Arcadia Public Library

In a landscape so ancient that, in parts, it predates life on the planet, are animals superbly adapted to the harsh and beautiful extremes of Outback Australia. Over the course of a year, journey with the people and animals of Australia's Kimberley region in northwest Australia: a vast, rugged and remote wilderness, bursting with character.

"Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mother in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepdad and a notorious criminal (who holds a national record for prison escapes) for a babysitter. It's not as if twelve-year-old Eli Bell's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart, learn what it takes to be a good man, and train for a glamorous career in journalism--but life just keeps throwing obstacles in the way--not least...

When an orphan named Penny is kidnapped, the Rescue Aid Society rescues her; the Rescue Aid Society answers a call to help a young boy in Australia's Outback, where together they struggle to save an eagle from a ruthless poacher.

A lighthouse keeper, living off the coast of Australia with his wife, all of a sudden finds a baby from an adrift rowboat. They rescue and raise the child as their own.

Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920's Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger sharp wit.

"Michaela and Eve are two bright, bold women who befriend each other their first year at a residential college at university, where they live in adjacent rooms. They could not be more different; one assured and popular - the other uncertain and eager-to-please. But something happens one night in O-week - a drunken encounter, a foggy memory that will force them to confront the realities of consent and wrestle with the dynamics of power. Initially bonded...

"When Nemo, a young clownfish, is unexpectedly carried far from home, his overprotective father, Marlin, and Dory, a friendly but forgetful regal blue tang fish, embark on an epic journey that leads to encounters with vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish and hungry seagulls!"--Container.