The Skatt Imperium is a ruthless organisation, hell-bent on expanding its criminal activities empire. It happily deals in anything from producing counterfeit goods to hijacking convoys and even has a hand in the evil slave-trade. It is expanding across Britain, Europe and North America. Very little can stop it.Governmental organisations battle against its ever-spreading tentacles in a desperate effort to curtail its growing power. One of these is the Ministry of Information for the...

We are moving house but leaving someone behind: someone who no longer wants to face the future in our beautiful Victorian home.Ellie has never been a problem for any of the previous occupants, yet now she is agitated. Since we have been here, we have known of the lost, gentle soul who is unable to move on. Trapped here, somehow.Ellie has never been a problem for any who have resided in Meadowgate. It has always been a happy home. However, as my family have decided to leave,...

Invasive arthropods cause significant damage in agricultural crops and natural environments across the globe. Potentially threatened regions need to be prepared to prevent new pests from becoming established. Therefore, information on pest identity, host range, geographical distribution, biology, tools for detection and identification are all essential to researchers and regulatory personnel. This book focuses on the most recent invasive pests of agricultural crops in temperate subtropical...

In a tall, narrow brownstone, in Brooklyn, New York, there is a girl with a secret. That girl is Rose Knight. She needs to raise millions of dollars to save her father's life. The arrogant and suave Damien Castle is good at uncovering secrets. He's even better at catching criminals. When he meets Rose he knows something is amiss but he can't help but get distracted. It isn't her terrible dress sense that confuses him, or even her obsession with Egyptology. It's the fact that he has never f...

Edie and Dylan have been dreaming about their road trip across America for ever. But nine weeks in a car together is going to be a huge test for them. They're crazy in love, but what if that's not enough?Trailer parks, diners, motels and glitzy casinos are the backdrop for an adventure that threatens the whole future of their relationship. Will Edie and Dylan be able to go the distance?

A sister and brother face the hardest year of their lives and discover the healing power of nature in this compelling tale from master storyteller Paul Jennings.Emily loves the bush and the native animals on her family's reforested property, particularly the beautiful rainbow lorikeets that nest in one of the tallest trees. But then her father is diagnosed with a terminal illness, and Emily's world enters a tailspin.Her twin brother, Alex, refuses to accept...

Juvenile delinquent and budding pyromaniac Max Segredo belongs in juvie hall. At least, that's what his most recent foster family would tell you. Instead, Max ends up on the doorstep of Merry Sunshine Orphanage-their very heavily guarded doorstep. As he begins to acclimate to his new home, Max learns a few things straightaway: first, cracking a Caesar Cipher isn't as hard as it seems; second, never sass your instructor if she's also holding throwing knives; and third, he may not be an orph...

Remembering can be risky.“I don’t know where we came from. Several times when it had seemed important to know, I had tried asking, but mum never really answered.” Eleven year old Steven is curious about his past. When he hears a stranger’s name, odd memories come back to him. A large house. Being left on the side of the road. But does he really want to remember everything?Remembering can be risky in Change the Locks, an unforgettable junio...

Survival is a range of edgy fiction aimed at teenagers with a low reading age. Each story features strong characters and uses simple, crisp language to keep readers engaged. All of the stories cover important contemporary and topical issues such as bullying, binge drinking, gambling, sex, drugs and arson where the characters always have to face the consequences of their actions and learn to survive. 'I'll burn this school down one day. You see if I don't." When Jack's school burns down that n...

The Saskias, Saskia Chandler and Saskia Hunt, are off on holiday to America. But before they go they have a few things to attend to, both as the SuperTwins, Kyra and Katya, and as themselves. Saskia Chandler discovers she needs to use the knowledge and experience gained when she was still Richie and worked in IT to unravel a mystery involving robberies from ATM machines. Saskia Hunt seems to have come to terms with just exactly who Saskia Chandler actually is, now it’s just up to Saskia Ch...

It's October 6, 2010. Why does it matter what twelve year old Max has for breakfast? And how could riding his bike to school change his life, his friend Ethan's life, and the course of history?Time travel and friendship carry Max through twists and turns that will keep readers engaged to the end of this new book by the author of the Bill the Warthog mystery series.

When the phone rings in the middle of the night, Hayley knows it is not good news, and she's right: her boyfriend, Jesse, is missing after a night of fun at the local quarry, and she might have been the last one to see him alive...17-year-old Hayley is counting down the days to when she can escape from her parents and the life she feels sure she will inherit from them. Her father's simmering anger at the impotence of his world threatens daily to boil over, while her mother has retr...