James Roy

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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1998
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • Full Moon Racing

    A 1974 Holden, two girls and a hitchhiker - a chance to escape on the open road and find their own freedom. Gunner escapes abuse at home while Arkey leaves a relationship gone wrong. And Saxon is looking for a new future. In this gentle and perceptiv...

  • Ichabod Hart and the Lighthouse Mystery

  • Town: Everyone Has a Story

    In Town, James Roy turns his hand to the short story, using it to explore the lives of the young residents of an Australian town. This town doesn't have a name. But if it seems familiar, it's because we recognize the people who walk its streets. From...

  • Max Quigley, Technically Not a Bully

    For readers just past Captain Underpants, for those who relish the sort of humor of Louis Sachar and Jack Gantos, here is a hilarious novel by an author who truly gets boys. His main character Max Quigley is no angel; in fact one might call him a bul...

  • The Gimlet Eye

    Things are different in the sky-city of Quentaris. Since the assassination of the old Archon, the city has fallen into the hands of a lazy, power-hungry ruler who cares nothing for his people â€" only the acquisition of new and better sources of auth...

  • Hunting Elephants

    Sometimes, when you search for the truth, you find you're just . . . Hunting Elephants . Harry reads books, he asks questions; he's a naturally curious young man. So when he and his parents head out to the country for Great-uncle Frank's fourth ...

  • Anonymity Jones

    A humorous and clever look at the day-to-day travails of being a teenage girl

     

    Anonymity is just a regular girl, but her life is falling apart. Her father has left to h...

  • Ghostly Shadows

    The third book in the fantastic Edsel Grizzler trilogy from award-winning author James Roy. Edsel and his friend Jacq are digging a hole under the blazing Widen sun but they know why. The railway tunnel below their feet is also a mystery. And when th...

  • Miss Understood

    Lizzie doesn't mean to do the wrong thing . . . she's just misunderstood. Lizzie has a history of misunderstandings, but the latest one is bad enough to get her expelled from Our Lady of the Sacred Wimple College. So now she's going to be homescho...



  • City

    Much has changed in the sky-city of Quentaris. With the Archon dead, dark forces have come into play. New faces are appearing, familiar ones vanishing, and the horrid Florian has claimed the throne. Then, as Quentaris slips quietly through a vortex i...

  • Chaz and the Missing Mayo

  • Chaz at the Fish Market

  • Chaz, Superbarf Surprise

    Chaz is confident that he will win the Junior Superchef contest with his sweet, sour, salty and spicy Asian fusion recipe--but then the judges taste the dish. ...

  • Chaz, TV Superstar?

  • Lennie

  • Edsel Grizzler

    Pizza for breakfast! No bedtime! Skateboarding encouraged! And. no parents! Welcome to Verdada. When Edsel takes an unexpected voyage to a parallel dimension, Verdada, his life is transformed overnight. Suddenly, his over-protective parents are nowhe...

  • The Legend of Big Red

    Bailey's Swamp is a lot of things. Beautiful. Secluded. Creepy. It's also thought to be the home of Big Red, a giant and elusive fish, a true legend of the local area. And Barney and Liam are determined to find him and catch him. But they're about to...

  • Problem Child

    Max Quigley doesn't think he's a bully. He's an "observer". He observes the habits, interests and peculiarities of other people, which he then points out. A lot. Triffin Nordstrom isn't really all that clever. He's a nerd. He reads too many fat...

  • Voyage to Verdada

    Pizza for breakfast! No bedtime! Skateboarding encouraged! And ... no parents! Welcome to Verdada. When Edsel takes an unexpected voyage to a parallel dimension, Verdada, his life is transformed overnight. Suddenly, his over-protective parents ar...



  • Billy Mack's War

    'Home's a good place to be, Billy-boy. I'm glad I got to see it again.' When Captain Mack is released from his prison camp at the end of the war, no one is quite sure what to expect, least of all his son Billy. Will he be the same man...

  • Captain Mack

    In this International Year of the Older Person (Towards a Society for All Ages) James Roy has written an exceptional book, devoid of sentimentality, about the friendship between a young boy in his first year of high school and an elderly man living a...

  • One Thousand Hills

    Agabande, Rwanda, April 1994. Life is simple but good. Pascal and his brother go to school with their friends, their parents work hard, their little sister is growing up, and on Sunday almost everyone they know goes to church to thank God for his goo...

  • The Newest Pet

    Chook's friend Joe doesn't have a pet to bring to Pet Day. To cheer him up, Chook decides they should try to find him a pet for just a day. But Joe is so sad he can't even come up with a plan. (And that's his best thing.) Can Chook think of a plan to...

  • Rules are Rules

    Walking to school is too scary for Chook-until Dad tells him the special rule for walking to school safely: no talking to anyone until you are inside the school gates. Too easy! But not talking means that he must ignore Mrs Pho from the bakery, Eddie...

  • Saves the Day

  • The Tiny Guitar

  • Let's Do Diwali

    Chook and his friend Praj are going to the Hindu festival, Diwali. But big crowds make Chook nervous. Can Praj help Chook overcome his fear? ...

  • Unhappy Camper

    Everybody is excited about class camp - except Chook. He's worried about snakes and getting homesick. Can Chook find the courage to go? ...

  • Up and Away

    Chook wants to be a pilot when he grows up, just like his dad. That means doing scary things, like talking to new people. What will Chook do? ...



  • On the Road

    Chook is going on holiday and he's supposed to play with his cousins. But they're still little kids! Can Chook think of something fun for everyone to do? ...

  • Broken Wings

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

James Roy has published 31 books.

James Roy does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Broken Wings, was published in September 2021.

The first book by James Roy, Full Moon Racing, was published in May 1998.

No. James Roy does not write books in series.
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