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Susie is the shyest girl in school, but she's got a secret. A big one...and if she doesn't tell Ben he'll be in danger.

Rose wants to be alone. But instead, she's travels on a road trip of discovery with her mother. This is a warm, generous novel that stresses family dynamics - it is a rich portrait of a feisty young girl who faces up to love, loss, and life's big issues.

Deep in the bush, where the trees grow tall, Finn discovers an old deserted shack. Inside is shivery cold, with green fungus on the walls. When a dog growls and a gravelly voice snarls, Finn's hair stands up like bristles on a brush. An old man and his dog are glowing in the darkness. Jack Henry lived in the shack 100 years ago and was friends with all the wild creatures. When Finn is with the old ghost, he can feel what the birds are singing and what the animals are feeling. But now they are all in danger - someone is going to bulldoze the land and wreck their homes. How can one boy and a ghost and his dog save the bush?

Dad saves a scruffy little dog from being run over. But whose dog is it?

In the fabled city of magic, mystery and mayhem, young Nisha is struggling to come to terms with her fire-magician heritage. With the help of young minstrel Tal, Nisha learns to control her power while being swept up in events that threaten Quentaris itself, leading her to the fabulous and forbidding underground streets of Lower Quentaris.

Tommy takes six very special animals to Show and Tell, but they escape from the classroom. How will Tommy and Trish find them again?

Four friends. Best friends forever. Then along came Eartha and the sandpit war....

When a fire is deliberately lit in the city of Quentaris, Nisha Fairsight and her minstrel friend Tal investigate and soon uncover a plot threatening its inhabitants. Adding to the city's woes is the threat of invasion from the vicious, insect-like Zolka, who are making it even more dangerous than usual to pass through the rift caves. Nisha must discover her fire-magic heritage and her place in Quentaris. Will she be able to save the city and her friends?

Daryl, the baby magpie, has to find his own food. But how?

This is the story of two sisters, Mary and Grace. As small children, growing up at their property called Abyssinia, they played with their dolls' house together, side by side, always. Grace loved Mary, and Mary loved Grace. But inseparable bonds in life can be unexpectedly shattered. When this happens to Grace, she is plunged into a dark and mesmerizing world, a world full of bells and the ringing sky, of odd little children, strange events, and frighteningly bizarre grown-ups.

Why are Topsy and Turvy so different? One day they learn why.

Ruff and Tumble are runaway dogs. They become friends at the dog pound. Will someone have a home for two dogs?

Becky can't wait to put on her puppet show. She's even thought of a surprise ending!

What happens when Cinderfella, of the Planet Jetsonia, meets Princess Esmerelda of the planet Earth?

Benny loves the dog that lives nearby. But why is it so sad?

Can Sam ever persuade her dad to let her have a cat?

When the ever-enthusiastic and high-spirited Penny Pollard accompanies her friend Alistair and his mum (a long-suffering chaperone) on a tour of the United Kingdom, the results are hilariously unpredictable. Penny proves herself to be a very busy and unusual tourist.

Mia's older sister has been to two parties at the fairy shop. Now it's Mia's turn!

Will Oliver's chook ever lay an egg? He'll have to wait and see!

Jenny finds a big, egg-shaped thing down by the creek. When she takes it home, it soon hatches, and out pops a cute - but very hungry - baby dinosaur!