Amy has another new placement. Ever since her Nan died when Amy was six years old, she has been in foster care. Now a teenager, she has lost trust in ...
Tayla and his mum and dad are out in their restored Ford Zephyr, laughing after Mum pulled the perfect practical joke on Dad. They are a family of practical jokers, ...
Brandon is 9 and in trouble at school, and with his dad. He was sticking up for someone against a bully, but was suspended from school. With nowhere else he ...
Pip loves the creek. Its white rock, the quiet, the treasures revealed in the dried out bottom, and the way the sunset washes everything golden. It’s also a place to ...
Nothing much happens in Black Deer Falls, and when it finally does, everyone wished it hadn’t. In 1958 there were a spree of murders between August 3 and September 18 ...
Aaron Rowe is on his first day in his new job. Apprentice Funeral Director. If that isn’t enough to deal with, his mum is mentally unwell, and he is a ...
The worst villain in the world is free after 30 years locked up deep underground. What makes Magpie the worst villain in the world? It is how he got his ...
Xar is selfish, impulsive and full of himself. After all, he is the son of Encanzo, the King Enchantor. But he is the youngest son, and his magic hasn’t come ...
Six months have passed since Xar (son of the powerful enchantor Wizard King), and Wish (daughter of the fierce Warrior Queen) met by chance in the dark wildwood and inadvertently ...
It’s two weeks since Xar and Wish and their loyal companions fled the party between the Warriors and Wizards. They left the Warrior Queen and Wizard King behind after promising ...
Peter has tried to keep busy since the day he left Pax behind. It’s been a year, and a difficult one. Vola has been supportive of Peter building his own ...
Kid Normal and his friends the Super Zeroes are relieved that many rogues are off the streets and locked up where they belong. But one is still out there. He ...
Rabbit friends Muki and Pickles are out walking on a beautiful sunny day, talking about the very best cake they’ve ever had. Muki is spotting insects in the forest from ...
Chippy Mc Neish is reading the newspaper when he spies an advertisement: MEN WANTED FOR A DANGEROUS JOURNEYÂ TO THE ANTARCTIC Keen to sign up as a ship’s carpenter, Chippy is ...
The sun is sinking at the end of the day when a young girl leaps from the front porch of her home. Twirling and spinning out around her garden, she ...
Haylah Swinton has done it. She is a bona fide comedian, after nailing a set on stage live in front of an audience. The embarrassing finale wasn’t quite what she’d ...
War is approaching as Hitler flexes his might and invades Poland. England is preparing for war even before it happens, evacuating children from the cities. This is how Tom Oakley ...
Jake Jones has a very embarrassing dad. He ruins Jake’s part in a school play, break dances at the school dance, and makes his friends laugh at him at a ...
Leo feels like an alien. He doesn’t enjoy the world outside his bedroom. It’s too noisy, too bright, and too confusing. He’d rather read a book inside his large cardboard ...
Matilda (Tilly) is the other sister. Her elder sister Beatty was the 1st telegram girl in their town during WWI and celebrated for it. Tilly loves her big sister but ...