Cirrus@Austlit

'The mist lifted the moment he stepped through. And there was the watertower at the summit. His watertower This was what he had come for.

'In the award-winning book The Watertower, readers were introduced to the small town of Preston and the old watertower that stands outside the town. It is a place where Bubba and Spiro go to play and swim. But what lurks in the deep waters? Why are the townspeople changing? In Beneath the Surface, Spiro, now a doctor of science, returns to uncover the mystery and to find an explanation for the nightmares that haunt him. What he discovers will change his life forever.' (Publication summary)

'Lou's little blue budgie is her best friend. He keeps her company and cheers her up when she is sad. One day Budgie flies away, and she is devastated. She does everything she can to find her friend. Will she ever see him again? An easy reader for ages 6-8.' (Publication summary)

'Ken’s ambition was to be a comic-book artist, one of a team that made the drawings come to life, that made the stories real. His greatest creation was the sorceress, whose deadly hungers visited sleepers and fed upon them. But one day he woke from a dream and found himself in the world of the sorceress, a world where one of his own characters, the beautiful Alyssa, claimed to have imagined him. Who was the dreamer and who was the dream?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

A student tells the strange story of the disappearance of his very odd roommate, Caleb.

'An exploration of bereavement, which tells the story of an old man who is devastated when his wife dies. But as the seasons pass and her roses bloom again, he finds comfort in the garden.' (Publication summary)