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In the heart of the Australian outback, where red dirt meets endless sky, thirteen-year-old Tommy Archer and his blue heeler, Lizzy, are no strangers to the wild. But when a mysterious invitation summons them to the European Working Dog Expo in Paris, their lives are thrust into a whirlwind of adventure, danger, and ancient secrets. From the fire-scorched paddocks of their station to the glittering arenas of Paris, Tommy, Lizzy, and her chaotic pups, Boomer and Tilly, uncover a legacy that stretches back centuries - a bloodline of guardian dogs, woven into the very fabric of history. As ...

Hold onto your hats, kids, because Tommy Archer and his legendary Blue Heeler, Lizzy, are about to take you on the wildest ride through the Australian outback! When a massive bushfire threatens their family’s cattle station, 13-year-old Tommy, three exchange students, and a litter of mischievous pups must lead 500 stubborn cows to safety. But this isn’t just a walk in the park—think raging rivers, sneaky dingoes, cranky snakes, and a whole lot of cow chaos! With Lizzy barking orders like a furry general, Tommy’s crew faces epic adventures and side-splitting mishaps—like Hiro’s ...

The Last Library is unravelling. Portals are closing. Ink is fading. And in the space between stories, something ancient is stirring—something born from a single forbidden rewrite. Fourteen-year-old Juniper Quill thought she’d saved the Library of Eternity. But when a mysterious summons pulls her back into the bookworlds, she discovers a dangerous new corruption: in the Realm of Fixed Morals, Aesop’s fables have lost their lessons. In the City of Fanfiction, beloved heroes are rewritten beyond recognition. And in a distant corner of Oz, a forgotten truth waits to be uncovered, ...

Tommy & Lizzy are back in their most adventure-filled story yet! When fourteen-year-old Tommy discovers a weathered notebook tucked inside his late grandfather’s saddlebag, he never imagines it will launch him into a forgotten pact, and a mystery buried beneath decades of red dust. The notebook holds clues to a trail hidden across the outback: carved cattle brands, spiral stones, and cryptic poems that lead not to gold, but to something far more dangerous... and far more important. With his loyal Blue Heeler Lizzy, her two wild pups, and sharp-witted classmate Ellie by his side, Tommy ...

Some kids dream big. Finn Harper dreams dangerously! Every night, thirteen-year-old Finn slips into the Dreamscape, a realm of surreal worlds, wild creatures, and whispered fears, armed only with Flicker, his moody, half-magical lantern. As a junior Dreamkeeper, his job is to patch up nightmares before they spill into the waking world. No pressure! But when his best friend Lila’s little brother falls into a coma, and a forgotten villain known as the Nightmare Weaver resurfaces, Finn is pulled into a dangerous quest that spans collapsing dreambubbles, shape-shifting monsters, and a ...

"We didn’t mean to summon a ghost. Or crash a roller rink. Or enchant our treehouse with giant chicken legs. But when you’re part of the Rejects’ Coven, things tend to get a little... spellbound." Twelve-year-old Zara and her misfit friends - Jinx the prank queen, Raven the spooky poet, Pip the science genius, and Sasha the ex-mean girl - just wanted to teach the bullies a lesson. Instead, they unleashed a cackling poltergeist, opened a magical rift over Sablewick, and caught the attention of some very opinionated witch spirits. Now, with the ghost of Baba Yaga’s hut stomping ...

The next chapter has begun… but someone else is holding the pen. When forgotten characters start vanishing and beloved tales return rewritten beyond recognition, 13-year-old Juniper Quill knows the stories are no longer safe. The Gilded Scriptorium, an ancient order of rogue curators, has begun an Ink War, determined to erase chaos, choice, and creativity from the world forever. To stop them, Juniper must journey through four fractured story realms: a mythic Greece stripped of emotion, a forest of abandoned fairytales, a mechanical world of manufactured fiction, and a land of unwritten ...

They saved the farm. Now the Outback needs them again. After becoming global heroes, Tommy and his legendary Blue Heeler Lizzy are finally settling back into farm life… or so they think. When wild brumbies tear through fences and a secret threat begins unravelling the land they love, Tommy and Lizzy must rally their crew once more. Joined by six new four-legged recruits, and Ellie, a sharp, fearless newcomer who might just be more than a friend, Tommy leads the team across the red heart of Australia. From bush festivals to floods, fires, and betrayal, they uncover a shady land deal that ...

Everyone has a story. Even the ones who seem hardest to understand. In Through Their Eyes, three unforgettable kids tell their truth from the inside out. Marcus hides his drawings, and his fears, beneath a tough shell sharpened by pressure from his brother’s crew. Tara wears perfection like a costume, even as her parents’ divorce unravels everything she thought she could control. Devin scores goals on the field but can’t face the letters on the page, ashamed of a secret he doesn’t know how to name. Each of them is a bully. Each of them is hurting. And each of them is about to be ...

Twelve-year-old Kai Nguyen is a nobody at school—but in StarForge, he’s NebulaKnight: fearless, famous, and almost cool enough to wear a cape. When a cruel prank turns his gamer glory into public humiliation, Kai retreats from reality… until a mysterious arcade cabinet, a glowing token, and a tabletop roleplaying game start to blur the line between game and life. With bullies on his trail, friendships on the edge, and a magical trial unfolding, Kai must find the courage to fight back—not with laser axes, but with loyalty, imagination, and one very unexpected team. It’s game on—...

It’s Christmas Eve at Melody Manor—and the monsters have gone viral. Prank mastermind Felix Fizzlewick is all set to film the ultimate talent show stunt with his best friends, his trusty gummy worms, and his hand-painted guitar... until it’s stolen by a melodramatic Phantom with a Wi-Fi addiction and a cursed melody that could erase creativity across the internet. Now trapped inside the haunted theater with a gang of classic monsters, Captain Hook (hooked on followers), Mr. Hyde (fueled by snacks), the Invisible Man (a germaphobe hacker), and the tentacled Whisperer (part squid, part ...

Sally Hemingway thought she’d left the weird behind. But when a strange poster blinks at her from the bus stop, and her own reflection stops copying her, Sally is pulled into a world twisted sideways, a city where rules vote themselves in, backwards logic is law, and identity is something you can misplace. Welcome to Topsybridge, where buildings fold like paper, school teaches you how to forget, and a furious, fabulously pufflicious mayor rules by rhyme and tantrum. Trapped in a place that remembers who she used to be, Sally must dodge bureaucratic nonsense, hollow-eyed classmates, and a ...

Sally Hemingway never meant to fall into a poster. But one lightning strike, one bad day, and one very peculiar bus shelter later, she finds herself in Boppington, a backwards world where time runs in reverse, “ugly” is beautiful, and a birthmark like hers isn’t something to hide… it’s a badge of honour. Alongside her best friend Louis, a malfunctioning Translator Mark IV, and three spectacularly misunderstood animals, Karl the Proboscis monkey, Victoria the hairless Chinese crested dog, and Roald the emotionally volatile ibis, Sally discovers that being different in Sydney made ...

Stories are vanishing again—but this time, they’re not being erased. They’re being rewritten. Armed with her StoryScope, a stubborn journal, and an ever-growing crew of misfit legends, thirteen-year-old Juniper Quill must journey through a warped Neverland, a satirised empire of giants, a jungle ruled by silence, and a city where Arabian tales have fallen asleep. Along the way, she faces pirates who collect taxes, talking horses who quote poetry, hunter-kings afraid of joy, and the Redacto, a mysterious villain with the power to twist tales from the inside out. If Juniper can’t find...

Thirteen-year-old Sparrow Lee has a stutter that steals her words—but never her voice. Bullied at school and betrayed by the one person she thought she could trust, Sparrow retreats into the attic of her farmhouse, where dusty records and old notebooks are the only place her voice can fly. Music is her oxygen. Lyrics are her lifeline. Then a talent night challenge, a mysterious music teacher, and an unlikely band of misfit musicians help Sparrow rediscover her sound—and herself. But when a cruel video goes viral and everything she’s built begins to crumble, Sparrow must decide: will ...

In the fog-drenched town of Griddlegloom, where smiles are forbidden and misery is law, four young rebels ignite a spark that could change everything. Felix Fizzle, a sly magician with a mischievous scarf and a knack for tricks, yearns to bring laughter to a place that bans it. Zara Zest, a fierce inventor armed with a wrench and a brilliant mind, crafts gadgets to defy the gloom. Polly Pimm, haunted by a sinister doll’s spell, battles to reclaim her joy. And Milo, a silent artist whose prophetic sketches hold the key to secrets, seeks his missing parents in a world that thrives on ...

THE CONTINUING TALE OF THE ODDEST COUPLE THIS SIDE OF YOUR IMAGINATION When Jade Chung’s wild imagination brings Zodee Ack, a shape-shifting marshmallowy creature, to life, she never expects the chaos that follows. Trapped in the crumbling Land of Ideas, a fantastical realm of living stories and rogue nightmares, Jade is swept into a whirlwind of danger and wonder. With the sinister Mayor McPackard plotting to steal the world’s creativity, and a monstrous Kangoala Spiderpus on the loose, Jade and Zodee must team up with a ragtag crew - a repentant bully, a loyal bear, and a fearless ...

When Lynnie Roo, jam-loving kangaroo, joke-cracking chaos magnet, and professional pouch-snacker, leaps from her tiny Australian town of Crescent Heads to become an au pair in London, she’s ready for adventure. Armed with a magical boomerang, a pouch full of squashed donuts, and a laugh that could wake the King, Lynnie lands in a city of fog, fancy biscuits, and one rotten dingo with a guitar. His name? Denny. His mission? Sabotage. His guitar? So out of tune it scares pigeons. But Lynnie’s not alone. With help from Ellie, Max, and Pippa, the kids she cares for, and her new London ...

When Jack, Ella and Chen are forced to spend a rainy week with Grandma Finerman, they predict they’ll die of boredom. That all changes when they find a vintage yellow raincoat in her attic which magically transports whoever wears it into the body of a great magician, Augustus Semprini. More than a century earlier, Augustus stole a family heirloom from a witch, and as punishment, she cursed him to spend his remaining days trapped within the threads of the raincoat. With the freedom that being a grown-up provides them, the three kids are now able to fulfil their heart’s desires. Chen, a ...

GET READY TO MEET THE ODDEST COUPLE THIS SIDE OF YOUR IMAGINATION Jade Chung is the brightest, most knowledgeable ten-year-old you’ll ever meet. There’s not a math equation or scientific problem that she can’t solve. As brainy as Jade is, she’s absolutely hopeless at anything creative. But after a confrontation with a gang of bullies, she’s forced to finally use her inventiveness to challenge them in a creative writing competition. Enter Zodee Ack, the product of Jade’s imagination who, much to his frustration, transforms every two hours into a different animal on the Chinese ...