Children's Friendship & Relationship Stories Books

Lani Scrub has a plan: study hard and become a world-renowned scientist like her hero, Kit Galway, who wrote The Meaning of the Universe.The plan is ruined when Lani's mum decides to 'find herself' by joining a nature-loving community called Passing...

Truly Devious meets Turtles All the Way Down in critically acclaimed author Katie Henry’s YA contemporary comedic mystery, a hilarious send-up of the hardboiled detective genre that spotlights family, friendship, and love. Gideon’s short-lived run as a...

“David Levithan is an icon of queer young adult fiction. Romance, realism, and relationship drama – Levithan's stories are where my love for queer YA was born.” – Alice OsemanFrom the New York Times bestselling author of EVERY DAY, this is a queer love...

A gorgeous, inspiring picture book about how one simple act can be the beginning of real change—from popular author Kat Yeh and award-winning illustrator Isabelle Arsenault. An ideal gift, this is perfect for fans of What the Road Said.Your one...

From the critically acclaimed creator of Superbat, Spyder and Rhinocorn Rules comes an epic adventures series that proves that superheroes come in ALL shapes and sizes. WINNER! Children's Literature Festival Book Awards 2024Originating from the trunk of...

What does your shadow get up to? Jack and his amazing magical shadow are the VERY best of friends who do everything together. But when Jack's shadow gets up to mischief and starts acting of its own accord, Jack gets the blame. He decides that he has had...

The classic 'Five Little Ducks' meets We're Going on a Bear Hunt and I Went Walking in an irresistibly fresh, cute and clever picture book that pre-schoolers will love. One little duck went out one day,over the hills and far away.Mother Duck said .....

Heart-Stopper with life-saving heart surgery - a commercial, breezy, accessible and funny gay YA romance. "I loved this brave, hilarious, impossibly tender book with my whole zombie heart." Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens...

In this poignant middle grade contemporary debut that New York Times bestselling author Katherine Applegate calls “by turns heartbreaking and heart-healing,” Evan Griffith beautifully captures all the tenderness and uncertainty that come with caring...

Snake loves art class—until his project is a disaster, and he makes a terrible mistake that hurts a friend. How will Snake fix his mistake Acclaimed author-artist Sarah Kurpiel’s Snake’s Big Mistake is a picture book about art, friendship, apologizing,...

Inspired by Moulin Rouge! and set on an island in a magical version of Prohibition-era New York, Revelle is a breathtaking YA stand-alone fantasy full of dazzling magic, romance, and mystery from debut author Lyssa Mia Smith.On the island of Charmant,...

‘Ridonkulously funny and every kid should get their hooter into this Total Winner of graphic novel’ – JENNY PEARSON,The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates‘Hugely enjoyable, surreal chaos’ GUARDIAN on Barry Loser'The review of the 8-year-old boy in...

AN INSTANT NUMBER 1 NYT BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! THE EXPLOSIVE NEW YA CRIME THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER. AN INSTANT NUMBER 1 NYT BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!WINNER of the CrimeFest...

**One of BuzzFeed's Great LGBTQ+ YA novels to Warm up Your Winter * A Kid's Feb/March IndieNext pick**From New York Times bestselling author Claire Legrand comes a new, bone-chilling YA horror novel about a girl who joins a coven to root out a vicious...

Two stories in one easy-to-read graphic novel perfect for beginning readers, based on the bestselling Stick and Stone books by Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld. Perfect for fans of the Narwhal and Pizza and Taco series.Join...

A 2023 Sydney Taylor Honor Book! * A Bustle Best YA Books Out in 2022 title!Culinary delights abound, romance lingers in the air, and plans go terribly, wonderfully astray in this gender-bent take on My Fair Lady from Jennieke Cohen, author of...

Narwhal is a happy-go-lucky narwhal. Jelly is a no-nonsense jellyfish. The two might not have a lot in common, but they do love waffles, parties and adventures. Join Narwhal and Jelly as they discover the whole wide ocean together in the hilarious...

THE FUNNIEST PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR! Welcome to the Antarctic, where an intrepid bunch of explorers is making an in-depth study of penguins. Penguins. Penguins. Penguins. So many penguins . . .But one young explorer has discovered something different...

One of Us Is Lying meets Lord of the Flies meets Fyre Fest in this wickedly addictive and funny YA thriller. Rafi Francisco needs something really special to put her true crime podcast on the map. She sets her sights on River Stone, the hearthrob...

Bestselling Mothball is back -- with birthday cake! (Carrot, of course.) She eats, she sleeps, she scratches. But today it's Mothball's birthday and it's time to celebrate!Created by author Jackie French and illustrator Bruce Whatley, Happy Birthday...

'Chock full of action, humour, danger, and emotion, this phenomenal series is unputdownable from start to finish!' - Amanda Bouchet, USA Today bestselling author of The Kingmaker Chronicles. 2021 PRISM Award Winner: SF/Futuristic2021 PRISM Award Winner:...

In this indispensable conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Shattered Realms series, master storyteller Cinda Williams Chima delivers spellbinding action, bittersweet reunions, and dazzling revelations.Warrior Alyssa ana’Raisa would do anything...

Debut author Jilly Gagnon bursts onto the scene with a story equal parts bite and romance, perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Jennifer E. Smith, about falling for someone in front of everyone.  In this modern day love story: Girl likes boy. Girl...

The unmissable and genre-defining first novel from John Green, the international number one bestselling and award-winning author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS and TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN.Includes a brand-new Readers Guide featuring a Q&A with the author...

"Rich in politics, intrigue, and betrayal, Dagger and Coin is a complex feminist fantasy featuring a tough and prickly ex-princess that I couldn't help but adore."—Heidi Heilig, author of The Girl from EverywhereThe sequel to Sword and Verse follows a...

An Amazon Best Book of 2019 * New York Times Bestseller * B&N's YA Book Club Pick * Indiebound Bestseller * #6 on the 2019 Kids’ Indie Next List"A brilliant debut, full of everything I love: a sparkling and fully realized...

A commemorative edition of TEENS by Louise Mack, which was the first children's book published by Angus & Robertson in 1897.Ages 9+ TEENS: A STORY OF AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLGIRLS was the first fiction title to be published by Angus and Robertson and was...

The fifth book in the multi-award-winning and much-loved Kingdom of Silk series Ages 9+ It's almost Christmas in Cameron's Creek and it's a time for wishes, big and small. But Scarlet, the oldest of the Rainbow Girls, is not so sure if wishes can come...

Painstakingly researched and extremely well written, this is a novel that moves deftly and easily from one time period to another and yet still allows the novel to retain an overall sense of cohesion. Shooting stars, kisses, grenades and the lumbering...

Funny, sweet and beautifully depicted, YOU'RE THE KIND OF GIRL I WRITE SONGS ABOUT is a startlingly fresh voice from a very talented new author. Tim is repeating the HSC, but he's more into music than studying. He is juggling playing in a band with...

FROM INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ALEXANDRA ADORNETTO COMES THE POWERFUL CONCLUSION TO GHOST HOUSE In the sequel to the page-turning Ghost House, Alexander Reade turns up at Sycamore High not remembering how he got there. But worse, he doesn't...

They say music is the universal language... Since an alien selected her to be his time-travelling partner, Joss has met an assassin, confronted an anti-alien lobby and had her freewheeling lifestyle nipped in the bud by the high security that surrounds...

Third in Jeni Mawter's exhilarating Freewheelers series. Bikes vs skateboards - can both sides win? Wheels skate park has been built and is about to be officially opened. It's meant to be an area for skateboarders, in-line skaters, scooters and BMX...

Ash learns to ride Western-style - and makes friends with Bella, a girl with a mysterious past and an uncertain future. Ash feels like she's on an out-of-control carousel ride. there's her job at Shady trails Riding Ranch, Riding Club, two horses, three...

It's all about friendship, fun and a passion for horses the Miller household is thrown into chaos when Ash's baby brother is born and Ash finds herself at the bottom of the pecking order for the first time in her life. the baby is cute, but very noisy!...

Michael Panckridge, author of the toby Jones cricketing series, joins forces with Australian Rugby League legend Laurie Daly to bring us an exciting new sporting series - League of Legends. Sam Davies loves rugby league more than anything - and now...

What happens when your mother feeds you more roughage in a week than a health farm dishes out in a year? How will Macca "iron gut" Mactavish's mates make him throw up? How will Gumby Mason score a boogie from his football Coach? If you're a fan of...

there are hundreds and thousands of Missing Persons ... whether they have changed identity to remain hidden from those who love them, whether they have been abducted or some other reason is not always known. Missing You, Love Sara is a story of such a...

Can friendship save youThe day Ferris Boyd moves to town, Delly Pattison is sure a special surpresent (a present that is a surprise) is on its way. Instead, Delly ends up in even more trouble than usual. The Boyds' arrival in River Bluffs means big...

From talented debut YA author Tara Eglington, this is a page-turning, funny and delicious romp of a book that both kissing and non-kissing teenage girls will adore.Ages: 12+ Sweet sixteen and never been kissed - and that's the way Aurora Skye wants it...

The course of true love never did run smoothly. For a girl who shares her name with a princess (a.k.a Aurora from Sleeping Beauty), Aurora Skye's life seem fathoms away from a fairytale. the course of true love never did run smoothly. For a girl who...

The New York Times bestselling first book in a dark series that reimagines the Oz saga, from debut author Danielle Paige. Start at the beginning and discover your new series to binge!My name is Amy Gumm—and I'm the other girl from Kansas. I've been...

The fifth and final breathtaking instalment in the darkly seductive and best-selling WICKED LOVELY series, about the collision of mortal and faery worlds… The Summer King is missing; the Dark Court is bleeding; and a stranger walks the streets of...

“I’m once again blown away by Laura Gao’s ability to make me relate to someone completely different from myself. Get ready to experience the epic highs and lows of high school rock climbing.” —Sonora Reyes, National Book Award finalist and bestselling...

Melissa Marr’s New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series continues with the fourth – and penultimate – instalment in the darkly seductive story about the collision of the mortal and faery worlds… The events of FRAGILE ETERNITY have left the faery...

Frog and Toad stories have delighted both children and adults for more than fifty years, celebrating friendship and life in the most joyful and heart-warming way.This charming collection, which brings together three autumn stories, is the perfect...

The funniest book of the year from an incredibly exciting new voice in children’s fiction! Are you sitting comfortably? Are you fantasising about bamboo? Do you have black and white fur? Are you huge and cute and cuddly-looking? Well, put this book...

When you live in a zoo - things can get wild! Eleven-year-old Neeka Wilder has always loved animals.She wants to be a vet one day, like her mum who is the head vet at Wilder Zoo - where Neeka and her family live! Neeka is a great help to the zoo staff...