here are some of the ones I really like.
Camp Croc Trudie Trewin (Walker Books)Another title in Walker's Lightning Strikes series that are great for readers who want a good solid read that is fast paced with plenty of action.
School camp has never been like this. Daks and his mates have been waiting all their school lives to go to camp - school camp at Camp Trib is legendary and the boys have arrived. WHen they set out on the first activity and come across the sign at the boundary fence it doesn't take too much to entice the boys further intuit eh jungle. and that is where the unsexpected adventure begins as they discover two wildlife smugglers in the process of increasing their illegal collection. Now the boys have to decide exactly what to do and who they are afraid of - the muggers or the wildlife!
another delightful Emma Jack title. These books are just the thing for young girls who want adventure with a girl who is the hero.
EJ is at school when she receive the call from SHINE and she soon becomes a Special Agent. This adventure finds the evil SHADOW agency with a mission to destroy SHINE's top-secret spy satellite, that contains all of SHINE's secrets. EJ has to decipher coded riddles to defeat the SHADOW scientists and she has to fly a rocket into space - even to the moon to find the solution.
Even though EJ can become a super spy she still has trouble with her school assignments and especially this one on space but he SHINE adventure might just have given her the assignment solution!
With their simple tex, vivid illustrations and appropriate size, the Pealie books are great reads - especially for the younger readers who are transitioning from picture books.
Pearlie is back and her latest trip to the lush New Zealand forest where she is meeting the park fairy Omaka is as sparkling and exciting as ever! Omaka is planning a surprise birthday party for her forest friend, the 150 years old tuatara and Pearlie assists by delivering the invitations. unfortunately for Pearlie she gets lost among the ancient trees and starts to worry … but all is not lost as she meets many amazing creatures and one, which eventually shows her the way back.
This series is just right for young boys moving from picture books who want short titles with lots of action and adventure. Large font size and illustrations scattered throughout make this easy to read.
Kai Masters is a high tech border guard and beast battler and this time he has to battle new and bigger beasts - mutants - and his battle is against a fire-air-water beast. He has new combo gear and an ice chopper but will he be victorious?
also see Boy Vs Beast: Terraserpix
Aussie Dog (Mates series) Eleanor Nilsson & Beth Norling (Scholastic)Mates are a series of titles for younger readers, illustrated in full colour and in an easy to read chapter book for
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It was June and already Sophie was putting in her Christmas order - she wants a dog - a good australian kelpie. And because they are expensive to keep (her father told her so she would even have it as birthday present nest february. still pestering her parents weeks later a dog comes across her path … but it's not the dog she hopes for.
A lovely tale that wishes can come true - although not quite the way we might expect.
