Rebecca Lim

Mercy 'wakes' on a school bus bound for Paradise, a small town where everyone knows everyone else's business -- or thinks they do. But they will never guess the secret Mercy is hiding .... As an angel exiled from heaven and doomed to return repeatedly to Earth, Mercy is never sure whose life and body she will share each time. And her mind is filled with the desperate pleas of her beloved, Luc, who can only approach her in her dreams. In Paradise, Mercy meets Ryan, whose sister was kidnapped two years ago and is now presumed dead. When another girl disappears, Mercy and Ryan know they must act before time runs out. But a host of angels are out for Mercy's blood and they won't rest until they find her and punish her -- for a crime she doesn't remember committing ... An electric combination of angels, mystery and romance, Mercy is the first book in a major new series.

Mercy

Fantasy-roman. All Mercy knows is that she is an angel, exiled from heaven for a crime she can't remember committing. So when she 'wakes' inside the body and life of eighteen-year-old Lela Neill, Mercy has only limited recall of her past life. Her strongest memories are of Ryan, the mortal boy who'd begun to fall for her and she for him

Exile

Wen Zhou is determined to create a future for herself that is more satisfying than the life her parents expect her to lead. Equal parts heartbreaking and hopeful, Tiger Daughter is a wonderfully compelling and authentic Own Voices novel about growing up Asian in Australia.

Tiger Daughter

Continuing the MERCY series and an angel's inner struggle to reconcile earthly emotions with heavenly constraints. This third book sees Mercy awake in the body of nineteen-year-old Irina - spoilt, angry, insanely wilful, and one of the world's most celebrated supermodels

Muse

Ambelin Kwaymullina

Own Voice memoir, poetry and short fiction by writers who are First Nations, People of Colour, LGBTIQA+ or living with disability, exploring life from each author's unique perspective. With works by Ellen van Neerven, Graham Akhurst, Kyle Lynch, Ezekiel Kwaymullina, Olivia Muscat, Mimi Lee, Jessica Walton, Kelly Gardiner, Rafeif Ismail, Yvette Walker, Amra Pajalic, Omar Sakr, Wendy Chen, Jordi Kerr, Rebecca Lim, Michelle Aung Thin and Alice Pung, this anthology is designed to challenge the dominant, homogenous story of privilege and power that rarely admits 'outsider' voices.

Meet Me at the Intersection

"Hell hath no fury like an angel scorned--Heartbreak. Vengeance. Truth. Betrayal. Everything that has happened to Mercy over millennia has made her who she is. Now she and The Eight wage open war with Luc and his demons, and the earth is their battlefield. Ryan's love for Mercy is more powerful than ever, her guiding light in the hour of darkness. But the very love that sustains her, now places Ryan in mortal danger. Two worlds collide as Mercy approaches her ultimate breathtaking choice. Hell hath no fury like Mercy."--Amazon.com.

Fury

Avicenna Crowe’s mother, Joanne, is an astrologer with uncanny predictive powers and a history of being stalked. Now she is missing. The police are called, but they’re not asking the right questions. Like why Joanne lied about her past, and what she saw in her stars that made her so afraid. But Avicenna has inherited her mother’s gift. Finding an unlikely ally in the brooding Simon Thorn, she begins to piece together the mystery. And when she uncovers a link between Joanne’s disappearance and a cold-case murder, Avicenna is led deep into the city’s dark and seedy underbelly, unaware how far she is placing her own life in danger. Pulse-racing and terrifyingly real, The Astrologer’s Daughter is a stunning, original novel. It will test your belief in destiny and the endurance of love.

The Astrologer's Daughter

The sudden reappearance of Mercy in Gia Basso's life, in a new and terrifying incarnation, draws Gia into a desperate struggle to locate Lucifer - who holds Ryan Daley captive in order to keep him from Mercy, his beloved, forever. Wraith is the fifth dark, thrilling and genre-defying instalment of the much-loved Mercy series.

Wraith

Do you have a passion for fashion? The Totally Stylin' girls do! Abby has a secret life that she she's been hiding from everyone and connects her to the international fashion world. Will one slip be all it takes to ruin it all? Book 3 of the Totally Stylin' series, published in conjunction with Total Girl magazine.

Sista Fashionista

Whiffy Newton in the Riddle of the Affair of the Fiendish Phantoms

From the acclaimed and bestselling author of the Mercy series and The Astrologer's Daughter.Since her parents died in a freak motorbike accident, Sophie Teague's life has fallen apart.But she's just enrolled at a new high school, hoping for a fresh start.That's until Eve, a beautiful ghost in black, starts making terrifying nightly appearances, wanting Sophie to be her hands, eyes and go-to girl.There are loose ends that Eve needs Sophie to tie up. But dealing with the dead might just involve the greatest sacrifice of all.Dark, thrilling and unrelentingly eerie, Afterlight will take you deep into the heart of a dangerous love story, revealing the otherworldly-and deadly-pull of past wrongs that only the living can put right.Longlisted for the Davitt Awards

Afterlight

A glorious celebration of love, family and the Lunar New Year.

Our Family Dragon: a Lunar New Year Story

What I feel most days is that nothing is ever going to change. That my life won't even start, and that I'll be stuck like this forever.Wen Zhou is the daughter and only child of Chinese immigrants whose move to the lucky country has proven to be not so lucky. Wen and her friend, Henry Xiao - whose mum and dad are also struggling immigrants - both dream of escape from their unhappy circumstances and form a plan to sit an entrance exam to a selective high school far from home. But when tragedy strikes, it will take all of Wen's resilience and resourcefulness to get herself and Henry through the storm that follows.Tiger Daughter is a novel that will grab hold of you and not let go.'An unforgettable story of family, friendship and finding your voice. I adore this book.' - Nova Weetman'This gem of a book is packed with moments of unbearable tension and characters so complex and vivid they will stay with you long after it ends.

Caiyen (Cai) Tse

A glorious celebration of love, family and the Lunar New Year. I can't wait till the dragon gets here! It's New Year's Eve - the Lunar New Year. We are in Australia, but Bàba says people around the world have celebrated it for thousands of years. It's my very favourite time. Especially when the dragon is coming. A gorgeous story that celebrates family, tradition, and the magic of the season.

Our Family Dragon: A Lunar New Year Story

Rome - city of style, culture, food, music and romance. But is someone sinister stalking Janey Gordon during her Italian adventure? Book 7 in the Girlfriend series - real life, real emotions, awesome stories!

Sweet Life (Girlfriend Fiction 7)

Kate Gordon

Two of Australia's most acclaimed and high profile writers co-author a sensitive and ultimately hopeful story about our growing climate crisis. Nyx lives in the Tasmania of 2093 - deforested, over-mined and affected by bushfires and drought. With sea-levels rising, Tasmania is marooned and abandoned to its fate. Nyx's widowed father wants them to leave while they can, but for Nyx, West Hobart is all she has ever known, and where her mother is buried. She finds solace in the single living tree on the dusty reserve near her home, an 80-foot pine that has defied odds and survived the climate crisis. Bea lives in present, beautiful, Tasmania and is facing a move to the mainland. She will miss the giant tree that she climbs to seek solace from bullies. One day she leaves a despairing note, the words pouring out her troubles, stuffed in a hole in its trunk. Nyx finds the note, and writes back. The girls begin a correspondence across two different time periods and they form a friendship that defies the logic of time. When Nyx faces life threatening fire and then floods, she must turn to her friend Bea to change the future.

The Letterbox Tree

There are disturbing developments going on at Chez Newton - the messy home that Whiffy Newton shares with his father.His dad's started dating again (er, yuk), and Whiffy's not sure if he trusts his dad's new girlfriend, Vonda, who's just a bit too interested in Dr Newton's work for Whiffy's liking.And there's a mysterious force at work in Dr Newton's laboratory. Whiffy's almost convinced that it's the ghost of his late mother, trying to tell him something - or is it?Can Whiffy get to the bottom of the spooky goings-on before his father's laboratory and the whole Newton way of life are utterly destroyed?'A very amusing book. Whiffy Newton would give even Mma Ramotswe a run for her money!' - Alexander McCall Smith

Whiffy Newton in the Affair of the Fiendish Phantoms

Mercy is an angel, exiled from heaven, and when she wakes in the body of nineteen - year - old Irina, Mercy discovers that she's one of the world's most infamous supermodels on the verge of a very public breakdown. Against the glamorous background of Milan's opulent fashion world, Mercy continues her increasingly desperate search for Ryan Daley, the mortal boy she remembers falling for in a past life. But, this time, Mercy's memories and powers are growing ever stronger - and she begins to doubt the pleas of her dream lover, Luc, as more of her mysterious past is revealed by beings both celestial and demonic. Are Luc's desires as selfless as her own or does he want her for a more terrifying purpose? The grand scale celestial battle for Mercy's soul builds to an incredible stormy crescendo as archangels and demons clash in a cataclysmic showdown that not all will survive ... 'a sinister and rather fabulous world. It takes considerable skill to write about angels with conviction and Lim does a remarkably good job at it'. For Ages 13+

It's summer at last! And the mysterious Agency for Creative Enterprise has packed Whiffy and his father off on an all-expenses-paid holiday to sleepy Marble Beach so that Dr Newton can finish testing his latest loopy invention, The Hydrolator.But Marble Beach's residents are being terrorised by a fiend who strikes at the worst time and place - dinnertime and in the vicinity of Marble Beach's only fish and chip shop.Can Whiffy and his best friends, Doreen and Paz, discover the identity of the Marble Beach Mugger before minimum chips become merely a fond memory for the town's terrified and hungry citizens?For readers who love Jeff Kinney's Wimpy Kid series, the books of Andy Griffiths and funny detective stories in the vein of The Red Hand Gang, The Five Find Outers, The Famous Five, The Secret Seven, Geronimo Stilton and Encyclopedia Brown comes a new, style-challenged hero, Whiffy Newton!'A very amusing book. Whiffy Newton would give even Mma Ramotswe a run for her money!' - Alexander McCall Smith, bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

Whiffy Newton in the Mystery of the Marble Beach Mugger

These lively stories are perfect to help build young readers confidence. Each book contains three delightful stories with beautiful illustrations throughout. The interesting and exciting stories are ideal for parent and child to enjoy together. Perfect for little monsters!

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