While scavenging in the desert, Jansi stumbles across PIM, a stelcorp starship, embedded in the sand. PIM is damaged and needs the boy's help, but Jansi has never encountered a starship before, much less one capable of thought and expression. Together they forge an unlikely friendship, until a Stelcorp shuttle arrives, threatening PIM with destruction. For the boy and the starship, there will be no future unless they triumph against the galaxy's mightiest force.

Who is haunting the cabin?After Eglantine vanished, I thought I was through with ghosts. Then I went on a school excursion to Hill End and found myself investigating a whole bunch of them. First there was the ghost of Granny Evans, pacing around the museum. And Eustace Harrow smashing things up in Taylor's Cottage. But when two of my classmates disappeared, I realised things were about to get serious .Full of suspense, mystery and humour, the books in this series follow All...

Who is writing on the walls?We moved into our new house because Mum liked the vibes. But those vibes turned scary when ghostly writing started appearing on the walls of Bethan's room. Mum tried a few new-age tricks, but couldn't stop the creepy nightmares. We even called in paranormal investigators, but they were totally stumped. That's when I decided to take matters into my own hands.Full of suspense, mystery and humour, the books in this series follow Allie as she investi...

The road to Broken Hill has never been so scary: a compulsive read from one of Australia's finest writers.Suddenly Grace knew. Her heart began to hammer; she looked around wildly. 'He's here,' she gasped. 'He's found me. He's bloody found me!'A movement tugged at the corner of her eye and she whirled - but it was only the piece of old tyre slowly revolving where it hung from the peppercorn tree. Beyond it, the land was still.A shocking murder wakes ...

Robyn Ayres works as the camp caretaker on Finch Island, a former leper colony off the coast of Queensland. Her current clients are a group of ex-military men who run a tough-love program for troubled teens. The latest crop looks like the usual mix of bad boys and sad boys. Then Robyn takes a second look at a kid called Darren. Last time she saw him his name was Aaron, and Robyn was his primary school teacher. And she was somehow at the centre of a vicious small-town custody battle involvi...

Meg lives alone. A little place in the bush outside town – a perfect place to hide. That’s one reason she offers to shelter a stranger on the run from a violent husband. The other is that Meg knows what it’s like to live with an abusive partner. Nerine and her two little girls are jumpy, but Meg assures them they’re safe now. Then she starts to notice things. Objects disturbed; strange noises in the night. Has Nerine’s ex tracked her down? Or has Meg’s husband come back to torment her some...

The trouble with being a vampire is . . .You can't get a decent haircut. You live on guinea-pig blood. And even worse, most of the world's population wants to kill you. For no good reason. Nina Harrison became a vampire in 1973, when she was fifteen. Since then, life's been one big drag - mostly because she spends all her time with a bunch of vampires, in a vampire therapy group.Then one of them gets staked by an anonymous vampire slayer, and things become even worse: while t...

Who is waiting in the cave?The Jenolan Caves Ghost Tour sounded like the perfect weekend for a ghost hunter. But I didn't realise I was letting myself in for a whole lot more than just a haunted hotel and endless family squabbles. Something was on our trail. Something vicious, mysterious, and very, very smelly.Full of suspense, mystery and humour, the books in this series follow Allie as she investigates a number of possibly paranormal events with a mix of logic, intelligen...

We moved into our new house because Mum liked the vibes. But those vibes turned scary when ghostly writing started appearing on the walls of Bethan's room. Mum tried a few new-age tricks, but couldn't stop the creepy nightmares. We even called in paranormal investigators, but they were totally stumped. That's when I decided to take matters into my own hands. A spooky paranormal mystery for Allie's Ghost Hunters to solve, involving mysterious handwriting that keeps appearing on the bedroom ...

Another deliciously spooky paranormal mystery for Allie's Ghost Hunters to solve, this time at the Jenolan Caves, where something is on the trail of Allie and her family...

Daryl, one of the youngest magpies, is eager to feed himself, but he doesn't always choose the right things.

**The award-winning Pagan Chronicles are international bestsellers. And the action-packed epic continues with the adventures of Babylonne - as feisty, funny and irresistible as her famous father.'The quality and pace of Jinks's writing is flawless . . . a triumph.'- Sydney Morning Herald**'We've forbidden her to speak. We've stuffed her mouth with tow. We've shaved off her hair, once or twice. We've even locked her in that chest over there. And she remains inco...