A heartwarming story about a girl who's afraid to follow her dreams, and the family who help make them happen. The perfect book for middle school girls, The Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee, is a wonderful way to inspire children to believe "I can do hard things", too!India Wimple can spell. Brilliantly. Every Friday night, she and her family watch the Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee on TV. When the Wimples suggest she enter the next Bee, India ...

Bestselling author Deborah Abela brings us a heroine to love and a great deal of danger to overcome in this thrilling novel set in a post-apocalyptic, flooded world.Grimsdon is in ruins. Three years ago a massive wave broke its barriers and the sea flooded this grand city. Most were saved, some were lost – and some were left behind.Isabella Charm and her best friend, Griffin, live with three other children in the top of an opulent mansion. They’ve survived ...

Ms Skye thinks kids can change the worldwith a Kindness Project.Nicolette wants tobut how can shewhen Layla treats her like she’s invisibleand DJ picks on everything she says?Leaf thinks Nicolette can be asuperhero.So maybeif they work togetherthey just might do it.A heartwarming story about four kids who overcome their differences and take on the world.‘An absolute gem of a ...

Arlo Goodman lives with his Uncle Avery in a run-down flat above their bookshop. He has no friends, except for his pet mouse, Herbert.But when a girl called Lisette bursts into the shop and begs him to hide her from a murderer, Arlo's life changes forever.He's swept up into an adventure involving kidnappers, car chases and a story in The Book of Wondrous Possibilities, where Arlo and his skymouse battle dragons. But can Arlo find the courage to battle an even great...

A new city offers a new life - but what kind of life will Isabella and her friends find?Isabella and her friends are nervous about what they’ll find in the New City. It’s inland and it’s dry – far from the flooded city they’ve just left. Will their lives here be as luxurious and carefree as Xavier says? In fact, bleak, uncertain times have brought darkness and danger to New City.The city has been divided in two: the citizens who have, and those who the ruli...

Bear has plans to change his world, one space adventure at a time, and discovers just how far you can go with someone by your side.Bear is different. When he dreams of going into space, the other bears laugh. But Bear has plans to change his world, one space adventure at a time. In space he feels at home, but also alone, until something extraordinary happens. He discovers just how far he can go with someone by his side.A richly imagined story that celebrate...

Q: What do you get when you cross an Australian soccer legend with a bestselling children's author? A: Johnny Warren and Deborah Abela's soccer series for kids!Jasper Zammit is a soccer legend– at least in his own head. Whole stadiums shout his name as he bends balls, accepts trophies and scores magic goals for the Rovers Under-11s. When a new girl, Lil, joins the team, Jasper thinks he's found someone as obsessed with soccer as he is. But there's one hitch - Lil's...

When she’s not at school, Max Remy is a Superspy for a top international spy agency. If she can stay alive . . .The Nightmare VortexHidden on a secret island, the Annual Spy Awards Night is about to begin.But when Mr Blue discovers the location of the ceremony, he brings to life a dormant volcano that leaves Max and Linden only hours to save the spy agencies of the world from an explosive demise.The Hollywood Mission

Could a seemingly easy mission to look after a scientist and his bloodsucking leeches be Max’s most dangerous mission yet?Members of an elite group of scientists are disappearing and Chief Harrison's close friend, Alfonzo Martina, is next. Max and Linden eagerly accept their mission to guard the world-famous professor - until Max finds out that Alfonzo's specialty is leeches. Not a fan of animals, especially small, slimy, bloodsucking ones, Max soon uncovers a wret...

Could a visit to the world’s most famous museum result in Max’s most dangerous mission yet?When a leading archeologist disappears from the Louvre, the world's most famous museum, Spyforce agents Max, Linden and Toby are sent to France to mind his spoilt daughter. But Monsieur Marceau has left an encrypted message for his daughter, and the police aren't the only people interested in what Veronique knows. Who has kidnapped Marceau, and why? The three superspies soon ...

The final book in the Max Remy Superspy series promises explosive action and a thrilling ride!While Spyforce agents celebrate 50 years of fighting crime at a lavish party, a small, deadly device pulses in the floor beneath them. The next day during a spy training session in a secluded forest Max Remy is found unconscious. Did she fall or was she attacked? And why are famous monuments and buildings crumbling around London? Who is behind it and will Linden survive af...

Could a trip to the world’s most beautiful city be Max Remy’s most dangerous mission yet?enice is in danger. Someone is threatening to destroy the city - and they've already detonated one bomb. Max, Linden and Toby join forces with a young Italian spy, Luca Cavello, to track down the culprit. Max agrees to meet the blackmailer at the famous Rialto Bridge - but before she can identify them, she's pushed into the stormy canal waters. Are Max's rescuers as innocent as...