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The Ghost
of Windy Hill by Clyde Robert Bulla. Illustrated.
"There's someone looking at us," Lorna said.
"Where?" asked her brother
"Behind that tree." The children stood looking at the tree.
Could this be the ghost of Windy Hill? Vintage 1968 Scholastic
p/b and in very good clean condition. Weighs approx: 120gms
AU$3.00
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 The Cartoonist by Betsy
Byers. Alfie dashed up to his attic to draw
funny cartoons at every possible moment. Life, as
Alfie saw it, was in those cartoons, and they were a
secret world more precious to him than the one
around him. When his family try to take over the
attic, Alfie barricades himself in, determined to
sit it out...Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Standard
sized Puffin p/b dated 1983 and in good used
condition. Weighs approx: 100gms AU$3.00
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 The
Imprint by Roger Vaughan Carr.
Tom Deakin
knew the shipwreck that killed his father and the
bushfire that killed his mother were real - he was
there. Matt Chambers was there too, but he was from
another century. How can two such different lives
become so entangled? When Matt starts searching for
the truth, he is unprepared for what he unravels.
Laminated paperback measures approx: 13cm x 20cm by Moondrake Press dated 1994 and in good used
condition, pages are clean and binding tight.
Weighs approx: 180gms AU$3.50
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 Surfboard by Roger Vaughan Carr
Alan liked to listen to the surfies. He saw lots of them with their surfboards on thetops of their cars. He wanted to be a surfie too. He wanted his own surfboard. Standard sized Paperback in good used condition. Published 1975 by Cassell & Co. This book is in good used condition. Weighs approx: 120gmsAU$3.00
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 Virtual Realities by Claire Carmichael.
It's not some high tech city, just a small country
town where nothing much happens, and everyone knows
your name. But someone close is playing a dangerous
game with virtual reality. It's no longer certain
what is real or who can be trusted. And it's
increasingly clear that your imagination can be
controlled as easily as a program. It can take you
places you've only dreamed of. But what happens when
the dream becomes a nightmare? Larger format
laminated paperback measures approx:13ccm x 20cm and
in excellent condition. Dated 1992 by Random House.
Weighs approx: 180gmd AU$5.50
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 Pugwall's Summer by M.D. Clark. It's
one big blast. Pugwall refuses to be bored, he's got
a list of goals as long as your arm: getting a tan,
a regular gig and making money, having fun,
promoting the band and driving the Wardens mad.
Standard sized Puffin paperback dated1989 and in
very good clean condition and binding tight.
Weighs approx: 150gms AU$3.95
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William and The
Monster by Richmal Crompton.
It was dusk and the Lake was dark and
deep and gloomy. William crept to
the edge carrying a rope. Suddenly it
appeared. A great black creature
floundering wildly in the water...
William and the Outlaws embark on
another happy and joyous adventure.
Delightful little Armada paperback with
lovely B&W illustrations throughout.
Dated 1965 Pages are clean and binding
tight. Spine has been reglued and has a
small chip from lower edge, but what a
treat this little book is. Weighs
approx: 120gms AU$8.00
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The BFG
by Roald Dahl with illustrations by
Quentin Blake. Puffin paperback. This is
a very well loved copy, with some dog
ears to pages and cover edges, and wear
on spine. Pages are clean however, and
binding tight. A good reading copy only.
Weighs approx: 180gms
AU$1.00
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 Naming The Dark
by Annie Dalton
Kevin Moody is the school loser, a sci fi space case and loner, usually avaoided by the popular, easy going Owen Fisher who is merely killing time until he is old enough to escape his dull suffocating home town and become a star of stage and screen.
But then Owen's mother, Connie, bursts back into Owen's life after a 4 year absence and Owen finds himself up on Heroes' Hill at midnight on New Years Eve, listening to Kevin rambling about the sleeping heroes of Atlantis and the powers of light and darkness.
The night ends in disaster and Owen finds himself saddled with a fantastic 'quest' he doesn't remotely believe in but which he doesn't feel able to abandon.
With the help of eccentric Midge Craven, Owen embarks on a search for 'the Aynshint Goldun Road' and gradually finds himself drawn into the heart of a terrifying mystery.
Short listed for the Sheffield Children's award and nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Standard sized Mammoth 1992 paperback in very good used condition. Has a chip from front cover where price sticker removed. Appears unread. Weighs approx::150gms AU$4.50
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The Real Tilly
Bean by Annie Dalton. Matilda
Beany, youngest of four, just does not
want to be ordinary Tilly Beany. Not all
the time. There are too many other
people she has to be.But when Tilly
becomes the mysterious Windstar,
Jellybear or Matilda Seaflower it can be
hard on the rest of the family. And when
they find Cindertilly scrubbing the
doorstep, things have really got out of
hand... Larger laminated p/b dated 1994
and in very good, clean condition.
Weighs approx: 110gms AU$4.00
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 There's
a Bat in Bunk Five by Paula
Danzinger.
Macy is the fat nobody who first came
out of her shell in The Cat ate My
Gymsuit., and when she is asked to be a
counsellor at summer camp she sees her
big chance - to go away - to be on her
own and to be independent. Standard
sized Piper paperback dated 1987. Cover
has a feint stain down outer front edge,
but internally pages are clean and still
quite crisp and binding nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 110gms AU$3.00
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 The
Divorce Express by Paula Danzinger.
You'd have thought after
the divorce Phoebe's father would have
been more understanding about Rocky the
raccoon, he was the only friend Phoebe
had left after the move, so what if he
knocked over the garbage. But it's funny
how one week everything seems miserable,
and then the next, everything turns
good. Rocky was redeemed and Phoebe met
Rosie on the bus, who quickly became her
new best friend. From then on the future
seemed a whole lot brighter... Standard
sized 1986 Piper paperback in very good
used condition. Weighs approx: 200gms
AU$4.50
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 Clark
by Max Dann. Illustrated by Carol Thorman.
Clark's life is suddenly thrown into
turmoil when he gets a new teacher, Mr Grimwraither
- the nastiest, meanest, crabbiest, toughest and
worst-tempered teacher ever! His life ruined, Clark
wants to move to South America, especially when Mr
Grimwraither moves into the house near his home...
Laminated softcover by Puffin dated 1987 and in
excellent condition, pages clean and crisp and
binding tight. Weighs approx: 110gms. AU$4.50
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 Mariana by Karen Strickler Dean YOUNG BALLERINA
At fifteen Mariana is growing into a strong and graceful dancer. Her mother is grooming her to be a prima ballerina, and sometimes Mariana wants that, too. But when a handsome, eccentric piano student named Adam Hoffman comes into her life, Mariana is forced to decide - whether to accept the rigors of her mother's training - or to follow the music she hears playing in her heart. Standard sized vintage Avon paperback dated 1981. Pages are clean and still quite crisp and mellowing with age. Binding is still tight. Cover on this one has seen better days. Has a small repair on spine, with creasing and wear along edges.
Weighs approx: 130gms AU$4.00
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 Teen Idol by Kate Daniel. When a film
crew arrives to shoot a movie on her parent's ranch,
Samantha Phillips expects it to be great. What she
doesn't expect, however, is that it may not only
change her life - but it may end it! Standard sized
Harper paperback dated 1992 and in excellent
condition. Weighs approx: 120gms AU$5.50
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by Garry Disher.
What do you do if Ratface locks you behind an
electric fence and expects you to mould another
child in the ways of the White League. A compelling
story of escape from a way of life that has gone
terribly wrong. Standard sized 1993 Angus &
Robertson. Ex school library with plastic protective
cover insitu and in excellent condition, pages clean
and crisp and binding nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 180gms AU$5.50
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 The
Time Wave by Max Fatchen. A boy, Josef
and a girl Gina come together under strange
circumstances; both caught up in a nightmare
adventure. Josef pursued by a kidnapper, and Gina
swept away by a tidal wave. Hard cover with dust
wrapper and in as new condition. Weighs approx:
350gms. AU$8.50
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Grandpa Putter and Granny Hoe by Kimberley Olson Fakih, illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson. Although Grandpas Putter and Granny Hoe are from two different sides of the family they do share two things in common; a deep rooted difference of opinion on just about everything, and a love for their grandchildren, Jazz and Koo. They are used to the constant bickering, but this time is different, for Granny and Grandpa are left in charge, and it's an around the clock quarrel. Lovely hard cover with dust wrapper and in as new condition. Weighs approx: 300gms AU$8.95
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 Harriet
The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. Harriet has a
secret notebook that she fills with honest jotting
about her friends and neighbours. Everyday on her
spy route she scrutinises, observes and notes down
anything of interest. But Harriet commits the
unforgivable for a spy - she is unmasked. When her
friends find her notebook, their anger and her
unexpected responses explode in an hilarious and
often touching way. Standard sized vintage Lion
paperback dated 1984 an ex school copy and in good
condition. Has crease across lower edge of front
cover. Has small school stamp on title page, pages
are clean and crisp and binding tight. Weighs
approx: 115gm AU$5.50
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 My
Life in the 7th Grade by Mark Geller.
Marvin Berman just hit 7th grade. Nobody ever warned
him it would be like this! So he's keeping a journal
of the year - maybe that way he can make sense of
the crazy things that have been happening to him.
Why is the sub. teacher out to get him? Why is
Marvin's best friend suddenly so obnoxious?
Can failing algebra really be bad if the beautiful
Veronice offers to help him? These questions
and more need to be answered... This book in VG
condition. Does have some spine creasing and one
stress fracture. Dated 1986 by Harper Trophy
publishers. Pages mellowing nicely, clean and still
quite crisp. Weighs 120gms AU$3.00
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 Letters
of Fire by Adele Geras. So
much noise, and thousands of faces
watching and waiting- then Billy's
scream that went through Kim's bones.
She saw the letter 'M' imprinted on the
fleshy part of his thumb. Was it an ugly
bruise as 'Miss Piggy' their teacher
said, or had he been branded? There are
some mysterious goings on in this
collection of chilling tales. Standard
sized Fontana paperback dated 1986.
Pages are clean and still crisp and
binding nice and tight. It is an ex
school library copy and has plastic
protective cover insitu and library code
on spine. Weighs approx: 110gms
AU$2.00
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 Flying
Backwards by Barbara Giles Illustrated by Lin
Tobias
Do bicycles fly backwards? Jack and Pug, friends for the holidays, soon find out. Setting off for a day's ride, they suddenly find themselves flying backwards in time - and into all sorts of trouble. was old Bill's magic bicycle oil up to its old tricks. Paperback measures 13cm x 19.5cm and in as new used condition. Published 1985 Puffin. Fully illustrated. Pages clean, fresh and crisp and mellowing with age, and binding nice and tight.
weighs approx: 120gms AU$5.50
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 Moving Out by Helen Garner and Jennifer Giles.
Gino Condello is caught between two cultures. By day
he goes to the local high school, plays the pinball
machines and knocks around with his mates on the
streets. At night he returns to his traditional
Italian family, and is expected to play host to a
host of family and friends, newly-arrived from
Italy. He's a fifteen year old in turmoil, and on
the one hand there's Sandy, blonde, adoring and one
of the gang, and on the other there's Maria. And now
his family wants to move into a brick palace in a
new suburb, but he wants to stay where he's grown
up. Standard sized Sphere paperback dated 1983 and
in excellent condition. Weighs approx: 120gms
AU$3.50
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 Grimbold's Other World
by Nicholas Stuart Gray
The Black cat Grimbold introduces the bow Muffler to the night-world, so much more exciting than the day-time world, but also more alarming.
Standard sized 1963 Faber paperback in good used condition. Pages are crisp and clean and binding nice and tight.Illustrated by Charles Stewart.
THIS BOOK WEIGHS APPROX:140gms AU$4.50
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 So
Who Needs Lotto by Libby Hawthorn.
Illustrated by Simon Kneebone.
Denise Albermarle makes such a stir when she arrives
at Mimosa Primary School, she is such a show-off and
bully that everyone hates her. So when she corners
shy Cosmo at the bus-shelter he begins to panic. But
little does he know how his life will change. And
Denise is in for some surprises too. Laminated
paperback by Puffin dated1990 and in as new
condition. Weighs approx: 100gms AU$5.99
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The Flame Trees of
Thika by Elspeth Huxley. The
extraordinary adventures of a childhood in
Africa. Standard sized Penguin p/b dated
1981 and in excellent condition. Has very small
crease back upper edge. Weighs approx: 185gms
AU$4.00
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 The
Cabbage Patch Fib by Paul Jennings.
Illustrated by Craig Smith. I watched as Chris put
the baby on the ground and started to creep off.
"What are you doing?" I shouted. "You can't go off
and leave it."
"It's not mine," he yelled back. "I don't want it.
This is where it came from and I'm putting it back."
Laminated paperback dated 1988 by Puffin and in as
new condition, appears unread. Weighs approx:
110gms AU$5.99
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 Quirky Tales by Paul Jennings.
Standard sized paperback dated 1987 by Puffin. Ex
school library has library stamp on first title page
and very back page. Has plastic protective cover
insitu. Pages are mellowing with age, but they are
clean and still quite crisp and binding nice and
tight. A Good copy. Weighs approx: 90gms AU$3.00
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The Gizmo by Paul Jennings. Stephen's
bra is starting to slip. His pantyhose are sagging.
His knickers keep falling down. Oh! the shame of it
all. He stole a gizmo - and now it's paying
him back. Laminated softcover Puffin dated 1994 and
in excellent condition. Weighs approx: 125gms
AU$4.00
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The Gizmo again by Paul Jennings. The
girl sucks Jack's eye. Her tongue is huge, and
spongy, and dribbly. The tip of it goes up one
nostril. Jack did something awful with an ice-cream
- and now it's his turn to get licked. Laminated
softcover Puffin dated 1994 and in excellent
condition. Weighs approx: 125gms
AU$4.00
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 The Red King by Victor Kelleher 1st Edition
The Red King controls his forest kingdom not just by force of arms, but by spreading disease. All who question his authority are infected with the deadly red fever 5. Who would dare oppose such a man? Only a tiny band of travelling entertainers - a magician, an acrobat, a monkey and a bear. Young adult fantasy. Hardcover with dust wrapper measures 22cm x 14.5cm and in very good used condition. Published 1989 by Viking/Penguin. First edition. Dustwrapper has closed tear at bottom back outer edge . Pages are clean and still crisp and fresh and mellowing nicely with age, and binding nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 400gms AU$9.50
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 Taronga
by Victor Kelleher. Two years after Last Days,
Australia has become a dangerous place, and a
battle ground for survival. Larger sized Puffin
paperback 1990 and in excellent condition.
Weighs approx: 200gms AU$6.00
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Stig of the Dump by Clive King. Nobody
believes Barney when he says he's discovered a boy
living wild in the dump. Stig is totally real, They
become great friends, learn each other's ways and
embark on a series of adventures. Standard sized
Puffin p/b dated 1983 classic. Weighs approx: 125gms
AU$5.00
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 Blue Unclouded
Weather by Robin Klein. One summer in the
late 1940s in a small Australian town, the Melling
girls are growing up. Vivienne is reading, Cathy and
Heather are scheming, and Grace is preparing for her
debutante ball. These are the sisters you'll never
forget. Larger sized Puffin paperback dated 1991,
has protective plastic cover insitu, and in
excellent used condition. Weighs approx: 200gms.
AU$5.50
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 Turn
Right for Zyrgon by Robin Klein . Even
more incredible extraterrestrial adventures with the
strangest alien family from Zyrgon who are
settling in well on their new planet of Earth. This
is the sequel to Halfway across the galaxy and
turn left. This is
a signed first edition by Penguin dated 1994 and in
mint condition. Weighs approx: 110gms AU$8.00
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 Laurie Loved Me Best
by Robin Klein. Julia hates the commune
where her mother has taken them both to live. And
Andre feels stifled by her father's rigid ways. They
both take refuge in an abandoned cottage behind
their school and begin to make it their ideal home.
However, their private lives amazingly remain a
mystery to each other, so when a gorgeous
eighteen-year-old boy turns up, they're soon
unwittingly competing for his charms. Standard
sized Puffin paperback dated 1990 in good used
condition. Pages still quite crisp, cover shows
minimal creasing and binding nice and tight. Has a
feint stain on first title page only. Weighs
approx: 126gms AU$4.95
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 The Listmaker by Robin Klein
Sarah Radcliffe could easily be a contender for the least popular girl in school award. But all that's about to change when the glamorous Piriel Starr becomes her stepmother. Suddenly Sarah will have loads of friends who'll be dying to see her fabulous city apartment. Just one last summer living with the aunts - a summer when Sarah makes an unlikely friend, learns a thing or two about the amazing Piriel Starr, and finally breaks the habit of a lifetime. Larger Paperback Measures 14cm x 21cm.In very good condition. Pages are clean and still crisp. Binding nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 300gms AU$5.50
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A Dog Called Lucky
Tide by William Koehler.
When Tim spots a dog drowning in the water, he knows
he has to save it - even though it cost him his job.
Now that Tim's out of work, his family might lose
their timberland...all because of that big old
Newfoundland dog. Maybe Lucky Tide wasn't the right
name for the dog after all. There's a chance for Tim
to save his family's land, but only with Tide's
help. It's a big job, and will Tim and the great dog
be equal to this challenge? Larger format laminated
Apple paperback by Scholastic dated 1988 and in very
good condition with clean, crisp pages and nice
tight binding Measures approx: 13cm x 20cm. Weighs
approx: 160gms AU$4.50
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 Harold
and Bella, Jammy and Me by Robert Leeson.
They are always together and always getting into
some scrape or another; playing Hallowe'en tricks on
the Tunnel Top gang; coming home soaking wet after
we'd found the old bridge over the stream up in the
woods and the other lot happened to come along, or
investigating the caves we'd heard King Arthur and
his knights still slept... Standard sized Mammoth
paperback dated 1980 and in as new condition.
Weighs approx: 120gms AU$$5.50
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 Strangers in the House by Joan Lingard. Calum
travels with his mother and sister and their dog to
live with his mother's boyfriend and his children.
But they are strangers in the house and Callum
doesn't want a new father. Larger sized laminated
hard cover and in very good clean condition 1981
Hamish Hamilton, an ex library book. Weighs approx:
300gms AU$4.00
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 The Driftway by Penelope Lively. The
Driftway is a strange road, a travelling road,
centuries old, with messages and echoes of the past
for those who choose to see them.. On the run from
home with his little sister Paul thumbs a lift
on Old Bill's horse-drawn cart, hoping to escape the
notice of the police, but as they slowly travel the
Driftway, messages come to Paul and he begins to see
something special in each one.. A haunting and
fascinating novel... Standard sized Puffin paperback
dated 1985 and in very good used condition.
Weighs approx: 110gms AU$3.00
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 White Fang by Jack London.
He was three quarters wolf and all fury. Born in a
cave, in famine, in the frozen arctic. Born in a
world where the weak died without mercy, where only
the swift, the strong, the cunning saw each dawn.
This was White Fang's world - until he and his
mother were captured by man, man who taught White
Fang to hate. Beaten, abused, attacked. Bought,
sold, tortured and trained to kill in blood sports.
Knowing no kindness he became a mad, lethal weapon
of rage. Only one man saw White Fang's intelligence
and nobility. Only one man offered his love and the
chance of a new life. But can a creature of hatred
understand the word 'love'? Nobody writes about dogs
like Jack London except MAYBE Jim Kjelgaard.
Standard sized Aerie paperback in very good
condition. Weighs approx: 130gms AU$5.50
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 The Call of The Wild by Jack London.
Complete and Unabridged hardcopy with laminated
boards. For Buck, half shepherd and half St.
Bernard, kidnap is just the start of many bitter and
harsh experiences in front of a sled on the
Klondike. But even as he comes to know the love of
and for a human, his wild dog relatives bay for him
from the Arctic wilderness. Book is in excellent
condition, pages mellowing dated 1990. Lovely,
lovely book. Weighs
approx: 128gms AU$6.00
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 Exit
Barney McGee by Claire Mackay. It was
juste no good, thought Barney, wincing as his mother
and Conrad admired the new baby. They didn't need
him...not now. But where could he go? He strained
his memory piecing together the image of his father
in the faded photo. He made his decision. He would
go and find his father. Standard sized Scholastic
dated 1987 and in as new condition. Weighs
approx:100gms AU$5.50
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 The
Dragon in The Garden by Reginald Maddock.
Jimmy first went to school at the age of
thirteen... and he was sure he wasn't
going to like it! First there was
trouble with the teachers and then with
the boys. Big trouble. Because Jimmy
tangled with Fagso Brown - the gang
leader everyone was afraiid. Jimmy took
lessons in Judo - to be ready for the
big clash when it came... Topliner
vintage paperback dated by 1984, has
plastic protective cover insitu and in
good used condition. Pages are mellowing
and clean and crisp and binding nice and
tight. Weighs approx: 110gms AU$4.50
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 Hijacked by J.M.
Marks. Fourten year old Jason, flying
back to school in England finds he is the only one
who can escape from the hijacked plane and play a
crucial part in the struggle against the ruthless
terrorists who are holding his fellow-travellers as
hostages. Standard sized Puffin paperback dated 1980
and in very good , clean condition. Weighs
approx: 129gms AU$3.95
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 The
Duck Street Gang by Denis Marray. Class
2D are a force to be reckoned with, as Mr
Wordsworth, the student teacher at Duck Street
school soon discovers. Ordinary school events can
quickly assume almost nightmarish qualities when
class 2D are involved: like the time the school
outing became a riot, or the affair of the
hand-grenades, and what about their revolutionary
new version of the school nativity play...Standard
sized Magnet paperback dated1986 and in excellent
condition. Weighs approx: 110gms AU$3.95
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 The Dead of the Night
by John Marsden. Their country
invaded. They're alone in the bush, they have
nothing to fight with. Nothing except
courage...and their lives. Second book in this
great series. Standard sized PAN paperback
dated 1994 cover shows wear around edges with
small creases and rubs, but internally book is
clean and still quite crisp and binding nice and
tight. Weighs approx: 210gms AU$4.95
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 I
Can Jump
Puddles by Alan Marshall. The
classic story of Marshall's boyhood and his
triumph over a crippling disease. It is the
story of his childhood - a happy world in which,
despite his crippling polio, he plays, climbs,
fights, swims, rides and laughs. This is a true
Australian classic, telling about a child's life
early in the last century when freedom and vitality
were a part of every child's life. Standard sized
paperback in good used condition. Dated 1981 by
Longman Cheshire. Pages are clean and still
quite crisp and binding nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 200gms
AU$4.99
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 In Country by
Bobby Ann Mason.
17 year-old Sam Hughes, whose father was killed in Vietnam, lives in rural Kentucky with her uncle Emmett, a veteran whom she suspects is suffering from exposure to Agent Orange. Sam is a typical teenager, trying to choose a college, anticipating a new job at the local Burger Boy, sharing intimacies with her friend Dawn, breaking up with her high school boyfriend, and dealing with her feelings for Tom, one of Emmett's buddies, who she falls in love with at a veteran's dance. Sam feels that her life is bound to the war in Vietnam and becomes obsessed with the idea because of the reluctance of her family and Tom to talk about it. Her father's diary finally provides the insight she seeks. She begins a voyage of exploration that takes her across America and culminates at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.Larger 13cm X 19.5cm sized Paperback in
very good used condition. Has protective cover
insitu. Published 1987 by Flamingo. Weighs
approx: 230gms AU$5.00
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 Family Business by Sophie Masson Illustrated by
Anne Spudvilas. For Florence's family, life is a
complicated, if often joyful, business. Things have
changed: the restaurant's opened at last, Florence
is in her last year of primary school, and her
friend Sally, an only child for a long time, is
expecting a new brother or sister. But some things
don't change, and some changes you don't see coming
at all... Larger format laminated paperback dated
2000 by Hodder Children's Books. The fifth in this
series. Measures approx: 13cm x 20cm and in
excellent condition. Weighs approx: 121gms
AU$4.99
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 Writing in Martian by ANDREW MATTHEWS young adult
Writing in Martian by Andrew Matthews Mikki, Wayne and Bron all swear to keep
perfectly honest diaries, and to swap diaries when
they leave school to go on study leave, so each can
read what the other has written...about themselves,
their loves and friendship and their families...and
it has totally unlooked for results. Standard sized
1993 Mammoth paperback. In very good used condition.
Cover shows wear at edges, Pages are clean and still
crisp and binding is nice and tight. Weighs
approx: 110gms AU$5.00
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 Little Humpback
Whale by Ann McGovern, illustrated by
John Hamberger. A Scholastic picture book measures
approx: 23cm x 19cm and dated 1979. A lovely well
cared for book, pages are clean and still crisp and
binding tight. Weighs approx: 120gms AU$7.50
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 Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery. This is
the second of the Avonlea books with young Anne
Shirley. Standard sized Children's Classic by
Bloomsbury Books dated 1994. Has a small ding on top
edge of text block, but otherwise in good used
condition. Pages are clean and binding tight.
Weighs approx: 150gms AU$4.00
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 Geoffrey
Strangeways by Jill Murphy. The thing
Geoffrey wants most in life is to be a Knight. But
everything is against him. He's poor, small, scruffy
and only eleven years old. Imagine his delight,
therefore, when he meets Sir Walter of Winterwood.
A delightful hard cover with Dust wrapper and in
excellent condition. Has residue of price sticker on
front cover. Weighs approx: 320gms AU$7.95
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 It's Like this, Cat by Emily Neville.
Dave Mitchell lives in the heart of the big city. He
tells his own story of the time he was fourteen: the
year he befriended a stray tomcat, the year he met
Tom Ransom, the year he made his first shy
friendship with a girl, the year he began to
understand his father and mother as people. Standard
sized vintage Puffin dated 1976 and in lovely
condition. Pages clean and crisp and binding nice
and tight. Weighs approx: 120gm AU$6.00
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 The House Guest by Eleanor
Nilsson. This is
an unforgettable haunting story of secret places,
strange dreams and altered time. Larger format
laminated softcover measures13.5cm x 21cmdated 1991
by Viking Press. Weighs approx: 200gms AU$4.99
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Green Grass of
Wyoming Part 3 by Mary O'Hara. The final in the
series of the imcomparable story of horses that
began with My Friend Flicka, then Thunderhead and
now Green Grass of Wyoming. Standard sized paperback
dated 1966 Weighs approx: 125gms AU$4.50
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 Playing
Beatie Bow by Ruth Park. Winner of the
Australian Children's Book of the Year Award. The
game is acalled Beatie Bow and the children play it
for the thrill of scaring themselves. But when
Abigail is drawn in, the game is quickly transformed
into an extraordinary, sometimes horrifying,
adventure as she finds herself transported to a
place that is foreign yet strangely familiar...A
standard sized Puffin paperback dated1982. Has
plastic protective cover insitu and is in very good
condition. Pages are clean and crisp and binding nice
and tight. Weighs approx: 130gms AU$5.50
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 The
Harp in the South by Ruth Park. In a
tiny, dirty, old tenement house in Sydney's slums
live the Darcy family - long suffering Mumma, hot
tempered Gran, young Dolour with her romantic
dreams, and her sister, Roie, who learns what it
means to grow up too quickly. Standard sized Puffin
paperback dated 1980 and in excellent condition.
Weighs approx: 140gms AU$5.50
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 He's
Your Brother by Richard Parker. The old
railway tunnel was a death trap, they were told, but
the tunnel door was open, and Mike promised his
little brother Orry they could look indddside. Now
Orry sees a mouse and follows it into the
darkness."Orry, stop!" cries Mike. The wind slams
the tunnel door shut, and then Mike hears bricks
falling, and then Orry groaning. Larger format
Scholastic measures approx: 13cm x 19.5cm Dated 1974
and in very good condition. Weighs approx: 110gms
AU$3.50
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 Prove Yourself a Hero by K.M. Peyton.
You can never prepare to be kidnapped; to anticipate
the terror, the exhaustion and violence; or to
understand the disorientation and imbalance that
accompanies the return to freedom - if one is lucky.
Jonathan's disappearance, apart from anything else,
was annoying. It cost half a million pounds and
mucked up a lot of arrangements, particularly his
parents. But for Jonathan, things would never be the
same again. Standard sized Puffin paperback dated
1982 and in excellent condition. Weighs approx:
128gms AU$5.00
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Tom's Midnight Garden by Phillipa Pearce. Tom opened
the door wide and let in the moonlight...He was
staring at what he saw outside. They had said, there
was nothing to see. Nothing? Standard sized Puffin
p/b dated 1976 and in excellent condition. Weighs
approx: 150gms AU$4.50
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 The
Amazing Adventures of Amabel by Natalie Jane Prior.
Illustrated by John Nicholson. Between the future of
the Colony and total annihilation stands the lone
figure of Amabel. Thrill as she battles the Great
White Shark in the grip 9of a storm whipped ocean,
or wonder at her bravery as she fights off a pack of
man-eating, plague carrying rats...Ex library copy
with plastic protective cover insitu. Larger format
Little Ark Book by Allen and Unwin, measures approx:
13cm x 19.5cm dated 1990 and in very good condition. Weighs approx: 110gms
AU$9.50
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Deeds at Black Pony Inn by Christine Pullein-Thompson. The Pemberton children, Harriet, Lisa, James and Ben, commit themselves to raising money for a sick child who needs treatment in America.
Their efforts are dogged with disaster and the appeal is taken over by a newspaper which threatens to exploit the story for their own ends. But there's a surprise in store which affects the whole future of Black Pony Inn.
Standard sized Ravette paperback dated 1989. In excellent almost as new condition, pages clean fresh and crisp and binding nice and tight.
weighs approx: 100gms AU$5.00
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 The Real Life of Studs
McGuire by Wendy Robertson. Studs
is determined to find out the identity of the kids
responsible for taking his friend Tony, on a drugs
trip. As a result Tony lies unconscious and near to
death in hospital, and Studs is set on revenge.
Standard sized paperback dated1988 by Hodder &
Stoughton. In excellent as new condition. Weighs
approx: 100gms AU$4.95
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 Daredevils or Scaredycats CHRIS ROWLING
In the course of their adventures, both in and out of school, Teddy, Kit, Pete and Jimmy begin to find out just how many different kinds of courage there are... Standard sized Lion paperback dated 1992 with laminated cover. 124 pages; This book is NEW.
Weighs approx: 120gms A$4.00
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 The
Incredible Cat Caper by Kelley and Stephen Roos.
Illustrated by Katherine Coville. Jessie knows she's
asking for trouble when she smuggles her siamese
cat, Simba, into her parents' Florida condominium
where pets are not allowed. But it's Jessie who's
surprised when she hears another cat - a cat burglar
- is scaling the building's walls and terraces and
robbing different resident every night. Vintage
191985 Dell Yearling paperback and in good used
condition. Has a chip from very tip of top edge of
front cover, otherwise excellent. Lovely
collectible. Weighs approx: 120gms AU$5.00
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 Foxspell by Gillian Rubinstein. Tod
stood frozen and looked back at the fox. He felt as
if something wild leaped from the animal's eyes and
planted itself deep within him. It was the most
exciting moment of his life. He could feel his heart
beating. He felt the Fox's face soften as if it knew
him, as if he could step forward and touch him!
Larger sized Hyland House paperback dated 1996. Has
a plastic protective cover insitu and in very good condition, pages are
clean and crisp and binding nice and tight. Won Book
of the Year for older readers. Weighs approx:
300gms. AU$5.50
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 Why Would Anyone Have a Crush on Horace Beemis? by
Jacqueline Shannon. Best friends Cathy, Sarie and
Jessica think Mr Beemis is the best when it comes to
teaching. But outside the classroom he's a social
dud! He wears nerdy clothes and turns bright red if
a woman teacher even says hello to him. When the
girls see him eating Thanksgiving dinner on his own
they decide to boost his confidence by pretending to
have a crush on hi. They bake him cookies, follow
him home, and affectionately nickname him Mr Bee.
But they soon learn that The Horace Beemis Project
may have some unexpected results!
Larger format laminated Apple paperback by
Scholastic dated 1992 and in good condition with
clean, crisp pages and nice tight binding. Has
crossed out name inside front cover and has some
creases on covers. Measures approx: 13cm x 20cm. Weighs
approx: 160gms AU$2.50
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 Mister
Wolf and Me by Mary Francis Shura. Miles
raised Mr Wolf to be one of the gentlest German
Shepherds anywhere. But Jordan Agger's lambs are
being killed, and Jordan starts asking angry
questions about where Mr Wolf came from. Could Mr
Wolf really be a sheep killer? Miles is willing to
stand by his dog - no matter what! Illustrated
Vintage Apple paperback by Scholastic dated 1979.
The cover shows wear on this one, but the pages
although mellow are clean and quite crisp and
binding nice and tight. It is a good and exciting
boy and dog story. Weighs approx: 125gm AU$1.00
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 Whalesong by Robert Siegel. A haunting
story of one whale's journey through the deep. This
is the song of his journey through the great oceans.
Standard sized Lion paperback dated 1995 and in very
good condition. Weighs approx: 110gms AU$5.00
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 More Night Frights. Thirteen Scary Stories by
J.B. Stamper. Stories to read when the moon is full
and when terror rules the night. Night Frights.
Larger format laminated Apple paperback by
Scholastic dated 1993 and in very good used
condition, pages clean and binding tight. Weighs
approx: 100gms AU$2.50
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 Broome
Dog by Mary Small.
Sam and his family move away from Broome when his
father gets a new job in Katherine, a far away town.
Sam doesn't like Katherine and nor does his 'Broome
Dog' Knuckles. Knuckles escapes and heads back to
Broome...and into a long and dangerous journey.
Large illustrated book measures approx: 17cm x 24cm
and in excellent near new condition. Has plastic
protective cover insitu. Weighs approx: 200gms.
AU$8.99
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 No
Way of Telling by Emma Smith. Amy and her
grandmother were tucked in safely - happy in the
warmth of their mountain cottage while the blizzard
raged outside. Then Mick growled...The door burst
open, and there stood a monster of a man. He said
nothing, only grabbed some food and disappeared into
the stormy darkness. Would he come back, and who was
he, hunter or hunted? Amy and her grandmother had no
way of knowing, and noway of getting help. Standards
sized vintage Armada Lion dated 1973.In good
condition. Ex library copy has stamp on first
title page and residue of old library pocket inside
back cover. Has had library staples through spine
(now removed). Has plastic protective cover
insitu. Pages are clean and still crisp and binding
nice and tight. Weighs approx: 128gms AU$3.50
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 Magnolia
Buildings by Elizabeth Stucley.
This is the story of what life is like
in Magnolia Buildings where
twelve-year-old Val lives with his mum
and dad, two sisters and
fourteen-year-old Ally, who longs for
glamour, eleven-year-old Doreen, who
longs for a scholarship, and his brother
Len, who longs for a pet. Weighs approx:
110gms. Has a child's drawing inside
front cover. It is an illustrated
standard sized Puffin dated 1965 and
apart from the drawing it is in very
good condition. A lovely story.
Weighs approx: 120gms AU$5.50
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 Brother
in the Land by Robert Swindell .
Which is worse? To perish in a nuclear
attack? Or to survive? Danny has no
choice. He and his young brother Ben
have come through the holocaust alive,
only to discover that the world has gone
sour in more ways than one. Standard
sized Puffin paperback dated 1986 The
cover shows wear and spine is
missinglarge chips top and bottom but
binding is nice and tight. Pages are
clean and still quite crisp. If you like
John Marsden you'll like this book, a
good read. Weighs approx: 120gms
AU$2.00
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 The Things I Did Last
Summer by Erika Tamar.
Everything changed for me on that nightmarish
end-of-summer night. I still wish it could have
been different. Not the part about Natalia, but
the rest of it...Hardcover with DW same size as
standard paperback. An ex library copy but
it is in very good condition, pages clean and
crisp and binding tight. Weighs approx:
300gms AU$4.95
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 The Frightened Forest by Ann Turnbull. Gillian, Paul and Stephanie must rescue the frightened forest from the clutches of an evil witch, locked away in the rocks by the good wizard of the forest, as his power diminishes , hers grows within the rock, and she finally tries to make her escape and destroy everything with a bitter cold ice and snow.This leads to a final desperate battle to save the Forest from total frozen destruction.
Standard sized Paperback in very good used condition. Published 1974 by Scholastic. This book is in very good used condition.
Weighs approx: 120gms AU$5.99
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 Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
This famous book deals with the boyhood of an American boy living on the banks of the great Mississippi River. Larger sized Landoll paperback dated 1995 and in good used condition. Cover shows usual wear. Pages are clean and still crisp, and binding is nice and tight. Larger print for younger children.
Weighs approx: 185gms AU$3.00
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 Children on The Oregon
Trail by A. Rutgers van der Loeff. This
is the true life story of thirteen-year-old
John Sager, who, with his family was part of a
covered-wagon band of settlers who set out for the
Far West of America in the summer of 1844. His
parents died on the journey and the other pioneers
decide to take the easier way to California and turn
off the trail. But John and his six younger brothers
and sisters left the safety of the wagon train to
keep faith with his father's dream of opening up the
West for American settlers. Together they make the
most unbelievable journey. Standard sized vintage
Puffin paperback dated 1977 and in good used
condition. Cover shows some wear along edges. Pages
are clean and binding nice and tight. Weighs
approx: 130gms AU$4.00
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 Around
the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.
Phileas Fogg bet his entire fortune that he could
cross the 19th century Earth - with no plans - no
special arrangements, and no air travel - in exactly
eighty days. It was the dare of the century in 1875.
Standard sized Aerie paperback dated1988 and in
excellent condition. Weighs approx: 130gms
AU$4.95
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 The Queen of The Pharisees Children'
by Barbara Willard
Moll and Sim Swayne and their children, Will, Delphi, Fairlight and baby Star, have no home - they travel from place to place, taking shelter where they can. To young Will and his father, Moll is a fairy creature. But not even her special magic can save the family from the harsh fate that follows Delphi's discovery of a gold guinea in the forest one day...
Standard sized Paperback very good used condition. Published 1989 by Walker Books. This book is in very good condition.
Weighs approx: 135gms AU$4.00
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Wizard's Hall by Jane Yolen. Poor
Henry, it's not enough that his mother has sent him
away from home to learn magic, but he just makes a
mess of every spell. Standard sized magic
carpet p/b dated 1999 and in excellent clean, crisp
condition. Weighs approx: 125gms AU$6.00
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 The Pigman
by Paul Zindel.
I suppose it all started when Lorraine and I and these two amoebae called Dennis and Norton were hot on these phone gags last September. We made up a new game in which the object was to keep a stranger talking on the phone as long as possible... Now Lorraine can blame all the other things on me, but she was the one who picked out the Pigman's phone number.
If you ask me I think he would have died anyway. Maybe we sped things up a bit, but you can't say we murdered him.
Standard sized paperback in very good used condition. 1976 Vintage Lion. Cover
has some wear around edges. Pages are clean and still quite crisp and fresh and mellowing with age, binding nice and tight. This book in very nice condition.
Weighs approx: 110gms AU$4.95
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 Adventure
Stories for Girls. Lovely laminated
decorated hardcover. Dated 1985 by Hamlyn.
Mysteries, School stories, Holiday Camp stories,
Caravanning Hols., Modelling Stories, Romance
rivalry etc. Has neat inscriptions on ffep and
inside front cover. It is in excellent condition.
Weighs approx: 480gms AU$8.00
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 Kissing the Toad and other
Stories by Young Australian Writers." No
way. I'm not kissing the Toad."
A game of spin the bottle develops an unusual twist.
"Live hard, die young and leave a beautiful corpse."
A young girl's desperate attempt to lose weight
leads to consequences beyond her control. Some great
stories buy a selection of young writers. Larger
sized Penguin paperback dated 1987. Measures approx:
13cm x 19cm and in excellent condition. Has plastic
protective cover insitu. Weighs approx: 200gms
AU$5.50
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 Dream Time
by sixteen award winning authors.
Lee Harding; Mary Steele; Emily Rodda; Morris Lurie;
Allan Baillie; Jenny Wagner; Ivan Southall; John
Marsden; Libby Hathorn; Frank Willmott; Ted
Greenwood; Thurley Fowler; Victor Kelleher; Gillian
Rubenstein; Patricia Wrightson; Christobel
Mattingley. A Puffin paperback dated 1989. Ex student
copy, with protective cover insitu first page is
clipped. Cover shows minimal wear, pages are clean
and still crisp and binding nice and tight. Weighs approx: 200gms AU$3.95
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Falcon Island
by Joan Ambrose. Paul, Jock
and Kate swim at Geelup Cove, on Falcon
Island, almost every day, searching for
the 17th century Dutch treasure ship
local people believe sank there. But the
discovery of valuable minerals threatens
to spoil the island, and the search
becomes a desperate race against time to
save both it and their home. Standard
sized p/b by Hamlyn dated 1982 and in
excellent condition. Weighs approx:
125gms AU$4.50
Over 101 Coffee Cake Recipes. A delicious selection to make morning & afternoon teas something special. Everything from apples and berries to chocolate, sour cream, cheese, spices and fruits. You name it it's here! Try the delicious Hummingbird cake - 2 versions, so choose your favourite or maybe a Swedish streudal? Yummy!! eBook
FREE digital delivery AU$2.00
Hansel
& Gretel audio story MP3 read by
William Vail runs approx:20mins -bring these
classic fairy stories back for your child,
collect the whole series for hours of
entertainment with FREE digital download
AU$2.00
Goldilocks
and the Three Bears Audio mp3 version read
by Joy Oleson FREE digital download
AU$2.00
Kept in the Dark
by Nina Bawden.
Clara and Bosie hoped Noel was right. But they all found the big, strange, isolated house and the grandparents they'd never met before rather daunting.
And when David turned up and claimed he belonged there too, things got even more disturbing.
There were so many secrets to find the answers to.
Standard sized Paperback in good used condition. Published 1982 by Penguin/Puffin books. Cover has some creases along spine edges. Pages clean and still crisp and mellowing with age, and binding nice and tight.
This book weighs approx:120gms AU$3.00
Old One Toe by Michel-Aime Baudouy.
The young fox takes a careful step...and crash! The
jaws of the trap close on his slender paw! Blind
with pain and terror, he tears himself free and
limps away, just in time...This is his story and of
those children who become his champion. Standard
sized vintage paperback by Scholastic dated 1959.
Weighs 128gms AU$4.00
Otherwise Known
as Sheila The Great by Judy Blume.
Sheila hates swimming. And dogs. And
ghosts. And thunderstorms. She'll do
anything to avoid these things. Her new
best friend thinks she's a chicken, so
Sheila is determined to show him!
Standard sized Piper p/b dated 1988 and
in good clean condition Weighs
approx: 120gms AU$3.00
Two are Better Than One by Carol Ryrie Brink.
"Ten Martha Washingtons! What can we go as?" wails
Cordy to her best friend, Chrys. For the masquerade
party all the girls want to look beautiful in hoop
skirts and makeup. But Chrys says "Let's be
different! We'll go as the rag doll twins. Just wait
till the boys see us!" The rag doll twins expect
prizes, not surprises. Standard sized vintage
scholastic paperback dated 1968 and in very good
condition. weighs approx: 150gms AU$6.00
Jack Frusciante Has Left The Band by Enrico
Brizzi. Bestselling Gen-X cult book. Alex seems like the typical rebellious teenager, contemplating his predictable life and looking down the barrel to a mundane adulthood, consumed by restless resentment against a tedious system and his parents expectations.He mixes with the wrong crowd, drinks and hangs out with his delinquent friends, and tries to lose himself in his music...until he meets Aidi.
A hundred conversations later she is about to break
his heart by going to live in America at the end of
the summer... Flamingo paperback of 175 pages; dated
1997, and in as new condition, pages clean and crisp and binding nice and tight.
Weighs approx: 200gms
AU$6.50 
Rebel Glory by Sigmund Brouwer. At 17 star
hockey defenceman Brian McPhee likes his chances of
making it as a pro hockey player. Yet a string of
recent 'accidents' threatens to knock him out of the
playoffs and ruin his promising career. How many
'accidents' can happen before they become more than
a coincidence? Larger sized laminated paperback
measures approx: 13cm x 19cm and in as new
condition. Weighs approx: 130gms AU$6.95