When Felix isn’t at school, or reading detective books, he’s helping his parents in the Lucky House Chinese takeaway. There’s a constant queue of customers – all called after their orders because Mum can’t remember their names – from Sweet-and-Sour Granny to No Peppers.
Amal lives with her parents, sister Sara, and aunt Muriel; together they run the local library. But when funding gets cut and they lose their livelihood and home, a mysterious letter arrives with a solution.
Everybody in the neighbourhood thinks that Mr Wilson is just a normal guy doing normal things like riding his bike, wearing a hat and working in the local bakery. Indeed, everybody thinks that the only remarkable thing about him is that he’s really, really good at baking delicious cakes. Everybody that is, except for dinosaur expert, Liz.
Kamal and his class are off on a three-day camping trip to the woods. Intrigued by the tale of the Beast of Criggly Wood, Kamal sets out on a mission to catch the beast, impress his school crush Keisha and hopefully even save the school newspaper. Will Kamal achieve his goals and survive a trip in the great outdoors?
Isaiah is struggling at home; he is navigating his parents’ divorce, taking on grown-up responsibilities, his dad is living with chronic pain and now there is a possibility that they might be evicted!
In an isolated land with a hidden history, a crocodile goddess swirls through the spirit world, gifting everyone a magic skill in teenagerhood. From super speed to teleportation to invisibility; everyone has been gifted a power, except Somadina and her twin brother Jayaike that is. When their powers finally arrive they embody a terrifying pair of forces that leads to Jayaike’s disappearance and Somadina bringing together an unexpected group of people to save him.
Sophie and Lil embark on their first case for the Secret Service Bureau in this exciting mini adventure. We meet them on the train travelling to the seaside town of Rye, which despite its sleepy appearance, is in fact housing German spies, who are planning despicable actions. But these two Secret Agents are on the case!
Pandora is a clever young detective who needs the reader’s help to solve clues, crack codes, and catch crafty villains in an exciting, action packed adventure.
Thirteen-year-old Effra is a Larker – a person with gills. Larkers are outcasts who live on houseboats along the river and sell treasures they find in the mudbanks. To protect themselves they must conceal their gills from landlubbers, the people who live on the land. This is a middle-grade adventure set in an underwater world of mythical creatures, dangerous villains and impossible quests.
A delightfully simple story that is told as much through the beautiful illustrations as the story itself. Little Lim and the Golden Treasure is a great story with adventure, a little bit of danger and a wonderful message about friendship and the wonders of nature.
