Jessi Hammond: 50 books

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 travellers and mariners to navigate From parent to child, found and lost, cherished and discarded,...

**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...

Linda and her two young children are escaping an abusive marriage. Jake is dealing with the death of his wife and daughter in the only way he knows how – by immersing himself in his job as a State Emergency Services volunteer. One night of flooding rains will bring them together at Calliope Creek. And a ghost will change all their lives forever.

**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 essence...

The Gold Coast, Australia. Home of sand, surf and… lions? Gavin’s heard the rumours of a lion loose on the Coast. But, pleasantly drunk from his buck’s night, he decides to walk home along the beach. Unfortunately his midnight stroll turns out a bit differently than he anticipated… This story contains mild coarse language.

Dean’s father works at Welles Bend Wildlife Park, and Dean has been friends with one of the squirrel monkeys, Allukah, ever since he went deaf seven years ago. But Dean has a secret, one that happened by accident, and one that he can’t tell anyone about. Until Allukah needs his help, and he has no choice…

**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...

Becky has a secret. She can turn herself into water. She doesn’t dare tell her parents, so she has to practise in the back garden at night. Then she hears noises next door. Becky knows the people who live there are on holiday. So who’s in their house? What are they doing? Becky...

Tamsin has been bounced from foster home to foster home. Now she’s living on the remote coast of Tasmania, wondering if she’s ever going to fit in anywhere. Then she finds a fur seal on the beach, its body tangled in fishing line. Can Tamsin help the seal? And can the seal help Tamsin break free of the past?

Lara has cerebral palsy. The doctors said she'd never walk. She proved them wrong. Now Lara's got another goal, and she's sworn her older sister Allie to secrecy. All will be revealed at Welles Bend Primary School's Year Six Graduation. But can Lara and her friend Tamsin pull off their daring plan, and convince Lara's parents to let her follow her dream?

Nara has lived alone in the loch since her family was forced to flee years ago after one of them was seen by humans. But the humans fascinate Nara. Cass doesn’t want a new step-family. And she definitely doesn’t want to be out here in the middle of Loch Ness fishing with them. Especially when they are suddenly in the middle of a deadly emergency…

Mr Anderson has been working as Santa at the shopping centre for years. But this Christmas he's been asked to fulfil a young boy's very special wish, something much more important than the latest toy... A heartwarming short story about the power of giving and a child's love.

Years ago, Susan’s daughter disappeared. Susan blames herself – after all, she’s the one who made the quilt using the magical needle. Since that day Susan has made hundreds of quilts, searching for the world where her daughter disappeared. Now, thirty years later, she thinks she’s found it…