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 ...

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 ...

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...

India never wanted to enter the Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee, but with the encouragement of her town, her family and some newfound friends, she overcame her fears, made it all the way to the grand final at the Sydney Opera House and won!Now that life is returning to normal, a special delivery arrives in Yungabilla, inviting India to the UK for the Stupendously Spectacular International Spelling Bee. But how can India go without her whole family by her side? The Yungabilla ...

India Wimple can spell. Brilliantly. Every Friday night, she and her family watch the Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee. When the Wimples suggest she enter the next Bee, India says she’s not good enough – but her family won’t hear it and encourage her to sign up.There are plenty of obstacles to reaching the finals: something in India’s past has made her terribly shy, and moving on to each round involves finding the money to make it happen.And finally, there’s Summer Mil...

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...

When a ghost appears at the annual Ghost Club convention, there are plenty of ghost-catchers on hand to help - but there's more to this ghost's story than you might think . . .Edgar, Angeline and Dylan are off to the annual Ghost Club convention – in Transylvania!During a visit to Dracula’s castle, they are disturbed by a near-miss accident. But the danger is forgotten when Angeline has the chance to meet her hero, the famous ghost-catcher Ripley Granger.

A quirky and mysterious tale of friends, fire-twirlers and ghosts from one of Australia's best storytellers.Ever since Aurelie Bonhoffen was a child, she has juggled, played the dead girl on the ghost train and the back end of the cow in the marquee of Bonhoffen's Seaside Pier. She adores her family - especially her uncles Rolo and Rindolf - but on her twelfth birthday, she stumbles on her family's remarkable secret. It's hard to accept at first, but when her new f...

Kids tell scary stories all the time . . . but what if this story is REAL?Angeline and Edgar have to go to their Senior School sleepover, but Angeline is dreading having to talk to the other kids.The night goes wrong when a ghost appears in the old boarding school dormitory where they are camped out. Their classmates are terrified – and Principal Prim is not happy!With the help of Ghost Club, Angeline and Edgar must find out who the ghost is so they can help her – b...

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...

Discover a top-secret world of Matter Transporters, Invisible Jets and Spyforce in the first two books about Australia's favourite superspy!In Search of the Time and Space MachineMax Remy always wanted to be a superspy. But now that she and her new friend, Linden, are in the middle of a dangerous mission, and they're about to be lowered into a giant vat of green jelly, Max isn't sure the life of a crime-fighter is for her.Sp...