Jack is angry at his mother. She is always busy with her work. She leaves messages on the fridge when she wants him to do something and is hardly ever ...
Everyone knows of the Cooool Beans. They swagger and look cool. Their sunglasses make them look even cooler. But they weren’t always just the Cool Beans. They were part of ...
A farmer is working with his animals , Cow, Chicken and Pig. Holding his clipboard, the farmer asks them to respond to his question. A cow goes….? MOO, replies ...
Careful What You Wish For Gary and his friends Brook and Carl are enjoying their favourite sandwiches at Ye Olde Sandwich Shop, when the topic of tests come up. Gary ...
2032. It’s hot. So hot that it’s unsafe to be out in the sun during the day, with the government imposing a law to keep people inside when over 42deg ...
For Jack, it was when his parents split up. He went from a happy, sports mad boy to a young man consumed by controlling calorie intake and changing his body ...
Bear has just woken up from his long sleep to find someone waiting for him. “Hello Butterfly.” Butterfly invites Bear on a great journey. Bear doesn’t hesitate and they set ...
Sarah Matahari Lorelai Piggins is one of 15. Her mother is a great mum, but her siblings not so much. Her 13 sisters are all evilly inclined, and her brother ...
Selby hasn’t done any homework for months. She’s at high school and hasn’t read any set school text for two years. Does this worry her. Nah, she’s not bothered at ...
George is dreading it. But his dad has been looking forward to him joining him in the local coal mine. After all, his uncles worked in the mine too, along ...
Tuatara have many other names… Kaitiaki – Guardians of Knowledge Ngārara or Kārara A Living Dinosaur or A Living Treasure! Tuatara may look like a lizard ...
We have all heard of Sir Edmund Hilary being one of the first ever to reach the summit of Mt Everest (along with Tenzing Norgay). We know about amazing Jean ...
New Zealand is one of the best places in the world to view the night skies above us. We even have a ‘Dark Sky’ Reserve in the South Island with ...
Inge isn’t sure what to expect when she meets her grandmother for the first time. All alone, Inge crosses the water between her home in Copenhagen and her new home-to-be ...
Audrey settles into her corner behind the till in her dad’s small corner store. At 17, she is still in high school, but has helped out in the store ever ...
Satchen and Tulsi love hanging out together in their small Scottish fishing town. Sneaking out one night to climb the ancient volcanic hill called the Craig, they celebrate their last ...
A farmer is watching TV with his friends, Cow, Horse, Dog & Pig, but someone has been left out, with no more room on the couch. A fly buzzes into ...
Jamie is busy! He is stoked that he has got the part as Donkey in the Shrek Musical at School, but deep down he would have preferred to be playing ...
Everyone knows about the Headmaster’s List at Armstrong Prep, in fact Spencer is on it. But she’s not there because her parents made a huge donation to this private school ...
Dad gets a terrible shock when looking in the mirror one morning. His hair, which had been quite happy on his head for his entire life, decides to have an ...
The last thing Ryan expected to be doing was looking after the guy he’d been compared to his entire life. Cody is terribly drunk at a party and something Ryan ...
Imogen Scott is an over thinker – her own worst enemy, causing herself grief and stress daily. But she is an excellent sister and friend. She is the ultimate ally ...
Red knows she’s lucky to be on the trip with her friends. Ever since her mum died, Red is the head of the family after her father fell apart. There ...
Milly is angry. At fifteen, she didn’t expect to be living in her grandparent’s house with her mum gone and only her dad at her side. But no-one expected the ...
Birdie is a little penguin with a very big job. She sings the night sky in every evening as the sun goes down. The other animals at the zoo listen ...
Cosima or Cos, for short has never known any other life except the Home for Unfortunate Girls. She, like her friends, are deemed infirm, degenerate, and more politely – unfortunate. ...