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6 3 y separately published work icon Path of the Beasts Lian Tanner , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2012 Z1894690 2012 single work children's fiction children's adventure fantasy ''I'm Fifth Keeper of the Museum of Dunt, and I'm back where I belong.'

When Goldie, Toadspit and Bonnie steal into Jewel in the middle of the night they find their city under the heel of the Fugleman, and the streets controlled by the Blessed Guardians and an army of ruthless mercenaries. The Museum itself is seething with danger, and only the older Keepers prevent it from spilling out into the city. Goldie, Toadspit and Bonnie must use all their clever tricks and hard-won bravery to undermine the Fugleman's brutal regime before he rounds up the children of Jewel and sells them into slavery.

In order to stop the bombardment of the museum, save the children and defeat the Fugleman once and for all, Goldie must walk the Beast Road, an ancient pathway deep inside the museum, a pathway so secret and perilous that no one has ever returned from it. And according to the old stories, she can take only two companions, and they must be mortal enemies ...

The thrilling conclusion to the highly successful Keepers trilogy.' (Publisher's blurb)
9 6 y separately published work icon City of Lies Lian Tanner , New York (City) : Delacorte Press , 2011 Z1790161 2011 single work children's fiction children's adventure fantasy 'A gripping fantasy adventure: the exciting sequel to Museum of Thieves. Six months have passed since the Great Storm, and Goldie Roth is trapped at home again, this time by the invisible chains of love and guilt. But when Toadspit's sister Bonnie is abducted by a mysterious criminal called Harrow, Goldie must leave home in a bold attempt to rescue her friends ...

In the last few months she had had more than a dozen messages from the museum, asking when she was going to take up her position as Fifth Keeper. Tonight she would reply. 'Never.'

Goldie Roth is a trained thief and a skilful liar. She's supposed to be one of the keepers of the mysterious Museum of Dunt, along with her friend Toadspit. But although she desperately wants to be a keeper, her parents are ill and she will not leave them. Then Toadspit's sister Bonnie is stolen, and Goldie is forced into action. She and Toadspit follow the child-stealers to the neighbouring city of Spoke. Along the way, Toadspit is also captured, and Goldie discovers some dangerous secrets - secrets that the child-stealers will kill to protect. She will need all her skills as a thief and a liar if she is to survive and save her friends. But survive she must. Because the Fugleman has returned to Jewel, and the Fifth Keeper will soon be needed more than ever ...' (Publisher's blurb)
4 6 y separately published work icon The Genius Wars Catherine Jinks , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2009 Z1645647 2009 single work novel young adult thriller 'In a thrilling conclusion to the Genius trilogy, Cadel must think like a criminal mastermind. After living a precarious life of lies and mistrust, Cadel has finally found his niche. But Prosper English resurfaces, determined to destroy everything Cadel has struggled to build...' (Libraries Australia record)
14 y separately published work icon Slated Teri Terry , London : Orchard Books , 2012 9398618 2012 single work novel science fiction young adult

'Kyla's memory has been erased, her personality wiped blank, her memories lost forever.

'She's been Slated.

'The government claims she was a terrorist, and that they are giving her a second chance - as long as she plays by their rules. But echoes of the past whisper in Kyla's mind. Someone is lying to her, and nothing is as it seems. Who can she trust in her search for the truth?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
3 2 y separately published work icon The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group Catherine Jinks , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2010 Z1735344 2010 single work novel young adult

'I still hadn't fully absorbed the terrible possibility that I might actually be a werewolf. A werewolf. I kept stumbling over that word; it made no sense to me. How could I be a werewolf? Werewolves didn't exist.

'When Tobias Richard Vandevelde wakes up in hospital with no memory of the night before, his horrified mother tells him that he was found unconscious. At Featherdale Wildlife Park. In a dingo pen.

'He assumes that his two rambunctious best friends are somehow responsible, until he discovers that they're just as freaked out as he is. Then the mysterious Reuben turns up, claiming that Toby has a rare and dangerous "condition". Next thing he knows, Toby finds himself involved with a strange bunch of sickly insomniacs who seem convinced that he needs their help.

'It's not until he's kidnapped and imprisoned that he starts to believe them - and to understand what being a paranormal monster really means.' (From the publisher's website.)
8 9 y separately published work icon Museum of Thieves Lian Tanner , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2010 Z1727356 2010 single work children's fiction children's adventure fantasy 'Goldie Roth lives in the city of Jewel, where impatience is a sin and boldness is a crime. But Goldie is both bold and impatient. She runs away to the mysterious Museum of Dunt, where she meets a boy named Toadspit and discovers dangerous secrets. A monstrous brizzlehound stalks the museum's corridors, and only a thief can find the way through its strange, shifting rooms. Goldie and Toadspit have a talent for thieving. Which is just as well, because the treacherous Fugleman has his own plans for the museum, plans that threaten the lives of everyone Goldie loves. And it will take a very bold thief to stop him.' (From the publisher's website.)
3 13 y separately published work icon The Reformed Vampire Support Group Catherine Jinks , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2009 Z1587159 2009 single work novel young adult

'"If being a vampire were easy, there wouldn't have to be a Reformed Vampire Support Group."

'Nina became a vampire in 1973, when she was fifteen, and she hasn't aged a day since then. But she hasn't had any fun either, because her life is so sickly and boring.

'It becomes even worse when one of the other vampires in her therapy group is staked by a mysterious slayer. Threatened with extinction, she and her fellow vampires decide to hunt down the culprit. Trouble is, they soon find themselves up against some gun-toting werewolf traffickers who'll stop at nothing.

'Can a bunch of feeble couch potatoes win a fight like this? Or is there more to your average vampire than meets the eye?' (Publisher's blurb)
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