Random House Australia: 1821 books

"I am deadly, desirable and delicious"... is Alice's mantra as she hilariously negotiates her way throught the rocky terrain of singledom. Alice Aigner is successful, independent and a confirmed serial dater - but at her ten-year school reunion she has a sudden change of heart. Bored rigid...

Break the curse or howl forever. Etienne, son of a lord in the kingdom of Armorique, goes to train as a knight with Geraint of Lucanne. Geraint is brave and kind, a good teacher and master - but he has a secret that he has kept from his family. He is bisclavret, a born werewolf. When Geraint...

A mischievous ghost, Bollywood glamour and a Maharajah's palace. Life will never be the same for the Penny twins . . . Anusha and Maya are the 12-year-old twin daughters of the widowed Mrs Penny, who runs the family business - a ghost-hunting detective agency. Since their father's death, the...

An epic battle between a boy, a boat and a shark With a crack as though her back was breaking the dory lurched downwards. Christos felt himself twist, then fall inexorably, towards the head of the inquisitive shark. For his birthday, Christos takes his father's mackerel dory on his first solo...

Natalie Palladino was a normal fifteen-year-old, at a normal school, about to face a normal maths test. Now her codename is Nomad, and she's training to become a secret agent for HELIX. No one can know that sorcery exists. No one can know that HELIX protects humanity from the Inductors. And...

Brumby Plains is an isolated place, and the outside world doesn't intrude much here. But when Sam and George discover a refugee child washed up on the shores of their buffalo station, the rest of the world is brought a lot closer. An accident has taken Mac and Sarah far away, and Uncle Mungo has strong...

Is anything as sad and boring as being stuck inside on a rainy Saturday? It depends on your imagination... Miss Mae goes on marvellous adventures with her grandmother. But this week a storm is keeping them stuck indoors. Mae is terribly disappointed. That is, until Grandma produces a...

Try to keep up with the bouncing ball as it travels down the street, between two cars, into a gutter, down a storm drain . This picture book will delight young readers as they follow the adventures of the bouncing ball through colourful fields and cities, past animals, cars, boys and girls.

Stomp your feet at the Dinosaur Disco! Everyone is dancing at the disco. But then . . . The music stops. The ground shakes. Is the intruder looking for a dance . . . or his dinner? Twist your hips, not your tongue! Dinosaur Disco includes a pronunciation guide and fun dino facts.

Matt finds himself pushed into awkward situation by his friends, Chunk and Fraser. He can't find the willpower to resist, to say no. He doesn't want to be labeled a wimp. So, they control him. But there is a greater force preying on Matt's mind, trying to take advantage of his weak will. What are...

From the author of Mr Chen's Emporium comes a quirky and heartwarming tale about finding your true place in the world, set against the backdrop of a weekly trivia competition. 'Trivia is a serious business, not a social occasion' Kevin Dwyer, the 'trivia man' Dubbed 'brainbox' by his...

What if you achieve everything you've dreamed of - and it turns into a nightmare? Danika and her crew of refugees finally reach the Magnetic Valley. Will it be the safe refuge and land of freedom they had imagined? When a runaway girl is shot down before their eyes, Danika and her friends realise...

'A shadow, a swift movement, a shout; it was quick. instinctively, she raised her arm to protect herself' Hannah Stanton has no family now, except for these strangers who live among cannibals. Her first impression of the island is of white sand and waving palms but the jungle hides deception...

When life, love and family aren't what anyone said they'd be . . . Like Looking for Alibrandi, this coming-of-age story stars a girl trying to find herself within a strong family environment. 'Then something shifted. I don't know when what used to make me content began to make me cringe; when...