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Skydragon 2 Book Review Cover

Skydragon (2) Fly Free

Amber has escaped the government agents that are pursuing her. Her mind is full of another teenager she has seen .....

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Skydragon 4 Brave the Storm Book Review Cover

Skydragon (4) Brave the Storm

After her run-in with the villain Money-Man, and meeting another teen called E-Boy with ‘gifts’, Amber and Irene are back .....

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Skydragon 5 Wave Breaker Book Review Cover

Skydragon (5) Wave Breaker

Amber is enjoying a much needed break in a small seaside town with Irene at her side. It’s not long .....

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Bored (1) Milo finds $105 Book Review Cover

Bored (1) Milo Finds $105

It all begins with an ant. Like the ant, Milo Kim is just hanging out alone outside on the footpath .....

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BORED (2) Frog's Mystery Twin Book Review Cover

Bored (2) Frog’s Mystery Twin

Frog is sooo bored! He just can’t face another talk about snakes from his classmates. Thankful he picked giant turtles .....

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Pow Pow Pig Book Review Cover

Pow Pow Pig (1) An Unexpected Hero

Our world in 2050 is a very different place. Over the years the rich have got richer, and greedier, and .....

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Pow Pow Pig (2) – Let the Games Begin

Pow Pow Pig and his buddies are still trying to return to their home in the year of 2030. Their .....

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E-Boy (1) Lightning Strike

Ethan has had health issues for most of his life. Now in his mid-teens, he is about to have surgery .....

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E-boy 2 Book Review Cover

E-Boy (2) Robofight

Ethan is undercover with Doctor Penny Cook since fleeing her android healer – Gemini. Gemini was operating on Ethan when .....

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The House in the Woods Book Review Cover

The House in the Woods (1) The Ghost Hunter Chronicles

Eve has a great idea for Halloween. She has discovered a map in her uncle’s things. It points the way .....

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Good Girl, Bad Blood Book Review Cover

Good Girl, Bad Blood

Pip Fitz Amobi has resolved a five year old crime, putting the correct villain in prison and proving a local .....

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As Good As Dead Book Review Cover

As Good as Dead

Pip is still reeling after watching a murder right in front of her. The sounds of gunshots pound in her .....

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The Griffin Gate Book Review Cover

The Griffin Gate (1)

Grace’s family have an important job. Grace, her mum and big brother Bren are Wardens of the Griffin Map. Grace’s .....

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The Puffin Portal Book Review Cover

Griffin Gate (2) The Puffin Portal

Grace Griffin’s family have an important job. They are the wardens of a map that shows their entire country of .....

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Barnstormers Vol 1 Book Review Cover

Barnstormers – Vol 1

Unfortunately Monsters are now a common thing all around Earth. One group who go up against these often incredibly dangerous .....

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Vega Jane and the Secrets of Sorcery Book review Cover

Vega Jane (1) and the Secrets of Sorcery

Vega Jane begins this fantasy tale as a feisty independent fourteen year old. She has to be strong as she .....

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Vega Jane and the Maze of Monsters Book Review Cover

Vega Jane (2) and the Maze of Monsters

Vega Jane and Delph have done it. With her canine Harry Two alongside, they have left their primitive village of .....

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Vega Jane and the Rebels Revolt Book Review Cover

Vega Jane (3) and the Rebel’s Revolt

Vega Jane, her gentle giant best friend Delph, newcomer Petra Sonnett, and loyal dog Harry Two have made it across .....

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Kid Normal Book Review Cover

Kid Normal (1)

Murph Cooper has just moved with his mum and big brother… again! It wasn’t so bad the first time, the .....

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Gangsta Granny Strikes Again

Gangsta Granny Strikes Again

Ben Herbert is missing his Granny. It’s been a year since she passed away leaving Ben with only memories of .....

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Never a Hero Book Review Cover

Only A Monster (2) Never A Hero

Joan might have won the fight against the monster slayers but she feels more lost and confused than ever. The .....

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The Pug who wanted to be a star Book Review Cover

The Pug who wanted to be a Star

There’s lots of excitement in Peggy the Pug’s home. Her best friend Chloe is auditioning for a part in her .....

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Kid Normal (2) and the Rogue Heroes

Kid Normal (2) and the Rogue Heroes

Murph Cooper (aka Kid Normal) and the rest of the Super Zeroes have been busy saving the day, preventing robberies .....

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Perspectives Cat Kid Comic Club 2 Book Review Cover

Perspectives (Cat Kid Comic Club 2)

Another Comic Club is in session, with Li’l Petey taking the class. He has nearly two dozen baby frogs all .....

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Aaron Slater, Illustrator Book Review Cover

Aaron Slater, Illustrator

Wee Aaron Slater has grown up in a garden full of sweet fragrances, summer breezes, music, laughter and love. As .....

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Rules for Vampires Book Review Cover

Rules for Vampires

Tonight is a big deal for Eleonore, or Leo which she prefers to be called. It’s her 111th birthday and .....

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The Last Wild Book Review Cover

The Last Wild (1)

Kester Jaynes misses his old life, even if he can barely remember what it was like before the virus. He .....

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Star Bright Book Review Cover

STAR BRIGHT (2) Starlight Series

Rachel is finally away from the family farm. At only 12 she had longed for more than the daily drudgery .....

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Batpig - When Pigs Fly Book Review Cover

Batpig (1) When Pigs Fly

Batpig – Space Farce Gary Yorkshire loves great-tasting sandwiches, mud baths, video games and hanging out with his friends, Brooklyn .....

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BatPig Too Pig to Fail Book Review Cover

Batpig (2) Too Pig to Fail

The Class that Wouldn’t End Maths class is no fun for Gary Pig or Carl Fishington. Only their friend Brooklyn .....

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