Cosima or Cos, for short has never known any other life except the Home for Unfortunate Girls. She, like her .....
It doesn’t take much to make Alice angry, and lining up at her new school registration, only to be told .....
It was the stranger that started everything. Pearl didn’t like the look of him, or the fact that he wanted .....
It’s the summer holidays and Ren isn’t sure about what he wants to do over his break. When he discovers .....
Oliver is not impressed. Brightling Middle School has a new teacher and he’s in Oliver’s own homeroom. Oliver and his .....
Twins August and Jesse ask their dad to make up a story one night, instead of them reading from a .....
Alex Neptune lives in a seaside town called Haven. Tourists used to flock to the beautiful beach, enjoy the ocean .....
Flaxseed, or Flax as her friends call her, lives in the Floating Forest. This forest is high above where we .....
Told in three sections by different kids living on Tūī Street in New Zealand. The Hole in the Hedge has .....
The only thing 14 yr old Miles is interested in when he moves with his family to Coromandel (NZ) is .....
Rowan is helping her older sister paint her room. After moving Ash’s furniture to reach a wall, Rowan finds a .....
Compulsive worrier Limpet (real name Liam but you’ll have to read the 1st Shop of Impossible Ice creams to know .....
Esquire Fox isn’t like any other fox. She’s a snazzy dresser for one with her tweed coat and immaculate grooming. .....
Claire is looking forward to the weekend. She and her boyfriend are going to join her best friends Kat and .....
It’s the last day of school and Archie Coombes is looking forward to his summer break with his friends, Chris, .....
Chelsea knows she’s got it good being Granger’s girl. Without him taking a liking to her, then calling her his, .....
Jem is the kind of boy who can’t sit still. His feet and body want to be busy and without .....
They shouldn’t have opened the crate. Dad did tell them to leave it alone until he returned from work at .....
Show and Tell is always hard for Lily. Other kids have exciting objects or exotic animals to bring along to .....
In a time long before pakeha strode Aotearoa, 12 year old Te Kawenga is busy fetching water from a nearby .....
Hex (Hector), doesn’t know why he does the stupid things he does. They just happen – without thought or planning. .....
Tennessee USA has been the target of a serial kidnapper since June 1 2001. Boys are taken, but miraculously returned .....
Faith’s first view of their new home of Vale is through grey fog shrouding the island. When on land, they .....
Jack is looking forward to his summer break – weeks of hanging out with his best friend Bunny, playing baseball .....