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Nellie returns to Adelaide, where a shock awaits her. A reunion with someone from her past has the power to fulfil the wishes she made when she first arrived in Australia... A dramatic conclusion to the Nellie books that will have readers weeping and cheering in equal measure.

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It's 1850 and Nellie's best friend, Mary, is gravely ill. To provide Mary with the care she needs, Nellie must break a promise and go on a quest to find the Thompson family.

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Alice's mother is sick, and everyone fears that she might have the dreaded Spanish Influenza. Alice begins to dance again to distract herself but soon becomes frustrated at how difficult she finds it.

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It's1942 and Pearlie is all alone in Darwin. Not only has she been separated from her family, but now Beake, the spy, is back and he's on the loose. He's out to get Pearlie - but she has a plan...

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It's 1942 and Darwin is under attack. While bombs are falling, Pearlie is doing all she can to save her beloved pets and help the wounded soldiers. But it's too dangerous to stay, and when Pearlie finally has to say goodbye, only the thought of being reunited with her best friend Naoko can cheer her up.

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It's 1941 ... and school is almost over - not just for summer, but forever. Darwin could be bombed any day, and everyone Pearlie knows is leaving for a safer place. Animals and pets of all kinds are being left behind, and Pearlie can't bear it.

Poppy is on the road again, desperately trying to catch up with her brother. In Wahgunyah, she makes contact with the Chinese community who have come to Victoria to find gold. She's so close to finding out about her father and her Chinese heritage, but then Poppy is framed as a thief and captured! Will anyone believe that she's innocent

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Poppy at Summerhill is the second story in a set of four about the amazing journey of a young Chinese Aboriginal girl, who lives on a Christian mission in 1864. Poppy sets out to chase her brother after he escapes from the Mission. Poppy is taken in by a caring homestead family, after a terrible accident leaves her injured.

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Rose's journey continues in this, the second book about a Federation girl who's determined to do things her way. Rose's mother and Aunt Alice are fighting again, and Rose is caught in the middle. So when it looks as if Aunt Alice might leave, it's up to Rose to fix things! Will Rose ever be allowed to follow her own dreams and go to school

Rose is finally allowed to go to school - the magnificent St Swithin's! But Rose has never been to school before; will she be able to keep up Will she fit in In the meantime, change is afoot in Melbourne: Federation is imminent, and the suffragette movement is gathering force. The changes taking place around her will change Rose's life forever...

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It's 1931, and Ruby's family has lost everything in the Great Depression. And so, leaving behind her dad, her school friends and everything she knows, Ruby must move to Kettle Farm to stay with her cousins. Everything about life in the country is new and strange, and Ruby has never felt like such an outsider.

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Pagan in Exile is the second of five books in the action-packed medieval saga of the savvy and sarcastic Pagan Kidrouk. 'Pagan is a real, live boy who leaps off the page and compels you to listen to his story.' - Kirsty Murray;

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The award-winning Pagan Chronicles are international bestsellers. And the action-packed epic continues with the adventures of Babylonne - as feisty, funny and irresistible as her famous father.

'The quality and pace of Jinks's writing is flawless . . . a triumph.'- Sydney Morning Herald

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Pagan's Scribe, the fourth novel in the brilliant Pagan Chronicles, is an engrossing story played out during one of the most brutal religious wars in history.

'Brimming with wit and fascinating details of medieval history-this emotionally satisfying epic brings the Middle Ages to life.' - The Horn Book

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Pagan's Vows is an engrossing, marvellously written medieval thriller, a brilliant sequel to Pagan's Crusade and Pagan in Exile. 'The Pagan Chronicles are a kind of medieval version of Tin Tin.told with a delightfully slapstick, cinematographic vigour.' - Ursula Dubosarsky;

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Zarita, only daughter of the town magistrate, lives a life of wealth and privilege. Indulged by her parents, she is free to spend her days as she pleases, enjoying herself in the company of an eligible young nobleman, horse riding, or leisurely studying the arts.

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Strong historical fiction and powerful romantic drama set in border country during Elizabethan times forbidden passions and family loyalties; heresy and witchcraft, but at the heart of it, the burgeoning love of a young girl.

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In Nanjing, China, a young peasant girl is sold into slavery and trained as a cook. Overworked and reviled for her large feet, she watches in horror as the daughter of the house undergoes the terrible pain of having her feet bound. When the taiping rebellion sweeps across China, the young peasant girl's life takes a new and unforseen direction.

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A powerful story from our colonial past, in which the bitter clash of two conflicting sets of cultural values is explored from the point of view of a young boy who survived the infamous massacre of the Boyd.

Based on the most famous animal in Australian history, Simpon's Donkey tells the story of the donkey's service in Gallipoli where for three weeks he helped Simpson carry wounded men down to Anzac Cove. Author Peter Stanley tells his story - in the donkey's own voice - an adventurous journey on which he meets courage and cruelty, and comradeship.