Charlie has been given a strange, shiny, black box to look after by his even stranger friend Vivien. She gave him strict instructions to guard it – then disappeared! Something ...
When Phoebe is practicing her stone skimming one day, she accidentally hits a unicorn standing on the other side of the pond. She actually did it a favour, as every ...
Rebecca hates her new school and new home far away from her friends in another city. She’s lonely and lost. When invited to a party, she goes to try and ...
Laura Chant has premonitions. She’s tried to explain them to her mother, but she brushes them off. Which is exactly what Laura does when she has another one. Little does ...
A boy gets up one morning from the floor of his room. His bed was burnt for firewood the night before, just to keep him and his mum warm. The ...
Peony lives in a world where bees no longer exist and all pollinating and pest control is done by hand in orchards. She lives with her grandpa and older sister ...
Crow was found as a tiny baby in a boat set adrift among a group of islands. She was found and raised by a man she calls Osh. He is ...
Jimmy is at it again. Doing stuff he shouldn’t, causing chaos and mayhem and not understanding what the fuss is all about. He’s found a dinosaur print. Any decent explorer ...
Olga LOVES animals. She prefers them much more than people and then proves her point quickly to the reader with funny pictures and diagrams. Olga considers herself an animal scientist ...
When something happens to Rose Raventhorpe’s beloved butler and friend Argyle, she is devastated. Strange things begin to happen in her Victorian city of Yorke and she is intrigued by ...
Just when Claude and Syd are planning to celebrate their latest mission, news arrives that their comrades in the White Paw Organisation (Dog Spies for CAT) have been captured by ...
Chase Cooper is glad his cousin Zoe goes to his new school, otherwise he wouldn’t know anyone. Zoe is a good cousin and friend, helping Chase settle in the first ...
Matt Turner has gone to stay with his grandparents on their dairy farm. His mum is on bed rest in hospital for her baby and his dad is away on ...
This collection would make a great read-a-loud for 9-12’s. There is a medieval tale, a diary of a dog, a Fairy Demolition Contractor and a boy trolling the internet, not ...
Fliss lives in a severed land – split by an invisible wall made by an ancient people to save their lands from a group of tyranical families wanting land, slaves ...
Too many secrets, buried for too long . . . Becs is a sassy 12-year-old drama queen who strikes a bargain with her mother. She’ll spend a few months away ...
This novel is entirely made up of military type transcripts of interviews, emails, surveillance footage summaries between all of the characters including AIDAN (The AI – Artificial Intelligence that runs ...
Lennie is grieving the loss of her vibrant, loving, carefree, older sister Bailey. When Lennie returns to school, trying to avoid all the sympathetic stares, she returns to band practice ...
11 yr old Clover Moon doesn’t go to school. She has to stay home and look after her many step siblings and younger sister Megs. Clover uses her imagination to ...
Simon Doolan has a nickname – Chook, which is another name for chicken. He is scared of everything. When his teacher hands out notices about an upcoming ‘Bring a pet ...
Timmy is in disguise at the start of this book. His mum has banned him from his detective business – shut it down – dead. What’s even worse is his ...
Limpy is a cane-toad. A very sensitive, thoughtful cane-toad. He visits his flat rellies on the road every day and stacks others in piles. His family ask him why he bothers. ...
The world of Lundinor that has been built by this author is exceptionally clever. A touch of Diagon Alley, a touch of magic and lots of wonder. Imagine holding a ...
A fast moving story about a football loving, fun kid called Fergus. He loved to cycle but he’s grown out of his bike. His birthday’s coming up and maybe, just ...
OLDER TITLES A perfectly messed-up story Patrick McDonnell Little Mouse’s Big Secret ...
Charlie wants a paper round. But never in a million years can he imagine what he and his best friend Hils (Hilary) would have to do to get one. When ...
The refugee camp is all that Subhi has ever known. Born there 9 years before, he has lived in tents with his Mum and sister Queeny ever since. He has ...
A spiteful, mean, girl called Betty. A caring, thoughtful, smart girl called Annabelle. A man suffering the after effects of a war where he believed he’d done terrible things. These ...