Niko is having a hard time. His older cousin Tu and his mates bully Niko mercilessly. Everyone calls Niko Porangi (crazy) boy, just as they call his Koro (grandfather), porangi. ...
Violet and Johnno (Phoenix) are safe, along with their unborn child. Staying with her parents is safe but problematic as Johnno doesn’t feel welcome and Violet’s conditioning to hate her ...
Alex is a rebel. She’s been to the principal’s office so many times, she’s deemed it one of her favourite places. She climbs in and out of boy’s rooms, dyes ...
We’re going A-Hunting! This collection of stories by budding young, keen hunters aren’t just hunting yarns. There are fishing stories, a shooting (with a camera) story. There’s funny stories where ...
A private Thai island. Six teenagers who’ve known each other their whole lives. Seven days together with their own wilderness guide. Sun, surf, sunsets and golden beaches. Paradise. Now all ...
Cripesauce, Crudberries & Fudgesicles! Something strange is STILL happening in the small town of Sticky Pines. Budding cryptozoologist Lucy has uncovered the shocking truth of the Bigfoot like creatures and ...
13 year old Gabe is trying to live his new life. This new life is without his dad after he was killed in a car crash. Mum is sad all ...
Liz Lighty likes to stay out of the spotlight. Especially after a devastating and very public betrayal the first week of High School. She is a top student, knowing that ...
Elowen lives with her family in a small fishing village called Bodruth. She loves her life on the island with her younger siblings and friends – especially Heath, a young ...
Max and Hugo’s teacher doesn’t like them very much – but Mr Armstrong doesn’t really like any of his students. When he and Max have an argument about a poo ...
Max is a HUGE fan of the comic superhero Captain Kickbutt. Everyone is super excited about a Captain Kickbutt movie being filmed, right in their small town – but no-one ...
Vicki and her horse loving family are staying with their good friends when they first hear of the possibility of roaming horses being in danger from the local council. At ...
Max definitely does not want to dive into the pool in front of his swimming coach, teacher and rest of his class. He does not see the point in swimming ...
Eleven year old Max is well known for being a Funny Kid. But now he has a different persona in mind. First Kid. Like the First Lady in America, Max ...
Todd Hewitt is counting down. In days he will turn 13, and in Prentisstown where he lives, 13 is the crossover from a boy to a man. He’s the youngest ...
Fleeing from Mayor Prentiss and his army has been a long and dangerous journey for Todd and Vila, resulting in Vila on the edge of death as they arrive in ...
The Spackle are coming. The Answer have been labelled terrorists for attacking Prentisstown, and President Prentiss is determined to bring them down, but now they have another foe. One Spackle ...
Wen Zhou and her best friend Henry have a goal in sight. They want to sit an entrance exam to “…an amazing, government-funded selective school,” hoping their lives will change ...
The Wilson family is on the hunt for new ponies again. Vicki (the eldest), is also on the lookout for a Grand Prix pony to be bought by her sponsor ...
Straight into the action, young Baarnubus (who prefers Barny, thank you) is bailed up against the barn wall by Ringo, the farm dog. Barny knows Ringo is a bully, and ...
In 2020, when the world was swept by the deadly Covid 19 virus, hospital staff were suddenly working on the front lines of a war zone. The virus was strong, ...
Princess Elizabeth is very much in love with her Prince – Ronald. They were destined to be married, until… A dragon swoops in from nowhere, burns down her castle and ...
It is the year of 1647. This is a time where a man who calls himself The Witchfinder General has whipped up a frenzy of hate towards any woman who ...
Bonnie Willoughby is excited and dismayed in equal measure. She is excited because her cousin Sylvia is leaving London to come and stay with her in Willoughby Chase – her ...
Milly, Aubrey & Jonah are cousins who have never met. When they receive an invitation to an island resort belonging to their wealthy grandmother, they are more than surprised. This ...
Trees are universal – growing everywhere in the world. Some we enjoy as shade, some to hold our tree hut to play in. Many provide fruit or hold our summer ...
Dash and his best friend Lily are on the way to a summer holiday at Black Sand Beach with his dad and stepmum. It is only moments after they arrive ...
In a galaxy far away…. there is a planet that has a name indecipherable to humans. The beings on this planet don’t have bodies or feelings or individual personalities. They ...