Random House Australia: 1821 books

When your life is at a crossroads, how do you find the road home? Lara Turner has a boyfriend, a nice house in the city and a chance at a big promotion.� So when her brother calls asking her to come home, she hesitates.� Can she face the memories that inhabit the beloved place of her childhood?�...

It's 1849 . . . and Nellie is starting her new life as a kitchen maid in a grand Adelaide house with her best friend, Mary. But Nellie's desire to live out her dreams soon leads to a battle with the�spiteful cook Bessie Rudge. Can Nellie keep her temper and avoid being thrown out to beg on the streets?...

A moving family drama about change and loss, and having the courage and strength to surf the big breaks. By the acclaimed author of Father's Day and Mother's Day. His dad had often spoken of these rare and special days: the days when some change far out in the sea brought great waves rearing up and...

It's 1930 . . . and Ruby Quinlan lives in a big house in Adelaide with her parents and her fox terrier, Baxter. As she prepares for her twelfth birthday party, Ruby has never been happier, but the world outside is experiencing harder t**imes. Ruby knows that lots of people are losing their jobs, but...

Horse-mad friends Poppy, Milly and Katie are overjoyed to be back at Starlight Stables and spending every second with their new ponies - riding, training and having fun while preparing for their first big Pony club competition. But when a rival competitor arrives one day to train with them, trouble...

Warning! This story contains magic, witches, talking animals (well, at least one), salt circles and a lot of bad�acting. For Jinny, it's not easy owning Cooper, her annoying talking, disappearing guinea pig with a love of biscuits and a talent for sniffing out trouble. Especially trouble of the...

Dogs are renowned for their loyalty, and those saved from animal shelters or rescue groups seem to be especially devoted to the humans who have offered them a second chance. In this extraordinary collection, meet the brave dogs that have shown incredible courage – even risking death – to protect...

Suddenly there was a trench across the beach, about ten meters away from the fishermen, where before there had been nothing but flat sand.� The fishermen moved quickly away as the trench heaved grey ash across the sand.� They sprinted when it hurled black rocks at them. Kerta didn't want...

Set in the dramatic beauty of the Kimberley region, this is the poignant story of Matthew and his unusual friendship with an Aboriginal girl.

Thomas Timewell is sixteen and a gentleman. When he meets a body-snatcher called Plenitude, his whole life changes. He is pursued by cutthroats, a gypsy with a meat cleaver, and even the Grim Reaper. More disturbing still, Thomas has to spend an evening with the worst novelist in the world. A very...

It's 1864 . . . and Poppy is on the road again, heading to the town of Wahgunyah.� On the way she meets a stranger who seems to know something about her past, and her special letter with the red tiger seal.� But the more time she spends with this boy, the more difficult he becomes.� Should Poppy...

With our bags full of rats, the five of us began walking towards the line. We'd gone only a few yards when a voice sounded off to our left. 'What 'ave we 'ere, then?' it said. We turned our heads and say Bluey Lonnegan lifting himself up off a sandstone wall. 'You're lookin' at the Black Dog Gang,'...

Karl Chandler is a funny bugger and so are his mates.� In fact, our local talent has been killing it in clubs and festivals the world over.� Lucky for us, these comics have worked around their hectic schedules - setting their alarm clocks for before midday and logging off Twitter - to cough up...

Here is all the advice you don't want to hear from your parents, and if you're a parent, you don't want to have to tell your kids.� Stuff such as: - Why you should think twice about a threesome - Who gets rid of the condom after sex - How to avoid an attack (and how to fight back) - Why you should...