Tich thinks dragon slaying is tough – but dragon baby-sitting is even tougher! Tich is small – and fed up! He thinks life is rubbish. Then dad gives him an old board game and suddenly he’s off on an adventure. Slay a dragon – on his own? Maybe school’s not so bad after all. When Tich brings a real live dragon’s egg home, can the gang really cope? A baby dragon may be a cool pet but no one wants to be burnt to a crisp.   

Them Days is a quarterly magazine dedicated to documenting and preserving the old ways and early days of Labrador. Many thanks to the people who shared their time and memories, their names appear with their stories.

Everyone is turning into a vampire! Life is as boring as ever. Tich and his gang mess about in the local graveyard. Maybe there’ll be ghoulies and ghosties! Instead they stumble on a strange grave whose occupant just won’t lie down! The school is taken over by vampires. All the teachers are turning into blood-sucking fiends. Only Tich and his gang can sort it out: can they get to Transylvania – fast - for help? But there they’ll have to face the evil Dracula himsel...

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior.Oh yes. And dead.The Necromancers no longer need Valkyrie to be their Death Bringer, and that’s a Good Thing.There’s just one catch. There’s a reason the Necromancers don’t need her any more. And that’s because they’ve found their Death Bringer already, the person who will dissolve the doors between life and death.And that’s a very, very Bad Thing…

Children all over the world can't resist the special magic of a Paul Jennings story - for over twenty years he has entertained and enthralled young readers.This special collection of Paul's trickiest stories proves yet again that he is the master of unexpected twists and turns!

A gripping time-slip adventure, in the tradition of Ruth Park's Playing Beatie Bow.WINNER: CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2012'Beginning and ending, always the same, always now. The game, the story, the riddle, hiding and seeking. Crow comes from this place; this place comes from Crow. And Crow has work for you.'Sadie isn't thrilled when her mother drags her from the city to live in the country town of Boort. But soon she ...

From James Dashner, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling MAZE RUNNER series, comes an original thirty-page e-short returning fans to the fast-paced, high-tech world in the Mortality Doctrine series that includes The Eye of Minds, The Rule of Thoughts, and The Game of Lives.Includes a sneak peek of The Fever Code,the highly anticipated conclusion to the Maze Runner series—the novel that finally reveals how ...

Brett Dalton is a tough guy - hardened, angry, uncaring and always ready to use his fists. When the world hates you, you might as well hate it back...But when Brett is busted by the cops for stealing and sent to The Farm for rehab, there are no fences to keep him in and anger gets in his way - but so does love. Brett's trapped in a grave new world, a world where he's not hardened at all; he's raw.

After some traumatic early life experiences, Dougal the black-and-white kitten falls on his paws into a loving home with two kind humans.Dougal decides to repay his humans' kindness by trying to be a Good Cat at all times.But when you have a little sister like Shadow, being good isn't as easy as it should be; because Shadow is an alley-cat who eats his food and loves rummaging in bins and stealing from neighbours' barbecues.And, although they don't know it, the kind...

Tyrone Lewis is messing about in the woods, trying to keep out of trouble, when he stumbles upon something weird . . . a glowing lump of rock or metal or something. Whatever it is, it gives him an amazing power. Which is cool at first, until Ty's new powers start attracting attention, and soon he's being followed by two sinister agents who seem intent on 'collecting' him. But Ty has no intention of letting that happen. So now he's got to RUN . . .

'I didn't want to die, and I especially didn't want to be killed by a crocodile. But there was no escape.'A robber has kidnapped Sam Fox and his cousin Nissa during a tropical cyclone. When the getaway car crashes into the raging Crocodile River, Sam and Nissa must face one ordeal after another to survive against incredible odds. Sam fights to keep his head above water and Nissa out of the jaws of certain death. As the waters rise and the crocodiles close in, Sam must push himself t...

Pete's dad is being pursued by a secret organisation and both their lives are in danger. That's why they never stay in the same place long, and always stay out of sight. Pete knows he leads an unusual life for a twelve year old boy, but he's never dared to ask questions before. Now he needs some answers. He's clever, he starts to piece the scraps of information together, but he isn't prepared for the truth.