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In the summer of 1976 it's picking season on an Australian stone-fruit orchard run by Celia, a hardworking woman in her early 40s. Years ago, when her husband was killed as a bystander in an armed robbery, Celia left the city and brought her newborn daughter, Zoe, to this farm for a secure life. Now 16, Zoe is a passionate, intelligent girl, chafing against her mother's protectiveness, yearning to find intensity and a bit of danger.

Hardly anyone notices Nathan, the new boy. Except the school bully. But when the Ice Rocket competition begins, people get to know Nathan for what he really is....

Frank, class clown, can't laugh any more. Has the wind really put a No Laughing Curse on him?

When Lewis is given a spy kit for his birthday, he and his best friend, Frank Cosentino, form a secret club at school. It's great fun to start with, but soon Lewis and Frank find themselves in all sorts of trouble....