<p>Sports on the Page</p><p>Some people like to play sport, while others prefer to watch. Whether you’re a player or a spectator, don’t miss the books listed below. You’ll find fiction with a focus on sport, as well as biographies and autobiographies of world-famous sportspeople.</p><p>The Dogs – Bill Condon </p><p>Mick Doohan: Thunder from Down Under – Mat Oxley</p><p>Alex – Tessa Duder </p><p>Making the Most of It – Lisa Forrest </p><p>Deadly Unna? – Phillip Gwynne </p><p>Hawk: Occupation Skateboarder – Tony Hawk with Sean Mortimer</p><p>Last Wave – Paul Hayden </p><p>Lee 2: Lee to the Power of Two – James Knight with Shane and Brett Lee</p><p>Lionheart – Jesse Martin </p><p>Touch Me – James Moloney </p><p>Compiled by the Australian Centre for Youth Literature, State Library of Victoria Fabulous Fantasy </p><p>‘Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.’ (Lloyd Alexander, author of The Prydain Chronicles)</p><p>You loved Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, but what next? Let the books listed below transport you to other worlds. And don’t forget classics by authors such as Susan Cooper and Alan Garner.</p><p>Obernewtyn (The Obernewtyn Chronicles) – Isobelle Carmody </p><p>The Seeing Stone (The Arthur Series) – Kevin Crossley-Holland </p><p>The Kin – Peter Dickinson </p><p>Ferren and the Angel and Ferren and the White Doctor – Richard Harland </p><p>A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Quartet) – Ursula Le Guin </p><p>The Changeover and The Haunting – Margaret Mahy </p><p>The Wind Singer (The Wind on Fire Trilogy) – William Nicholson </p><p>Sabriel and Lirael – Garth Nix </p><p>The House of Many Rooms (Doorways Trilogy) – Michael Pryor </p><p>Northern Lights (His Dark Materials Trilogy) – Philip Pullman </p><p>Compiled by the Australian Centre for Youth Literature, State Library of Victoria Imagining the Past</p><p>Reading about the past can inform and inspire us, and help us to understand today’s world. As well as the great books listed below, look for the books in the My Story series, published by Scholastic. </p><p>Songman – Allan Baillie </p><p>Voyage with Jason and Golden Prince – Ken Catran </p><p>Strange Objects – Gary Crew</p><p>Catherine, Called Birdy – Karen Cushman</p><p>Moondyne Kate – Garry Disher </p><p>Young Nick’s Head – Karen Hesse </p><p>Soldier Boy and Young Digger – Anthony Hill </p><p>Pagan’s Crusade (Pagan Quartet) – Catherine Jinks </p><p>Whistle Man – Brian Ridden </p><p>Poison Under Their Lips – Mark Svendsen </p><p>The House That Was Eureka – Nadia Wheatley </p><p>Compiled by the Australian Centre for Youth Literature, State Library of Victoria Real People</p><p>Readers often ask authors like John Marsden, Margaret Clark and Judy Blume, ‘How do you know how I feel?’ Do you like reading about real people? Try these books by Australian writers who can imagine how it feels to stand in someone else’s shoes.</p><p>A Dangerous Girl and The Year it all Happened – Catherine Bateson </p><p>Night Train – Judith Clarke</p><p>Borrowed Light – Anna Fienberg </p><p>A Simple Gift – Steven Herrick </p><p>Mahalia – Joanne Horniman </p><p>The Best Thing – Margo Lanagan </p><p>Chain of Hearts – Maureen McCarthy </p><p>A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove – James Moloney </p><p>Hot Hits – Bernie Monagle </p><p>Grinders – Chris Wheat </p><p>Compiled by the Australian Centre for Youth Literature, State Library of Victoria SF – Future Worlds</p><p>Millions of people have seen the Star Wars films. 2001: A Space Odyssey, another cult movie, was based on a groundbreaking book by Arthur C Clarke, a writer who helped to make SF respectable as well as hugely popular. Try these SF classics as well as some more recent titles.</p><p>The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Omnibus) – Douglas Adams </p><p>Horsehead Boy (Horsehead Trilogy) – Rory Barnes </p><p>A Cage of Butterflies – Brian Caswell </p><p>Tales from the Wasteland – Paul Collins (ed.)</p><p>Eva – Peter Dickinson </p><p>Singing the Dogstar Blues – Alison Goodman </p><p>Have Spacesuit – Will Travel – Robert A. Heinlein </p><p>White Time – Margo Lanagan </p><p>The Sterkarm Handshake – Susan Price </p><p>Blackout – Michael Pryor </p><p>Galax-Arena and Terra Farma – Gillian Rubinstein </p><p>Compiled by the Australian Centre for Youth Literature, State Library of Victoria Crime – Action – Adventure</p><p>Anyone who enjoyed John Marsden’s thrilling Tomorrow series will love the page-turners listed below. If you’re after a quick read, try any of the books in the Crime Wave series, published by Lothian.</p><p>Crystal Coffin – Anita Bell </p><p>Homebird – Terence Blacker </p><p>Tin Soldiers – Ian Bone </p><p>Talking to Blue and Blue Murder – Ken Catran </p><p>After the First Death – Robert Cormier </p><p>The Wanderer – Sharon Creech </p><p>Hunters and Warriors – Justin D’Ath </p><p>Thunderfish and Under No Flag – Simon Higgins </p><p>Monster – Walter Dean Myers </p><p>White Fox – Gary Paulsen </p><p>Area 7 – Matthew Reilly </p><p>Compiled by the Australian Centre for Youth Literature, State Library of Victoria</p>