Item category 2: Youth

Covering the entire output of an archetypal - and tragically short-lived - romantic genius, the Penguin Classics edition of The Complete Poems of John Keats is edited with an introduction and notes by John Barnard.Keats's first volume of poems, published in 1817, demonstrated both his belief in t...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being the source of all discord and unhappiness. Even so, Montag is unhappy; there is discord i...

Holden, knowing he is to be expelled from school, decides to leave early. He spends three days in New York City and tells the story of what he did and suffered there.

The Roman poet Ovid, exiled to a remote village on the edge of the Black Sea, tells the story of his meeting with a feral boy, brought up among wild animals in the snow. It is a luminous encounter between civilization and nature.

This book aims to improve student's writing and give practical help with writing tasks in Year 7 and later years at school. The topics and text types covered in the book are designed to help students in their writing tasks for all school subjects - not just English.

This book is the third in the series of three books focusing on Algebra. It builds on the skills developed in the first two books and at school. On completion, students should have a sound knowledge of basic and more advanced Algebra.

This book is the second in the series of three books focusing on Algebra. It builds on the skills developed in the first book and at school. On completion, students should have a sound knowledge of basic and more advanced Algebra.

Gwen Harwood is celebrated as one of Australia's greatest poets. This is an all-encompassing collection of a lifetime of writing, including poems published just before her death.

In July 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation, went into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years, Anne describes not only the daily frustrations of living in such close quarters, but also her thoughts, feelings and longings as ...