Hammond: 657 books

When Kalara the troll girl finds herself sent to Australia as a statue, she is sure she will never see her family in England again. Ro lives with her grandparents. She still feels odd and isolated after the death of her parents, and finds it hard to trust people. So she knows exactly...

Kelly lived in Fraser Bay when she was a baby, but she can't remember it; the family moved inland when she was a toddler. Her mother later drowned in the sea at Fraser Bay, but Kelly can't remember that either. So why does she feel an overwhelming need to go back there? A need...

Boyd and Jasmine had run away from an abusive home to live on the streets. Then one night Jasmine disappeared, leaving Boyd alone and sick and haunted by eerie music. Now, one year later, he can hear that music again, the notes sifting through the fog, and he is drawn to follow, hoping against hope he will find Jasmine again…

Brock has moved to a small town in rural Victoria to prove to his over-protective parents, and himself, that he can manage his epilepsy. But there is a mystery surrounding his new home. Who made a mess of his shed? Who is the little girl in the photo? Brock needs to find some answers before he too becomes a victim…

**The Wayfarer series can be read in any order, as each story is complete within itself.** Wayfarer: a traveller, usually on foot; a person in transit from one place to another. Lodestone: a rock containing magnetite; floated in water, it swings to indicate true north; used by early...

Ted Byrne is a born storyteller, and his tales of Nungwarra, the white crocodile spirit of Long Hole, in the Australian outback, have entertained many a tourist. But Ted is using the legend for his own less-than-honourable purposes, and legends have a way of biting back…

Alanna and her sister Brenda have come with their father to Ireland so he can help their aunt sort out their grandmother’s will. But Ireland is an ancient land bound by spells and inhuman creatures. And beings who used to be human. Can Alanna and Brenda put aside their differences to save themselves? Or will they be caught in the banshee’s song of death?

In the 1950s in rural Australia, Tom and his brother and their friends find what they think is an abandoned caravan on the Brerretons’ land. Except it’s not abandoned. And the man who owns it is not happy that he’s been seen doing what he’s doing. He’s so unhappy, in...

Greygran has come to live with Hayley’s family because she is having trouble walking and remembering things. But when the special Christmas Angel ornament goes missing, will Greygran’s determination to find it lead to disaster? Or will Hayley be witness to a true Christmas miracle?

**The Wayfarer series can be read in any order, as each story is complete within itself.** Wayfarer: a traveller, usually on foot; a person in transit from one place to another. From parent to child, found and lost, cherished and discarded, one small piece of stone imbued with a mysterious...

**The Wayfarer series can be read in any order, as each story is complete within itself.** Wayfarer: a traveller, usually on foot; a person in transit from one place to another. Lodestone: a rock containing magnetite; floated in water, it swings to indicate true north; used by early...

Elsie Parminter loves to keep informed about all the retirement home goings-on. And she loves to keep other people informed too – even if it’s not their business. So when she overhears a shocking confession, Elsie knows exactly what to do – tell someone! But why will no one believe her? It’s not like she’s intentionally gotten situations wrong in the past…

Cara lives in a home where her mother’s alcohol-fuelled violence is a daily reality. One day, after a beating, she discovers that her drawing of three lorikeets is now a drawing of two. Where the third lorikeet had been is a spatter of blood, and there’s a live lorikeet loose in her room. Does she dare use her newfound talent to help herself or will she make things worse…?

The King of Kaikara has decreed that helping or harbouring any magical creature is punishable by death. So when 20-year-old Orson finds a dragon’s egg and accidentally hatches it, he is in deep trouble. Unable to put little Sotari to death as his wife demands, he decides to try to find the dragons’...