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From best-selling author Jen Storer comes the second book in the Danny Best series, a collection of very funny short stories about life, as seen through the eyes of Danny, who with his gang of friends and trusty dog Pugsley rules the neighbourhood.

One-eyed Jack Falconer is a man with many secrets. It's 1938, the eve of World War II, and a pearling lugger in the Torres Strait is the place he chooses to hide. But Jack's demons follow him out to sea and rise to the surface just as surely as the pearl shell his divers collect from the dangers of the deep. Embittered, intelligent and self-destructive, Jack's only way to prove himself is to compete with, defeat and destroy the very weaknesses he fears.

Roger Thesaurus watches in disbelief as his worst-best friend Peter Dusting, sworn girl-hater and bully, falls in love with the demure, sweet-natured Phoebe Drake - and gets them into more trouble than ever before.

If you think the Olympics are fantastic, just wait till you read about the incredible achievements of the animal kingdom. In this world there are even prizes for coming dead last! Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner - A tummy-rumbling look at what’s on nature’s menu. Learn all about the wacky things some animals eat and the extraordinary ways they find food to fill their bellies.

Loosely based on a true story, this is an inspiring and unflinching account of a brave boy's struggle to recover from abuse. Josh is sexually abused in an institution where he goes after his grandmother falsely accuses his father of abusing him. Told from the boy's perspective as a 16 year old looking back, this is a very personal story of triumph over the odds and also a confronting look at some of society's systems and institutions.

Dusting thinks he is psychic and knows where to find buried gold. When a late-night dig at a creepy neighbour's place doesn't reveal any, he goes into partnership with Thesaurus and Millicent, and uses a school camping trip to start the business of gold hunting in earnest. But nothing is straightforward with this bunch, and when they accidently come into possession of a paper bag full of money, things take a sinister turn, in a hilarious sort of way.

GIB has received a mysterious ransom note – pay $500 billion or a purple diamond Laser Blaster will be used to destroy all mobile networks around the world! Zac doesn't know who, where, or how, he just knows when. He has 24 hours to save the world.

Zac has to rescue one of GIB's best agents who has gone missing near the Vanishing Tomb, somewhere in the desert region of the Amber Sands. The Vanishing Tomb keeps vanishing and has ancient booby traps. Zac will need more than a bag full of super-cool spy gadgets to complete this mission and get out alive.

Shipwreck A GIB agent has gone missing in the mysterious Black Triangle deep underwater. Can Zac find him among the sea of shipwrecks before it's too late?

When BIG hijacks a secret water supply, Zac Power faces yet another dangerous mission. But to rescue the water, Zac has to find it—in the middle of the harsh outback and protected by some of BIG's deadliest defense systems yet.

When Zac's latest mission briefing sends him to a secret volcanic island in the middle of the ocean, he knows that something isn't quite right. Then Zac discovers a secret that GIB has been trying to uncover for years.

Enemy agency BIG has infiltrated a soccer team in the grand final! Zac Power is a brilliant soccer player, but is he good enough to stop BIG from cheating its way to the prize?

A trip to Hollywood, fast cars, and fancy hotels—just what a top spy deserves! But Zac soon realizes that BIG have plotted to brainwash the world's best spies. Only he can save them.

Zac is sent to the Great Icy Pole to investigate suspicious activities in the area. It's a freezing, scary place where your eyeballs can freeze in their sockets and your fingers can snap off! And if Zac misses his helicopter ride back, he'll be stuck there all winter.

There's a double agent working at GIB! Zac Power must go undercover to stop the theft of all the GIB's most valuable secrets and gadgets! Can Zac find the double agent before GIB is destroyed?

Super-smart hackers are attacking the software that protects the GIB's ultra-powerful satellite, WorldEye. Sources lead Zac to Bladesville, a huge city where all the latest games and gadgets are developed. Can Zac track down the hackers, and outsmart them?

Zac knows the dinosaurs died out millions of years ago. So why would a crazy scientist claim he’s brought one back to life?

A piece of top-secret GIB technology has been stolen, and Zac Power has to get it back. Blistering off towards a secret hide-out in the sky, he faces his strangest enemy yet ...

Masses of gold ingots are being stolen from the world's most secure bank vault. Intelligence reports suggest the evil spy agency BIG is involved. Can Zac find out how the gold is being stolen and get it back? There's no telling what crimes BIG could commit with all that gold.

How cool to be pulled out of maths class to go on Spy Boot camp! But when a top GIB spy goes missing, Zac faces the biggest test of his spy career yet ...