Brilliant New YA - Life in Outer Space

Are you looking for something fun? Cute? Easy to read? Then Life in Outer Space is for you!

This story is about Sam, a nerd whose life revolves around Star Wars, horror movies, and World of Warcraft. He has a small but loyal group of friends and until Princess Leia turns up he's not interested in girls. That is until he meets Camilla. With her cute English accent and her op-shop dresses, she's definitely different from the girls at his school. For a start, she's determined to be Sam's friend, even when he tries to ignore her. Sam thought all the movies he'd watched had taught him everything he needed to know. Maybe he was wrong....

A wonderful debut from Melbourne author Melissa Keil. With great characters and hilarious dialogue, this is a novel to be enjoyed by both boys and girls. Think John Green, but no tissue box required. You won't want to put it down! We love it and think you will too. 

This is the first novel from The Ampersand Project (a division of Hardie Grant Egmont) which publishes the best manuscripts from first-time young adult authors.

Meet The Author!

Meet The Author

Samantha Ellen Bound! 

Author of our Kids Book Club book 

'What the Raven Saw'

She will be joining us for a chat and signing at kids book club

March 2nd, 2pm, meet us in the Younger Sun bookshop! 

All  Welcome, Please RSVP, call us on 9689 0661

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BOOK CLUB IS BACK

KIDS BOOK CLUB

'An unlikely hero. An extraordinary story...'  What do YOU think?

'The raven doesn't want you to read this story. What if you find out the location of his treasure? Or worse, what if you learn his secret - that ravens can talk?'

With the help of an irritating pigeon, a flirtatious weather hen, a philosophical scarecrow, a kind priest, a ghost boy AND his grieving sister; Raven will uncover a thief, save a life and discover that there is more to life than being magnificent. 

Saturday 2nd of March 2pm. 

Come along to the Younger Sun before we head over to the Sun Theatre for snacks and chats about this awesome story. 

TEEN BOOK CLUB

'...a confronting and heartfelt story of adolescent experience'

'What do you do when everyone says you're someone you're not? 

Alex wants change. Massive change. More radical than you could imagine. 

Her mother is not happy; in fact, she's imploding. 

Her dad has walked out. 

Alex has turned vegetarian, changed schools, stopped taking her medication. And created a new identity. An identity that shakes her world. 

And Alex - the other Alex - has a lot to say about it.' 

Saturday 2nd of March 3pm. 

Come along to the Younger Sun before we head over to the Sun Theatre for snacks and chats about this intensely moving book.

Both books are 20% off for the month of February. For more information contact us on 9689 0661, or email youngersunbookclub@gmail.com

Captain Underpants Competition

ARE YOU BUYING A CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS BOOK?

Well then, you should enter the

Captain Underpants 

Drawing Competition!

Just draw us a picture of something Captain Underpants related, like, your favourite Captain Underpants moment or a portrait of yourself as Captain Underpants, or Harold and George hanging out...

Submit your drawing and your details to the Younger Sun and we will display all the entries in the shop!

The Winner will win:

A CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS POSTER, CAPE AND INFLATABLE CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS TOY!

Entries close February 28^th

The Winner will be notified by March 1^st

Our Girl Heroes

There are so many fabulous feminine characters in the shop at the moment, protagonists who make stories a delight to read, who inspire and encourage, who are brave and clever! Go Girls! Here are some of our favourite girls!

Truly Tan by Jen Storer

We love Tan! She is Australian, and is written by the fabulous Jen Storer, a Melbournian! Tan is the youngest of three sisters, she has moved to the country with her family, she is funny, clever and engaging, you will wish she was your best friend!

Ruby Redfort by Lauren Child

The second Ruby Redfort novel 'Take Your Last Breath' is here! Ruby is back! The girl wonder detective is solving mysteries, heading out to sea and swimming with sharks! You'll have to read it to believe it!

Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage

Moses Le Beau (please call her Mo for short) was orphaned as a baby during a hurricane in a strange small town in the swampy part of the U.S.A. Like all clever ladies she keeps a diary, takes karate classes, helps out in the Piggly Wiggly diner with her best friend Dale and during one eventful summer begins to solve many a mystery, including a suspicious murder!

The Abominables by Eva Ibbotson

Agatha Farlingham is the daughter of an English earl, but on a trek through the Himalayan mountains Agatha is kidnapped by a family of Yetis who she befriends. She teaches them to speak, have good manners and generally devotes her life to them. Brave Agatha protects the yetis from humans who want to hurt them and is an impressive warrior for the lovely Yeti creatures! 

New Year, New Books

Happy New Year! Take a look at the shiny new books that have arrived.

Catch The Zolt - The Debt, Installment One by Phillip Gwynne (ages 10+)

Fifteen-year-old Dom is cast out of his comfortable life in the Gold Coast's Halcyon Grove when he inherits an ancient debt. Now, he has six Herculean tasks to perform... or lose a pound of flesh.

A Very Unusual Pursuit - City of Orphans #1 by Catherine Jinks (ages 10+)

A clever adventure with feisty characters, set in a time where science clashes with superstition and monsters lurk in chimneys.

Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans (ages 13+)

In Level 2, the liminal place between our world (Level 1) and heaven, seventeen-year-old Felicia Ward spends her days in the pod reliving her favourite memories - until she is broken out by Julian, a boy she knew when she was alive. There's about to be an uprising in Level 2, and Julian wants to recruit her to the cause. But unsure whether she can trust Julian, and still in love with her boyfriend Neil on Earth, she finds herself torn between two loves - and two worlds.

The Will to Live by Tanya Landman (ages 9+)

My name is Poppy Fields. Last year Graham and I were roped in to help at a christening party at Coldean Manor. But events took a grave turn when we discovered a tramp in the churchyard... Dead. Then we became stranded by a storm - and quickly realised we were trapped in the mansion with a murderer.