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Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Moonstone
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y separately published work icon The Nearest Fire Cherry Wilder , New York (City) : Atheneum , 1980 Z922462 1980 single work novel young adult science fiction With the help of two refugees from a penal colony, three earthmen, separated from a fourth on the planet Torin, elude capture by the Great Elder and gain cooperation for their mission.(Libraries Australia record). Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1995
y separately published work icon Sabriel Garth Nix , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 1995 Z822173 1995 single work novel young adult fantasy (taught in 2 units) Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead. Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 1995
y separately published work icon Alien Games : A Collection of Short Stories Jackie French , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1995 Z444303 1995 selected work short story young adult

'Journey through strange worlds - glimpse the future - other times and other ways. Meet Annablaze who finds a stranger on the beach, and Robert who travels to his own past. Visit a world with may swarming moons, and a world where a smiling granny is an enemy agent. Follow Hanna as she discovers a new intelligent life-form that only wants to play, and Aileyn who tames a dragon!' (Publication summary)

Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1995
y separately published work icon The Wizard's Torment Paul Collins , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1995 Z444406 1995 single work children's fiction children's fantasy

'Winston is in trouble. He has incurred the wrath of the Magic Guild and his master the Wizard. Only the dragon can help him find the missing dish he needs on his quest for the lost spell of Yoal.' (Publication summary)

Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1995
y separately published work icon The Luck of Brin's Five Cherry Wilder , New York (City) : Atheneum , 1977 Z924330 1977 single work novel young adult science fiction On a cold winter night in the ancient land of Torin, a messenger from Earth fell from the sky. Discovered by Dorn, eldest son of the family of Brin's Five, earthling astronaut Scott Gale was taken under the wing of Dorn's family and called Diver, the Luck of Brin's Five.(Publisher's blurb) Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 1995
y separately published work icon Aurora Sally Odgers , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1995 Z847708 1995 single work children's fiction children's science fiction 'Aurora's family lives a quiet life on an island. Her father is an author, and her mother a conman's daughter, but these are not the only things that makes the family shun publicity. There's a secret about Aurora, and now Cousin Josh is about to blow it open.' 

(Publication summary)

Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1995
y separately published work icon The Tapestry Warriors Cherry Wilder , New York (State) : Atheneum , 1983 Z431068 1983 single work novel young adult science fiction

'Having been absorbed into the traditional life of the Moruia, four Earth people live peacefully on the planet Torin until an unscrupulous diviner tries to seize power.' (Publication summary)

Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1996
y separately published work icon Myfanwy's Demon Louise Katz , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1996 Z544018 1996 single work novel young adult fantasy 'When Myfanwy, the witch, summons a demon from the Netherworld to help her defeat the evil Conabere, Meg materialises and is called upon to find the Soul Annealer. In time or out of time, Meg struggles with shape-shifting creatures, strange potions and ancient, unpredictable charms. The magical web spun from threads of fantasy and madness, power and intrigue, grows and spreads.' (Publication summary) Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1996
y separately published work icon The Gifting Sophie Masson , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1996 Z848338 1996 single work children's fiction fantasy children's 'The first of two books (Red City being the other), The Gifting is set in a strange world, reminiscent of the third-century Roman Empire, on the brink of decay. Young Sulia's merchant father dies and she leaves her city in search of her mother, who years before has returned to her native land of Alainan, far across the sea. On her way there, she meets Rufus, a young, disturbed child of Empire, and Lugan, who has come from the fabulous land he calls Gealan--Land of the Moon, the White Kingdom. But just who is he? And just who is the mysterious girl, Donna, who appears one day beside them? What is waiting for them in Alainan--powers and joy behind imagining, or danger and death? Based on Celtic legends and Roman history, this novel is a blend of magic and mystery, adventure and terror.' (Sophie Masson ) Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1996
y separately published work icon Zones Damien Broderick , Rory Barnes , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1997 Z493945 1997 single work novel young adult science fiction 'Jenny's slightly mixed-up adolescent life is disturbed greatly by a phone call from 1965! Questions of time and alternate realities are the result'. Source: bookseller's website. Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1997
y separately published work icon Trinity Street Sally Odgers , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1997 Z546415 1997 single work novel young adult science fiction 'Tell and Camena were inseparable until the arrival of the mysterious Gerhardt. Now you can never see Camena without Gerhardt. Gerhardt is from the 27th century and on a mission - he wants high-IQ Camena for recovery into the future and the donation of her genes for the betterment of humanity.' 

(Publication summary)

Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1997
y separately published work icon The Outcast Patricia Bernard , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1998 Z81070 1998 single work novel young adult science fiction 'A Mega throwback is the expendable one! In the Arid Zone's harsh conditions, death can come at any time. Fish is not sure that he can survive ....' (Publication summary) Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1998

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First known date: 1995
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