Red knows she’s lucky to be on the trip with her friends. Ever since her mum died, Red is the .....
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 .....
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 .....
Rowan is helping her older sister paint her room. After moving Ash’s furniture to reach a wall, Rowan finds a .....
It’s the last day of school and Archie Coombes is looking forward to his summer break with his friends, Chris, .....
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 .....
Phoenix lives with his four siblings, their Gran and long-suffering aunt Josie who isn’t impressed at being lumbered with her .....
Oh oh! Two workers have left their truck on the beach while they have lunch. The sand is a lot .....
When Īhaka answers the loud knocking on the front door, the last person he expects is the Māori god of .....
Brynn never thought she’d come back to her home town of Sturgis. After all, so many teens her age dream .....
Melati has kept her head down the last year at school. Nobody knows the trouble she caused in Year 9, .....
Life has been tough for Ally and her best friend Bon. They have been homeless, living in abandoned city tunnels .....