Hallie, Gustav, Naira and Angelo don’t usually hang out together at school, let alone on a Saturday. But these four .....
Melati has kept her head down the last year at school. Nobody knows the trouble she caused in Year 9, .....
Ellis’ home isn’t really a home, well not what most people would call a home. A home is walls and .....
Life has been tough for Ally and her best friend Bon. They have been homeless, living in abandoned city tunnels .....
Nat loved to swim competitively, with her mum as her biggest influence and support. But now Mum has gone and .....
Ropa has a very special skill, allowing her to chuck in school and work for herself. She can see ghosts .....
It’s 1946, and Miss Drury looks over the pupils in her class. She’s been teaching a long time and has .....
Natty’s mum won’t stop sticking up for people. It sounds like a great thing to do, but Natty wishes she .....
Vega Jane begins this fantasy tale as a feisty independent fourteen year old. She has to be strong as she .....
Isabel thinks the snow and ice are beautiful, but it creeps up her bedpost at night and on the inside .....
Maggie knows the story of Frankenstein off by heart, and now entertains the poverty stricken dock children, match sellers and .....
Landfill doesn’t know anyone or anything but the teachings of Babagoo and his rules. Babagoo has told Landfill his entire .....
Aduago (Addy) is wary when in new spaces. In fact, she’s wary all the time. Now, far from home inside .....
War is approaching as Hitler flexes his might and invades Poland. England is preparing for war even before it happens, .....
Penny is happy in her life with her mam and hanging out with her best friends Matt and Kitty. They .....
Briggy and Terry (Terror) have been mates since small, but Terror’s distracted and antsy these days. He’s fallen for the .....
Peckham, a town in London, is split into four areas. There’s the condos and semi-detached homes of the wealthy, the .....
Ruth feels robotic packing up the apartment after her mother’s funeral. It doesn’t feel real. Now, moving back home to .....
Billy has had enough. His father is too used to his beer and swinging his fists, so Billy decides now .....
Sixteen short stories by New Zealand authors. Some are talented emerging writers, while some are from our rich literary past. .....
Jack Dahl is 16, with no home, no parents and his little brother Matty to look after. Jack will do .....
Lucy lives in a beautiful house. She has maids to help her dress, a boy to clean their shoes, a .....
Mikey is a fight waiting to happen. Even since his dad died Mikey has become like a robot, not caring .....
Max and his Special Forces Cadets team are attending a meeting with Sir Alistair Sinclair, the British Ambassador to Brazil. .....
Wen Zhou and her best friend Henry have a goal in sight. They want to sit an entrance exam to .....