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Mimi laid the box in the bench and opened it carefully. Inside were rows and rows of coloured pastels that shimmered in the light. She rolled them under her fingertips and her imagination began to fill with amazing pictures. When Mimi is given a box of magical pastels, she discovers that she...

Sugar boy gave me the name Bird, otherwise I'm James Burdell. I live with my dad who has a big tattoo that says Live to Ride. He is so strong he can lift up a car, but he can't tell me what he's thinking. Maybe he's thinking about my mother who shot through. Sugar Boy is my best friend. We hang around...

It's 1930 . . . and Ruby Quinlan lives in a big house in Adelaide with her parents and her fox terrier, Baxter. As she gets ready for her twelfth birthday party, Ruby has never been happier. But the world she knows is collapsing, and people everywhere are losing their jobs and their homes. Soon Ruby's...

Dee lives for parkour, and the alternate worlds he invents to escape his mundane life. He knows the city better than anyone-the hidden spaces at night, the views that no one else sees, from heights no one else can scale,. With parkour, he's not running away. He's free But just because you're...

An electrifying new series from Justin D'ath, author or the bestselling extreme adventures. Colt Lawless is on the run, suddenly famous, and more than a little superhuman. But can he save the last animals on earth? Colt doesn't know his own strength. When a showdown with a $100,000 Rat...

Stuff Happens is an important new series for boys about everyday challenges. Created by Susannah McFarlane, the series editor, the series is written by established authors Tony Wilson, Andrew Daddo, Philip Gwynne, Will Kostakis, Oliver Phommavanh, Scot Gardner, Justin D'Ath, James Roy, Pat Flynn and...

It's 1864 . . . and Poppy, disguised as a lost princess from India, has joined a travelling medicine show.� They're about to enter the town of Beechworth, where her brother Gus told her he was heading months before.� Poppy is so happy to think that she might find Gus at last!� But when she follows...

It's 1864 and Poppy, disguised as a boy, has escaped from the aboriginal mission at Bird Creek near Echuca. Her dream is to find her brother Gus, who ran away to pan for gold. But travelling through the Australian bush is full of danger and adventure...Journey with Poppy across all four exciting stories about a girl who dreams of a better life during the Gold Rush.

Max, Lily, Boaz and Jesse are stuck in Kids' Club at an island resort, forced to watch endless Pirates of the Caribbean re-runs while their parents relax by the pool. After eight days they decide to break out and let the real fun begin .

It's 1931 . . . and Ruby and her family have lost everything in the Great Depression.� Leaving behind her dad, her school friends and everything she knows, Ruby must move to Kettle Farm to stay with her cousins.� Life in the country is new and strange, and Ruby has never felt like such an outsider.�...

It's 1931 . . .and Ruby is settling into life at her school in the country.� But when a desperately poor family moves to the area, no one wants to be friends with them.� Ruby will have to choose sides, and she has already made one enemy at school - Doris Spinks.� Will Ruby do what she believes...

Rif is in deep trouble with his fellow villagers. On his quest to make things right, he must face a mountain troll, a pair of tricksters, a terrifying dog - and a very tough riddle.

We always knew we'd be awesome private detectives. Problem was, Boris and me live in this small country town, and we couldn't find anything to detect. But then, last month, a horse-riding ghost appeared, and a whole lot of creepy bats flew into town . . . So how did we end up on the trail of...

Abbey, Hannah and Talika are new recruits at Willowvale boarding school's Vet Cadets program. Mrs Parry, their science teacher, has given each of the girls a chick to raise and train, but not everyone is happy about it! When a game of horseback hide-and-seek turns into a matter of life and...