Dita is fourteen when we first meet her in Auschwitz. She is there with her mother, her father in a different part of the camp. This camp is the Family ...


Dita is fourteen when we first meet her in Auschwitz. She is there with her mother, her father in a different part of the camp. This camp is the Family ...


Trevor the Duck is very curious. He spends lots of time looking under, over and around things to see what he might find. Living near a beach, he also liked ...

Five young children enjoy their room at their family batch. They lie on their bunks with crinkled sheets and blankets, climb the bunk ladder, or just gaze out at the ...

Rosalyn (Ross) Quest has been learning to be a thief ever since she was small. Her entire family are experts at it, stealing to order on contracts, or just to ...

Jamal is excited and apprehensive at the same time as he plans to attend a protest march in the city of Baltimore. Yet another black man has been killed by ...

Sun and Rain have never met. It seemed to Rain that whenever she arrived, Sun would quickly leave. Sun had wondered about Rain, but only knew that Rain was quick ...

Danny Day has just moved with his family to a small town, from Texas. His new school is called Snake River Middle School. Danny isn’t as nervous as he could ...

Royal Blue is a racing pigeon with an impressive pedigree, and he’s not shy in sharing it with everyone. He is from a long line of racing pigeons belonging to ...

This is a book like no other book. When you open this book you will meet its narrator which in fact is a book. This book is a little cranky ...

Friends Clem, Ash and Zara are excited about another adventure down on the banks of the river Thames. They are members of The Thames and Tide Club and joining others ...

Marcus loves pulling pranks. Especially at school. His father thinks they are hilarious and admits his were way worse when he was younger. Marcus’ mum isn’t happy about this encouragement ...

Elston Fright is a small coastal town with a history of magic. This history is all but forgotten, especially as the powers that be have denied it ever happened. But ...

Loki has been bad. Really, really bad. He is the God of trickery, pranks, stinging barbs and chaos, but even the mighty God Odin is sick of Loki’s malarky. In ...


Jesse got two surprises the night of the school prom: His best friend Cas was kissing a girl who wasn’t his girlfriend He found out he has something terribly wrong ...

Beginning with the birth of a baby carpet shark, or pup, Mangō – Sharks and Rays of Aotearoa takes the reader on a fascinating journey from the very distant past ...

Ife knows she should feel privileged to be attending the exclusive Nithercott Academy, with its sprawling grounds, beautiful buildings and high expectations. But attending on the Urban Achievers Program on an ...

It’s Jamie’s first day of school. It’s very exciting, but also a little strange too. Grandpa is at Jamie’s side to begin with but his teacher is very welcoming in ...

Anna is twelve years old, loves dancing and reading and has a younger brother called Anto (Antony). Officially she’s only six minutes older than him but she’s claimed the big sister ...

Mortimer is a large ginger cat who lives in a house turned into a tourist attraction of historical interest. But when a cart full of books from the house is ...


This story begins as soon as you open the cover. Two seagulls send you down deep into the ocean, then a shark points even deeper. Down where no sunlight can ...

It all begins with a prank. Richard and Tom had been hanging out, first throwing a stolen Star Wars figure in the river to see if it would float, then ...


Jason is now a secret agent trying to hide the fact from his friends and family that he is a secret agent! His first mission went well as he ran ...

Nipper knew what he was doing when he lied about his age. At only 16, he claimed to be 21, and is signed up as a soldier in the Australian ...

Grandma tells great stories. Like when she set fire to her bra! It wasn’t because it didn’t fit anymore, but because she was mad at something else. For a long ...

Grace can’t face going to school in her old coat. It just doesn’t fit any more despite her mother insisting it does. Mum is too busy preparing for a promotion ...
