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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Laura Horton has always been an outsider, more interested in writing, drawing, or spending time with her free-spirited family than in her fellow teens, but she is drawn to Leon, a new student, as together they explore the mysteries of her eccentric old house.
2) In too deep
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 6
Language
English
Description
Amy and Dan Cahill travel to Australia to figure out what their own parents knew about the object of their quest, but their search brings back terrible memories for Amy and endangers a secret ally.
3) Bob
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Visiting her grandmother in Australia, ten-year-old Livy is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.
Author
Series
Spectacular spelling bee volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Terribly shy, India Wimple is brilliant at spelling and her loving family will do whatever it takes to help her compete in a televised national spelling bee in Sydney, Australia. --Provided by Publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When her parents and the other quiet, shy wombats of the Northern Forest are captured by the traitorous, carnivorous Tassie devils, Lola Budge, a talkative, adventure-seeking young wombat, embarks on a rescue mission, joined by a swamp water rat and a baby penguin.
8) Toad away
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In his third adventure, Limpy the cane toad goes to the Amazon to learn the secret of living in harmony with humans.
9) Toad heaven
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Despite the opposition of Ancient Eric and Malcolm, Limpy goes on a quest to find a place where cane toads can be safe from humans and live in harmony.
10) Fly on the wall
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Henry Khoo embarks on a forbidden journey from Australia to Singapore to prove his independence to his overprotective family, while working out some problems with friends.
11) Tiger daughter
Author
Language
English
Description
"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 poor immigrants, both dream of escape from their unhappy circumstances, and they 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...
12) Genius squad
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the Axis Institute is blown up, fifteen-year-old Cadell Piggot is unhappily stuck in foster care with constant police surveillance to protect him from the evil Prosper English until he gets an offer to join a mysterious group called Genius Squad.
13) On the run
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Ben, who aspires to be a police officer, struggles to do the right thing when his parents suddenly take him and his little sister "on vacation, " and he learns they took a large amount of money that was mistakenly deposited in their bank account.
14) Evil genius
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy.
15) Toad rage
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Determined to understand why humans hate cane toads and to improve relations between the species, Limpy embarks on a dangerous trek from his swamp to the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Peijing and her family are adapting to their new life in Australia, but when cracks in her family life start to appear, she must find a way to cope with the uncertainties of her own little world and figure out where she fits in.
Author
Series
Treasure hunters (James Patterson) volume 7
Language
English
Description
Bick, Beck, Storm, and Tommy have one week to traverse the Australian Outback, locate Charlotte Badger and her pirate cronies, and find evidence to prove their parents innocent of stealing rare opals.
18) The Steps
Author
Language
English
Description
Over Christmas vacation, Annabel goes from her home in Manhattan to visit her father, his new wife, and her half- and step-siblings in Sydney, Australia.
Author
Series
Middle school (James Patterson) volume 9
Language
English
Description
The trip to Australia Rafe has won starts badly, but after connecting with a group of misfits he finds a way to do what he does best--create mayhem.
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