How it works:

A selection of our favourite books are on display at the International School of WA. Kids can browse the display at school to see what they’re interested in, and come home to place an order! All books can be purchased through this catalogue, which is divided into non-fiction, fiction 12+, and fiction 14+. Your books will be beautifully wrapped and delivered to the school after the order cut-off date.

Order cut-off date: Friday 9th of September, 5:00PM.

Use the code 'ISWASHIP' for free shipping to your school

Beautiful non-fiction & activity books

Carefully selected for hours worth of reading & making.

  • How to be an Illustrator

    This book offers practical help and guidance to aspiring illustrators.

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  • Amazing Origami

    Origami paper with stunning Japanese traditional prints and fun and simple folding instructions!

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  • All Birds Have Anxiety

    Through a light-touch, and quizzical depiction of bird behaviour, All Birds Have Anxiety uses colourful images and astute explanations to explore what it means to live with anxiety.

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  • My Miniature Library

    My Miniature Library is a kit to make a complete collection of tiny books that you can really read!

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  • Mindful Games: Activity Deck

    A deck of 55 mindfulness games for kids that takes a playful approach to developing attention and focus, and identifying and regulating emotions - by the author of Mindful Games and The Mindful Child.

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  • 100 Days of Drawing (Guided Sketchbook): Sketch, Paint, and Doodle Towards One Creative Goal

    How satisfying would it be to complete 100 drawings? With 100 Days of Drawing, author Jennifer Orkin Lewis (@augustwren) sets you up for success.

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Want to see more?

You can browse the rest of our store and add any other titles that catch your eye! Just use the code 'ISWASHIP' at checkout.

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Fiction for 12+

Exciting books for readers 12-14, featuring some new releases, as well as some of our all-time favourites!

  • The Rat-Catcher's Apprentice

    The Rat-Catcher’s Apprentice depicts non-traditional families, belonging and female bravery in an atmospheric historical setting.

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  • Deeplight

    This macabre YA adventure, with a touch of Lovecraftian steampunk, features underwater exploration, monsters of the deep, relic-based technology and questions of loyalty. 

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  • Brand New Boy

    From the boundless imagination of David Almond comes a thought-provoking question, packaged in a lively illustrated chapter book: what if a robot went to school?

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  • A Song Only I Can Hear

    Rob has a huge crush on the new girl at school. But Rob is painfully shy and suffers severe panic attacks. How is her heart to be won?

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  • Green Rising

    Set in a near-future world on the brink of ecological catastrophe, Lauren James's novel is a gripping, witty and romantic call to arms.

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  • My Heart & Other Breakables

    The hilarious and deeply moving debut from critically-acclaimed and bestselling adult author Alex Barclay, this might just be the funniest book ever to make you cry your eyes out...

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  • Pony

    The highly anticipated, unforgettable new story from the internationally bestselling, multi-award-winning author of Wonder.

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  • The Outlaws Scarlett & Browne

    Set in a broken, future England, where gunfights and monsters collide, this is the exciting first title in a phenomenal fantasy teen series by the bestselling children's novelist.

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  • The Way of Dog

    Be strong. Be fierce. Life is more than a concrete floor. Scruffity is born into the harsh, grey world of a puppy farm. Taken from his mamma and locked in a concrete cage, what he yearns for most is Family. To belong is The Way of Dog.

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  • Utterly Dark and the Face of the Deep

    Utterly Dark is a foundling, washed up on the shores of the Autumn Isles and taken in by Andrewe Dark, the mysterious Watcher of Wildsea.

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  • What We All Saw

    Witches only exist in stories. Everyone knows that. But what if the stories are real? FOUR FRIENDS. FOUR TRUTHS. ONE NIGHTMARE.

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  • Rebel Skies

    A fantasy adventure set in a world of flying ships and sky cities, where chosen ones have the ability to bring paper to life and work as Crafters – people who hunt wild paper spirits called shikigami.

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Graphic novels

  • Heartstopper: Volume One

    Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. An LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between - for fans of The Art of Being Normal, Holly Bourne and Love, Simon.

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  • Sylvie

    In a wise and witty graphic memoir, a young artist finds her path apart from the expectations of those around her.

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  • Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (#1 Graphic Novel)

    The gods of Olympus are alive in the 21st Century. They still fall in love with mortals and have children who might become great heroes, but most of these children meet horrible fates. Only a few learn the truth of their identity and make it to Half Blood Hill, a Long Island summer camp dedicated to training young demigods.

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  • Stars in their Eyes

    In this debut graphic novel, pop culture-obsessed Maisie can't wait to get to her first Fancon. But being a queer, disabled teenager with chronic pain comes with challenges. Can Maisie make it through the day without falling over, falling in love or accidentally inspiring anyone?

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  • The Most Important Comic Book on Earth

    The Most Important Comic Book On Earth is a global collaboration for planetary change, bringing together a diverse team of 300 leading environmentalists, artists, authors, actors, filmmakers, musicians, and more to present over 120 stories to save the world.

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  • The Hobbit (Graphic Novel)

    A brand new revised edition of the best-selling graphic novel based on the enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings. First published in 1990, David Wenzel's comic book adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit was an immediate success and has become one of the best-loved graphic novels of the last 20 years.

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Fiction for 14+

Our best picks for readers aged 14-18, from fantasy and romance to sci-fi or realism!

  • The Boy from the Mish

    I don't paint so much anymore,' I say, looking to my feet.

    'Oh. Well, I got a boy who needs to do some art. You can help him out,' Aunty Pam says.

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  • If Not Us

    He’d always accepted the mine and power station were part of Shelbourne. On still nights, the thrum of the turbines echoed down the valley and melded with the sound of the ocean until you couldn’t tell them apart.

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  • Girls in Boys' Cars

    A complicated friendship. A roadtrip in a stolen car. The stories that define us. And two funny, sharp, adventurous young women who refuse to be held back any longer.

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  • Sugar Town Queens

    Fifteen-year-old Amandla's mother has always been strange. For starters, she's a white woman living in Sugar Town, one of South Africa's infamous shanty towns.

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  • One of Us is Lying

    Five students go to detention. Only four leave alive. For fans of Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars, this is the perfect high-school whodunit.

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  • The Girls I've Been

    Meet Nora. Also known as Rebecca, Samantha, Hayley, Katie and Ashley - the girls she's been. Nora didn't choose a life of deception - she was born into it.

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  • A Murmuration of Starlings

    Robber Girl doesn’t have a name. Or a home. But she does have a dagger. And she has Gentleman Jack. Together, they are wild.

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  • My Spare Heart

    Seventeen-year-old Phoebe's life is turned upside down when she moves from the city to the country to live with her dad in this powerful and uplifting story about family breakdowns, facing truths and finding balance.

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  • The Brink

    A group of school-leavers - free at last, ready to party, expectations high. And even though a remote island on the Western Australian coast wasn't exactly the plan, they're not going to let that hold them back.

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  • Devil's Ballast

    Devil’s Ballast is action-packed yet nuanced, culturally relevant and sharp as a cutlass. Based on the true story of Anne Bonny, this new novel by the remarkable Meg Caddy brings to life one of history’s most fascinating anti-heroines.

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  • Slipping the Noose

    This rollicking historical novel from Australian writer Meg Caddy takes us into the world of real-life pirate Anne Bonny, picking up her story where history left off.

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  • Six of Crows (#1)

    Six dangerous outcasts.

    One impossible heist.

    Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction - if they don't kill each other first.

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Graphic novels

  • The Iliad (Graphic Novel)

    More than three thousand years ago, two armies faced each other in an epic battle that rewrote history and came to be known as the Trojan War.

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  • The Odyssey (Graphic Novel)

    Fresh from his triumphs in the Trojan War, Odysseus, King of Ithaca, wants nothing more than to return home to his family. Instead, he offends the sea god, Poseidon, who dooms him to years of shipwreck and wandering.

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  • The Greatest Thing

    This tender YA comic is perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier's Drama and Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham's Real Friends who are ready to graduate to their first teen graphic novel.

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  • Kisses for Jet

    A striking and emotive graphic novel from trans creator, Joris Bas Backer, about coming to terms with who you are in a world which is utterly confusing and overwhelming.

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  • Lore Olympus

    This edition of Smythe's original Eisner-nominated webcomic Lore Olympus features a brand-new, exclusive short story, and brings the Greek pantheon into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel. Best for 15+.

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  • Heartstopper: Volume One

    Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. An LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between - for fans of The Art of Being Normal, Holly Bourne and Love, Simon.

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Plus, Cristy Burne & Kathryn Lefroy have just visited your school!

You can purchase their books here (they'll be personalised & signed too!). These will ship with any of your other books as well - just use the code 'ISWASHIP'.

Cristy Burne's wonderful books:

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Kathryn Lefroy's excellent books: