The author was lucky enough to spend time working on Rottnest Island, where he got to know Bertram and the other quokkas (well, most of them - there are over 10,000 quokkas on the island!).
Juvenile fiction
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Author:SMITH, TerrySummary: -
Author:Pearson, MarySummary:In the not-too-distant future, when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies and brains possible but illegal, a seventeen-year-old girl, recovering from a serious accident and suffering from memory lapses, learns a startling...
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Author:Alexie, ShermanSummary:Spokane Indian Reservation. Fourteen-year-old Junior, beset with physical problems caused by brain damage, transfers to an all-white town school. Called a traitor by his best friend and Tonto by his new classmates, Junior uses humor and...
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Author:Tomsic, Kim.Summary:On her twelfth birthday, Sage wishes on a magical candle for an end to the family curse she believes caused many problems, including sending her father to prison.
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Author:Morgan, KassSummary:In the future, humans live in city-like spaceships orbiting far above Earth's toxic atmosphere. Faced with dwindling resources and a growing populace, government leaders send one hundred juvenile delinquents on a dangerous mission...
- Author:Barnhart, CathleenSummary:
A heartfelt and powerful debut novel for fans of Erin Entrada Kelly and John David Anderson, That's What Friends Do is a book for anyone learning how to have the hard conversations about feelings, boundaries, and what it means to...
- Author:Guilbault, GenevièveSummary:
Sois unique, sois authentique ! Mords dans la vie ! Vis tes rêves, même les plus fous ! Les élèves de cette école ont désespérément besoin d'une chose : MOI ! Leurs têtes débordent de rêves. Leurs coeurs sont remplis d...
- Author:Guilbault, GenevièveSummary:
Je m'appelle Morgane et, pour moi, aucun défi n'est insurmontable. Au contraire! Je suis passionnée, je suis intense, je suis unique en mon genre! Rien ne pourra m'empêcher de réaliser mon rêve : mettre sur pied un...
- Author:Rivard, ÉmilieSummary:
Les hurlements terrifiés de Jimmy et Flavien en pleine classe n'inquiètent d'abord pas Jacob. Il n'est pas comme sa mère, une excentrique enquêteuse qui voit des drames et des mystères partout. Mais les deux élèves...
- Author:Rivard, ÉmilieSummary:
Les élèves de la classe de Jacob avaient très hâte à cette soirée de jeux de société à l'école, mais ils ignoraient qu'une tempête les garderait enfermés dans le bâtiment ! Bientôt, les faits troublants s'accumulent : est...
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Author:White, SusanSummary:A moving story of losing family but finding a new one. Thirteen-year-old Rachel is bad news, or so her foster care worker tells her. She's been shuttled from one rotten foster family to another ever since her mother and brother died in...
- Author:Fontaine, ValérieSummary:
Ta chaîne touche du bout des doigts les 100 000 abonnés ! Tu joues maintenant dans la cour des grands youtubeurs. Il est temps d'organiser une rencontre avec tes fans, pour enfin les voir face-à-face et faire la fête en leur compagnie...
- Author:Harper, SuzanneSummary:
Hannah Montana is used to hard work, but Miley Stewart could use a break. Lucky for her, summer is here and she and the family are heading to Nantucket for some serious rest and relaxation. Soon, the Stewarts and company are settling...
- Author:Laperla, ArturSummary:
Augusta Richly, the world's richest girl, has grown bored of her unicorn hamster. Next, she wants a pterosaur—and her father hires villainous super-scientist Malicia the Malignant to make it happen! When Malicia brings the prehistoric...
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Author:Oppel, KennethSummary:Continues the adventures of Shade, a young bat, as he searches for his father and struggles to prevent the evil jungle bat Goth from wiping out the sun.
- Author:Adderson, CarolineSummary:
Linked short stories follow the interconnected lives of children living in one apartment building as they shelter in place during the pandemic.
- Author:Campbell, Maria, Farrell Racette, SherrySummary:
Stories of the road allowance people are old men's stories, translated by Maria Campbell and given to you in the dialect and rhythm of her village and her father's generation. In the M¿Æis oral tradition, these stories must be said...
- Author:Munsch, RobertSummary:
None of the kids in her class wear a ponytail, so Stephanie decides she must have one. The loud, unanimous comment from her classmates is: 'Ugly, ugly, very ugly. ' Steadfast, when all the girls have copied her ponytail, she resolves to...
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Author:Draper, Sharon M.Summary:When a burning cross set by the Klan causes panic and fear in 1932 Bumblebee, North Carolina, fifth-grader Stella must face prejudice and find the strength to demand change in her segregated town.
- Author:Oh, EllenSummary:
Harper Raine doesn't like her new house from the moment she first steps inside. There's an energy to the house that just doesn't feel right. The atmosphere gives Harper a sense of déjà vu, but she can't remember...
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