Addie is sixteen and the pariah of Caseham High. After all, she did get a popular teacher fired after an .....
There’s a buzz in the classroom. The chair at the back of the class, empty since a classmate moved away; .....
Duffy is looking forward to rugby practice after school. There’s an important game coming up against the Tūī’s who beat .....
Juno is angry at her mum. She has gone away and left Juno with her grandfather for the summer. There .....
Tuva is sad that the summer holidays are almost over, but excited at seeing her best friends Bao and Linnea. .....
Max is fine with her face, but aged about 8 or 9, her teeth decided to change direction and pretty .....
Deep inside a forest of towering trees and ferns, something is sleeping. Small ferns and leaf litter are scattered around .....
The sun has nearly set and people, animals and birds begin to settle down to sleep. Not all birds sleep .....
Pig is very happy living on her farm with mud puddles to roll in and apples to crunch on. One .....
It’s 1860 and Kofi loves life in his village. He is 11 years old, keen to be a man, and .....
Mark can’t think of anything better to do with a beautiful day – go tramping. He texts his mates, and .....
Sawyer isn’t surprised when her mother calls her to say she’ll be away for a couple of days. After all, .....
It’s been six years since Coyote Sunrise and her dad Rodeo lost their mum and wife. Coyote is finally in .....
Watson loves to find things. His owner Jon throws ball after ball for his young dog to fetch, and time .....
It’s raining, and for Will on the way to school, that means a wet sock. He has a split across .....
Dan is 13 and it’s the summer before his first year in high school. Middle School hasn’t been kind to .....
Abel can’t believe he’s finally in the City of Angels. He has landed a part in the relaunch of a .....
Grace is shocked by the prank pulled on her in a Wellington railway station. Asked to look after a suitcase .....
Petra – An organiser. Called bossy by her stepbrother Nolan and by pretty much anyone else who ever meets her. .....
Rebecca is shy. Really shy. She’s not sure why, and she wishes she was more like the kids at school. .....
Hannah and Sophie are close after growing up together. They are not only best friends, they are cousins. But they .....
Jude is the only guy among his siblings, but he’s okay with that. He is close to all his sisters .....
Jean McLain learnt how to interpret and use morse code from her two older brothers as they messaged each other .....
Everyone leaves. That’s Belle fallback for life. After all, her mother left her when she was only 2 years old. .....
George? That’s not her name, but her mum tells her it will be when they reach New Zealand. “…you’ll be .....
Life for sisters Louisa & Margaret has drastically changed since they had to move. Now with their parents gone, they .....
Sam likes his afro, even if he gets bullied over it. One boy in particular loves to grab Sam’s hair .....
Lucas knows he’s got to do something, and fast. His small rural school is going to close, and he and .....
The day had gone so well. Lily had spent it checking out her dream college, but now her transport home .....