Jaclyn Moriarty

WINNER: 2024 Indies Children's Book of the Year SHORTLISTED: 2024 Queensland Literary Awards, Children's Book Award 'Jaclyn Moriarty is one of the most original writers we have.' Markus Zusak The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet follows Lillian Velvet, who lives a very lonely life with her cold and remote Grandmother. That is, until her tenth birthday, when she is given...

NOTABLE BOOK: 2018 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers I was ten years old when my parents were killed by pirates. This did not bother me as much as you might think - I hardly knew my parents. Bronte Mettlestone's parents ran away to have adventures when she was a baby, leaving her to be raised by her Aunt...

WINNER: 2019 QLD Literary Awards, Griffith University Children's Book AwardSHORT-LISTED: 2019 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers I was taken by Whisperers at 2pm, so I never pulled the lever for the laundry chute.That's what bothered me most.This is way ahead in the story, though. A lot happened before that. The town of Spindrift is frequented by pirates, Shadow...

HONOUR BOOK: 2021 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers SHORT-LISTED: 2021 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Children's Literature SHORT-LISTED: 2021 Queensland Literary Awards, Children's Book Award Long ago, the little Prince of Cloudburst was stolen from the seashore by a Water Sprite. Now, ten years later, the prince has found his way home. The King and Queen are planning the...

HONOUR BOOK: 2021 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers SHORT-LISTED: 2021 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, Children's Literature SHORT-LISTED: 2021 Queensland Literary Awards, Children's Book Award Long ago, the little Prince of Cloudburst was stolen from the seashore by a Water Sprite. Now, ten years later, the prince has found his way home. The King and Queen are planning the...

WINNER OF A 2018 BOOK OF THE YEAR ABIA Bestsellers. Award-winners. Superstars. This anthology has them all. With brilliantly entertaining short stories from beloved young adult authors Amie Kaufman, Melissa Keil, Will Kostakis, Ellie Marney, Jaclyn Moriarty, Michael Pryor, Alice Pung, Gabrielle Tozer, Lili Wilkinson, and Danielle Binks, this all-new collection will show the world exactly how much there is...

Let me get this straight. I'm on a trip with the following people: 1) Bronte, a girl who makes magical 'Spellbinding' rings, 2) Alejandro, a former pirate/current prince who can shoot arrows and make fire from stones, 3) Imogen, who can read broken maps and is a kickboxing master, 4) Esther, who saved her entire world from some kind of...

WINNER: 2019 QLD Literary Awards, Griffith University Children's Book AwardSHORT-LISTED: 2019 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers I was taken by Whisperers at 2pm, so I never pulled the lever for the laundry chute. That's what bothered me most. This is way ahead in the story, though. A lot happened before that. The town of Spindrift is frequented by...

‘A quiet Sydney shop offers impossible journeys to those who need them most.’—The Australian, ‘the big books of 2026’ If you could revisit one moment in your life, what would it be? On a bustling road in Sydney lies a nondescript storefront known simply as the Time Travel Agency. Inside, you’ll be welcomed by the smell of freshly brewed coffee,...

NOTABLE BOOK: 2018 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers I was ten years old when my parents were killed by pirates. This did not bother me as much as you might think - I hardly knew my parents. Bronte Mettlestone's parents ran away to have adventures when she was a baby, leaving her to be raised by her Aunt...