The Whale Rider
by Witi Ihimaera
from Harcourt Paperbacks
Now available in simultaneous hardcover and paperback editions.
Feature film in theaters in June 2003!
Tomorrow, When the War Began (The Tomorrow Series #1)
by John Marsden
from Scholastic Paperbacks
When Ellie and her friends go camping, they have no idea they're leaving their old lives behind forever. Despite a less-than-tragic food shortage and a secret crush or two, everything goes as planned. But a week later, they return home to find their houses empty and their pets starving. Something has gone wrong--horribly wrong. Before long, they realize the country has been invaded, and the entire town has been captured--including their families and all their friends. Ellie and the other survivors face an impossible decision: They can flee for the mountains or surrender. Or they can fight.
Does My Head Look Big In This?
by Randa Abdel-Fattah
from Scholastic Paperbacks
Sixteen-year-old Amal makes the decision to start wearing the hijab full-time and everyone has a reaction. Her parents, her teachers, her friends, people on the street. But she stands by her decision to embrace her faith and all that it is, even if it does make her a little different from everyone else.
Can she handle the taunts of "towel head," the prejudice of her classmates, and still attract the cutest boy in school? Brilliantly funny and poignant, Randa Abdel-Fattah's debut novel will strike a chord in all teenage readers, no matter what their beliefs.
Down And Out Down Under (Geronimo Stilton)
by Geronimo Stilton
from Scholastic Paperbacks
G'day, mate! I was searching for ideas for my new book, and my friend Petunia Pretty Paws knew just where to find them -- in Australia. Holey cheese, it sounded like a fabumouse adventure! But between surfing with sharks, being chased by poisonous snakes, and getting lost in the outback, I was beginning to wonder if this trip down under was really a good idea. Kangaroos and koalas and crocs -- oh, my! Would I ever see New Mouse City again?
One Whole & Perfect Day
by Judith Clarke
from Front Street
Tomorrow #2: The Dead Of Night (Tomorrow)
by John Marsden
from Scholastic Paperbacks
A few months after the first fighter jets landed in their own backyard, Ellie and her five terrified but defiant friends struggle to survive amid a baffling conflict. Their families are unreachable; the mountains are now their home. When two of them fall behind enemy lines, Ellie knows what must happen next: a rescue mission. Homer, the strongest and most unpredictable among them, is the one to take charge. While others have their doubts about his abilities, Homer has no choice but to prove them wrong - or risk losing everything to the enemy.
Are We There Yet?
by Alison Lester
from Kane/Miller Book Pub
Join Grace and her family as they hit the road camping, experiencing, and meeting all the people and places that make up Australia.
Walkabout
Where the Forest Meets the Sea
from Greenwillow
My father says there has been a forest here for over a hundred million years," Jeannie Baker's young protagonist tells us, and we follow him on a visit to this tropical rain forest in North Queensland, Australia.
We walk with him among the ancient trees as he pretends it is a time long ago, when extinct and rare animals lived in the forest and aboriginal children played there. But for how much longer will the forest still be there, he wonders?
Jeannie Baker's lifelike collage illustrations take the reader on an extraordinary visual journey to an exotic, primeval wilderness, which like so many others is now being threatened by civilization.
Disney's Little Einsteins: Australian Adventure (Disney's Little Einsteins)
by Susan Ring
from Hyperion Book CH
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