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Thirteen-year-old Sparrow Lee has a stutter that steals her words—but never her voice. Bullied at school and betrayed by the one person she thought she could trust, Sparrow retreats into the attic of her farmhouse, where dusty records and old notebooks are the only place her voice can fly. Music is her oxygen. Lyrics are her lifeline. Then a talent night challenge, a mysterious music teacher, and an unlikely band of misfit musicians help Sparrow rediscover her sound—and herself. But when a cruel video goes viral and everything she’s built begins to crumble, Sparrow must decide: will ...

Books are vanishing. Stories are being erased. And only one girl remembers they ever existed. When 13-year-old librianian-in-training Juniper Quill discovers that Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has vanished, from every bookshelf, every brain, everywhere, she’s thrown into a secret war within the Library of Eternity: the mysterious place where all stories are born, catalogued… or destroyed. With her eccentric mentor Professor Cornelius Vellum (a disgraced scholar with a suspicious fondness for footnotes), a malfunctioning gadget called the StoryScope, and a frog in a pirate hat named...

When Lynnie Roo, jam-loving kangaroo, joke-cracking chaos magnet, and professional pouch-snacker, leaps from her tiny Australian town of Crescent Heads to become an au pair in London, she’s ready for adventure. Armed with a magical boomerang, a pouch full of squashed donuts, and a laugh that could wake the King, Lynnie lands in a city of fog, fancy biscuits, and one rotten dingo with a guitar. His name? Denny. His mission? Sabotage. His guitar? So out of tune it scares pigeons. But Lynnie’s not alone. With help from Ellie, Max, and Pippa, the kids she cares for, and her new London ...

Meet Milo Mischief: ten years old, utterly uncontainable, and genetically cursed with the Naughty Itch—a twitchy, tingly compulsion to prank that runs deep in the Mischief bloodline. When a single squirt of ancient, glowing Gloop-Galoo threatens to glue Troubleton Academy, its pigeons, and the entire mayoral staff into one big sticky mess, Milo’s reputation hits rock bottom (and bounces). Expulsion looms. The town turns on him. Even his sister Penelope starts sharpening her clipboard. But Milo has one chance to save his family, his school, and his gleefully disastrous legacy… Throw ...

Jax Carter can do it all—football, baseball, basketball—you name it, he’s a legend. Since catching a ball at eight weeks old (seriously), everyone in Willow Creek has had one plan for him: go pro, make millions, save the town. But Jax has a secret. He’d rather be sketching comic books and writing songs than scoring touchdowns. When three life-changing events land on the same day, a baseball final, a football championship, and the school art show, Jax is forced to make the biggest play of his life: follow the crowd... or follow his heart. Told in Jax’s hilarious, heartfelt voice, ...

Thirteen-year-old Lila Wren used to laugh loud, draw wild, and have a best friend on every block. But that was before the move. Before school hallways turned sharp with whispers and cruel nicknames. Now, Lila draws alone in her sketchbook... until one rainy afternoon, a strange tree with spotted bark glows beneath her pencil. When she touches the drawing, she's pulled into the Mirror Forest, a magical realm where trees reflect who you really are, and the only way forward is through the truths you most want to avoid. Guided by Ember, a grumpy, sarcastic leopard with unchangeable spots, Lila ...

Fresh from her laugh-out-loud London leap, Lynnie Roo is back in her hometown of Crescent Heads, tail twitching, boomerang polished, and pouch brimming with jam donuts. But things aren’t as sunny as they seem... The town’s beloved Lamington Festival is under threat. Recipes are vanishing. Meringue clues are appearing. And a mysterious ghost crab may, or may not, be tap-dancing at midnight. Even worse? Denny is back. Deported, devious, and more rotten than ever. With her besties Vanessa the witty fox, Lizzie the donut-loving koala, and new local legends Jarrah, Winda, and Tali on her ...

In the fog-drenched town of Griddlegloom, where smiles are forbidden and misery is law, four young rebels ignite a spark that could change everything. Felix Fizzle, a sly magician with a mischievous scarf and a knack for tricks, yearns to bring laughter to a place that bans it. Zara Zest, a fierce inventor armed with a wrench and a brilliant mind, crafts gadgets to defy the gloom. Polly Pimm, haunted by a sinister doll’s spell, battles to reclaim her joy. And Milo, a silent artist whose prophetic sketches hold the key to secrets, seeks his missing parents in a world that thrives on ...

In the heart of the Australian outback, where red dirt meets endless sky, thirteen-year-old Tommy Archer and his blue heeler, Lizzy, are no strangers to the wild. But when a mysterious invitation summons them to the European Working Dog Expo in Paris, their lives are thrust into a whirlwind of adventure, danger, and ancient secrets. From the fire-scorched paddocks of their station to the glittering arenas of Paris, Tommy, Lizzy, and her chaotic pups, Boomer and Tilly, uncover a legacy that stretches back centuries - a bloodline of guardian dogs, woven into the very fabric of history. As ...

THE CONTINUING TALE OF THE ODDEST COUPLE THIS SIDE OF YOUR IMAGINATION When Jade Chung’s wild imagination brings Zodee Ack, a shape-shifting marshmallowy creature, to life, she never expects the chaos that follows. Trapped in the crumbling Land of Ideas, a fantastical realm of living stories and rogue nightmares, Jade is swept into a whirlwind of danger and wonder. With the sinister Mayor McPackard plotting to steal the world’s creativity, and a monstrous Kangoala Spiderpus on the loose, Jade and Zodee must team up with a ragtag crew - a repentant bully, a loyal bear, and a fearless ...

Hold onto your hats, kids, because Tommy Archer and his legendary Blue Heeler, Lizzy, are about to take you on the wildest ride through the Australian outback! When a massive bushfire threatens their family’s cattle station, 13-year-old Tommy, three exchange students, and a litter of mischievous pups must lead 500 stubborn cows to safety. But this isn’t just a walk in the park—think raging rivers, sneaky dingoes, cranky snakes, and a whole lot of cow chaos! With Lizzy barking orders like a furry general, Tommy’s crew faces epic adventures and side-splitting mishaps—like Hiro’s ...

When Jack, Ella and Chen are forced to spend a rainy week with Grandma Finerman, they predict they’ll die of boredom. That all changes when they find a vintage yellow raincoat in her attic which magically transports whoever wears it into the body of a great magician, Augustus Semprini. More than a century earlier, Augustus stole a family heirloom from a witch, and as punishment, she cursed him to spend his remaining days trapped within the threads of the raincoat. With the freedom that being a grown-up provides them, the three kids are now able to fulfil their heart’s desires. Chen, a ...

Buckle up for a cosmic blast-off with Huckleberry T. Finn, space’s scrappiest runaway, in this wild ride inspired by Mark Twain’s classic 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'! When Huck snags the Serenity’s Gaze, a singing statue worth a gazillion credits, he thinks he’s hit the jackpot. But his pirate dad, Pap swipes it, cops cuff him, and now he’s stuck at Hannibal Space Academy with a four-armed grump named J’Aim, a devil may care schemer called Sawyer, and a purple cat-lizard that burps sparkles! The galaxy’s no picnic, bounty hunters zap, swamp monsters slobber, and glitchy ...

GET READY TO MEET THE ODDEST COUPLE THIS SIDE OF YOUR IMAGINATION Jade Chung is the brightest, most knowledgeable ten-year-old you’ll ever meet. There’s not a math equation or scientific problem that she can’t solve. As brainy as Jade is, she’s absolutely hopeless at anything creative. But after a confrontation with a gang of bullies, she’s forced to finally use her inventiveness to challenge them in a creative writing competition. Enter Zodee Ack, the product of Jade’s imagination who, much to his frustration, transforms every two hours into a different animal on the Chinese ...