Kirsty Murray

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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1999
  • Latest Book:
    July 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Children of the Wind

Bridie's Fire (Jun-2005)
Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong (May-2008)

Book List in Order: 19 titles

  • Tough Stuff

    Ordinary kids doing extraordinary things. Extraordinary kids trying to live ordinary lives. Real kids doing it toughFrom the wolf girls of India to a 14-year-old Olympic champion; from Iqbal Masih, the inspirational 12-year-old human rights activist,...

  • Market Blues

    Things unravel so fast. One day Sam is a kid with a straightforward life, next moment he's sucked into a time warp and flung back a hundred years. Meeting Flea, Gertie and the gang is just the start of a crazy adventure with Sam on the run from polic...

  • Walking Home with Marie-Claire

    Addressing the important issue of girls and self-esteem, this coming-of-age story of two girls reveals the meaning of friendship. The day Marie-Claire walks into PJ's life, everything changes. Whether they are skipping school or just hanging out on t...

  • Becoming Billy Dare

    Paddy secretly boards a ship bound for Australia, only to be shipwrecked at the end of the voyage. Once rescued, he faces the big question: how is he to make his way in this strange new land? On the road with a travelling circus, on the run with a wi...

  • Bridie's Fire

    Children of the Wind

    Bridie's world is torn apart when her parents and baby brother die in the Great Hunger. She leaves Ireland, and strikes out alone to claim a life for herself in Australia, on the other side of the ocean.Bridie's Fire is heart-warming story of courage...

  • A Prayer for Blue Delaney

    'Don't worry,' said Bill. 'You can hide out here until you get your strength back. That is, if you don't mind an old man, a dog and a few ghosts for company.' Colm is on the run, determined to escape from the cruelties of Bindoon Boys' Home. He strik...

  • Zarconi's Magic Flying Fish

    Before he came to Zarconi's, Gus didn't even know he had grandparents, let alone ones who juggled knives and ate fire. Now he's caught up in their world of magicians, stilt-walkers, tattooed tenthands, elephant turds - and there's a snake-girl who mi...

  • A Penny to Remember

  • Secret Life of Maeve Lee Kwong

    Children of the Wind

    I keep thinking I'll see him any moment. It's crazy. I don't even know what he looks like. And it shouldn't matter that I can't find him. I've been fine for 14 years without him. Sorry, this is a stupid email. Hope everything in Sydney is cool. MLK S...



  • The Red Camel

  • Vulture's Gate

    One girl - could she be the last girl alive? One boy, pursued by reckless men who have kidnapped him from his fathers. Bo and Callum go in search of a safe haven, a place to call home. But where can they turn and who can they trust? When ever...

  • Vulture's Wake

    Even though he is half dead, Callum is lucky. It is Bo's roboraptor who finds him--not the rogue Outstationers from whom the boy has escaped. But even as Bo nurses Callum back to health, the Outstationers are homing in. The two barely escape capture ...

  • India Dark

    Daisy opened her mouth and lies flew out. Her face so pink and white, her lips so plump and sweet, her lies so vile. I had to cover my ears.  I shut my eyes, wanting to block out the courtroom, to neither see nor hear the evil: but Tilly grabbe...

  • The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie

    The room was full of moon shadows and dancing light. But it was the wall around the window that Lucy couldn't stop staring at, the one with the painting of Spring. It was as bright as a sunny day and the tiny yellow flowers that covered the fields we...

  • The Year It All Ended

    On Tiney Flynn's seventeenth birthday, every church bell tolled as if heralding a new year, a new era. Tiney stood in the garden, purple jacaranda petals fluttering down around her. One by one, her sisters came outside to join her; first Nette, then ...

  • When Billy Was a Dog

  • Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean

    Nineteen contributors from India and Australia -- including Printz Award-winning author Margo Lanagan and New York Times bestsellers Justine Larbalestier and Samhita Arnir -- team up to create a groundbreaking feminist collection. A post-apocalypt...

  • Puddle Hunters

    When the rain stops it's time to go puddle hunting. Ruby and Banjo and Mama go up the street, and into the park, over the bridge and down to the river flats where the puddles lie waiting. Splosh it, Ruby! Splosh it, Banjo! Splosh it, Mama! A glorious...

  • Shadow Catchers

    A delightful picture book that celebrates the joy of young children trying to catch their shadows On sunshiny mornings, we go shadow catching. Inside, outside, in our home and in our neighbourhood, shadows dance around us from morning through to nigh...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kirsty Murray has published 19 books.

The next book by Kirsty Murray, Shadow Catchers, will be published in July 2024.

The first book by Kirsty Murray, Tough Stuff, was published in June 1999.

Yes. Kirsty Murray has 1 series.
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