Otto’s new life in a small Australian coastal town is a little different to California where he grew up. It was a turbulent childhood with an unreliable father who then ...
Jordyn Monroe is relieved and nervous in equal measure. Finally a freshman at college, she is keen to fit in, make friends and not be the exception in her classes. ...
Meg and her sister Liza have been enrolled in Douglas Academy – an elite school for the very rich and famous. As scholarship students, they are different from most of ...
Matilda has only ever known her “family of two” including her mum and herself. They have moved around a lot, and as she’s grown, she’s wondered about her father. Her ...
Frances Bloom enjoys doing things her way. Swimming in her pyjamas before school, not brushing her wild hair and wearing whatever she likes. Of course, to be able to do ...
A young girl named Ella introduces her dog Mr Nut to the reader. She loves him a lot, even though he is really naughty. He likes to eat the family’s ...
Kit loves her infuriating, incredibly curious, always busy little sister, Libby. So when Kit wakes to see Libby sneaking out of the house just before midnight, she knows she must ...
Vanya loves books, especially the ones that talk to her in the annexe off her parent’s bookshop. She knows this isn’t normal, so hasn’t told anyone at school. Not that ...
War is coming! At least that’s what all the newspapers and radio news people say. Olive, Jemmy, Lawrence and Franklin aren’t sure what to believe and are not impressed when ...
April now lives in the Arctic with her dad, and his partner Maria at their friend’s hotel in Svalbard. Her best friend Bear is never far from her thoughts and ...
Now that Grumpy Mole is no longer grumpy, (see the 1st book) he has invited all his new friends to his underground home for afternoon tea. He has cake and ...
Ravani loves building bird boxes and placing them in a special place in the forest behind his home. He has many around his window too, and he enjoys the birdlife ...
Elvis loves Christmas. His mum works really hard as a nurse, but always takes him to the biggest toy store in London – Londinium, on Christmas Eve. This year is special. He ...
Bridget sets off into a lovely day, to find some of her friends. The first friend she finds is Royal, but an invitation from Bridget to meet up later is ...
Pipi and Pou are surprised by their Nana when she wakes from a dream. She’s received another call for help from a beach somewhere in Aotearoa. “So which beach are ...
Pipi is a bit miffed about school sports. She loves to compete and has many certificates to show for it, but is no longer allowed to play netball or basketball. ...
Honey is a very hardworking ant. Although she loves her work and her nest with hundreds of other farmer ants, she is missing someone. Farmer ants are all girls, all ...
Spruce loves the forest surrounding their home, and spends as much time as possible among the trees. She knows them all, along with the elf trails that weave between. She ...
Two friends sit on a stump enjoying nature around them. With a particular love of birds, they walk through a forest listening for their favourite. To their confusion, they cannot ...
Waking up in 2070 wasn’t part of the plan. Calico vowed to do anything to save her younger sister, Asha, but losing 50 years wasn’t in the deal. Cryogenically frozen ...
The three Porch sisters now reside in a basement prison chamber in The School for Failures, in Austria. This school is like any other, with tests to pass, which the ...
Rory is quite old now, but he has lots of fun tales to tell, and his first one is all about when the circus came to town. He does admit ...
Wrapping Things portrays a preschool girl named Rosie, who loves to wrap things. She knows that wrapping means a gift, so loves to draw and wrap her pictures to give ...
Eli takes his training very seriously, even concentrating on his running form as he runs along the road. Technique is everything, and just one of the ways to prepare for ...
Joan finds herself in a world where monsters rule and humans are used for monster’s time travel whims and all manner of labours. Humans have no rights and must wear pendants ...