Beetle Boy

First edition
Summary: Darkus is miserable. His dad has disappeared, and now he is living next door to the most disgusting neighbours ever. A giant beetle called Baxter comes to his rescue. But can the two solve the mystery of his dad's disappearance, especially when links emerge to cruel Lucretia Cutter and her penchant for beetle jewellery? A coffee-mug mountain, home to a million insects, could provide the answer - if Darkus and Baxter are brave enough to find it

Thea Stilton and the ghost of the shipwreck

Summary: While five mice at Mouseford Academy are looking for their missing biology professor they dive to a haunted shipwreck off Whale Island to find a rare diamond that was lost when the ship sank

Squishy Taylor and the Bonus Sisters

Summary: An apartment full of questions on a street full of mysteries. Why does Squishy have to share everything with her new step-sisters? Why is her next-door neighbor the crankiest man in the world? Why are green jelly snakes the yummiest? Who's that hiding in the basement

Squishy Taylor and the Mess-Makers

Summary:  An apartment full of questions on a street full of mysteries. What's the best way to sneak onto a film set? Why do grown-ups trust you more when you're carrying a baby? Is a pizza even a pizza without mozzarella? What do you do when everyone hates your hero? (Back cover)

The haunted library

A brand-new young chapter book series from Edgar Award winner Dori Hillestad Butler!
 
When ghost boy Kaz’s haunt is torn down and he is separated from his ghost family, he meets a real girl named Claire, who lives above the town library with her parents and her grandmother. Claire has a special ability to see ghosts when other humans cannot and she and Kaz quickly form a friendship. The two join forces to solve the mystery of the ghost that’s haunting the library. Could it be one of Kaz’s lost family members?

The lost twin

On cover: This is the story of how I became my sister
Summary: Set in a creepily atmospheric boarding school. Ivy must uncover the secrets behind her twin sister Scarlet's disappearance before it's too late

Thea Stilton and the missing myth

Reading level: Grade 4
Summary: While on vacation in Greece, the Thea Sisters make friends with a company of actors who are rehearsing for a play that's about to open. When an actress sprains her ankle, Colette ends up standing in for her. But right before the performance, the lead actor goes missing. Can the mouselets find him in time for the show to go on

False note

Summary: When priceless violins are stolen, SHINE suspects evil agency SHADOW is orchestrating something big. But how did the thief just walk out without anyone stopping her? Special Agent EJ12 and the STAR team must work in concert to find out

Playground detectives

Summary: Billie and the Secret Mystery Club have a new case to solve. Who put leaves in Lola's sandwich? It's a real mystery. Soon everyone suspects Benny, but could they have the wrong kid? It's up to the SMC to find the real culprit

Mouselets in danger

Based on an original idea by Elisabetta Dami
Summary: For the first time ever, Mouseford Academy is offering a course in outdoor survival skills, and it's being taught by the athletic adventurous Bruce Hyena. All five Thea Sisters sign up, along with the Ruby Crew. But when a terrible storm hits during the two-day outdoor challenge, there are mouselets in danger

The 52-Storey Treehouse

 Other Title: Fifty-two storey treehouse
Summary: Andy and Terry's incredible, ever-expanding treehouse has 13 new storeys, including a watermelon-smashing level, a wave machine, a life-size snakes and ladders game (with real ladders and real snakes), a rocket-powered carrot-launcher, a Ninja Snail Training Academy and a high-tech detective agency with all the latest high-tech detective technology, which is lucky because they have a BIG mystery to solve - where is Mr Big Nose??? Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up! (From publisher)

The last tuatara

In a large valley lies a geographical feature known as Jelly Mountain. It's called that because of its shape - rather like a jelly having been popped out of its mould. Its straight sides mean the top has never been explored and there are many rumours about strange creatures inhabiting it. Efforts to explore have met with disaster - and this has only made the mystery and fear stronger. Then a light plane crash-lands after buzzing suspiciously around the top of Jelly Mountain ...and twins Jason and Jessy become embroiled in a mystery that is not without danger and which is set to rock the whole world. And what does it have to do with the old journal they found hidden in the wall of the old house on the farm?

Spooky House

Summary: Billlie and her friends have started a Secret Mystery Club, but they don't have any mysteries to solve. Then Billie remembers the spooky house at the end of the street. They are sure it's haunted. But if anyone can handle ghosts, it's Billie B Brown

Project Huia

New Zealand author
Summary: Logan's grandfather grew up near Palmerston North in the 1940s. One day, he and his sister Mavis spotted a beautiful and unusual bird in the kowhai tree outside their house: it was a huia bird, which was believed to be extinct. The bird flew away, and in an attempt to photograph it they managed to track it deep into the Manawatu Gorge. It was a dangerous journey through two train tunnels, made even more so when the horrible Carson boys got wind of their mission and decided to try and find the huia first so they could shoot it and sell its highly valuable feathers. More than 60 years later, 11-year-old Logan has returned to the Manawatu with Grandpop and a scientist to try and solve the mystery of what happened to the huia that he and Mavis found all those years ago. Grandpop must remember all the details of the events of many years ago. Can the group rely on his version of the events, and find the huia's final resting place? Will the huia still be there, and will its DNA still be valuable for scientific research into NZ's native fauna? And whoever would have thought that those Carsons are still living in the area and on the loose, and still up to their nasty tricks? (Publisher)

New Zealand Post Book Award Finalist 2014

When you reach me

Back of book:

By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, and who to avoid. Like the crazy guy on the corner.
But things start to unravel. Sal gets punched by a kid on the street for what seems like no reason, and he shuts Miranda out of his life. The apartment key that Miranda's mom keeps hidden for emergencies is stolen. And then a mysterious note arrives, scrawled on a tiny slip of paper.

I am coming to save your friend's life, and my own.
I ask two favours. First, you must write me a letter.

The notes keep coming, and Miranda slowly realizes that whoever is leaving them knows things no one should know. Each message brings her closer to believing that only she can prevent the tragic death. Until the final note makes her think she's too late.
This remarkable novel takes place in the real world but holds a fantastic puzzle at its heart. When You Reach Me is an original, and a brilliant and profound delight.

Five run away together

70th anniversary ed
Summary: The Five run away to Kirrin Island. But who else has been there? And what is locked in the mysterious trunk hidden there? The Famous Five think they're on the trail of smugglers - until they hear a child scream
First published: 1944

Five go to Smuggler's Top

70th anniversary ed
First published: 1942
Summary: When the Five go to stay at the big, old house called Smuggler's Top, they soon search out the secret hiding places and underground tunnels. But someone else has discovered them, too. Are there still smugglers at work

Five go off in a caravan

70th anniversary ed
Summary: The Famous Five are on holiday in a horse-drawn caravan! Soon they catch up with a circus - but some of the circus people have more sinister plans than just clowning around
First published: 1942

Five go Adventuring Again

70th anniversary ed
Summary: A thief at Kirrin Cottage! Who can it be? The Famous Five think they know - but they need proof! Then they find an old map and an unusual hiding place
First published: 1943

Five on a Treasure Island

70th anniversary ed
Summary: There's a shipwreck off Kirrin Island - but where is the treasure? The Famous Five are on the trail but someone else has got the same idea. Who will get to the treasure first
First published: 1942