Spirit Of The Crocodile PagesSHORTLISTED: 2026 Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year for Younger Children SHORTLISTED: 2026 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers SHORTLISTED: 2025 Children's Book Prize, Queensland Literary Awards HIGHLY COMMENDED: 2025 Prize for Children's Literature, Victorian Premier's Literary Awards The crocodile's eyes were yellow, slit by a vertical pupil. The creature remained perfectly still, but it throbbed with life. Ezra felt goosebumps in
Winning one of the fifty spots on the quest won't be easy
cultish language is something we hear—and are influenced by—every single day
And when a blizzard strikes
pacy and intricately plotted
What does it mean to carry a story you never get to finish
Julian and Emma are on their travel year when the Clave sends Julian a message: clean up Blackthorn Hall or ownership reverts back to the Clave
Out here a war is brewing between a ruthless bikie gang and a separatist community that is re-engaging with society in the most violent way
ILLUSTRATOR: Illustrated by award-winning illustrator Britta Teckentrup (Bologna Ragazzi Special Mentions for The Egg and Alle Wetter)
with the former's military dominance of its region guaranteed by the latter while the loudest voices decrying antisemitism see it coming from the Left not the Right
'One of Australia's finest military feats
You’ll learn: The 5 primary causes of joint pain
the World Wars
