A girl wakes on a bus. She has no idea who she is, or who the other people on the bus are. Among them is a another girl who does ...
Little Dinosaur Rumble would rather play and explore than go home for bed. Warm mud, and frolicking with frogs and feathered friends is much more fun. It’s not long though, ...
It’s 1938. Joseph St George is half kiwi, half English and living in Germany. Life has been good with his diplomat parents, his new Alsatian puppy, friends and his fascination ...
Liberty Johansen adores the night sky. She has spent so much time staring up at the stars, she can draw precise star maps from memory. Liberty has always wanted people ...
Dylan Thomas feels incredibly guilty. His close friend Beth has just lost everything to a house fire, and despite it being ruled as due to ‘Faulty Wiring’, Dylan blames himself. ...
A young girl misses the dad she knew. He would go adventuring with her, climbing, swimming, flying high on a swing. Together their imaginations ran wild. But now he is ...
A collie dog named Friday creeps through the night with her master. They have 1000 sheep in their sights, and they are planning to steal them! This sophisticated picture book ...
Coriolanus Snow is in his late teens as we venture back into Capitol. He lives with his grandmother and cousin Tigress who works to support them all in a frugal ...
Willow Moss is the youngest in her family of witches. Her mother can speak to the dead and her sister can move things with her mind, but Willow’s only power ...
Elsie loves to sit and fish off the Lyttleton jetty, her feet dangling high above the tide. Mr James is fishing too, with one eye on his line and one ...
Along with his litter, Bob was left to fend for himself from very young. He survived on scraps he could find, eventually discovering the Exit 8 Big Top Mall & ...
Wrench is still reeling from her battle with Plum and an Old God keen to rip their world apart. Her struggle to banish the Old God back to its own ...
Mizuki can see something is wrong. Her grandfather (Ichiro), now living in Mizuki’s home after his cherished wife passed away, is nothing like the grandfather of her childhood. He used ...
Ever since Willow returned from her adventure with the missing day, her magic has been topsy turvy. Instead of making lost things appear, things are disappearing. Some have vanished completely ...
Imani has a guilty secret. After her great grandmother passes away, Imani, along with her brother, inherit Great-Grandma Anna’s books. While sorting through the many piles, Imani finds a journal. ...
Abigail has thought of a new BIG question to ask. It has been growing in her mind as she jumps in the puddles and and watches the winter rain fall. ...
It’s a cold, frosty night when five children aged twelvish, flee an orphanage – the only home they’ve ever known. They are not only fleeing a wicked woman called Matron ...
Amber Prescott is just one of six teens to be invited to have dinner with the Mayor after winning a 20K education scholarship. All six arrive at the venue, surprised ...
Lena is black, fun, fierce, and loyal to her friends. Her boyfriend (Black – a family nickname) is 20, a fact Lena doesn’t want her Pop to know about, and ...
Frankie isn’t like her big sister. She hates pink, sparkly, makeup and anything girly. She’s much happier in her t-shirt, jeans and Docs. At nearly 14, she’s aware how other ...
Nelson HATES Vegetables, despite his dad being an amazing cook, always serving delicious food to their family table. Delicious to everyone but Nelson. He has strategies to avoid eating veggies, ...
Bear and Ted are camping for the first time, and night has fallen. Tucked up in a sleeping bag, Bear begins to worry about the sounds outside the tent. Is ...
Winifred (or Fred or Freddo or Winnie) enjoys school, especially her teacher Mr Khouri and the way he explains things to her class. Geography is a particular favourite with its ...
A chance of a lifetime has just appeared for 13 yr old orphan Almanac. He has received an invitation from a grand manor to be an apprentice second footman. Leaving ...
Mr Wolf is tired of having a bad reputation, and he’s determined to prove that he and his pals, Mr Snake, Mr Piranha and Mr Shark are the Good Guys! ...
Citra and Rowan live in a world of our future. The Cloud as we know it has become The Thunderhead – an all knowing, all seeing, all understanding ‘being’ that ...
After a turbulent apprenticeship and the ultimate revenge on his past trainer and foe, Rowan has left the guidance and leadership of any senior scythe and gone rogue. He is ...