| 5-9 FICTION |
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| BRIGID LUCY Series (7+) Leonie Norrington & Tamsin Ainslie - Little Hare, Australia. Brigid Lucy tries to be good, but it’s not always easy. This could be due to the invisible little imp hiding in her hair! |
| CHARLIE BURR Series (8+) Sally Morgan, Ambelin, Blaze & Ezekiel Kwaymullima Little Hare, Australia 2 titles available (3 planned in the series) First title “ Charlie Burr and the three stolen dollars” (128pp) - Charlie has 'borrowed' three dollars from his mum to buy an icy pole, and Charlie's dad has brought home a pup. So Mum isn't happy with either Dad or Charlie! To get back in her good books Charlie has to quickly find a way to recoup the three dollars and work out how to keep the pup. It's not hard to believe that trouble follows, but the ever-resourceful Charlie soon finds a plan. |
| THE FREAKY Series (7+) Susan Berran - Jojo Publishing, Australia 3 titles available (9 titles planned in the series) What makes Sam just a little bit different sometimes, is that he escapes his mum and baby sister on the sort of escapades you have only dreamt of! Don’t you wish you could escape too at times? What are you waiting for? Join Sam on the adventure of a lifetime! |
| PLUM SERIES (8+ - 52pp/title) Séverine Vidal & Kris Di Giacomo - Frimousse France 3 titles available (one more to follow in autumn 2012) Follow Plum and her friends as they experience everyday life joys and struggles. Plum is 8 years old, has the name of a fruit, almost all her teeth, the memory of an elephant and she is the first one to know life is not always plain sailing as her parents just divorced. |
| FAIRY SCHOOL DROP-OUT SERIES (8+ - 156pp/title) Meredith Badger - Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia 3 titles available A hilarious antidote to the ‘oh so sweet’ fairy stories that have lived in girls’ fiction for decades. Ellie is a feisty fairy who has very different ideas of what a fairy should be! Rights sold in the US/ Canada (English language) & Brazil |
| TWEENIE GENIE SERIES (8+ - 208pp/title) Meredith Badger - Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia 3 titles available Poppy is very surprised when she awakes on her 12th birthday to the news that she carries the very rare Genie Gene! She has to start genie high school where she learns to grant wishes, ride magic carpets and wear very high ponytails! Rights Sold in the US/ Canada (English language) and Germany |
| BILLIE B. BROWN GIRLS SERIES (5+ - 48pp/title) Christopher Milne - Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia 13 titles available + 1 bind-up (8 new titles for 2012!) www.billiebbrown.com Billy B Brown is brave, brilliant, bold and every first reader’s best friend. Since its launch, this little bestseller has sold over 180,000 copies in Australia! Young girls will recognize their own lives reflected in Billie's 'real world' adventures of having a sleep-over, playing soccer, learning ballet and much more. Rights sold in French Canada (rights for France still available), US, Turkey |
| GO GIRL SERIES (7+ - 96pp/title) Various authors - Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia 8 titles available (6 new titles for 2012!) www.gogirlhq.com! A series of books providing simple, real-life stories about characters experiencing and exploring new situations - the first sleep-over, being the 'new kid' at school, trusting a friend with a big secret and more. Written with an emotional depth, and using simple language, this series swill strike a chord with girls who are sick of fairies and unicorns! Rights sold in the US/ UK/ Canada (English language), Finland, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil and India |
| MONSTRUM HOUSE SERIES (9+ - 160pp/title) Z. Frallion - Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia 4 titles available - www.monstrumhouse.com Jasper McPhee has been expelled from schools countless times. The Monstrum House School for Troubled Children is his last chance. It looks like a normal school. All the parents who send their kids there think it's a normal school. What everyone doesn't realise is that Monstrum House is actually a place that trains kids to be monster hunters. And the monsters aren't cute and cuddly. They lurk under beds and in the school basement, some scare kids, some eat them, and some morph them into stone. It's no use telling your parents that the school is making you catch monsters. And after being expelled from schools time and time again, who would believe you? Rights sold in Germany |
| NAUGHTY STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS SERIES (7+ / 96pp/title) Christopher Milne - Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia 8 titles available - www.christophermilne.com.au The classic Australian series republished For the delight of a whole new generation of kids! Shocking, revolting and very naughty stories that will delight children! Would you ever blow up a toilet, or make fun of a boy with a bum for a face, or swallow agoldfi sh? Of course you wouldn’t, because you’re a good kid. Nothing like the rotten children in these shocking stories! Rights sold in Brazil |
| ZAC POWER SERIES (7+ - 96pp/title) H.I. Larry - Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia 25 titles available. www.Zacpower.com Over 1.5 million copies sold in Australia! Zac is a 12-year-old boy who comes from a family of spies. Seemingly ordinary, he has a secret life full of extraordinary fast-paced adventures involving state-of-the-art gadgets and spy equipment. Each book is a stand-alone story in which Zac is sent on an exciting mission by the Government Investigation Bureau, the top secret organisation he is a member of. Rights sold in the US/ UK/ Canada (English language), Turkey, Japan, Brazil & India |
| SPACE SCOUT SERIES (7+ / 96pp/title) H. Badger - Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia 9 titles available (10 titles planned in the series) www.spacescoutportal.com It's the year 2534 and Earth is overcrowded, polluted and completely stripped of it's resources. The mega-national World-Corp needs a Space Scout to find another planet for people to live on - and thirteen-year-old Kip is the perfect genetic match for the job. He and his half-wolf, half-human co-pilot Finbar travel the universe in their spaceship – the MoNa 4000, whose personality is stuck on the “Grumpy babysitter” setting. Along the way, they discover heaps of cool aliens and use awesome gadgets to get themselves out of sticky situations! Rights sold in Brazil |
DIGGER FIELD (9+ - 272pp)
Damian Davis
Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia.
The only extraordinary thing about Digger Field is that there is nothing
extraordinary about him at all. He can’t kick a ball, k-grind a skateboard or say the
alphabet backwards. This summer that’s all going to change. Digger’s got a plan
that will elevate him to the only world record-holder in his class - he is going to
skim a rock across water further than anyone else in history. How hard could it be?
CACHE, LET’S TRACK HIM DOWN! (8+ - 176pp)
Manuel Andrack - Mixtvision, Germany
The first children‟s detective story around Geocaching! Now also
available on e-book format.
Clara and Victor are visiting their Uncle Michael in the country and
they get hooked when he tells them about his new hobby: Geocaching,
a modern form of scavenger hunt using a GPS device! They are taken
into an particularly tricky case when, out of the sudden, other
geocachers appear - and start playing with unfair rules.
Manuel Andrack - Mixtvision, Germany
The first children‟s detective story around Geocaching! Now also
available on e-book format.
Clara and Victor are visiting their Uncle Michael in the country and
they get hooked when he tells them about his new hobby: Geocaching,
a modern form of scavenger hunt using a GPS device! They are taken
into an particularly tricky case when, out of the sudden, other
geocachers appear - and start playing with unfair rules.
| HEY JACK! SERIES (5+ / 60pp per title / black and white illustrations) Sally Rippin (Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia) 8 titles to be published in 2012 (incl. the first four mentioned below) and more to come in the future! An early reader series that knows there is more to boys than liking dragons and spies! Hey Jack! is full of down to earth, real life stories that they will really enjoy. This brand new series for boys aged 5+ who are just starting to read on their own, was created to complement its sister series, Billie B Brown, the runaway success which has already sold over 270,000 copies across Australia and New Zealand alone since its launch in April 2010. Jack’s ginormous imagination injects each book with fun and humour! |
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| THE RUBY BOTTLE (8+ - 224pp) When Amber discovers a dusty red bottle in her elderly neighbour’s shed, she knows at once that it’s meant to be hers. Then she meets the strange djinn that lives in it and is catapulted into an adventure she never imagined. Amber’s had a few problems to deal with lately - bullies at school, a cranky teacher and her best friend moving away. Now at least she has a magical friend to talk to … if she can keep him safe. Will she also discover the mysterious task the djinn keeps hinting at and she’ll have to perform? |
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| BLACKBERRIES FOR MR MISTER (8+) Marianne Freidig & Annika Leese 64pp, Mixtvision Verlag, Germany (colour illustrated) A boy whose presence makes trees blossom. An invisible ghost who feeds on blackberries. And an enemy who makes everything disappear into nothing. Dramatist Marianne Freidig tells in her individual style a modern fairytale about courage, care and a very special talent in a grey world. TIM AND THE ANSWER TO NOTHING Jan Neumann & Andrea Steffen 64pp, colour illustrated. Mixtvision, Germany In the search for answers to his countless questions, Tim does not only discover a great-grandmother he knew nothing about, but also makes three new friends: old sailor Pjotr, who wears women's clothes; garbage woman Ina; and Mr Moll, a husky policeman afraid of thunderstorms ...Will they be able to help him in his quest? |
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| LITTLE ROCKET SERIES (7+ / approx. 60pp per title) - 4 titles planed at the moment Kathryn England (illustrations by Emma Stuart). New Frontier Publishing, Australia. “Katie and the Leprechaum” (Publication April 2012), “Hubert and the magic glasses” (July 2012), “Eddie Pipper” (August 2012), “The witch” (Sept. 2012) 1st title “Katie and the leprechaum”: Katie is surprised to discover a feisty leprechaun lurking in her local park. Together they go off on an adventure to hunt down the ideal footwear for a leprechaun shoe maker. |
| CRAZY RELIEF TEACHERS SERIES (8+/96pp per title) Matt Potter (Celapene Press, Australia) MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON! |
| HAVE A GO HENRY (7+/88pp) Kate Willson (Illustrated by Marjorie Gardner) Celapene Press, Australia Grandma Lulu's saying, 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained' can come true if only Henry has the courage to try one more time. Young readers will enjoy Henry's disasters in various sporting arenas, but they'll also be inspired by his determination to prove he's a winner - to his family, his successful big sister, and most especially to Henry himself. |
| ALEX COTTLE (8+/58pp) Christine Moroney (Illustrated by Niki Oram) Little Steps Books, Australia Meet Alex Cottle, the axolotl. A little animal with a BIG story. Is he the dumbest, most boring pet in the world or is he one of the world’s most extraordinary creatures, with an amazing secret? |
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