Will Kostakis

Ellie Marney

Alice Pung

Amie Kaufman

Jaclyn Moriarty

Melissa Keil

Gabrielle Tozer

Michael Pryor

Lili Wilkinson

The YA event of the year. 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 to love about Aussie YA. Ages 14+

Begin, End, Begin: a #LoveOzYA Anthology

What happens when the lights go off after what might truly be an end-of-the-world event? How do you stay alive? Who do you trust? How much do you have to sacrifice?

After the Lights Go Out

Ava has a secret. She is tired of her ultracool attitude, ultra-radical politics, and ultrablack clothing. She's ready to try something new—she's even ready to be someone new. Someone who fits in, someone with a gorgeous boyfriend, someone who wears pink. Transferring to Billy Hughes School for Academic Excellence is the perfect chance to try on a new identity. But just in case things don't work out, Ava is hiding her new interests from her parents, and especially from her old girlfriend. Secrets have a way of being hard to keep, though, and Ava finds that changing herself is more complicated than changing her wardrobe. Even getting involved in the school musical raises issues she never imagined. As she faces surprising choices and unforeseen consequences, Ava wonders if she will ever figure out who she really wants to be. Humor, heart, and the joys of drama—on- and offstage—combine in Ava's delight-fully colorful journey of self-discovery.

Pink

SHORT-LISTED: 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award, Young Adult Fiction Astrid Katy Smythe is beautiful, smart and popular. She's a straight-A student and a committed environmental activist. She's basically perfect. Hiro is the opposite of perfect. He's slouchy, rude and resentful. Despite his brains, he doesn't see the point of school. But when Astrid meets Hiro at the shopping centre where he's wrangling shopping trolleys, he doesn't recognise her because she's in disguise - as a lobster. And she doesn't set him straight. Astrid wants to change the world, Hiro wants to survive it. But ultimately both believe that the world needs to be saved from itself. Can they find enough in common to right all the wrongs between them? WC

Green Valentine

A brilliant psychological thriller from one of Australia's finest YA authors.

The Erasure Initiative

A Hunger of Thorns

Once upon a time, there was a girl called Scatterheart, who was selfish and vain, with a heart as fickle as the changing winds ...

Scatterheart

Ruby Jane Galbraith is empty. Her family has been torn apart and it's all her fault. The only thing that makes sense to her is Fox - a gentle new friend who is wise, soulful and clever, yet oddly naive about the ways of the world. He understands what she's going through and he offers her a chance to find peace. Fox belongs to a group called the Institute of the Boundless Sublime - and Ruby can't stay away from him. So she is also drawn into what she discovers is a terrifying, secretive community that is far from the ideal world she expected. Can Ruby find the courage to escape? Is there any way she can save Fox too? And is there ever an escape from the far-reaching influence of the Institute of the Boundless Sublime? A gripping YA novel about an ordinary girl who is seduced into a modern-day cult. 'A brilliant, searing trip into the world of cults and brainwashing. Her best book yet.' - Justine Larbalestier

The Boundless Sublime

When a dead body is discovered at the Melbourne Natural History Museum, Beatrice May Ross is determined to use her sleuthing skills to solve the case. A sharp, sassy young adult crime-fiction, with a dash of romance and a splash of funny.

A Pocketful of Eyes

"Penny Drummond aspires to be a prize-winning journalist. In the meantime, she's honing her skills on the school paper. When she discovers a boy posting anonymous messages on a love-shy forum, Penny believes she has found just the story she needs. Her mission: find him, fix him, feature-article him. Next stop: Pulitzer Prize. But what will become of Penny's journey-of-the-soul articles if the love-shy-boy is not who she expects?"--Back cover.

Love-shy

What happens when your imaginary boyfriend turns out to be real? The perfect boyfriend But he turns out to be not quite perfect after all, and before long Midge finds herself in all sorts of trouble. Ages 13+. (SA: Year 6 - Year 9).

The (not Quite) Perfect Boyfriend

Danielle Binks

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 to love about Aussie YA. Harnessing the power of the #LoveOzYA social media movement, this anthology features incredible short stories from ten beloved Australian YA authors. MORE AWARDS Winner - 2018 Australian Book Industry Awards (Older Children) Shortlisted - 2018 Inky Awards Shortlisted -- 2017 Aurealis Awards (Best Young Adult Short Story): One Small Step by Amie Kaufman, I Can See the Ending by Will Kostakis, Competition Entry #349 by Jaclyn Moriarty, First Casualty by Michael Pryor and Oona Underground by Lili Wilkinson Shortlisted -- 2017 Aurealis Awards (Best Fantasy Short Story): Oona Underground by Lili Wilkinson Shortlisted -- 2017 Aurealis Awards (Best Science Fiction Short Story): One Small Step by Amie Kaufman Shortlisted -- 2017 Aurealis Awards (Best Science Fiction Novella): I Can See the Ending by Will Kostakis

A #LoveOzYA Anthology

Begin, End, Begin

Deep Is the Fen

Cornelia Stoll

London 1814: Die 15-jährige Hannah lebt in wohlhabenden Verhältnissen. Als ihr Vater verschwindet und sie zu Unrecht des Diebstahls bezichtigt wird, gerät ihr Leben aus den Fugen: Sie wird zu 7 Jahren Arbeitslager in Australien verurteilt. Ab 12.

Sage is delighted to land a holiday job at a theatre. Mostly because it will earn her the money she needs for the photography course she's coveted since she first picked up a camera. And working for a magician should be interesting, right? Plus there's a cute stagehand named Herb, who could make it even more interesting.

The Zigzag Effect

A charismatic religious leader has come to the village. Stefan has convinced Gabriel that only children will be able to liberate the Holy Land from the Infidel. Together they raise an army and make the arduous journey over the Alps to the Mediterranean - Stefans promise that the ocean will part before them urging them on. But the power of Stefans promises dim as they suffer misadventures again and again. Gabriel must face his doubts and the questions that plague him. Who is Stefan? Is he really a holy prophet? Or has he doomed them all? And can they survive on faith alone?

Angel Fish

Ava is tired of her ultracool attitude, ultraradical politics, and ultrablack clothing. She's ready to try something new—she's even ready to be someone new. Someone who fits in, someone with a gorgeous boyfriend, someone who wears pink. But Ava soon finds that changing herself is more complicated than changing her wardrobe. Even getting involved in the school musical raises issues she never imagined. As she faces surprising choices and unforeseen consequences, Ava wonders if she will ever figure out who she really wants to be. Pink received an American Library Association Stonewall Award Honor for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience. Supports the Common Core State Standards

Doesn't everyone want their very own pet monster? A fantastically readable, gloriously funny and collectable new junior fiction series.

Flummox: How to Make a Pet Monster 2

A short story from BEGIN, END, BEGIN: A #LOVEOZYA ANTHOLOGY. Meg and Oona venture into the drains under their city to find the fortune-telling Witch Queen.

Lili Wilkinson

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