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A Place Like This by Steven Herrick
$19.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
Jack and Annabel have decided to put off university and drive around the country. It all seems wildly romantic, but when their car dies two days into the trip, they end up at George's apple orchard. They figure it's a temporary pit stop--and at first it is. But when Jack recognizes a familiar suffering ...Show more
Another Night in Mullet Town by Steven Herrick
$19.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: 14+
An iridescent verse novel from award-winning author Steven Herrick that shines light on friendship, family and finding your way.People like you and me, Jonah,we drag down the price of everything we touch.Life for Jonah and Manx means fishing for mullet at the lake, watching their school mates party on F ...Show more
Bleakboy and Hunter Stand Out In the Rain by Steven Herrick
$14.95 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
Jesse is an eleven-year-old boy tackling many problems in life, especially fitting into a new school. Luckily he meets Kate. She has curly black hair, braces and an infectious smile. She wants to 'Save the Whales' and needs Jesse's help. But they haven't counted on Hunter, the school bully, who appears ...Show more
How to Repaint a Life (CBCA Honours 2022) by Steven Herrick
$19.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
A powerful prose novel from one of Australia's most awarded authors.Isaac is running from his old life when he steps off the bus in a small town. He doesn't plan on sticking around and has nowhere to stay, but a local cafe owner's kindness offers him a chance to change his story. Then Isaac meets Sophie ...Show more
In Times of Bushfires and Billy Buttons by Steven Herrick
$19.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
Age range 13 to 18 What makes a good family? Love or blood? And what if you have to choose between the two? Ethan’s parents are in jail; his Aunt works too hard; the new kid, Joshua, has a scar on his arm; a fire storm threatens the suburb, while wildflowers bloom along the school fence.For Ethan, Audr ...Show more
Love Ghosts & Nose Hair by Steven Herrick; Gregory Rogers (Illustrator)
$19.95 AUD
Category: Young Adult | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser.
Jack is 16. He's obsessed with the beautiful Annabel, the ghost of his mother and nose hair. This is a bitter-sweet comedy written in verse for young adults.
My Life, My Love, My Lasagne by Steven Herrick
$14.95 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
A collection of funny, poignant and significant poems detailing the everyday lives of children - family, school and friends. Each poem echoes with the voice of young people.
Pookie Aleera is Not My Boyfriend by Steven Herrick
$16.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
In a country town, in a school just like yours, the kids in Class 6A tell their stories. There's Mick, school captain and sometimes trouble-maker, who wants to make the school a better place, while his younger brother Jacob just wants to fly. There's shy and lonely Laura who hopes to finally fit in with ...Show more
The Bogan Mondrian by Steven Herrick
$19.95 AUD
Category: Young Adult
'There are worse things than school.' Luke sleepwalks through his days wagging school, swimming at the reservoir and eating takeaway pizza. That is until Charlotte shows up. Rumour is she got expelled from her city school and her family moved to the Blue Mountains for a fresh start. But when Luke's invi ...Show more
The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick
$19.95 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Series: UQP Young Adult Fiction Ser. | Reading Level: 14+
My hand in his stops trembling, for a moment. When the paths of a runaway teenage boy, an old hobo and a rich girl intersect in an abandoned train yard, each carries their own personal baggage. Over early mornings, long walks and cheap coffee they discover, no matter how big or small, it's the simple gi ...Show more
Untangling Spaghetti (Selected Poems) by Steven Herrick
$14.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: 9+
Each day after school, Steven's sons would come home and tell him about their day. These stories became poems and these poems became fodder for the many school talks Steven gives around the country each year. Topics include food, animals, school, friends, sport (esp. soccer!), dogs and anything and ever ...Show more
Zoe, Max and the Bicycle Bus by Steven Herrick
$16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
The sun is shining and today feels like an adventure, only one I can go on whenever I want because I have a bicycle and friends and a city just waiting to be explored.With their new teacher's help, the kids in Class 5D ride to school together in a bicycle bus. Olivia can fix a puncture in two minutes an ...Show more
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