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The Dressmakers of Yarrandarrah Prison by Meredith Jaffe

Derek's daughter Debbie is getting married.  He's desperate to be there, but he's banged up in Yarrandarrah Correctional Centre for embezzling funds from the golf club, and, thanks to his ex-wife, Lorraine, he hasn't spoken to Debbie in years.  He wants to make a grand gesture - to show her how much he loves her.  But what? Inspiration strikes while he's embroidering a cushion at his weekly prison sewing circle - he'll make her a wedding dress.

The School by Brendan James Murray

In this astonishing powerful portrait of a single school year, Brendan James Murray shows the ups and downs of school for teachers and students: the dedication of colleagues, the bureaucracy of the curriculum, the passion and fire he tries to light in his students, and their responses, hilarious, heartbreaking and true.

Doctor Andromeda and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows by Jeff Lemire

An aged crime fighter desperately wants to reconnect with his estranged son, who he hoped would one day take the mantle of Doctor Andromeda.  Over the course of the story we learn his World War II-era origin, how he got his powers, his exciting astral adventures, the formation of some of Black Hammer's greatest heroes, and more in this heartbreaking superhero tale about fathers and sons.

You Have a Match by Emma Lord

When Abby signs up for a DNA service, it’s mainly to give her friend and secret love interest, Leo, a nudge.  After all, she knows who she is already:  Avid photographer.  Injury-prone tree climber.  Best friend to Leo and Connie… although ever since the B.E.I. (Big Embarrassing Incident) with Leo, things have been awkward on that front.  But she didn’t know she’s a younger sister.

A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marr

Meixing Lim and her family have arrived at the New House in the New Land, inherited from First Uncle who died tragically and unexpectedly while picking oranges in the backyard.  Everything is vast and unknown to Meixing and not in a good way, including the house she has dubbed Big Scary.  Her solace is a glasshouse in the garden that inexplicably holds the sun and the moon and all the secrets of her memory and imagination.

The Infinity Files by S M Wilson

Failed starfighter pilot Ash Yang has landed the most important job in the universe - travelling the galaxies to steal and return mysterious artefacts for a secret facility known as the Library.  Under Ash's control they have the power to stop wars - or start them.  But when her home planet is threatened, will her new powers be enough to save it?

100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze by Clayton Zane Comber

Xander Maze loves lists, and his grandmother is #1 in his list of People I Love Most in the World. But now that Nanna has stage 4 cancer, can a new list of 100 Remarkable Feats really save her life?

Echo in the Memory by Cameron Nunn

When fifteen-year-old Will is sent away to stay with his grandparents in rural New South Wales, he finds the isolated farm strangely familiar; except the memories he's channelling are not his own. But whose are they? And why does his grandfather share the same haunting link?

Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon

A stand-out new YA romance from the number 1 bestselling author of Everything, Everything - this is Dirty Dancing with a supernatural twist.  Evie is disillusioned about love ever since her dad left her mum for another woman - she's even throwing out her beloved romance novel collection.

The Lucky List by Rachael Lippincott

Emily and her mum were always lucky.  But Emily’s mum’s luck ran out three years ago when she succumbed to cancer, and nothing has felt right since.  Now, the summer before her senior year, things are worse than ever – Emily has wrecked things with her boyfriend, Matt, and her dad is selling the house she grew up in and giving her mum’s belongings away.  But that’s when Emily finds the list – her mum’s senior year summer bucket list – buried in the back of her closet.

One Hundred Days by Alice Pung

In a heady whirlwind of independence, lust and defiance, sixteen-year-old Karuna falls pregnant.  Incensed, Karuna's mother, already over-protective, confines her to their fourteenth-storey housing-commission flat, to keep her safe from the outside world - and make sure she can't get into any more trouble.  Stuck inside for endless hours, Karuna battles her mother and herself for a sense of power in her own life, as a new life forms and grows within her.  As the due date draws ever closer, the question of who will get to raise the baby - who it will call Mum - festers between them.