Cirrus@Austlit

'Worms are working for us day and night. They improve our soils by aerating and fertilising and they recycle our organic waste in the process.
Where would we be without them?

'The Worm Book introduces different types of worm: segmented worms, roundworms, ribbon worms and flatworms with all that is weird and wonderful and the crucial role they play in recycling organic waste.' (Publication summary)

'Australians are an inventive lot. From the innovative tools and equipment of our First Nations people to the pioneering solutions of colonial times and hi-tech minds of today, Australians have risen to the challenge of problem solving.

'Also, Vegemite. We can’t explain that but we love it anyway.' (Publication summary)

'"There are some things you should know about me if we are going to be friends. Like I don't believe in ghosts."

'Freya Jackson Kramer has done some stupid things before, but this is the first time they've been splashed across Facebook. When she escapes to Vinegar House for the holidays, she thinks she's leaving her troubles behind. But Freya's troubles are just beginning. How will she deal with her manipulative cousin, Rumer? How can she avoid the ex-love of her life, Luke Hart? And what secrets lie in the locked attic?

'This is a book for readers who believe in ghosts, for readers who disbelieve, and for those who are still sitting on the fence.' (From the publisher's website.)

'Six by Karen Tayleur takes the reader into the lives of six teenagers on the brink of adulthood. The story begins where it ends, in the aftermath of a terrible car accident. But something else is lurking behind the apparently normal lives of these Year 12 students. Five of them have found a body in the woods during the summer. When they report it anonymously, the discovery has implications for all of them.

'Relationships are developing and changing. All of the characters are facing the pressures of Year 12 and the spectre of the future. All of them have secrets and the way in which these are revealed is one of the many engaging features of this novel.'  (Publication summary)

'What if you could have your life over again. Would it be different?

'Tully becomes a hostage when she is abducted from a chemist on Christmas Eve. Her ordeal lasts 24 hours.

'Or so she says.' (From the publisher's website.)

'When Miles Cameron was allowed to go trick or treating for the first time, everyone warned him to stay away from Stingy Jack's house.

'If only he had listened.' (From the publisher's website.)

'People have been telling me what to do my whole life. And now that I have a choice to make, I don't know if I can do it.'(Publication summary)