AustLit

'The Chicken Liberation Army is an action and aventure novel for young readers and their families. "If the chickens were prisoners and had no Geneva Convention to protect them, then they needed an army to do it instead. We'd just become that army. 'Welcome to the CLA, ' I said." When Bella and her friends discover a battery hen farm where the owners are abusing their chickens, Bella is determined to investigate and liberate the chickens. So the 'Chicken Liberation Army' is formed to rescue them. This leads to a fateful camping trip, exploring a dangerous and disused mine shaft, and a horrifying discovery - what is really going on behind the wire fence at the hen farm? What secrets are being protected and why are 'they' determined to keep everyone out, even at gunpoint? Platoon Commander Bellamante won't stop until she finds the answers!' (Publication summary)

'An action and adventure novel with mystery and romance: introducing Fiona Page. Can she survive her own curiosity? At twenty nine, I hadn't grown up. I was still prone to chasing after those stronger than me: still prone to needing those stronger than me. Wanting to be with them to see if what they had could somehow rub off on me. Spending so much time admiring their strength and power, daydreaming over what it would be like to be like them. Which is why a few short weeks after meeting the latest champion, I found myself down south, watching as a man choked to death on his own blood, my new knife in his stomach. The only thing I could say in my defence was: I didn't kill him. I swear I didn't do it. I hardly knew the man. Well, unless you count the fact he kidnapped me only five days before... Fiona Page likes to party. In fact, life is one big party, with shopping thrown in as an added bonus. If it's alcoholic, fattening, covered in 'bling' and preferably to the accompaniment of loud music, she's there. Why not, she reasons, when you inherited staggering amounts of cash? It takes the arrival of a mysterious new neighbour to shake Fiona out of her hangovers. Fiona can't wait to stick her nose into everyone's business and Jonelle Brakin is no exception. Jonelle is everything Fiona isn't - and more. With friends who possibly want her dead, enemies who definitely want her dead, and hunting down a killer, Jonelle is the most fascinating person Fiona has ever met - until Jonelle introduces her to Will Malone. Will is so hot, he's to die for. The only trouble is - just how far will Fiona go to test that theory? Hunted by a psychopath and protected by her neighbourhood retired assassin, Fiona's life just got a hell of a lot more interesting.' (Publication summary)

'A mysterious candlestick, a dangerous wizard and a talking dragon! Daniel wanted a change in his life - he just had no idea what was coming! Daniel sat back and looked at his handy work. The stonework was clear of debris and the dragon's scales, spikes and ridges were clear of dirt. The only trouble was he definitely needed a new paint job. 'I might even touch up your eyes. They should be fire engine red, ' said Daniel. He looked at them closely. They looked back at him closely. Daniel frowned. Were they really looking at him or was it a trick of the light? He bent to pick up the candlestick, to move it closer to the window. The eyes blinked. The discovery of a dragon wrapped around a candlestick changes Daniel Smith's life forever. After finding Nilofar and the magical doorway into the land of Novarmere, Daniel uncovers a plot to destroy the bond between the heir of the throne and the magical land in which they live. With the help of his new friends, Daniel must race against time to reunite the Princess of Novarmere with the sceptre of her people before her thirteenth birthday: the fate of an entire nation rests in his hands. Will Daniel be able to overcome his fears and defeat the powerful dark wizard in time to save them all?' (Publication summary)