believes to be...

Six weeks have passed since Annie Shearer and Runt competed valiantly at the Krumpets Dog Show. The town of Upson Downs is rejuvenated. The grass is green. The rivers are flowing. And a Tournament of Champions has just been announced, with the world's best canine talent invited to showcase their skills in the Grand Ballroom of the abandoned Robert-Barren estate....

Late on a hot summer night in 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a precocious and bookish boy of 13, is startled by an urgent knock on the window of his sleep-out. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in the regional mining town of Corrigan. Rebellious, mixed-race, and solitary, Jasper is a distant figure of danger and intrigue for Charlie. When Jasper...

WINNER, BOOK OF THE YEAR: Younger Readers, CBCA Awards WINNER, DYMOCKS BOOK OF THE YEAR for Younger Readers WINNER, BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK, Indie Book Awards WINNER, BOOK OF THE YEAR, Indie Book Awards WINNER, CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR, BookPeople Book of the Year Awards WINNER, BOOK OF THE YEAR for Younger Children, Australian Book Industry Awards Annie Shearer lives...

WINNER: 2023 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers "You don't have to carry the weight of the world in your tool belt." Annie Shearer lives in the country town of Upson Downs with her best friend, an adopted stray dog called Runt. The two share a very special bond. After years evading capture, Runt is remarkably fast and agile,...

Late on a hot summer night in the tail-end of 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a precocious and bookish boy of thirteen, is startled by an urgent knock on the window of his sleep-out. His visitor is Jasper Jones, an outcast in the regional mining town of Corrigan. Rebellious, mixed-race and solitary, Jasper is a distant figure of danger and intrigue for...

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