Tinkers - WINNER OF THE 2010 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
Inheritance - What would you do if you suddenly inherited a fortune? This is an entertaining and poignant story of betrayal and redemption.
Footprints In Paris - Unique book about the Left Bank and five generations of a family - all of whom left their footprints in the same narrow streets, and all of whom found refuge and rejuvenation in Paris.
Meet Jessica Watson
Coaldrake's is hosting an event with Jessica Watson at Brisbane Girls Grammar School on Tuesday August 17 at 6:30pm. See our events page for further details and ticketing information.
Passage The
Cronin Justin
Amy Harper Bellafonte is six years old and her mother thinks she's the most important person in the whole world. She is. Anthony Carter doesn't think he could ever be in a worse place than Death Row. He's wrong. FBI agent Brad Wolgast thinks something beyond imagination is coming. It is. THE PASSAGE.
Oracle
French Jackie
Nikko lives in a small farming village in Greece near the stronghold of Mycenae in 1200 BC. When his sister Thetis is born, Nikko rescues her from the hillside where she has been abandoned, setting off an unforeseen chain of events.
Thetis survives the trauma of her birth but is rendered mute until the age of five, when the gift of speech is given to her; but she can only tell the truth, which soon proves to be a double-edged sword. When the villagers try to double-cross the king′s tribute gatherers, Nikko and Thetis are sent to the Mycenean court to be trained as entertainers for the king. There they meet Euridice, a horse dancer from the North, and forge an enduring friendship.When Thetis′ prophecy of disaster comes true, and Mycenae is hit by an earthquake, she disappears. Nikko and Euridice flee in search of her.Nikko eventually finds Thetis in Delphi, where she is now installed as Oracle, set to fulfil her destiny. But danger still lurks in the shape of the new Mycaenean king, who wants her back at court to foretell his future ...
Ages 10-14
Matthew Condon In Conversation
Join Matt as he chats about his new book Brisbane
6pm Thursday 12th August at The Barracks
6:30pm Tuesday 17th August at Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Tickets from Coaldrake's
