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APRIL 2016 The Boundless Sublime Lili Wilkinson Ruby Jane Galbraith is an ordinary girl seeking peace in the wake of family tragedy. Her search leads her into a community that seems guided by love. And it's only after she's drawn into its web that she learns its sinister secrets. Sales points • Ages: 14+ • The endlessly fascinating creepiness of cults explored through a suspenseful and action-packed contemporary realist YA novel • A change of genre for Lili Wilkinson - this novel is dark, suspenseful and compelling • Based on extensive research into real-life religious cults of the past • A grieving girl drawn into an unsettling and dangerous world, similar in 'feel' to Lucy Christopher's Stolen • Lili is a favourite with both teens and teachers, and is regularly booked to speak at schools and festivals • National Advertising in Girlfriend • Lili has made a 6 part series to be shared on youtube called 'Lets Talk About Sects' on Youtube • Lili is a contributor to the #LoveOzYA anthology (edited by Danielle Binks) to be published by HarperCollins in May 2017 • Themes include cults, conspiracy, suspense Description Ruby Jane Galbraith is empty. Her family has been torn apart and it's all her fault. The only thing that makes sense to her is Fox - a gentle new friend who is wise, soulful and clever, yet oddly naive about the ways of the world. He understands what she's going through and he offers her a chance to feel peace. Fox belongs to a group called the Institute of the Sublime - and Ruby can't stay away from him. So she is also drawn in to what she too late discovers is a terrifying secretive community that is far from the ideal world she expected. Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) Can Ruby find the courage to escape? Is there any way she can save Fox too? And is there ever really an escape from ISBN: 9781760113360 the far-reaching influence of the Institute of the Sublime? Format: Paperback - Demy format Dimensions: 208x138mm Extent: 352 pages A gripping YA novel about an ordinary girl who is unsuspectingly inducted into a secretive modern-day cult. Main Category: Y Children's Sub Category: YFB General Fiction 'A brilliant, searing trip into the world of cults and brainwashing. Her best book yet.' - Justine Larbalestier Illustrations: Previous Titles: Other books Green Valentine (Allen & Unwin) 2015 About the Author The Zigzag Effect (Allen & Unwin) 2013 Lili Wilkinson is the award-winning author of ten YA novels, including Scatterheart, Pink and Green Valentine. After Love-shy (Allen & Unwin, 2012) A & U Children APRIL 2016 The Boundless Sublime 8 copy pack Includes: 8 copies of the Boundless Sublime plus a free reading copy. Sales points Description About the Author Price: $159.92 (NZ$183.92) ISBN: 9324551052235 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 0 pages Main Category: WZ Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: A & U Children APRIL 2016 Promising Azra Helen Thurloe Azra's dreams of finishing high school in Sydney and going to university are threatened by her uncle's plans to marry her off to an older cousin she has never met - will she have to choose between her family and her happiness? Sales points • Suitable for 12+ • Strong topical story that sheds much-needed light on the prevalence of forced marriages in Australia (at least 100 under 18s a year, nationally) • Previously an award-winning poet, Promising Azra is Helen Thurloe's first novel • Author has strong links to the Pakistani community in Western Sydney • Azra has been a hit with teenagers: 'I just wanted to keep reading on and on ... I can relate to Azra's character as I'm of the same age, love science and have a Pakistani background' Hamna, 17. 'ONE OF THE BEST ENDINGS I'VE EVER READ ... I loved the whole book and I would read it all over again and recommend it to all my class mates!' Kirra, 15 • Statements of support from Anti-slavery Australia, the Pakistani community and Dr Eman Sharobeem, a vocal campaigner against forced marriages in Australia • Themes include forced marriage, Islam, Pakistan, Western Sydney, subjugation of girls, family, friends, school Description Azra is sixteen, smart and knows how to get what she wants. She thinks. When she wins a place in a national science competition, she thinks her biggest problem is getting her parents' permission to go. But she doesn't know they're busy arranging her marriage to an older cousin she's never met. In Pakistan. In just three months' time. Azra always thought she'd finish high school with her friends and then go on to study science, but now her dreams of university are suddenly overshadowed. And it all becomes complicated when her uncle finds out about Pratik a young man from the local boys school who is quite keen on Azra. Can she find a way to do what she wants, while keeping her Price: $19.99 (NZ$22.99) parents happy? ISBN: 9781760113278 Format: Paperback - B format Or does being a good daughter mean sacrificing her freedom? Dimensions: 198x128mm Extent: 368 pages Main Category: Y Children's Sub Category: YFB General Fiction Illustrations: Previous Titles: About the Author Author now living: Avalon, Sydney Helen Thurloe is an award-winning Australian writer, with her poems and essays widely published. Promising Azra is her first novel. To support its completion, the project was awarded a mentorship from the Children's Book Council of Australia (NSW), as well as two residential fellowships through the NSW Writers' Centre, and Varuna The A & U Children APRIL 2016 Promising Azra 8 copy pack Includes: 8 copies of Promising Azra plus a free reading copy. Sales points Description About the Author Price: $159.92 (NZ$183.92) ISBN: 9324551052280 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 0 pages Main Category: WZ Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: A & U Children APRIL 2016 The Ocean of the Dead: Ship Kings 4 Andrew McGahan The cataclysmic final book in the Ship Kings series. In search of a new world, Dow and Nell must face the final frontier - the treacherous Doldrums. Their journey will be filled with wonders; the rewards could be great - but the cost might be everything, for there are good reasons why none who have sailed the Ocean of the Dead have returned to tell the tale. Sales points • For readers aged 14+ • The longed-for and dreaded conclusion to the marvellous Ship Kings series • Highly acclaimed series: The Coming of the Whirlpool was shortlisted for the Indies Children's Book of the Year, the Aurealis Award for Best Children's Fantasy novel, and shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year award for Older Readers. The Voyage of the Unquiet Ice was Highly Commended in the 2012 Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Awards - Christina Stead Award, a 2013 CBC Notable Book, and shortlisted for the 2013 Queensland Literary Awards • The Ocean of the Dead sees Dow and Nell travel into the vast body of water known as the Doldrums in search of a new world • Andrew McGahan's craft and level of invention is unsurpassed • Andrew McGahan's novels are embraced by literary editors, educators, reviewers and readers (both Praise and The White Earth have been listed on the VCE and HSC reading lists) • Specific series website with exclusive content including short stories set in the same world and an 'author's log'. See shipkings.com.au • Epic themes of loyalty and betrayal, power, love and desire, defiance and man's complex relationship with the ocean Description It is no easy thing, to take leave of the world. At very long last a captain of his own ship, Dow Amber is determined to venture beyond the final frontier - the still, Price: $24.99 (NZ$27.99) stagnant waters of the Doldrums - in search of a New World. With Nell finally by his side, he is hopeful that they can start ISBN: 9781760292188 again, far from politics, betrayal and war. Format: Hard Cover Dimensions: 210x135mm Extent: 480 pages But none who have sailed the Ocean of the Dead have returned to tell the tale. Before long, an old enemy appears. And Main Category: Y Children's with the enemy new dangers. Does the fleet sail to certain death, or to glorious new life beyond the treacherous Sub Category: YFB General Fiction Doldrums? Illustrations: Previous Titles: Praise The Ocean of the Dead is the cataclysmic conclusion to Andrew McGahan's stunning Ship Kings series. The White Earth 1988 Last Drinks Underground A & U Children APRIL 2016 Ocean of the Dead 6 copy pack Includes: 6 copies of Ocean of the Dead plus a free reading copy. Sales points Description About the Author Price: $149.94 (NZ$167.94) ISBN: 9324551052273 Format: Dimensions: 0x0mm Extent: 0 pages Main Category: WZ Sub Category: Illustrations: Previous Titles: Author now living: A & U Children APRIL 2016 The Coming of the Whirlpool: Ship Kings 1 Andrew McGahan Fate, courage, doom, defiance! The first stirring adventure in a brilliant series from award-winning author Andrew McGahan. Sales points • Ages: 14+ • Striking paperback edition to take the book to a broader market • Shortlisted for the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards, Older Readers, the 2012 Indies Best Children's Book Awards and the 2012 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel for Children • Lyrical writing and a compelling quest full of adventure, battles and fantastic descriptions of ships and the sea (plus a hint of romance) • While set in an amazing world not our own, steers clear of the magic and supernatural that's been common lately • Dedicated website shipkings.com.au includes additional material on the series • Trailer available on YouTube Description 'If you go to sea, you will come to the attention of the Ship Kings.