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Aster's Good, Right Things (#1 Aster) by Kate Gordon
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader Fiction
Aster attends a school for gifted kids, but she doesnt think shes special at all. If she was, her mother wouldnt have left. And if she isnt careful, everyone else will leave her too. Each day Aster must do a good, right thinga challenge she sets herself, to make someone elses life better. Nobody can kno ...Show more
Bird on a Wire by Kate Gordon; Nathaniel Eckstrom (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Childrens Picture Books
A seagull aboveSaid, "See, look here, loves,I've winged my way further than you!"A soaring brown hawkSaid, "Hey, you two dorks,See me stick to the clouds here like glue!"From the illustrator who brought you The Ricker Racker Club and The Dress-Up Box comes a picture book about a pack of arrogant charact ...Show more
Girl Running Boy Falling by Kate Gordon
$17.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Sixteen-year-old Therese lives in a small town on a small island. Her Aunt Kath calls her Tiger. Her friends call her Resey. The boy she loves calls her Champ. She's a lot of different things for a lot of different people.Therese has always had her feet on the ground. She's running through high school, ...Show more
Indigo in the Storm by Kate Gordon
$16.99 AUD
Category: Young Reader Fiction
"We are the storm and the stillness."Indigo Michael isn't like other kids. And her mum isn't like other mums. Life for people like them isn't meant to have meaning- it's just something to survive in whatever way you can.When her mum abandons her, Aster's Aunt Noni becomes her foster parent. Suddenly Ind ...Show more
Juno Jones, Book Sleuth by Kate Gordon
$12.99 AUD
Category: Young Reader Fiction
When Juno Jones's (Former Kid Who Doesn’t Like Reading), first-ever favourite book goes missing, she convinces Miss Tippett to turn their classroom into a courtroom so she can present her evidence, unmask the culprit and—more importantly—get her book back!With her list of possible suspects ranging from ...Show more
Juno Jones - Mystery Writer by Kate Gordon
$12.99 AUD
Category: Young Reader Fiction
A disaster has happened! Again. Muttonbird Bay Primary is once again under threat of closure, and Juno Jones is pretty sure the Alien Lizard Men are involved. But that's not all: Shy Vi is missing, Miss Tippett is acting VERY strangely, and everyone keeps turning to Juno Jones to solve the mysteries. ...Show more
Juno Jones - Word Ninja by Kate Gordon
$12.99 AUD
Category: Young Reader Fiction
A disaster has happened! Muttonbird Bay School might be closing. I mean forever! Juno Jones loves her school but the Men in Suits want to close it down! And there's only one thing Juno and her classmates can do to stop it... Read! Which is perfectly fine but Juno Jones is A KID WHO DOESN'T LIKE READING. ...Show more
My Brother, Finch by Kate Gordon
$17.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Finch and Wren were as close as a brother and sister can be. When he vanished, when they were nine years old, her world cracked in two. Finch was never found. On the same day that Finch disappeared, another girl was lost, too. Her name was Ava. Her parents were rich tourists, from Sydney. Ava's story go ...Show more
Rival Reader (Juno Jones #4) by Kate Gordon
$12.99 AUD
Category: Young Reader Fiction
A DISASTER HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED…THE SCHOOL HAS CLOSED. Not Muttonbird Bay Primary, of course, but their neighbour Pademelon Point. When five new kids join Juno Jones’ class, Juno must do whatever she can to keep her title as the school’s ‘Super Reader.’ Her greatest rival: Tess Golightly—a warrior maid ...Show more
Temora and the Wordsnatcher by Kate Gordon
$19.99 AUD
Category: Early Teen Fiction | Series: The\Wordspinners Ser.
Temora Murphy lives in an immaculate house, with a controlling mother. The only other children she sees are the "shining" girls her mother selects for her as friends. Girls who tease her for her size and shyness. To escape, she reads books about adventure and magic.Then, on her twelfth birthday, Temora ...Show more
The Ballad of Melodie Rose by Kate Gordon
$14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader Fiction
When Melodie Rose is abandoned on the doorstep of Direleafe Hall, she realises she must be a ghost. Strangely, she is not sad. With the three other ghostly girls who haunt the school and a gloomy crow on her shoulder, Melodie has never felt more at peace. Finally there is a place for her to call home. S ...Show more
The Calling of Jackdaw Hollow by Kate Gordon
$14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader Fiction
An evocative story about one odd boy searching for his place in the world, perfect for anyone who has ever wondered where their path might lead.When Jackdaw Hollow is orphaned by a lightning strike, he is taken in by the headmistress of Direleafe Hall. Even though he grows up with her love and care, he ...Show more