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Nothing ever happens in World's End Close. So when Stevie discovers a runaway girl in her coal shed, the first thing she does is fetch her best friend, Ray. Both are dying for a bit of adventure, and when the girl begs for help, they readily agree. Yet they soon realise they've taken on more than they bargained for. The girl, Anna, reveals she's on the run from people who are trying to poison her. Meanwhile, on the news, the Americans and Russians are arguing over missiles in Cuba. As the threat of war grows, Anna's behaviour becomes more mysterious.

It's Jessie's birthday, so her magical grandmother decides to surprise her - with some new Fairy Realm friends. Before Jessie knows it, she's on an adventure that whirls her to the end of a rainbow. Along the way, she discovers a part of the Realm she's never seen before - and meets the amazing rainbow fairies.

The Fairy Realm and the human world are both in great danger! The wicked Outland creatures are planning an attack, and Jessie can only save one of her two worlds. So she must make a terrible decision - unless she can convince the secretive and powerful unicorns to help her.... The Unicorn is Jessie's sixth adventure in Emily Rodda's magical Fairy Realm series.

The gnomes of the magical Fairy Realm are in trouble, and not even the Queen's magic can help them! Jessie and her friends must travel to the Hidden Valley to solve the gnomes' terrible problem. Along the way, they journey through a part of the Realm Jessie's never seen before - and meet the delightful furrybears of Brill! The Last Fairy-Apple Tree is the fourth exciting adventure in Emily Rodda's magical Fairy Realm series.

Pip the labrador puppy is learning the skills he needs to be an assistance dog for Kayla, a young girl in a wheelchair. He’s desperate to have a human of his very own, but will Kayla want his help? And how will he get his Resist Temptation badge and become an assistance dog if he can’t stop himself from chasing any ball that moves?

Anna’s anxious when she’s picked to befriend the new girl in her class. For a start, Ellie is ill and can’t come to school herself. So Anna has to communicate with her through a new kind of robot. But Anna is also worried that her life’s too small and boring to be of interest to her new friend. Compared to the other girls, she doesn’t have anything exciting to talk about, and so when Ellie asks her a question, a little white lie pops out. Then another and another. When Ellie finds out the truth, can their friendship survive?

What if something happened long ago that still makes you sad? Graham is Molly and Beth’s favourite uncle, so they really want to help him fix the past – and as the girls know of a mysterious door that can take them back in time, maybe they can! But how can they find who they’re looking for without apps or social media? And what will the girls make of the '60s, where the hairstyles are wild, the slang is weird and no one’s heard of ciabatta?

Maisie is convinced her summer holiday is going to be as boring as ever - until a bungled raid on her family’s car sees her snatched by the Robbersons, a bunch of bandits with an insatiable appetite for sweets! Soon Maisie realises that life on the open road with the Robbersons is the adventure she’s always longed for. They’ve even started to see her as one of the gang! So when she discovers that the police and her parents are hot on their trail, Maisie decides she isn’t quite ready to be rescued.

Mark is scared of the dark, but when he thinks his Great Gran is in trouble, nothing is going to stop him from coming to her rescue. Young Angela is obsessed with Jimmy Jelly, her favourite TV personality, though the rest of the family can't stand him - that is, until he comes to open a shop in the local shopping mall!

From Australia's best-selling female author, Sally Rippin, comes Polly and Buster - a brand new junior fiction series about the magic of friendship. Who ever heard of a witch and a monster being friends? Everyone knows that witches don't mix with monsters. Witches are educated, clever, sophisticated. But monsters? Monsters are just uncouth. Some are even dangerous. But Polly the witch and Buster the feelings monster have been best friends forever.

The thrilling finale to the much-loved Polly and Buster trilogy, written by award-winning and best-selling author Sally Rippin. Is being best friends enough to save a whole town? Polly and Buster have always believed that witches and monsters can be friends, but it seems no-one else agrees. With the witches furious and the monsters in uproar, their whole town is heading for a war...and yet no-one realises that a much greater menace lurks nearby. Can Polly and Buster bring everyone together in time to save their town from the biggest danger of all?

The fifth collection of adventures featuring Billie B Brown’s best friend, Jack!

A modern classic, Elmer the colourful patchwork elephant has been a nursery favourite since his creation in 1989 and has sold over 4 million copies around the world. Elmer is not your normal grey elephant—his colourful exuberance cannot be contained for long! With his trademark cheeky humour, Elmer shows us that it’s OK to be different. This fourth audiobook collection features more of the bestselling Elmer picture books.

Every kid wants to laugh, but Max is the boy who can make it happen. He's also the kid who wants to spend the most boring school holidays ever coming up with the greatest prank of all time. Max is the funny kid, and it's time to prank the world! Conspiracy theories, crop circles, alien invasions, a mayor who has lost his marbles and the most un-fun fair in the universe are just some of the things in store for Max and his friends in this Funny Kid adventure.

Twins Victoria Stitch and Celestine are denied their royal birth right. Celestine accepts the decision with good grace, but Victoria Stitch is consumed with her obsession for power. The twins are like moonlight and sunshine—could it be possible to break free of the role you have been given, rewrite your story and change your own destiny?

Olive’s father has a sadness so big that she imagines it as an enormous elephant following him around. Every day Olive sees the elephant. And every day, she wishes it would go. With the help of her cheery grandad and best friend, Arthur, Olive sets out to chase the elephant away.

Joke's over, Funny Kid! Frenemies go head to head in this brand-new Funny Kid adventure.

Hugo has to choose who to stay with while his mum’s having a baby. Who will care for him and his dog Henry the best? Will it be Granny? Mrs Mariposa next door? Or Uncle Jack?

Poor Ed Cooper seems to have one problem after another - his life is never boring. This time around Ed is having problems in school. He just can't get his head around his time-tables.

At home things are bad too - Ed has started to wet his bed. What is Ed to do?

Tan investigates the weird, strange and highly suspicious actions of the Grade Four teacher in the next adventure from the best-selling Truly Tan series. Tan is cool, courageous and clever. But she's in for a shock!