It’s the first day at Butler Middle School for Lucy and she’s nervous. The other kids look so much older .....
Anthony Randall knows his strengths. He’s good at basketball, Chemistry, Science and Maths, and so a low grade at Language .....
It’s raining, and for Will on the way to school, that means a wet sock. He has a split across .....
Nesbit is pleased to be accepted by a group of kids at his new high school. They are different from .....
Marv loves football. He and his mate Jimmy are constantly shooting goals on the pitch, off the pitch and on .....
Dan is 13 and it’s the summer before his first year in high school. Middle School hasn’t been kind to .....
When Olive is called to the school office while in class, her heart begins to race. Has something terrible happened? .....
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 .....
Mitchell’s mum says he was itching the moment he was born. Covered in eczema, tiny Mitchell scratched and scratched, even .....
George? That’s not her name, but her mum tells her it will be when they reach New Zealand. “…you’ll be .....
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 .....
A teacher stands with her students under a vast skyscape, clouds skudding across it. She urges them to look up .....
Nolan Hawker is used to moving around a lot with his mum being a travelling IT consultant. He’s been in .....
It’s Marion’s first day of school. We travel with him through his day, experiencing all his emotions with him. Our .....
Rangi enjoys practising haka with the other boys in his class at school. They are preparing for their end of .....
Stanley isn’t looking forward to his first day of school. His plan to act invisible doesn’t go well as his .....
Boo has a vivid imagination, turning everyday things and pastimes into battles with monsters, visiting fairy kingdoms or going on .....
Siblings William (12), Edmund (11) and Anna (9) have just lost their grandmother. She has been their guardian since their .....
Zoe knows more than they do. The police think her best friend Jayden ran away. Her classmates don’t seem to .....
No-one wants to be in a cabin with Nicky at their school camp in the forest. He’s known for his .....
Tally is struggling. She often finds navigating friendships at school difficult and home isn’t very smooth at the moment either. .....
Dance Violet has lived with the village’s wise woman since she was left there on the night she was born. .....
Sophie has never felt like she fits in. At only 12 she is the youngest in her classes due to .....
Xander loves to draw – super heroes in particular. He’s got two good friends at school, but unfortunately they can’t .....
A dirt floored hut, made of tarps and plastic, is Heera’s home. It is built on another’s land, alongside other .....