Lora Inak

It’s Elif’s first day at Cockatoo Hill English Language School, and although she learned a little bit of English in Türkiye, she’s worried she won’t make any new friends in Australia. But when Elif’s palm itches in class and her very special $2 coin goes missing, she discovers that the kids in her class are part of a secret ‘superhero-ish’...

Sambu Won’t Grow by Lora Inak tells the charming story of Sambu, who is about to turn eight, with his family planning a big birthday celebration. He has just one wish: to grow tall and strong like his Kenyan Maasai Warrior ancestors. If only he could, perhaps his older sisters would stop calling him a baby, and he might finally...

Seventeen-year-old Natalie has two lives. At home, her life is governed by the unspoken rules of her Christian Orthodox background. At school, she is the Syrian girl who never goes to parties. She pretends she doesn't care, but deep down she just wants to be like everyone else. Natalie wants to have the freedom to choose her own destiny... to...

Father’s Day celebrations are coming up at Cockatoo Hill English Language School, and there will be breakfast foods from all over the world, decorations and gifts. Everyone can’t wait to bring their dads in for the special breakfast … that is, everyone except Oksana. She’d rather not go to the event because her father won’t even be there. He’s still...

No matter how hard Zahur tries, he can’t stop tripping over things, getting twisted up, bumping into this and that, or running late. To make matters worse, his eye has started to twitch uncontrollably! When Zahur accidentally breaks his great grandfather’s lute, he is convinced he’s been struck down with bad luck. Can the Cockatoo Crew help Zahur fix his...