Skandar is pleased to be entering his third year of training. He has made strong bonds with his quartet, both in training and true friendships. Flo, Bobbie and Mitchell seem ...
One evening Etta is getting ready for her bath. But there is a surprise waiting for her. Next to the bath is a strange suitcase with the name Oswald across ...
The year of our lord 1290, Catherine (or Birdy to some) is aged 13 and struggling to be a lady. Birdy’s father is moderately wealthy with 10 servants and many ...
Ever since Flick received a Best Big Sister Ever t-shirt when her baby sister was born, she has tried to live up to it. Flick and 13 month old Birdie ...
Who is Eve? Is she a dome fighter and top tier bot doc, or is she a virtual princess named Anna who has never slept under the stars, seen the ...
Eve has discovered the truth about herself. This truth changes everything, and suddenly her best friends are her enemies. When she chooses her new Lifelike family over Ezekiel, he is ...
….a nuclear bomb is aimed at the town of the Brotherhood. Cricket (once a small robot who hated being called little, but now in a powerful warbot body), Lemon Fresh ...
It’s the summer holidays and Ren isn’t sure about what he wants to do over his break. When he discovers his mum has ideas for him, he quickly decides for ...
Levi Galante doesn’t have any friends at his new school. Even his little sister Twila as made new mates since their move from the city. They used to spend most ...
Angel is sooo excited. She is finally going to meet her internet friend Juliet in London. They met through being fans of a boy band called The Ark. For Angel, ...
Alfred can’t see the board at school. His mum decides to take him to an optometrist (eye doctor) in town. The optometrist looks baffled at first as Alfred and his ...
Alex Neptune lives in a seaside town called Haven. Tourists used to flock to the beautiful beach, enjoy the ocean and spend their holidays there. Alex has never been one ...
Flaxseed, or Flax as her friends call her, lives in the Floating Forest. This forest is high above where we humans live, and if ever seen by us, looks like ...
At only four years old Peter Lantos could feel something changing in his life in Hungary. It’s 1944, and most of his time is spent playing with his cousin Zsuzsi ...
Told in three sections by different kids living on Tūī Street in New Zealand. The Hole in the Hedge has Ella wondering about her next door neighbours. A little boy ...
Once upon a time there was a Cookie. She lived in a bakery and went to sleep each night in a cookie jar with lots of other cookies. Many of ...
It was an accident. A terrible, life-changing, accident. Hannah didn’t mean for anything to happen. She was trying to save herself. But now her life is one of guilt, isolation, ...
Sometimes we all have days when nothing is going right. But what if we tip this day on its head and go left? A young boy decides one day to ...
Friends Rāwiri and Ruby are learning about body safety, and how special their bodies are. There are special ways to keep themselves safe, and they discover what privacy, instincts and ...
1961 – Two teenage boys are excited. They creep through the night after conjuring a plan to see two girls. This plan however is playing out in East Germany where ...
Violet is excited at the upcoming visit of the Red Cross to her school. She listens carefully to the lady, learning about what the Red Cross is doing for NZ ...
Thirty years into our future, life is very different in Auckwell. Robots do everything for humans, from cooking and cleaning to developing personal AI’s to keep them company. Technology allows ...
Iris Wilkinson was also an avid writer named Robin Hyde. She was adventurous and stubborn, brave and just a little bit crazy. Her poetry won her acclaim at high school ...
Mandy Malham wants to win. Ever since she and her family moved to New Zealand from the UK, Mandy has never fitted in. All through primary she was on the ...
It is the year 2425. All digital technology is gone, and humankind is now only in the millions rather than billions. They weren’t wiped out by the rock that hit ...