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A Very Peculiar Plague (#2 City of Orphans) by Catherine Jinks
$14.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult | Series: City of Orphans
'Bogles ain't like pigeons. They don't travel in flocks. So why is this corner o' London crawling with 'em?'Eleven-year-old Jem Barbary spent most of his early life picking pockets for a canny old crook named Sarah Pickles. Now she's betrayed him, and Jem wants revenge. He also wants to work for bogler ...Show more
A Very Singular Guild (City of Orphans #3) by Catherine Jinks
$14.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult | Series: City of Orphans
Twelve-year-old Ned Roach used to scavenge for scraps along the Thames riverbank. But the recent plague of child-eating bogles in London means that he's now working as an apprentice to Alfred Bunce, the bogler.Alongside Jem Barbary and (sometimes) Birdie McAdam, Ned must lure bogles out of their lairs s ...Show more
A Very Unusual Pursuit (#1 City of Orphans) by Catherine Jinks
$14.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult | Series: City of Orphans | Reading Level: very good
Monsters have been infesting London's dark places for centuries, eating every child who gets too close. That's why ten-year-old Birdie McAdam works for Alfred Bunce, the bogler. With her beautiful voice and dainty looks, Birdie is the bait that draws bogles from their lairs so that Alfred can kill them. ...Show more
Barney (HB) by Catherine Jinks
$17.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
Barney loves cat food. Barney loves greens. Barney loves bacon and biscuits and beans...
Charlatan by Catherine Jinks
$32.99 AUD
Category: True Crime
Thomas Guthrie Carr is charged by Eliza Gray with mesmerising her and raping her while she was under his influence. But if mesmerism and Mr Carr are shams, was Eliza raped? In the tradition of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Charlatan is the story of a notorious nineteenth-century court case involving a l ...Show more
Evil Genius (#1) by Catherine Jinks
$18.95 AUD
Category: Young Adult | Series: Genius Trilogy | Reading Level: good
Cadel Piggott is a seven-year-old genius with a knack for systems. He can do just about anything: disable home security systems, hack into government databases and commit credit card fraud. But when he gets in trouble with the police his parents are forced to take him to a therapist, Dr Thaddeus Roth. B ...Show more
Freckles by Catherine Jinks
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books
My fabulous freckles are wonderful fun. A hundred and twenty! I’ve counted each one. A gorgeous story about loving who you are – all the way down to the last freckle! Written by award-winning author Catherine Jinks and illustrated by Jennifer Goldsmith who was shortlisted for the Little Hare Illustrat ...Show more
Shelter by Catherine Jinks
$32.99 AUD
Category: Crime
Meg lives alone. A little place in the bush outside town. A perfect place to hide. That's one of the reasons she offers to shelter Nerine, who's escaping a violent ex. The other is that Meg knows what it's like to live with an abusive partner. Nerine is jumpy and her two little girls are frightened. It ...Show more
Shepherd by Catherine Jinks
$29.99 AUD
Category: General | Reading Level: 2 Crime
Fourteen-year-old convict Tom Clay lives in a shepherd's hut in the bush, protecting his master's sheep from wild dogs. When a vicious fellow shepherd returns to ensure there are no witnesses to his crimes, the bush-crafty Tom and his hapless mate Rowdy face a life-and-death battle to survive. ’I’ve al ...Show more
The Attack by Catherine Jinks
$32.99 AUD
Category: Crime
Robyn Ayres works as the camp caretaker on Finch Island, a former leper colony off the coast of Queensland. Her current clients are a group of ex-military men who run a tough-love program for troubled teens. The latest crop looks like the usual mix of bad boys and sad boys. Then Robyn takes a second lo ...Show more
The Demon Thief (Theophilus Grey #1) by Catherine Jinks
$19.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Theophilus Grey
Book one of a two-part intriguing mystery series set in the perilous back alleys of Georgian London. From the multi-award-winning author of A Very Unusual Pursuit. Twelve - year - old Theophilus Grey - Philo to his friends - heads a team of linkboys who guide Londoners home through the dank eighteenth ...Show more
The Traitor's Mask (Theophilus Grey #2) by Catherine Jinks
$19.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Theophilus Grey
You have too much honour for this trade, my dear. Abandon it now, while you still can. In eighteenth - century London, twelve - year - old linkboy Philo Grey has spent most of his childhood out on the streets, collecting information to sell. One of his best customers, Mr Bishop, pays him good money for ...Show more