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The wild Lenski kids think they can scare off any babysitter - even Kim Kip. Little do they know....

A fierce sea serpent is frightening the people of Bubber Point. Can super-smart Serena Smith scare him off?

Can Sam, Lin and Jerry save their water-dragons in time?

Three hilarious stories in one great volume about a naughty, greedy little fish who nearly gets what he deserves.

Sixteen-year-old Robin lives with his single father in the Victorian Alps where they run a snowmobile hire business. Robin lives in fear of his bullying father and believes that it was his (Robin's) fault that his mother left them when he was a baby, which is why his father hates him and is the cause of all his problems. Robin has a mental condition - a fear of fear. As events unfold he runs from his father, he runs from the girl he loves, he runs into trouble, he runs from himself.

Why is the land at the back of her great-grandmother's house so mysterious? And why does Jaleesa think something is waiting for her there?

Burpzilla Frank's not himself when he's hangry. The biggest, meanest, hungriest monster in Behemoth Bay has a problem. Frank has bitten off more than he can chew, and now every time he opens his mouth, he burps! The other monsters are more than happy to offer him advice. But will it work? Will Frank be cured? Or will he be belching to the end of his days?

The Fart Monster is back and he's toothier than ever! It's Christmas, and Fart Monster is up to his old stinky tricks. Will the boy get the blame this time? Or will he be able to convince Santa to keep him off the naughty list?

Alice is a dawdler and a dreamer. Everyone is always telling her to hurry up. Until one day when Alice is first for a change....

I think the best number in the whole universe is eight. My friend, Asim, likes numbers about as much as me, but he likes them all - odd or even. Esmarelda, though, who lives across the street, isn't so fond of numbers and she hates math. Singing's more her thing. She's really good, too - nearly as good as my mum. Mum's a professional singer, or was, until we had to move. The worst number in the universe, though, is seven. For a start, it's an odd number, and it's thin and sharp and mean-looking, like a medieval scythe.

Something is happening down in the dump, but Dinsmore's school principal doesn't want him to know about it....

One beastly beast that's more than meets the eye.... Two aliens with slimy tentacles and too many eyes fixed on adopting a human son.... Three inventors and a sea serpent, a princess, an orphanage, and two ships full of pirates.... Here are four fantastic tales by renowned fantasy author Garth Nix.

Peter, a new boy at Park Ridge school, is thankful to be rescued from the school bullies by Anton the Swashbuckler. Even if Anton does speak in such a weird way and wears outlandish garments. After this Peter and Anton become firm friends and discover that they each have family problems. Together they turn those problems into challenges to be tackled in true Swashbuckler style.

At the new house, everything is different. But maybe Rattler will make up for it....

"Roy's tiny breaths sounded like milkshake fighting its way up a very thin straw. His eyes were closed. 'Rory', I said. 'Don't die. Don't die.' His eyes fell open. They flicked wildly around. 'The goat', he shouted. I didn't bother looking behind me. I knew there was no goat. And I knew Rory wasn't dying. Not yet."

"I burst out of a clump of bushes and froze. Silhouetted against the moonlit sky were several massive shapes. What if Eileen had infected something else? What if the hospital had cockroaches? Or bedbugs? What if the frogs weren't all dead? I stifled a scream."

Hugo and Harriet love all their pets. But for Hugo, his rabbit Ginger is the best pet he's ever had....

When Marcus is woken by a dog doing a poo on his bed, he is understandably upset. And Blacky (the dog) has other surprises in store. Soon Marcus and his disruptive friend Dylan are on a mission to rescue God - a sick, pygmy bearded dragon from the local pet shop. But time is running out.And then there is Rose who thrives on terrorising her little brother.

Atticus Van Tasticus is back. And this time he means business. Having escaped certain disaster on the high seas, he's on the scent of treasure. Then the call comes from above: 'Ship ahoy, Captain, ship ahoy!' If only it were good news, which of course it ain't. Vicious, mean and mighty unclean Bjorn Ironhead is on the warpath - and Atticus and his crew are in his sights. Stay and fight, or run and hide? But where do you hide a pirate ship, and who's this Captain Half Map, and, most of all, where's that treasure of treasures?

Sue is in trouble. She is being bullied - subtly, relentlessly, by another girl intent on making her an outsider. When Sue changes schools, she keeps in touch with her cousin Mitch by email. But Mitch is also having problems. Bullying is happening at his school too - nasty vicious bullying which could prove to be life-threatening. Together, and yet miles apart, Mitch and Sue must work through their respective problems.