Emily Bronte loves her sisters — responsible Charlotte and quiet Anne — and her brother — tempestuous Branwell. She loves the moors that stretch all around the little village of Haworth and wandering over them in the worst of weather. And she loves most of all the writing that brings all these things together, as she and her siblings create vast kingdoms and vivid adventures that take them deep into their imaginations.

But change is coming to Haworth; as their father falls ill and the girls must learn how to support themselves. How can Emily preserve both what she loves — and herself — and find her way into the future?

The story of a young writer finding her voice — and a window into the mind of the beloved but mysterious Emily Bronte.

Leigh and Jason are inseparable. But when Jason is conscripted and sent to fight in Vietnam, they are divided not just by distance, but by their beliefs about the war.

A powerful and moving story about the bonds of brotherhood and the tragedy of war, from the creator of My Mother's Eyes and Angel Of Kokoda.

One of a series of meticulously researched, historical novels in which each book is written in the form of a fictional diary of a young person living during an important event or time period in Australian history.

Lizzie Harvey, a convict transported to Sydney Cove, is starved and overworked. She has to fetch water, mend clothes, please her master, care for his china-doll daughter and tiptoe around his moody soldier son. She can barely find time to dream about the way things used to be, let alone write in her diary. But write she must. It is her only hope of reaching out to the home she has left behind, all those thousands of miles across the sea.

176-pp softcover. Middle/Upper Primary. 

What was the perilous pig chase? Which sport includes the 'naked strangle'? How did Tarzan become a gold medal winner? With 300 quiz questions on every Olympic event, this illuminating guide to the Games is guaranteed to keep you guessing right up to the closing ceremony!

It’s World War Two and Britain is on the brink of invasion. Londoner George has been sent to live in in the countryside, while his brother and guardian, Charlie, fights overseas. But the war is closer than he thinks. An ancient burial ground nearby contains a priceless treasure: a magical Anglo-Saxon crown Hitler is desperate to possess. Alongside Kitty, the granddaughter of a Jewish archaeologist, George must find and protect the crown from the Nazi invaders before it’s too late…

U-Boat Hunter is the story of a young naval officer assigned to protecting Atlantic convoys from German submarines.

Sixteen-year-old Peter Rogers joins an escort fleet in the North Atlantic where British convoys are suffering horrific losses from enemy U-boats. In this exciting tale, readers share in the trials and tribulations of his duties, the constant tension, the bitter cold, mountainous seas — and the moment when he and his  father's captor come face to face.

Vividly imagined and historically accurate, readers are taken on a first-hand journey of danger and peril.

Something is happening. I can hear bullets going off, and people are running down towards the Eureka field...

In 1854 Rosa Aarons and her family travel from London to the goldfields of Ballarat. She makes new friends, learns to ride a horse and helps her family get by. Soon Rosa becomes caught up in one of the most dramatic events in Australian history: the Eureka Stockade. As the battle between the miners and the soldiers rages around her, Rosa's main concern is the safety of her beloved Papa.

More than 20 years after publication of the classic NZ story, The Bantam and the Soldier, Jennifer Beck and Robyn Belton have joined forces again to produce another heartwarming story from the First World War.

This time it’s the true story of Otago’s Alexander Aitken and the violin that travelled with him on his wartime journey, bringing music and solace to his fellow ANZACs.

The fourth and final book in this personal and moving coming-of-age series set against the backdrop of WWI.

War is finally coming to an end and Ellie's life is unrecognisable from her school days just a few years earlier. Torn between her dreams of city life and loyalty to the village she once called home, Ellie has big decisions to make. And at the heart of her choices is Jack. He's been her first love, but can they work out a life together if they now dream of entirely different futures?

192-pp softcover.

It’s the 1920’s, a time of wealth and parties. Antony — the rich boy living in the great house on the hill — has everything he could ever ask for, including his own plane. But he has no love in his life.

Lily has nothing but love to give. Lily, 14, the annoying and scruffy serf, who follows Ant about and will do anything he asks, doesn’t even enter into his head until far too late. They grow up together and life happens, taking the two of them to places they never imagined they would end up.

Lily’s love for Antony is a powerful and unrequited love; stronger than life, death, scandal, loss, disability and time.

This is a story about the ever-whirling wheel of life, which goes on and on, despite our wish to stay in those hazy, youthful summer days of parties and fun.

Born in the Year of the Snake, May Tang is like flowing water–when she should have more fire. A dreamer, she will never be sensible and obedient like her elder sister Jie Jie, or clever like her brother Peter, studying in Australia.

But her parents are worried by rumoured events in China, and May finds herself on her way to a new life in Australia. It is so different that May wonders if she will ever be able to love this new country.