Maddy Frank has always lived in Jermyn Street. But now her mum and dad are making her move far away to some place called Plenty. How will Maddy survive without everything and everyone she knows? What about her mysterious new classmate, Grace Wek, who was born in a refugee camp? Could Grace understand how Maddy feels?Plenty is a poignant coming-of-age novel by Australian author Ananda Braxton-Smith. This junior fiction book is a realistic story of the friendship between two young girls and focuses on themes of homelessness, difference and acceptance. For more of Ananda's work read her literary fantasy series for young adults, Secrets of Carrick: Merrow, Tantony and Ghostheart.

We found my brother in the skybog.It was me that found him.Boson Quirk is dead, face-up in a bog of stars. Almost everyone in Carrick said that the boy was a monster, and now Fermion is sure that the townspeople are looking sideways at her, wondering if she'll go the way of her cursed, mad twin. When a new voice rises inside her, Fermion begins to wonder the same thing. The voice tells her that the answer to Boson's affliction lies on the other island, the one that everyone says is bristling with gods and monsters. But what waits for her there? Surely it is madness to pursue the answer?Tantony is the second book set in the Secrets of Carrick universe and returns young adult fiction readers to the magical world of Celtic mythology. Australian author Ananda Braxton-Smith merges literary fantasy with mystery in this atmospheric tale of mental illness and self-discovery. Teen girls will love this novel and devour the others in the series, Merrow and...