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Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior.
Oh yeah. And dead.
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The astonishing best-seller is now a fantastic movie. Here is the original novel with new movie artwork on the cover. Set in a dark vision of the near future, a terrifying reality TV show is taking place. Twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live event called Th...e Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her younger sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.
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The New York Times and Australian mega-bestselling series about Will and his friends from Castle Redmont starts here! Will is small for his age, but agile and energetic. All his life, he has dreamed of becoming a great knight like the father he never knew, so he is devastated whe...n he is rejected as an apprentice to Castle Redmont's Battleschool. Instead he is apprenticed to Halt, the mysterious Ranger whose uncanny ability to move unseen is thought to be the result of black magic. Reluctantly, Will learns to use a Ranger's secret weapons: a bow and arrow, a mottled cloak and a stubborn little pony. It may not be the sword and battlehorse he longs for, but when Will and Halt set out on a desperate mission to prevent the assassination of the King, Will finds that a Ranger's weapons are not so useless after all . . .
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| ISBN |
9781864715002 |
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EPUB |
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Read in Browser or Adobe Ebook Compatible Device |
| Language |
en |
| Published AU |
1 May 2010 |
| Publisher |
Penguin |
| Interest Age |
Children / Young Adults |
| Series |
Ranger's Apprentice |
| Ebook Terms |
Titles are sold with a 2 year time limit, or 36 loan limit, 21 days maximum loan period view? |
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36
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Quentin Jacobsen - Q to his friends - is eighteen and has always loved the edgy Margo Roth Spiegelman. As childrena they'd discovered a dead body together. Now at high school, Q's nerdy while Margo is uber-cool. One night Margo persuades him to participate in several hours of may...hem. Then she vanishes.
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9781460700273 |
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EPUB |
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Read in Browser or Adobe Ebook Compatible Device |
| Language |
en |
| Published AU |
13 Mar 2013 |
| Publisher |
HarperCollins |
| Interest Age |
13+ years |
| Ebook Terms |
26 loan limit on HarperCollins titles view? |
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26
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Another thrilling Zac Power adventure! Zac Power is on a mission on one of the world's most dangerous islands, Poison Island. Zac must track down Dr Drastic, an enemy scientist. The jungle is full of deadly plants and animals that could be useful in Dr Drastic's evil experiments.... Zac has 24 hours - and his family's life depends on him succeeding!
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The vivid and compelling story of a young girl fleeing Afghanistan with her family and their journey to Australia. Inspired by a true story.
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9781741763089 |
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EPUB |
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Read in Browser or Adobe Ebook Compatible Device |
| Language |
en |
| Published AU |
1 May 2008 |
| Publisher |
Allen & Unwin |
| Interest Age |
Children / Young Adults |
| Ebook Terms |
Titles are sold with a 2 year time limit or 52 loans. view? |
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52
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Book 2 in the bestselling Phoenix Files series. Peter's life seemed pretty normal. Until he discovered that everyone outside the town of Phoenix was going to die. The all-powerful Shackleton Co-operative will do whatever it takes to keep him and his friends quiet. And the clock i...s still ticking. There are 88 days until the end of the world.
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In the dark, Viola sees things no one else does . until the night she sees something she shouldn't. Would you take the money and run?
| ISBN |
9781743435489 |
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EPUB |
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Read in Browser or Adobe Ebook Compatible Device |
| Language |
en |
| Published AU |
26 Mar 2014 |
| Publisher |
Allen & Unwin |
| Interest Age |
13+ years |
| Ebook Terms |
Titles are sold with a 2 year time limit or 52 loans. view? |
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52
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It's 2127, and the future is at stake. But Abdi and Tegan must save themselves before they can save the world.
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9781743437094 |
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EPUB |
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Read in Browser or Adobe Ebook Compatible Device |
| Language |
en |
| Published AU |
26 Mar 2014 |
| Publisher |
Allen & Unwin |
| Interest Age |
13+ years |
| Ebook Terms |
Titles are sold with a 2 year time limit or 52 loans. view? |
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52
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Author Lemony Snicket is a broken man, wracked with misery and despair as a result of writing A Series Of Unfortunate Events. He spends his days wandering the countryside weeping and moaning, and his evenings eating hastily-prepared meals. But what was he like when he was thirtee...n years old? Find out on October 23rd 2012.
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