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1) Fifty, fifty
Author
Series
Detective Harriet Blue volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Sam Blue stands accused of the brutal murders of three young students, their bodies dumped near the Georges River. Only one person believes he is innocent: his sister, Detective Harriet Blue. And she's determined to prove it. But Harry's outburst at her brother's trial earns her a reassignment--to the Outback. With no choice but to leave Sam's case alone, she relocates to Last Chance Valley, population 75, where a diary found on the roadside outlines...
2) Liar, liar
Author
Series
Detective Harriet Blue volume 3
Language
English
Description
Detective Harriet Blue is a very good cop...gone very bad. In the space of a week, she has committed theft and fraud, resisted arrest, assaulted a police officer, and is considered a dangerous fugitive from the law. It's all because of one man, Regan Banks. He viciously killed the only person in the world who matters to Harriet--and he plans to kill her next. As she recklessly speeds toward the dark side--and finally crosses it--Harriet won't stop...
3) The lost man
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Two brothers meet at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback. In an isolated belt of Western Australia, they are each other's nearest neighbor, their homes four hours' drive apart. The third brother lies dead at their feet. Something caused Cam, the middle child who had been in charge of the family homestead, to die alone in the middle of nowhere. So the eldest brother returns with his younger sibling to the family...
Author
Language
English
Description
Just let him go. These are the words Ky Tran will forever regret. The words she spoke when her parents called to ask if they should let her younger brother Denny out to celebrate his high school graduation with friends. That night, Denny--optimistic, guileless, brilliant Denny--is brutally murdered inside a busy restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Cabramatta, a refugee enclave facing violent crime, an indifferent police force, and the worst heroin...
Author
Series
Boxcar children great adventure volume 4
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following clues provided by the secretive Reddimus Society, the four Alden siblings travel to a dingo sanctuary in Australia and to Shakleton's hut in Antarctica to deliver the fifth and sixth artifacts, and then they work to unmask the traitor traveling with them.
Author
Publisher
Erewhon Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
273 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The haunting story of a family of dreamers and tale-tellers looking for home in an unwelcoming world. Traces one girl's migration from war to peace, loss to loss, home to home. Firuzeh and her brother Nour are children of fire, born in an Afghanistan fractured by war. When their parents, their Atay and Abay, decide to leave, they spin fairy tales of their destination, the mythical land and opportunities of Australia. As the family journeys from Pakistan...
7) Hades
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twenty years ago, two children were kidnapped and left for dead. Raised by a master criminal, they grew up to become cops. Very unusual cops ... Homicide detective Frank Bennett has an intriguing new partner. Dark, beautiful, coldly efficient, Eden Archer is one of the most enigmatic colleagues Frank has ever worked with--that includes her brother Eric, who's also on the Sydney Metro police force. All of them are tested to the core when a local man...
Author
Series
Treasure hunters volume 7
Publisher
JIMMY Patterson Books/Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
While visiting their grandfather in barren Flatte County, Jonah and his brother Shawn are left without a spot to ride their mountain bikes. The only possible spot, Crooked Hill, is said to be cursed, but when Shawn goes missing during a storm, Jonah will have to brave the hill in order to bring him back.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st Amer. ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 371 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
On a stifling Christmas Eve in 1967 the lives of the four McDonald children changed forever when their mother abandoned them. Forty years later they struggle to come to terms with their mother's reappearance, while at the same time their beloved father is progressing into dementia.
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
[New edition].
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twins Ashleigh and Aiden have always promised to protect each other, but after an accident on a school trip, Aiden starts behaving strangely. Are they just growing apart, or is something more sinister going on? In a future Australia ravaged by climate change, twins Ashleigh and Aiden Delatour have always promised to protect and be there for each other, no matter what. Their privileged upbringing and loving, wealthy parents leave them with little...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twins Violet and Victor write a fairy tale together, with Violet contributing a castle, a princess, and unicorns and Victor adding a fairy tale-hating witch and a bevy of Australian animals" --
15) Follow the blue
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
205 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Oasis Audio
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
2 audio discs : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Aldens travel to Australia to learn about protecting the Great Barrier Reef and the animals that live there.
Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are going down under. Off the coast of Australia, they dive in to explore the Great Barrier Reef. With the help of their conservationist guide, Kayla, they learn about ways to help rebuild the damaged reef. But coral reefs take a long time to take shape. Can the Aldens find ways to help the animals that...
17) Undercover
Author
Series
Kensy and Max volume 3
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
372 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Kensy and Max are back in London for no time at all before things begin to heat up--quite literally. As a result, Granny Cordelia ships them off to Australia on an undercover mission. The twins find themselves planted in a posh Sydney school where first appearances prove to be deceiving. What seems like a straightforward assignment turns into something so much bigger. Kensy and Max must employ all their spy skills--the fate of their parents, and...