Seymour is bored and lonely, and running from a gang of kids when he opens a back-lane gate. And there is Angie. She is older than Seymour, confident, cool and alluring, and she treats him with the affection of an older sister. Seymour is captivated - through Angie he is awakened to the fun and adventure in life. But Angie has a dark side - a secret that threatens to destroy her. And as Seymour begins to understand that all is not well he knows he has to help her.Came Back to S...

It was strange how staring at things could alter their appearance. Miranda thought it was weird how she could transmute quite ordinary things into images. It was no good. What with Grandma looking after the family, little Jimmy to care for, her sister's baby bellowing in the middle of the night - not to mention Yvette's creep of a boyfriend Dave - it was no wonder Miranda had started to see things. Trouble is, it soon starts to get a bit out of hand, and it's about time they all discovered...

Penny Pollard hates old people, Annette Smurton (who has her own horse) wearing dresses, and doing homework. On a school excursion she meets someone just as rebellious as herself - Mrs Edith Bettany - (nearly) 81-years-old and a new friend for Penny. This is Penny's diary.

Political games can be deadly…Elise Carmichael is a court sign language interpreter who reads lips all the time. As a widow with a young son who is deaf, lip reading is simply second nature, until the day she reads the lips of someone on the phone discussing an attempt to be made on a senator’s life—a senator who just happens to be her mother-in-law. Before she can decide what she needs to do, she receives the information that her son is rushed to the ER and she must leave. Then sh...

Erica Yurken knew she was destined for great things. Never in any doubt about her own genius, she felt superior to everyone at notorious Barringa East . . . That is, until Alison Ashley turned up.

The Melling family has moved from Wilgawa to the city suburb of Lacey’s Bay. There’s a new school, a new place to live and new friends to make - this is exciting, but also terrifying, especially when the first potential friend Vivienne meets is large, bold and threatening.The Sky in Silver Lace is the third and final book in the Melling Sister’s Trilogy, Robin Klein’s humorous and heartwarming tale of four girls - Grace, Heather, Cathy and Vivienne -growing up in the Austr...

The Melling sisters and their mother are preparing for a wedding. Cathy is to be bridesmaid and her dress is a thing of awe and beauty, but not in Cathy’s eyes - she hates the idea of being a bridesmaid. Vivienne would love to wear it, and perhaps she will.Dresses of Red and Gold, the second book in the Melling Sisters Trilogy, is a warm and humorous story of four sisters - their rivalries and their loyalty and affection - growing up in an Australian country town in the 19...

All in the Blue Unclouded Weather begins the story of the Melling sisters, four girls growing up in an Australian country town in the post war years. Vivienne is the youngest, always the last to wear the hand-me-down clothes - after Grace and Heather and Cathy - and always longing for something new and special. But although life is hard for the Melling family and the sisters have their tiffs, this is a heartwarming and often humorous story of loyalty and affection - under blue unc...

Alison Ashley. She was the most beautiful, graceful, elegant thing you ever saw in your life . . . And from the first day I hated her.Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving that it cannot be left in the past. Rediscover the magic of our country's most memorable children's books in the Penguin Australia Children's Classics series of stories too precious to leave behind.

'There was one kid, Alison Ashley, and becuase no one was sitting next to me, Miss Belmont put Alison Ashley there. And from the first day I hated her.' Alison Ashley is sheer perfection in every department. She has everything: intelligence, good looks, a wealthy family and perfect manners and Erica hates her for it! Erica plans to topple Alison at the school play performed annually by the sixth grade. However, everything does not go quite as planned...

Penny Pollard a flower girl? Impossible? Ridiculous? Find out what happens when our ever-rebellious heroine combines her career as a 'cadet reporter' with some wild and crazy schemes to avoid her destiny as an extremely reluctant member of a wedding.

Penny Pollard's Letters features her many letters written to her parents, friends and not so good friends. She writes about her many adventures while away on holidays. She learns to stop hating babies (namely her new sister) in this hilarious and startling collection of letters.