Odyssey Books: 72 books

Cover of No Ordinary Excuse
by Michelle Adams
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2012

"I put on my imaginary thinking cap. Mine is a hot pink, domed helmet with purple lightning bolts on the sides. It pulls down from a long spring coil above my bed... So with my cap in place, I started thinking of possible homework excuses. Maybe I could tell Miss Haven that I'd spent the last two...
Cover of All Because of You
by Isobel Blackthorn
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2015

Infused with gentle optimism, eleven uncompromising stories explore, each in its own way, the nature of sacrifice. Mum and Nan struggle to contrive a sense of normal family life in the emotionally charged environment of a women’s shelter. A visual artist faces the return of her wayward daughter,...
Cover of Catching the Barramundi
by Rebecca Burns
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012

Sudden, shattering moments of realisation; creeping, gradual self-awareness - Catching the Barramundi is a collection of contemporary short stories charting the dichotomous processes of reassessment and reflection. A lonely widow living in the Australian Outback has an unexpected encounter with a...
Cover of Foley Russel and That Poor Girl
by Rebecca Bloomer
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2010

When Foley Russel is assigned a book report and to interview a character from that book, he hopes for someone interesting like a circus midget or a Formula One driver. He's not anticipating a girl in a wheelchair, and he's certainly not expecting to like her. After all, she's not even normal, is she?
Cover of Unearthly
by Rebecca Bloomer
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017

Life on Mars is in danger of becoming boring. Fame is fleeting so, following the Martian uprising and Jodi's abduction, a little time has seen life return to relative normality. At least that's the way it seems on the surface. Jodi battles with the memories of Jules while Astrid remains the...
Cover of Nursing Fox
by Jim Ditchfield
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016

At the outbreak of World War I, Lucy Paignton-Fox enlists in the Australian Army Nursing Service and leaves her family's cattle station in the Northern Territory to join the war effort. During the Gallipoli campaign she serves in hospitals in Egypt, but when the Anzacs are posted to France she moves...
Cover of The South Forsaken
by Rachel Drummond
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2015

Sarah is a nurse at the Geelong hospital, going about her Boxing Day shift while her family recovers at home after indulging in the usual Christmas feasting. But when a wild-eyed patient is admitted that afternoon, she soon discovers a new virus taking root in the area. Not wasting any time,...
Cover of Cassandra
by Kathryn Gossow
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017

Is the future set like concrete, or a piece of clay we can mould and change? On a remote farm in Queensland Cassie Shultz feels useless. Her perfect brother Alex has an uncanny ability to predict the weather, and the fortunes of the entire family hinge upon his forecasts. However, her own gift...
Cover of Starchild

Starchild

The Age of Akra

by Vacen Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013

When Mai is chosen to take a pilgrimage to the Valley of a Thousand Thoughts to train with the oldest and wisest master of their people, an ancient prophecy is set in motion. The events to come have been predicted but are not unchangeable. When the Starchild returns to the planet of Sage, the foreknowledge...
Cover of Keeper of the Way
by Patricia Leslie
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018

After news of grave robbing and murder in Dún Ringall, the ancient stronghold of Clan McKinnon on the Isle of Skye, Rosalie realises it is time to share her family’s secrets. Descendants of the mystical Ethne M’Kynnon, Rosalie tells of a violent rift that occurred centuries earlier, splitting...
Cover of The Healing Stone
by Vacen Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015

After finding the Silvershade and escaping the attacking forces as the Wilder Forest city was scorched to the ground, Mai, Akra and Kalin must now face the evil that has consumed Long.  When they reach the land of Cruscar and enter the ice city of Algus, the children are confronted with an...
Cover of The Rain Never Came
by Lachlan Walter
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017

In a thirsty, drought-stricken Australia, the country is well and truly sunburnt. As the Eastern states are evacuated to more appealing climates, a stubborn few resist the forced removal. They hide out in small country towns – somewhere no one would ever bother looking. Bill Cook and Tobe...
Cover of Heart of Brass
by Felicity Banks
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016

Emmeline Muchamore is a well-bred young lady hiding explosive family secrets. She needs to marry well, and quickly, in order to keep her family respectable. But when her brass heart malfunctions, she makes a desperate choice to steal the parts she needs to repair it and survive. She is unable...
Cover of Fire and the Falcon
by Vacen Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2019

With a treacherous ice journey behind them and Long's health restored by the Healing Stone, Mai, Akra, and Kalin must now find the falcon guard called Tupuck in the fireruler's city of Calor. It's not long before they discover the city is ruled by a ruthless governor who has captured the falcon guard...
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