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One night Julie and Leo rescue a boy from a green monster with glowing eyes.Now they, and the boy, are in real trouble.Because the boy, Mason, can light fires with his mind.And the Morph is determined to find them and steal Mason's powers no matter what.But is the Morph really the bad guy? Or is there another reason he's after Mason?
2) Going Home
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Kelly lived in Fraser Bay when she was a baby, but she can't remember it; the family moved inland when she was a toddler.Her mother later drowned in the sea at Fraser Bay, but Kelly can't remember that either.So why does she feel an overwhelming need to go back there?A need that makes her forge her Dad's signature on the school excursion form to the Bay when he refuses to let her go.A need that sends her walking up to the far end of the beach, in...
4) Spellbound
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When Shari finds an injured cat at the park, she knows she's in trouble. She can't – won't – leave it there, but if she brings it home she knows that her stepmother, who has looked after her and her brother Danny since their father died, will make her take it straight to the pound.Unless something incredibly, unexpectedly, magical happens.Something that makes Shari even more grateful that she rescued the cat…
5) Fledglings
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Ayla and Luke were born with wings.They've been hidden away at BioTronics's secret compound since they were found as babies, learning to fly and use their other special skills, completing endless training drills and scientific tests.When Nat, the Director's daughter and their only real friend, discovers that their training has a sinister purpose beyond BioTronics's scientific obsession, she knows she has to help the twins escape, no matter the cost…...
6) Colour Bound
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Davey can see colours that no-one else can. Colours that flow through trees, buildings, cars and even people.
He also has a one-of-a-kind friend in Kemi, a tiny butterfly-winged girl who no-one else can see.
But Kemi has been keeping a secret from him.
A secret about the colours he can see – and what they're for.
A secret that could put not only this world, but other worlds, in serious danger…
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Ro is determined to help Kalara the troll girl travel home from Australia to England – but it's not going to be easy … Caught in StoneNara is the last of her kind living in Loch Ness, but now the humans she's so interested in are getting closer to finding her… MonsterKyle has a secret that makes school a place he doesn't want to be. Until he meets the Electric Gnome… ... The Electric GnomeWhen Carly finds a dragon statue in the garden of her...
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When Kalara the troll girl finds herself sent to Australia as a statue, she is sure she will never see her family in England again.
Ro lives with her grandparents. She still feels odd and isolated after the death of her parents, and finds it hard to trust people.
So she knows exactly how scared and alone Kalara feels, lost among strangers.
Ro is determined to help Kalara get back to England — but it's not going to be easy...
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Two girls from the opposite ends of time, drawn together by a single cataclysmic event. … Festival of FireWhen Rowie and her sisters are in terrible danger, she remembers the Chalk Girl. … The Chalk GirlThe haunting music stole Boyd's sister away a year ago. Now it's back... Worlds AwayDavey can see colours no-one else can. His friend Kemi knows the reason why – and it's not good… … Colour BoundA still-grieving Alinta flees from the Midwinter...
10) The Chalk Girl
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Rowie sees the chalk girl every morning outside the train station, creating her beautiful, intricate drawings. Those drawings are the high point of her day, they help her deal with the chaos and uncertainty she has to face at home.
Because keeping her drunk, abusive mother feeling like she's in control while making sure she and her two younger sisters have enough money to survive is like walking on a tightrope.
Maybe that's why, when the tightrope...
11) Festival of Fire
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Withdrawn and resentful after her mother's death, Erica sneaks away during Kinbrae's annual Fire Festival to the quiet and solitude of the next valley over, where the original village of Kinbrae stood before a landslide destroyed it one thousand years ago. Solveig spins and weaves wool to keep herself and her mother alive after her father is presumed drowned at sea. Unable to take part in Kinbrae's Fire Festival because she is a girl, she sneaks away...
12) Lost and Found
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Flume was born selkie. She was also born deformed – which means that the sea is as dangerous to her as the land.Beka's physical differences don't make for easy friendships. Instead she patrols the beaches for TurtleWatch, reporting on nests and hatchings.When Beka finds Flume washed up on the beach, she knows the younger girl is in serious danger.But can Flume trust a human to help her when, all her life, she's been told to guard against them?
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Alinta has come to England to live with her aunt, Misty, after the death of her parents. Fleeing from the Midwinter Festival her aunt is participating in, she stumbles across another group of people in the Great Forest.
At first Alinta thinks they are with the Festival. But when she is asked to take part in an ancient ritual, she realises that, to these folk, the magic of the Midwinter Festival is real – and deadly.
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New York City. 1986.
New York State Governor Kevin Quartermain is the King. His wife, Layla, is the Queen.
Monty Wallace, a mentally-challenged young man, wrongly convicted of murder,
is the Pawn.
Lee Hacklyn is the Knight.
Monty's father, Angus, has hired him to prove that his son is innocent,
and to break a conspiracy of silence that allows evil to run rampant.
16) Night Runners
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One year ago Hannah's older brother Tom died in a motorbike accident.On the anniversary of his death, she returns to the bridge where it happened and finds two teenagers waiting for her; Cam, who doesn't talk, and Rylie, who seems to resent the fact that Hannah has seen them at all.Dared into joining their Run, Hannah quickly realises her night has gone seriously weird.How are they able to Run for so long – and so far – without feeling tired?Who...
17) Seaward
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A year ago, Shaun nearly died.Now he's finally back home, but his life is a wreck. His Mum is hyper-vigilant, his friends have drifted away, and no one will believe the truth about the so-called accident.Or the girl who saved him.But Shaun knows she's real.And he's going to find her.Because he almost doesn't believe what happened either...
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