Fifteen illustrated short stories, some humorous and some haunting, set in the Australian suburbs.

On the way to assist their riding teacher at the Royal Show, Bonnie and Sam find a starving pony that they feel they must try to rescue.

Child prodigy Cadel Piggot, an antisocial computer hacker, discovers his true identity when he enrolls as a first-year student at an advanced crime academy.

The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to Australia where they must save some animals from a wildfire.

Stamp is having a pawfectly wonderful time traveling around the country with James in the Fourby 4WD and then it starts to rain. And rain and rain and rain. It rains until the Fourby is all muddy, James' hair is damp and Stamp starts to smell like wet dog! It rains so much that they have to stop at Pepper Plains Farm for somewhere warm and dry to stay. But all the rains making the river rise. Will James and Stamp be able to help the folks at Pepper...

When the robber who has kidnapped Sam Fox and his two-year-old cousin Nissa crashes his car into the Crocodile River, Sam struggles to protect himself and Nissa from the danger all around them.

"In this novel for teens, Munro Maddux goes to Australia on a student exchange in order to try and deal with his younger sister's death."--

While in the Australian desert, ant-sized Andrew, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot are carried away by a dust-devil and face many dangerous creatures, from a flock of wild parakeets to a Perenti lizard, as they try to make their way back to Uncle Al.

Your uncle discovers a rare amulet that leads him to search for the ancient Satyrion civilization. But when he goes missing and you cross paths with traitors and crime syndicates, will you make the right choice in order to survive? Choose from 13 possible endings to your adventure.

The ghost of a girl who recently died in an accident makes contact with her grieving father to help solve a mystery in a remote Australian town, where a girl who speaks entirely in riddles is the only witness to a fatal fire.