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Alex is in hospital recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound and determined to put his spying days behind him.

It's summer and Seymour is bored and miserable until he meets Angie, who he thinks is the most beautiful person in the world.

Reluctant MI6 agent, Alex Rider, is relaxing in France with his friend and her family. He is just trying to be a typical teenager when a chance encounter with an assassin launches him into danger.

Freckle juice is about a class of kids in an American school. Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for 50 cents.

Fred Mouse dreams of finding a nice girl mouse to marry. After his father drowns in a jug of milk, Fred sets out to find his dream by following his nose.

Chilling tale of Adam Farmer's desperate search for his father and for a mysterious past that he must not remember if he is to remain alive.

Maxwell, Freddo's awful brother, gets him into trouble all the time.

Kat and her brother Daniel are so lucky - their new house is beautiful, and the lawn is huge.

Introduces the European explorers who first discovered and explored New Zealand, including Abel Tasman, James Cook, Jean de Surville, Marion du Fresne and Durmont d'Urville.

Malcolm is sixteen. With the mind of a scientist, the body of a teenager, and an ambition to reconcile the two, he embarks upon his latest science fair project, sex. Will Charlotte find true love?

Noah's daughter, daughters-in-law, sons, wife and the animals describe what it was like to be aboard the ark while they watched everyone around them drown.

Trapped in the dreary Angels Academy for Young Maidens by her tyrant father, sixteen-year-old Artemesia Blastside plans her escape.

Fourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British MI6, investigating the accidental death of two powerful men who both have sons attending an exclusive school for rebellious rich b

Snapshots of life in the 1990s. Kelly wants to live in Paris, Marama wants to live in Auckland, Jeany wants to live anywhere but with her father.

Joe has lots of ornaments in his garden, but when he brings home two really ugly garden gnomes, the trouble begins - late at night when everyone's asleep.