Chase and jump and dream and splash through puddles.
You've got so many things to do tomorrow,
if you can just find the time.
Better start today!

Dean Mason is a boy with many secrets. For starters, that's not his real name. On the run from the law, he hides in the Barossa Valley. Soon he is discovered by a beautiful, fiery girl who's as wild as the flamenco music Dean tries to tame her with. Together they stir up trouble. As Dean soon learns, the mistakes you make when you're young can haunt you for life. And secrets never last.

15 year-old Matthew Cassidy is an up-and-coming rugby league star. The talent scouts are circling him, his school team has reached the finals and he's determined to play professional. But despite being the team captain, his prowess and popularity, Matt really only wants one thing in life - a Dad. Meanwhile, Matt is facing another dilemma: a crush. Except this is not as simple as it seems, as he tries to fight his own feelings for Kelly and the violent nature of her boyfriend.

It's a long, mad ride from Summer Bay! Chicks, babes, cars and music; bored kids and shouting mothers; fathers that suck on a bottle to put themselves to sleep; and TV sets blaring mindlessly. Race tensions are hotting up in Marrickville and the media want a gang war so badly they nearly start one. As Mitch looks back on his time as former leader of the Thunderjets, he tells the searing story of a scene that in some ways, no matter how hard you try, you can never leave.

Brett Dalton is a tough guy - hardened, angry, uncaring and always ready to use his fists. But when Brett is busted by the cops for stealing and is 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.

Brumby Plains is an isolated place, and the outside world doesn't intrude much there. But when brothers Sam and George McAllister discover a refugee child washed up on the shores of their buffalo station, the rest of the world is brought a lot closer. An accident has taken their parents, Mac and Sarah, far away, and Uncle Mungo has strong views about refugees. Sam discovers that it's a lot harder to stand up for what you believe in than to follow the crowd.

Sam and George McAllister live on a buffalo station in the Northern Territory, and this Christmas their cousins are coming to stay. This means weeks of fun - horse riding, camping out, fishing and exploring, driving themselves around the station in a four-wheel drive. But what they haven't counted on is a strange meeting, an old mystery, and finding out more about their isolated home than they could ever have guessed. People aren't always what they seem....

Reggie and Lu are best friends -- most of the time. But they discover that, even when they're not, making up can be lots of fun!

Desperate to escape his past, Henry Lockrose - dead two hundred years - has trapped little Walter inside the shell of his own body. Now he's after Walter's sister, Hope. But what he has in store for her is far worse. For Hope it's a choice between holding onto a shattered childhood or losing whatever it is that makes her human.

Sometimes when you play hide and seek with your grandpa, he lets you win. But this time Bapo is nowhere to be found. Where do you when you've checked under the bed, up in the tree, behind the goat - and he's still hiding? Hide and Seek is an unforgettable celebration of family relationships.

Aliki and her cousin Liza are best friends, but sometimes Liza wishes Aliki didn't always get all of the attention. Liza is on her way to Greece to collect their grandmother and bring her back to Australia to live. But the dark secret their grandmother carries threatens to tear their world apart. This summer will bring a shifting of relationships and a sea of unanswered questions that will affect the rest of their lives.

Bear likes adventure. Chook likes the quiet life. They are the best of friends, but one sunny day, Bear gets Chook into all sorts of mischief!

The Puzzle Duck is always answering questions and has become a bit of a guru. But her advice is more imaginative than accurate! When she comes face to face with the fox she would certainly lose her life if it weren't for the truth being there to save her!

Karri discovers he is different from other koalas when he falls out of a tree - and bounces! At first sad to find he has no friends to bounce with, Karri then learns that his gift has a place in the world, after all. This children's classic has been re-released in a pocket edition.

Asa and Rollo are the royal children of the Star Lands. The kingdom of King Sigurd and the Star Queen have been taken over by the court sorcerer. Emperor Flood has used his power to drown the kingdom, turning it into islands, sunken towers, and deep motionless bays. Flood commands the sky patrols that watch the waterways from their huge black balloons. Against this powerful enemy Asa and Rollo are the people of the Star Lands’ only hope…

In the warm waters of the Indian Ocean Alexandre dives for pearls - but they are not his to keep. His talents are far greater than the ability to hold his breath longer than all the other divers. He is an artist, and when he meets the young and beautiful Constance Blackchurch he also finds hope that one day, his life will be different.

This book follows on from the events of Ghost Ship and The Tide Stealers, where royal children of the Star Lands, Asa and Rollo, must avenge their parents' death and survive evil court magician Flood's evil plots against them and the people of the kingdom. Asa and Rollo are now the only hope remaining for the people of the Star Lands and, as The Star Queen opens, spies are destroying the countryside in their search for the children. But Asa and Rollo are aboard the ship Northseeker, on their way towards Castle Crag and determined to face the evil Flood. Will they triumph, or have the people of the Star Lands lost their last hope?

After facing the sea giants in Tide Stealers, in their quest to save the kingdom of the Star Lands, which has been drowned by the evil magician Flood, royal children Asa and Rollo meet Skalti Wolfkiller . He tells them about the sorcerer Ragni, who may know the truth about their parents' fate. Can they risk a night journey in the ghost ship Northseeker to find out?

Following on from Ghost Ship, the royal children, Asa and Rollo, must avenge the death of their parents, King Sigurd and the Star Queen, and save the kingdom of the Star Lands, which the evil court magician Flood has used his powers to drown. But when underwater outlaws steal Asa's magical moonstone, and it is lost to the sea giants, it looks like the Star Lands might not be saved... or will Asa and Rollo find the stone in time?

Cornish Asa and Rollo are royal children. Their parents, King Sigurd and the Star Queen, are dead. Flood, the evil court magician, has taken over and used his powers to drown the kingdom. Asa and Rollo are the only hope remaining for the people of the Star Lands. Given an enchanted ship, they must outrun Emperor Flood's sky patrols and rescue their infant sister Una.

In this latest Gina Champion mystery, Gina is in her senior year, and learning the biggest lessons of her life as an apprentice witch to Alyce Nightingale. Impressed with Gina's ability, Alyce passes on an old amulet that belonged to a famous Siberian sorceress, and that's when Gina's nightmares begin... Now, with a malicious spirit on the loose, Gina is going to have to focus all her brainpower on solving the mystery.

Is there a serial killer at large in Blackwater Bay? Residents are fearful and the police are desperate. When they approach Gina Champion for psychic help on the case, she suspects that a black sorceress might be behind the killings.

If Gina doesn't solve the case quickly, she could be next on the killer's list...

While other girls earn money babysitting, Gina sets up her own psychic practice. But one customer, the mysterious Professor Anstible, captures her attention. Impressed with her psychic ability, he offers to be her mentor and teach her about magic. But then he goes missing under sinister circumstances. Does it have something to do with his dabblings in necromancy? Or is it all related to the Professor’s lifelong arch-enemy, a man he simply called ‘The Blue Stranger’?

Gina's on the case again and this time finds herself facing a centuries-old curse. The new boy who's moved in next door is cute, but it also appears he's crazy. He rambles on about 'Them' - strange beings who come in the night to punish him for reasons he doesn't understand. Meanwhile, her new job at the visiting Egyptian exhibition isn't working out exactly as she'd hoped.

Gina Champion is a 16-year-old detective....a psychic detective. When Gina's best friend gets involved with the local theatre group, the last thing Gina expects is to end up in the play herself. But strange things start to happen at the restored Panorama Theatre and its the only way she can put her psychic detective skills to work there. There's a dark secret in the Panorama's past that Gina is determined to uncover...