Hattie, Bea (Phoebe) and Plum arrive at their Grandaddy’s home with their mum and little brother Dore (Theodore). They’re excited .....
Sonny Gilmour has a problem. Well, he has a few at the moment, but the biggest one is money. To .....
A dog waits by the front door of his home, faithfully waiting for his master to return. A hamster sits .....
A young boy is dropped off at his grandparents home for the summer holidays. It’s not the first time, and .....
Con Murphy is quite pleased with himself. He has kept calm, happy in his class and at school. He has .....
Emmie is looking forward to an end of year school class trip with her best friend Bri. Being together 24/7 .....
Nell is nervous in her new job at the local estate of Lord Wicken. As a scullery maid, she works .....
It wasn’t that noticeable at first. But gradually, Klara began to feel a dislike towards her. First in the shops, .....
Theo didn’t mean for it to happen. His school trip to the British Museum was uneventful… until he was dared .....
Mallory is a con-artist along with her sister, and although they don’t make a lot of money, she enjoys the .....
Evie doesn’t have many rules to follow, but one of them is to stay away from the town abattoir. Her .....
Hayley is eleven years old, and lives with her parents in a street bordering a large area of cleared land. .....
She was told she was abandoned, but Lavender refused to believe it. Her mum taught her to pick pockets and .....
Zelle – Ending up in hospital did it. There wasn’t a problem before that. Zellie swears by it. But alcohol .....
A brother and sister take the reader on a wonderful tour through their Poppa’s workshop. On the 2nd page in, .....
It’s the day of Christmas Eve and a family is preparing for the coming big day. There’s lights to hang, .....
Dragging herself and her bags through a strange dark town with her mother is not Flora’s idea of a great .....
Otto’s new life in a small Australian coastal town is a little different to California where he grew up. It .....
Jordyn Monroe is relieved and nervous in equal measure. Finally a freshman at college, she is keen to fit in, .....
Matilda has only ever known her “family of two” including her mum and herself. They have moved around a lot, .....
Frances Bloom enjoys doing things her way. Swimming in her pyjamas before school, not brushing her wild hair and wearing .....
A young girl named Ella introduces her dog Mr Nut to the reader. She loves him a lot, even though .....
Kit loves her infuriating, incredibly curious, always busy little sister, Libby. So when Kit wakes to see Libby sneaking out .....
Vanya loves books, especially the ones that talk to her in the annexe off her parent’s bookshop. She knows this .....
War is coming! At least that’s what all the newspapers and radio news people say. Olive, Jemmy, Lawrence and Franklin .....
April now lives in the Arctic with her dad, and his partner Maria at their friend’s hotel in Svalbard. Her .....
Elvis loves Christmas. His mum works really hard as a nurse, but always takes him to the biggest toy store .....
Pipi and Pou are surprised by their Nana when she wakes from a dream. She’s received another call for help .....






























