Cirrus@Austlit

'Ava’s been training hard for an awesome athletics season, and is looking forward to celebrating her 12th birthday. Life’s great—and Chloe the dog is having puppies! Even if Mum gets annoyed at Ava’s lack of organisation, Ava can always rely on her best friend Josie and her sister Maddie to pick up after her.

'But when the pandemic hits, everything’s cancelled. There’s no school, no birthday, no athletics, no toilet paper and definitely no Josie to rely on. When a puppy goes missing, it’s Ava’s fault. Can she mend her irresponsible ways in time?' (Publication summary)

'Lola is Centre on the netball court, and knows how to keep the team working together from the middle.

'But netball is not the only situation Lola is always stuck in the middle of-what with her parents fighting all the time, and not to mention her best friends hating each other.

'When her netball team looks like they might be in the State Finals, Lola steps up as captain. But she's got bigger problems of her own when the doctor says that she might have to stop playing netball all together.

'Lola feels like she's losing from all sides. Can she ever stand up for herself? Or will she always be stuck in the middle?' (Publication summary)

'Maddie tries to be nice to everyone. Even weird, chicken-obsessed Tahlia.

'BUT she’d way prefer to hang out with the cool K-girls at school. The only problem is that they don’t seem interested in her anymore. And at Year 6 camp Maddie has a decision to make: how far will she go to be popular?

'Will she be able to live with the guilt when she finally has everything she’s been hoping for?

'Follow Maddie’s hilarious antics with chickens, secrets and undies in the latest adventure at Kangaroo Valley Public School.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Abby Smart is planning to have the most awesome year ever. She's the leader of the Smart Girls Club and after winning the talent quest, her dream to be a musical singer looks like it might come true.

'And then Stella turns up, fluttering her mascara eyelashes.

'She’s way too cool for little old Kangaroo Valley. Worst of all, she’s making Abby’s friends like ridiculous things such as makeup and new music! Abby’s plans to have a great year are being turned into dog food. Will Abby follow her friends, or follow her dreams? Because she can’t have both.

'After all, Smart Girls don’t wear mascara!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'When you don't know where you belong, who are you really? Jazmine’s deaf. And she’s getting tired. Tired of having to try hard, tired of fitting in, tired of pretending to be like everyone else. When Jaz goes to deaf camp, a new world opens up to her. A world where things are easier, and she finally seems to have a place. But when you leave one world and enter another, what happens to the people you leave behind? And why is one of her new deaf friends suddenly pushed out of the group? Which world will Jaz live in? Can she keep a foot in both? How will she figure out the best way to be Jazmine?

Being Jazmine is the third book in the Invisible series.'

(Source: author's website)

'It's Christmas, but Coco Franks isn't happy. In fact, she's devastated. Her mum has just dropped six words on her that are probably going to ruin the rest of her life. It's true. Someone wrote a book about her! Like, for reals.

'Coco can't handle it. Everything she's ever done is now on display for the world to see, and she's terrified that she'll be hated forever. But, as her twin sister Charlie says, does it matter what people think - really?

'Six Words That Wreck Your Life is a clean, humorous, Australian Christmas short story or flash fiction, featuring Coco and Charlie Franks, characters from the Love and Muddy Puddles and Charlie Franks is A-OK series for young teen girls and older middle grade readers.' (Publication summary)

'Unlike her drama-queen twin sister, Charlie Franks is always fine. At least she is until she has to start a new school, finds out she can't ride her new horse, and gets told that her Mum has something totally weird wrong with her. Charlie's not A-OK. Not at all. And she can't see how things are ever going to get better.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Thirteen year old fashionista Coco Franks has finally made it into the popular group when her dad decides to move the whole family to the country so they can 'bond'. Social death is looming, her shoes are covered in mud and all Coco wants to do is get herself back to her city friends. After all, things can't get any worse, right?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'"When I was smaller I thought that at some point in my life I’d reach the top of the mountain. You know, the place where you’re finally happy. The night I got a standing ovation in the school play was the night I got to the top. The trouble was, no one ever told me that I’d have to hike back down."

'Finally, everything is going right for 13-year-old Jazmine Crawford. After years of being invisible, she’s making friends, talking to her mum and hanging out with Liam. But what happens when everyone around her changes? Will getting back in touch with her grandma help her cope or just make things worse? And who’s going to finally give arrogant Angela what she deserves?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Jazmine Crawford doesn’t make decisions. She doesn’t make choices. She doesn’t make friends. Jazmine Crawford only wants one thing: to be invisible. For Jazmine, it’s a lot easier to take out her hearing aid and drift along pretending that nothing’s wrong than it is to admit that she’s heartbroken. She starts to come out of her shell when she's forced to be in the school play and even makes friends with bouncy Gabby and chocolate-loving Liam. But can she stand up to the school bully, and is she strong enough to face the truth about what really happened to her dad?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.