Hunwick's Egg (Mem Fox; Illustrated by Pamela Lofts)

Hunwick's Egg

Mem Fox; Illustrated by Pamela Lofts

Blurb: When a mysterious egg appears outside Hunwick's burrow, no one is quite certain what to think. And when it doesn't hatch right away, everyone is even more bewildered. Everyone except Hunwick, that is. Hunwick understands that the egg is his friend, and he is the only one who knows its secret.

This treasure of a book promises the young reader a simple, beautifully illustrated tale of identity and belonging.

ISBN: 97807343098846 (Paperback)

Year: 2005

Publisher: Puffin

Pages: 32 (Fiction)

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Koala Lou (Mem Fox; Illustrated by Pamela Lofts)

Koala Lou

Mem Fox; Illustrated by Pamela Lofts

Blurb: There was once a baby koala, so soft and round that all who saw her loved her. Her name was Koala Lou.

Koala Lou is the first born in a large family. She feels sad because her mother seems too busy to pay any attention. Perhaps if she wins the tree-climbing at the Bush Olympics her mother might notice her again... Koala Lou starts training right away!

An Australian classic by the author and illustrator of Hunwick's Egg.

ISBN: 9780734309839 (Paperback)

Year: 1988

Publisher: Puffin

Pages: 32 (Fiction)

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Liquid Gold - Lachlan Fox #4 (James Phelan)

Liquid Gold - Lachlan Fox #4

James Phelan

Blurb: Who is Lachlan Fox?

-Graduate ADFA

-Ex-Australian Navy Clearance Diver

-Served in Iraq, East Timor & Afghanistan

-International investigative journalist

-The right man for the wrong place

Water. It promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th...and some people will do anything to control it.

When investigative journalist Lachlan Fox blows open the story of the decade, simmering tensions between India and Pakistan hit boiling point. 

A continent's water - liquid gold - s at stake and one man thinks nothing of a potential all-out war when there is money to be made.

Before helpless millions die, Fox is determined to expose the corrupt Umbra Corporation and the man behind it, to the world. With hefty prices on their heads, Fox and his trusted man-at-arms, Al Gammaldi, are pitted against time and a ruthless web of terrorist cells, rogue secret agents and dirty money. Flanked by news agency GSR and the FBI, Fox and Gammaldi are going to give as good as they get, but nothing can preparethem for the ferocity of this fight.

Fox knows that the truth alone triumphs...and it's going to hurt.

ISBN: 9780733622595 (Paperback)

Year: 2009

Publisher: Hachette

Pages: 407 (Fiction)

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High Stakes & Hunted - Vampire Beach Series #5 & #6 (Alex Duval)

High Stakes & Hunted (Vampire Beach Series #5 & #6)

Alex Duval

Blurb: Malibu had been very, very good to him. Even if the place was bursting with vampires. Or maybe because it was.

There was one vampire who'd definitely made his life more intense and more exciting - Sienna. Being with her made him feel more alive, even though entering her world had nearly made him dead. He's been attacked by a crazed vampire, consumed with bloodlust, and shot with a crossbow by a vampire hunter...

And yet in spite of all the near-death experiences, Jason wouldn't have had his life any other way. Sienna was worth it all.

It doesn't matter to Jason that his beautiful girlfriend isn't human - they are made for each other. But Sienna and her fellow vampires hide dark, dangerous secrets and Jason's relationship - and his life are at risk...

ISBN: 9781849410007 (Paperback)

Year: 2008

Publisher: Red Fox

Pages: 232 (Fiction)

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Bloodlust & Initiation - Vampire Beach Series #1 & #2 (Alex Duval)

Bloodlust & Initiation (Vampire Beach Series #1 & #2)

Alex Duval

Blurb: Sienna's dark hair was glossier than he'd ever seen it, her skin was clear and creamy, almost luminous, and her lips glowed a deep rose red that he didn't think came from lipstick. She was stunning, spectacular, impossibly beautiful! Jason realised he was staring. 'What is it?' he asked. 'Sienna, you can tell me anything.' And then Sienna smiled, slowly revealing a pair of very white, very sharp, and very real fangs.

Jason has just moved to Malibu - home to rich kids and fabulous parties. He's flattered to be included - and very flattered by the interest of the stunning Sienna. But Sienna and her friends hide a dark secret... and Jason is risking his life by falling for her.

ISBN: 9781862308961 (Paperback)

Year: 2005

Publisher: Red Fox

Pages: 215 (Fiction)

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Ritual & Legacy - Vampire Beach Series #3 & #4 (Alex Duval)

Ritual & Legacy (Vampire Beach Series #3 & #4)

Alex Duval

Blurb: He'd seen her look this gorgeous once before, when she had first told him that she was a vampire.

She'd let him see her true beauty then and it was just as mesmerising now. Her black hair glimmered in the dim light, her skin was sheer golden perfection and, all of a sudden, Jason felt like the bigger idiot in the world. Why had he ever let himself think that Sienna would want to be with him? She was one of them. He wasn't. End of story. Then she turned. Her dark eyes met him across the sea of faces, and she smiled. A sizzle raced through Jason's body and all his doubt dissapeared. It didn't matter what she was or what he wasn't. They were made for each other.

Jason's life in Malibu is looking up, especially now Sienna, the most beautiful girl in town, seems to be interested in him. Jason is learning to live with Sienna's dark secret - that she and her friends are vampires - but is she more trouble than she's worth?

ISBN: 9781862308978 (Paperback)

Year: 2007

Publisher: Red Fox

Pages: 249 (Fiction)

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