Cirrus@Austlit

'At the new house, everything is different. But maybe Rattler will make up for it....'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Suddenly the gorilla in Kerry's video game is rolling straight out of the screen and into her living room, full-sized and alive! Mayhem follows until Kerry can work out a way of trapping the gorilla back into the fantasy of the video game.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Bullies, bras and bank robbers are all part of Patrick's crazy adventure when he is given a Polaroid camera for his birthday.

'Hannah's eleventh birthday is coming up and now's her big chance to break into the coolest threesome in her class. But when she invites 'the Trio' to her party, it's nothing like her daydreams.'  (Publication summary)

'Hardly anyone notices Nathan, the new boy. Except the school bully. But when the Ice Rocket competition begins, people get to know Nathan for what he really is...'  (Publication summary)

'Holly dreams of a tropical island where she lives as a princess, is wooed by a prince, and never has to do another maths lesson. Then, POW!! Suddenly Xavier appears - a wish-fulfilment agent to make it all come true.'  (Publication summary)

'Can Sam, Lin and Jerry save their water-dragons in time?'

'Frank, the school giggler and cracker of jokes, is caught by a change of wind direction. Now how are his friends going to make him laugh?'  (Publication summary)

'Mr Grimwraither is the meanest teacher to have ever screeched his fingernails down the blackboard! And even worse, he moves into the house down the road from where Clark lives.' (Publication summary)

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'When Burnt and Crisp, of the planet Jetsonia, win a trip to the fun and sun capital of Uranus, they leave behind their poor old brother, Cinderfella. But Cinderfella's Hairy Dogfather comes to the rescue ...'  (Publication summary)

'Carla has to walk home from school every day with Miranda. From Miranda, Carla learns that the woman in the house with the floral letterbox is a witch; that the people in the dark house are robbers; and that a headless cat lives in the white house. Then Carla has to walk home by herself...For ages 6 and over.'  (Publication summary)

'With charm and smiles, no one suspects that the three Porker children are behind the pranks pulled at Mount Barker. But when the equally sweet-seeming new school librarian, Miss Wolf, arrives, unforgettable experiences are up ahead!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Why is the land at the back of her great-grandmother's house so mysterious? And why does Jaleesa think something is waiting for her there?' (Publication summary)

From Kinetica: 'The Lenski kids are the wildest, naughtiest children in the neighbourhood. Babysitters come and go, never to be seen again. But Kim Kip doesn't seem to mind their wicked games and booby traps. Little do they realize what's in store for them the next time their parents are out.'

'Brian is amazed to see a removal van at the Hendersons' house, and he becomes positively worried when he finds that it is the house itself that they are removing. How can he stop such a hideous mistake, especially when the boss is a huge, alarming man with a patch over one eye.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'David possesses the wondrous ability of farting to order, and his powers are so much in demand that he and his friend Nick decide to turn them to financial advantage. They're on their way to becoming millionaires when David's grandmother comes to stay . . .'  (Publication summary)

'Silent Knight has two fears: meeting a fierce dragon and Rusting Up. When his horse Gallbladder runs off on a dark wet night, he finds that both of his fears come true....' (Publication summary)

'Knot's bachelor uncle is the new pharaoh, King Gut. Gut lives up to his name and has a big fat belly. Knot is afraid that if anything happens to hi uncle, he will be boy king. The Pharaoh. King of all Egypt! So Knot and his friend Phlat set out to find a bride for King Gut.' (Publication summary)

'Nathan loves pistons, drive shafts and carburettors. And for the new section of the annual Mount Sugarbin Hill Climb Race he's entered Lightning Rager. But is it powerful enough?'  (Publication summary)

'Ryan likes being called Dracula Tooth, until he gets a late-night visit from Fangface and his gang' (Source: Backcover)

'Scarlett Finnegan loved to bat. Every afternoon she played cricket in the backyard with her brother because there wasn't much else to do in the small town of Mopoke during summer. But Scarlett was the twelfth man in the local cricket team, destined never to play until Tim McGanty's accident.'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

'Skeeta Anderson woke up one morning to find that his bum was gone. And not only his bum, but the bum of every single person in the town of Bugalugs.

'It's up to Skeeta to catch the thief ...'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Aussie Bites ed.)

'It's Jeremy's birthday - the day he's been looking forward to for ages, but when his little brother Oliver disappears and everyone stops everything to look for him, suddenly Jeremy's birthday isn't so much fun anymore. ' (Publisher's blurb)

'David is being picked on by bullies.

'He wishes for a fairy godmother to help him out, but instead he gets Kev, a punk fairy godfather and his troll dog, Borax.

'Will any of Kev's hare-brained spells work?'  (Publication summary)

'Barry is more than just clever. He's a cat in a million – a read smarty-cat!

Young readers will love these mouthwatering bite-size stories from their favourite authors and illustrators.' (Publication summary)

'Sophie longs to be a hairdresser one day. Every day after school she helps her mother's friend, Madame Tulip, in her salon. Sophie's best friend, Melita, is mad about ballet, and to Sophie's sorrow she has joined forces with fellow ballet students Vanessa and Jacqueline, who are not at all friendly to Sophie and make fun of her hairdressing skills. The three girls are preparing for their school's presentation of Swan Lake, in which Melita will be dancing the role of Odette. At the last minute, just before the show is due to start, the girls find that their designated hairstylist (Jacqueline's mother), has sprained her wrist. With the help of Madame Tulip, Sophie performs her hairstyling magic and saves the show.' (Publication summary)

'Brilliant Bites for Boys is a collection of four popular Aussie Bites compiled especially for boys.' (Publication summary)

'Pippa has invited her friends to a perfect spring picnic – and she knows that the secret to a perfect picnic is . . . a perfect surprise!' (Publication summary)

'As the undefeated world farting champion, Marty, aka the Baked Bean Bandit, has always dreamed of winning a gold medal at the Smelympic Games – and at last he has his chance. Australia's popular hero of fartism, is unwell, and the PM herself has asked Marty to take his place. Marty will be representing Australia in the most demanding event of all – the Great Stinkathlon. But to his horror he is confronted by an old rival. El Stinko Diablo, defeated by Marty at the world championships, is thirsting for revenge, and he will stop at nothing.' (Publication summary)