Young Adult
Hal Spacejock - Just Desserts
Simon Haynes
ISBN : 1921064390
A mysterious sealed crate, a pair of shady mercenaries with more guns than brain cells and the amnesiac robot which may or may not be on a secret mission ... Only interstellar ignoramus Hal Spacejock and the unflappable Clunk could turn a straightforward cargo delivery into space opera with clowns. Three simmering planets, two cocky spacemen and one huge mess: Just Desserts for your pleasure.
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Hal Spacejock - Second Course
Simon Haynes
ISBN : 1921064668
A very funny follow up from sci-fi supremo Simon Haynes. TravelLink, a beautiful and mysterious passenger, a loony inventor with a basement full of deadly weapons, and a dangerous run-down teleporter built by a long-lost alien civilisation...these are just some of the challenges facing Hal Spacejock and his metal sidekick Clunk as they fight for survival in the cut-throat interstellar cargo business.
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Hal Spacejock
Simon Haynes
ISBN : 1 92073 189X
"Better than Red Dwarf" - Tom Holt. An incompetent, accident prone pilot is given one last chance to save his ship. An ageing robot is trusted with a midnight landing in a deserted field. And a desperate businessman is prepared to sacrifice both of them to get what he wants... Hal Spacejock combines relentless action with non-stop laughs.
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The Push
Julia Lawrinson
Bye, Beautiful
Julia Lawrinson
ISBN : 0143003828
She thought of Billy and how he would never say 'bye, beautiful' to someone like her, that likely no-one would ever say anything like that to her in her life. Sandy feels a complete outsider in this hot Wheatbelt town where her policeman father has just been transferred. And then she meets Billy, the part-Aboriginal mechanic's apprentice and town heartthrob.
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No More Borders for Josef
Diana Chase
ISBN : 1 92106 437
Orphaned in the brutal Balkans conflict, 13 year old Josef is forced to flee across the border. Frightened, angry and deeply traumatised he is plucked to safety by an Australian uncle he never knew existed. Josef battles with a new language, a strange landscape, and a volatile cousin named Karina. Working at a native animal refuge saves him from desolation, but can Josef save the animals when they need him most?
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Mama's Trippin
Katy Watson-Kell
ISBN : 1 92106 407
Von hasn't seen his mum Charlene for ten years when, out of the blue, she invites him to New Zealand. But Charlene works nights at a Wellington dance club, her partner's done a bolt, and she's not coping with her toddler daughter.... Trapped in his mother's chaotic world, Von ends up spending evenings at home playing parent to 'the Torturer'. When things start to go really wrong - kidnap, drugs and murder - Von is drawn to the home of his Moriori ancestors where answers await... but does he have the strength to find them?
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All that Glitters
Ron Bunney
ISBN : 1 92073 177
17-year-old stable hand Martin Graham longs to join the thousands making for the Collgardie Goldfields. ON the long journey east he joins forces with the complicated Beth Wilkes and together they discover that truly, all that glitters is not gold. An insightful coming of age story set within the historical period of the gold rush.
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