Bøger af Rebecca Lim

A glorious celebration of love, family and the Lunar New Year. I can't wait till the dragon gets here! It's New Year's Eve - the Lunar New Year. We are in Australia, but Bàba says people around the world have celebrated it for thousands of years. It's my very favourite time. Especially when the dragon is coming. A gorgeous story that celebrates family, tradition and the magic of the season.

"With sea-levels rising, and the land deforested, over-mined, and affected by bushfires and drought, Tasmania is increasingly marooned, its people abandoned. Nyx's father wants them to leave while they still can, but for Nyx, West Hobart is all she's ever known and where her mother is buried. She seeks solace in the single surviving tree near her home--an 80-foot pine that has defied all odds. Bea, too, finds solace in the tree, and facing a move to the mainland herself, leaves a despairing note, wedged into a hole in its trunk. Nyx finds the note and writes back. But Nyx and Bea don't realize how special their tree truly is..."--

Both dreaming of escaping the limited futures their parents expect for them, friends Wen and Henry, children of Chinese migrants, plan to take the entrance exam for a selective school; but when tragedy strikes, it will take all of Wen's determination and strength to help them reach their goal.

A gorgeous book to celebrate and illuminate the Lunar New Year.

An angel in exile ... Mercy is an angel, exiled from heaven. When she wakes in the body of Irina, Mercy discovers that she's one of the world's most infamous supermodels on the verge of a very public breakdown. Against the glamorous background of Milan's opulent fashion world, Mercy continues her increasingly desperate search for Ryan Daley, the mortal boy she remembers falling for in a past life. But as Mercy's memories and powers - and Luc's pull - grow stronger, she begins to doubt Luc's desires, and his purpose. The grand scale celestial battle for Mercy's soul builds to an incredible stormy crescendo as archangels and demons clash in a cataclysmic showdown that not all will survive ... Mercy is his Muse ... AN ELECTRIC COMBINATION OF ANGELS, MYSTERY AND ROMANCE, MUSE IS THE THIRD BOOK IN THE SPELLBINDING MERCY SERIES.'A RACY STORY OF GOOD AND EVIL IN A WORLD WHERE ANGELS AREN'T ALL SWEETNESS AND LIGHT' - SUNDAY HERALD SUN'I AM 85% SURE REBECCA LIM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD' - STEPH BOWE'A SINISTER AND RATHER FABULOUS WORLD' - THE AGE

Heartbreak. Vengeance. Fury. Mercy is an exiled angel cast down to earth and forced to live out thousands of different lives for her own protection. Betrayed by her eternal love, Luc, Mercy burns with fury. The time of reckoning is here and now she must wage open war with Luc and his demons. Ryan's love for Mercy is more powerful than ever, but loving an angel is mortally dangerous. As their two worlds collide, Mercy approaches her ultimate breathtaking choice.Hell hath no fury like Mercy ... AN ELECTRIC COMBINATION OF ANGELS, MYSTERY AND ROMANCE, FURY IS THE FOURTH BOOK IN THE SPELLBINDING MERCY SERIES.'A RACY STORY OF GOOD AND EVIL IN A WORLD WHERE ANGELS AREN'T ALL SWEETNESS AND LIGHT' - SUNDAY HERALD SUN'I AM 85% SURE REBECCA LIM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD' - STEPH BOWE'A SINISTER AND RATHER FABULOUS WORLD' - THE AGE

Its summer at last! And the mysterious Agency for Creative Enterprise has packed Whiffy and his father off on an all-expenses-paid holiday to sleepy Marble Beach so that Dr Newton can finish testing his latest loopy invention, The Hydrolator.But Marble Beachs residents are being terrorised by a fiend who strikes at the worst time and place - dinnertime and in the vicinity of Marble Beachs only fish and chip shop.Can Whiffy and his best friends, Doreen and Paz, discover the identity of the Marble Beach Mugger before minimum chips become merely a fond memory for the towns terrified and hungry citizens?

Wen Zhou is determined to create a future for herself that is more satisfying than the life her parents expect her to lead. Equal parts heartbreaking and hopeful, Tiger Daughter is a wonderfully compelling and authentic Own Voices novel about growing up Asian in Australia.

Longlisted for the Davitt AwardsFrom the acclaimed, internationally bestselling author of the Mercy series and The Astrologer's Daughter comes a chilling ghost story linked to the compelling Mercy universe. Since her parents died in a freak motorbike accident, Sophie Teague's life has fallen apart.But she's just enrolled at a new high school, hoping for a fresh start.That's until Eve, a beautiful ghost in black, starts making terrifying nightly appearances, wanting Sophie to be her hands, eyes and go-to girl.There are loose ends that Eve needs Sophie to tie up. But dealing with the dead might just involve the greatest sacrifice of all.Dark, thrilling and unrelentingly eerie, Afterlight will take you deep into the heart of a dangerous love story, revealing the otherworldly-and deadly-pull of past wrongs that only the living can put right.'As in her triumphant The Astrologer's Daughter, Lim carefully unspools her tightly plotted fantastical mystery with a reluctant, socially maladroit heroine and an unlikely partner at the center. Her insistent focus on murders of people at society's fringes and the ability of teen girls to right truly foul injustices are both most welcome…Readers will hold out hope for a second installment set in Lim's richly imagined world.' - Kirkus'Lim's murder mystery is much more than its tightly constructed plot, with rich character development, intriguing concepts about the afterlife, and profound depictions of grief…But it's Sophie's narrative tone that stays with the reader; this courageous and believably flawed outcast is a memorable heroine.' - Booklist'Afterlight has all the ingredients that make up an enthralling read...For those who just like an exciting read that pulls at the heartstrings and ensures some terrifying moments, Lim has ensured that the action is fast paced and the characters are really believable.' - ReadPlus'Rebecca Lim has crafted a tense and eerie tale, complete with a demanding ghostly apparition and a stirring romance.' - Readings'I am 85% sure Rebecca Lim is not of this world.' - Steph Bowe, author of All This Could End

From the bestselling author of Mercy. Avicenna Crowe's mother, Joanne, is an astrologer with uncanny predictive powers and a history of being stalked. Now she is missing. The police are called, but they're not asking the right questions. Like why Joanne lied about her past, and what she saw in her stars that made her so afraid. But Avicenna has inherited her mother's gift. Finding an unlikely ally in the brooding Simon Thorn, she begins to piece together the mystery. And when she uncovers a link between Joanne's disappearance and a cold-case murder, Avicenna is led deep into the city's dark and seedy underbelly, unaware of how far she is placing her own life in danger. Pulse-racing and terrifyingly real, The Astrologer's Daughter is a stunning, original novel. It will test your belief in destiny and the endurance of love. A Kirkus Best Book of 2015Kirkus Best Teen Books of 2015Kirkus Best International Teen Books of 2015Kirkus Best Teen Books of 2015 for an Adrenaline RushShortlisted, Prime Minister's Literary AwardsShortlisted, Aurealis AwardsShortlisted, Davitt AwardsA CBCA Notable Book for Older ReadersShortlisted, the Forward INDIES Book of the Year AwardsLonglisted, Gold Inky Award

When Harley Spark accidentally releases Qing, one of five dragon sisters, from the ancient vase she's been trapped in for centuries, he is soon on a dangerous international mission with Qing to find and free her four sisters.

Meet Me at the Intersection is an anthology of short fiction, memoir, and poetry by authors who are First Nations, People of Color, LGBTIQA+, or living with disability. The focus of the anthology is on Australian life as seen through each author's unique, and seldom heard, perspective. With works by Ellen van Neerven, Graham Akhurst, Kyle Lynch, Ezekiel Kwaymullina, Olivia Muscat, Mimi Lee, Jessica Walton, Kelly Gardiner, Rafeif Ismail, Yvette Walker, Amra Pajalic, Melanie Rodriga, Omar Sakr, Wendy Chen, Jordi Kerr, Rebecca Lim, Michelle Aung Thin and Alice Pung, this anthology is designed to challenge the dominant, homogenous story of privilege and power that rarely admits "e;outsider"e; voices.