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The first book in a thrilling new series that has been a hit around the world. Featuring monsters, creatures and weird, surgically engineered characters, the novel summons up an unusual fantasy world. Set in the world of the Half-Continent - a land of tri-corner hats and flintloc...k pistols - the Monster Blood Tattoo trilogy is a world of predatory monsters, chemical potions and surgically altered people. Foundling begins the journey of Rossamund, a boy with a girl's name, who is just about to begin a dangerous life in the service of the Emperor. What starts as a simple journey is threatened by encounters with monsters - and people, who may be worse. Learning who to trust and who to fear is neither easy nor without its perils, and Rossamund must choose his path carefully. enough secrets, promises, and mystery to create impatient demand for part two. Booklist (starred review)
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Eleven-year-old Grace only knows one world - the world of her mum and dad and twin brothers, and the strict religious community they belong to. But when her dad is thrown out of the church for asking questions, Grace is torn. How can she stay in the church and keep her family tog...ether?
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The hilarious wacky new series from Australia's number one bestselling children's author, Andy Griffiths. This is the first in a new four-book series of stand-alone novels all set in an imaginary school where crazy things can happen, and often do! Pencil of Doom, book two in the ...series, is scheduled for a simultaneous release with the print edition in September. Andy Griffiths is the immensely popular author whose book, Just Shocking! reached new heights of popularity in 2007. This year will be even bigger with the launch of this new series and the sequel to The Cat on the Mat is Flat. It doesn't take Henry McThrottle long to realise that Mr Brainfright, his new teacher at Northwest Southeast Central School, is rather unusual. His last teacher would never have fallen out of the window-twice-or taught Class 5C how to skid on banana peels. But Henry's got even stranger things on his mind On a trip to Principal Greenbeards office, he discovers that there is buried treasure on Skull Island, which is somewhere in the school! Henry and his friends Jenny, Gretel, Newton and Jack set out to find a chest filled with gold, jewel-encrusted goblets and pieces of eight (whatever they are). But soon their secret is out, and everyone has treasure fever. Can they find the buried treasure, beat the bully, catch the villain and save their teacher, Mr Brainfright?
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Award-winning NZ author Kate De Goldi has imbued her latest book with all the wisdom, humour and family chaos you could wish for. The 10pm Question is a novel that challenges any kind of age category and will appeal to pre-teen, teen and adult readers alike. Brilliantly narrated ...by Stig Wemyss.
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Take one Shakespearan tragedy: Macbeth. Add Andy, Danny and Lisa - the JUST trio, whose madcap exploits have already delighted hundreds of thousands of readers for the last ten years.
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A story of survival, subterfuge, espionage and identity. Emilia and Teo's lives changed in a fiery, terrifying instant when a bird strike brought down the plane their stunt pilot mothers were flying. Teo's mother died immediately, but Em's survived, determined to raise Teo accord...ing to his late mother's wishes - in a place where he won't be discriminated against because of the colour of his skin. But in 1930s America, a white woman raising a black adoptive son alongside a white daughter is too often seen as a threat. Seeking a home where her children won't be held back by ethnicity or gender, Rhoda brings Em and Teo to Ethiopia, and all three fall in love with the beautiful, peaceful country. But that peace is shattered by the threat of war with Italy, and teenage Em and Teo are drawn into the conflict. Will their devotion to their country, its culture and people, and each other be their downfall or their salvation? In the tradition of her award-winning and bestselling Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein brings us another thrilling and deeply affecting novel that explores the bonds of friendship, the resilience of young pilots, and the strength of the human spirit.
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When Chris finds a baby in the cabbage patch, his life changes forever. More and more babies appear, a cabbage patch head takes control of Chris's mind, and Dad's fertiliser causes some interesting problems with the neighbours. But then, this is no ordinary cabbage patch...It cou...ld only be a Paul Jennings story. And it is. Here in one audio edition are all four stories from Paul Jennings' hilarious and hugely popular Cabbage Patch series - a favourite that young listeners will return to again and again.
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A free trip to the Northern Territory! Sounds good, thinks Marcus ('Mucus' to his sister Rose). But when his best friend Dylan joins the family holiday, mayhem is not far away. Marcus and Dylan's trip also involves Blacky, a surly, farting dog with attitude, who can hear Marcus t...hink, plus a monster saltwater crocodile who'd rather chomp on a human for dinner than have a civilized conversation. Then there's the small matter of a giant big-game hunter on a collision course with our heroes. And will Marcus be any match for his mean older sister Rose and her best friend Cy Ob Han? You can listen to more of Marcus, Dylan and Blacky's hilarious adventures in The Dog that Dumped on My Doona, also available in Bolinda audio.
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TRADE EDITION. For ages 7+. The dog sniffs Jimmys legs. Jimmy sniffs the dogs legs. The dog sniffs Jimmys bottom. Jimmy sniffs aaargh. Horrible, horrible, horrible. Its a dogs life for Jimmy when the Gizmo gets really gross. A third Gizmo yarn from Australias master of madness.
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From the author of perenial favourite Bunyips Don't and the Sydney 2000 Olympic mascot books. Endearing Jack Russell dog-detective: the detective with a nose for crime. Intriguing, funny whodunit mystery.In print by Scholastic. Doggeroo has been running its famous Annual Dog Show... for 150 years, and this year Jack's landlord, Sarge, is one of the stewards. Someone is nobbling the entrants, muddying their coats just before their classes. Could it be the dogs themselves, striking a blow for the right to roll? Jack thinks not and is proved right when Lord Red is one of the victims. Jack soon sniffs out the true culprit an entertaining amalgam of first person narrative, 'Jack's Facts', glossaries and delightful nose maps This will challenge beginner readers but certainly won't bore them. Magpies Magazine
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