Cirrus@Austlit

'Abigail Mitchell, Mathew Gordon and Madison Ramsey are 11 year old friends who go the Royal National Park for a bushwalk and picnic. After a violent electrical storm, only Maddie returns home. Abby and Mathew find an alien space shuttle and inadvertently become stowaways. The shuttle is driven back to the mother ship which returns to the home planet of Zorgon.The inhabitants of Zorgon are facing the imminent implosion of their volatile planet and need to find another world for themselves. Abby and Mathew are sent on an investigative mission with the Zorgi Captain Zelba to search for suitable planets in the solar system. Their journey takes them to many different and sometimes dangerous worlds. Will the two children have any possibility of returning home to Earth or must they remain with the Zorgi people forever?' (Publication Summary)

'The first book in the sequel trilogy to the Cauchemar books! Zachary travels again to the magical world of Cauchemar at the request of his friend Mactavish. The boy has made three previous journeys there, but on the last occasion, the ginger cat did not return with him to Earth.

'Cauchemar is threatened by extinction if an ancient prophesy is not satisfied. Alien assistance is required to complete the task and many difficulties have to be overcome. Zachary and his companion, Taffy, have may friends who help – Magenta the witch, Bijour the dragon and Ulysses the unicorn (to name a few).

Can they succeed in defeating the black magic of Malfactorius and save Cauchemar.' (Publication summary)