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ABATON TRILOGY (YA - 393pp)
www.abaton-trilogie.de
The YA novel debut of award-winning screenplay
writers Christian Jeltsch & Olaf Krämer
Mixtvision Verlag, Germany
A breathless game about reality and appearances,
in the heart of Berlin
Edda, Simon and Linus meet seemingly by chance in a
summer camp near Berlin. It soon transpires however that
the three teenagers have deliberately been chosen by an
organization called GENE-SYS because their gathering
leads to the development of a so-called "critical mass". And
the organization wants to use this to their own purposes.
When Linus starts looking for his parents, who supposedly
went missing after a subway accident, strange parallels
seem to open between the friends and even their own
parents, who coincidentally were all working in the same
fields of research. A scientist called Bernikoff and his
theory of the „Abaton“, developed during the second world
war, seems to have something to do with it. But how does it
all connect? And who wants to prevent them from looking
behind the obvious?
SHIFT (YA - 288pp)
Meredith Badger
Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia
Exploring identity, copying and fitting in,
Shift is a complex sinister and creepy YA thriller.
Everyone knew two things about Miranda before she‟d even
started at school. The first was that She had no parents – they
were dead. And the second that she‟d killed them. Olive and
her best friend Ami love to mock the cool group and their
boring jock boyfriends. And it‟s particularly entertaining
watching the new girl Miranda – a forgettable waif, with eyes
so pale they‟re like mirrors – try to get in with them.
Entertaining, that is, until things start to get creepy. Olive
becomes convinced that Miranda is leeching the beauty from
the most popular girl in school. Miranda seems to be growing
stronger and glossier as her victim gets so weak she ends up in
hospital. Either Olive is losing her grip on reality, or those
crazy rumours are true. Maybe Miranda is a killer. But who
would believe Olive? She has her own dark past, and
sometimes she sees things that aren‟t there... Rights sold in the
UK, US, Canada (English language) and Germany
WHISPER (12+ - 240pp)
Chrissie Keighery
Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia
Imagine you can‟t chat on the phone. You can‟t listen
to your iPod on the way to school. You can‟t whisper
to your friends about your crush. Demi used to do all
those things. Then she went deaf. Now she lives in
silence, caught between the deaf and the hearing
worlds. And finding a way to navigate between them
is harder than she could have imagined.
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IN SEARCH OF MY FATHER
(Cross over - 272 pp + photo section)
Paul Drexler - Jojo Publishing, Australia
Only 7% of children caught up in the tragedy of the
Holocaust, survived. The author, Paul Drexler is one of
them. After being liberated in Theresienstadt by the red
army, six year old Paul struggles to come to terms with
his father‟s mysterious disappearance. He migrates to
Australia with his heart broken mother and begins a
new life, but memories of his father are never far from
his mind. Fifty years later, he begins searching for him.
His journey takes him from Australia to Slovakia,
Germany and other foreign lands that he never thought
he would ever return to. His desperate search to unveil the circumstance surrounding his father‟s brutal killing
in the last days of World War II finally comes to an
end, with the most unexpected evidence uncovered.
LOLLI’S APPLE (Cross-over - 144pp)
www.lollisapple.com
Tomas Fleischmann - AKA Publishing, Australia
2011 Gold medal at the Australian Independent
Publisher’s Book Award (non-fiction section)
Six year old Tomas likes to play games, even amid the
horror and devastation of the ghetto sand concentration
camps. But can his pregnant mother protect Tomas and her
unborn child from annihilation? Far from being a tale of
woe this true and unheard account of the Holocaust reveals
a child‟s profound innocence and the extraordinary
resilience of the human spirit. Rights sold in Korea.
THE CHILDREN OF THE TITANIC
(Cross-over - 320pp + archives section)
Elisabeth Navratil - Hachette, France
10th April 1912, Michel Navratil boards the Titanic in
Southampton with his two boys, 2 and 4 years old, whom he
snatched from their mother. Travelling under false identities,
they hope to begin a new life in America. When the ship
sinks, father and children are separated. The boys survive
the tragedy but no-one knows who they are. What will
happen to them and will they ever be reunited with their
mother? Elizabeth Navratil tells the true story of her
grandfather, father and uncle, their voyage aboard the
Titanic and the events surrounding that fateful night of the
14th April 1912. Originally published in 1998, to coincide
with the launch of the Titanic movie, over 100,000 copies of
“The children of the Titanic” were sold in France at the
time. Updated edition be republished in spring 2012 to
commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the disaster.
English translation available for review
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YELLOWCAKE SPRINGS (Cross-over - 240pp)
Guy Salvidge - Interactive Publications, Australia
A Dystopian novel in the tradition of Brave New
World and 1984. Yellowcake Springs is set fifty years
from now in a world where corporations, nuclear
energy and secret societies are the real powers that be.
Yellowcake Springs, a city owned and controlled by
the company CIQ Sinocorp, is surrounded by a
crumbling region spiralling into lawlessness as climate
change forces outcast inhabitants to fend for
themselves. With a population subject to fascist
corporate law, violent militia groups and the sword of
environmental collapse hanging over their heads, the
nuclear reactor of Yellowcake Springs is targeted by
organised saboteurs who have had enough. Sylvia
Baron, a CIQ Sinocorp employee with a fracturing
marriage and an addiction to technology which allows
people to dream - with assistance - is about to wake
up. Rion, a man Sylvia meets through the dream
technology, lives in the wasteland and just wants in to
Yellowcake Springs. Jiang Wei has relocated from
China to take up a promotion, but he can‟t seem to
shake his relentless sense of doom.
SOLACE AND GRIEF Trilogy (YA)
Foz Neadows - Ford Street, Australia
First title (361pp) - Solace Morgan was born a
vampire. Raised in foster care, she has always tried to
keep her abilities secret, until an eerie encounter with a
faceless man prompts her to run away. Finding others
with similar gifts, Solace soon becomes caught up in a
strange, more vibrant world than she ever knew existed.
But when the mysterious Professor Lukin takes an
interest in her friends, she is forced to start asking
questions of her own. What happened to her parents?
Who is Sharpsoft? And since when has there been a
medieval dungeon under Hyde Park?
Second title (364pp) - The castle of Starveldt is
waiting. Having escaped once from Sanguisidera,
Solace and her friends are in desperate need of
guidance. Seeking to unravel a cryptic prophecy, they
travel to the Rookery, an otherworldly place governed
by the enigmatic Liluye. Magical and wild, the Rookery
tests them all in preparation for the crossing to Starveldt.
But the group is starting to fracture. The threat of Lord
Grief continues to grow; old betrayals, lies and secrets
boil to the surface – with startling consequences. As
danger closes in, can they make their peace before
everything falls apart? Or will the Bloodkin triumph?
MAXIMUS BLACK Trilogy (12+)
Paul Collins - Ford Street, Australia
First title “Mole Hunt” (346pp) - Special Agent
Maximus Black isn't your average 18-year-old.
Charming, brilliant and deeply ambitious, he's
one of the rising stars within the galaxy's
powerful and mysterious law enforcement
agency, RIM. But Maximus is also not what he
seems. Black in both name and character, he's a
cold-blooded sociopath working on a plan that
will plunge the universe into chaos and allow him
to seize control. Only one person can stop him--
the equally clever and fearless agent, Anneke
Longshadow.
Bitingly clever and imaginative, "Mole Hunt" is a
cross between “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”,” Total Recall” and” Dexter”. Cutting
back and forth between the two rivals, the plot twists and turns in a thrilling cat-and-mouse
chase as each tries to outwit the other, while
dodging all manner of obstacles like assassins and alien bounty hunters.
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THE AWAKENERS Trilogy (YA)
Pauline Alphen - Hachette France
1st title (528pp): a post-apocalyptic story, set in a time after much of humanity
has died in dark circumstances, and survivors have recreated communities, in
which all forms of technology have been eradicated. A time strangely
reminiscent of the Dark Ages, when mentioning the past has become taboo.
Claris and Jad, 12 years old twins live in a protected world, their mother having
mysteriously vanished when they were still toddlers. Their peaceful existence is
all about to change when Blaise, their tutor, starts talking about times past and
gives the children forbidden objects left behind by previous generations The
twins will soon be forced to face the story of their family's past and their own
destiny.
Second title (360pp): As Salicande is destroyed, the protected world in which
Claris and Jad grew up is shattered. Separated, the twins are going to explore
parallel and surprising dimensions. In a state of shock, unable to think or feel,
Claris lets the « elementaux » guide her and finds herself in an unknown
universe. The island‟s strange inhabitants and its metamorphic forest will help
her regain part of her memory and accept the unacceptable: she has lost
everything, she is alone. But while Claris ignores it, we as readers, will learn that
her brother is not dead nor is their friend Ugh. They are themselves in another
dimension where mythical entities are helping them understand what provoked
the battle which ended the first book. On earth, in Vieil Ambre, Blaise has been
reunited with Maya and told her about the disappearance of her loved ones.
Together they decide to go looking for them. While, each on their own side, the
twins begin the quest for their lost mum… Rights sold in Brazil and Vietnam.
TOWN (YA - 312pp)
James Roy - UQP, Australia
Nominated for the 2011
German Youth Literature Prize
Thirteen linked stories, spanning a year in
the lives of thirteen young people. You‟ll
live their love and loss, grief, humour
and passion; feel their hope and
hopelessness. From the serendipity of an
unexpected moment of connection to the
sadness of leaving home and the pain of
the desperate decisions we make, these
stories take a personal and
uncompromising look at life. This town
doesn‟t have a name. But if it seems
familiar, it‟s because we recognise the
people who walk the streets.
Rights sold in German & Korean
OBSESSION (12+ - 256pp)
Catherine Kalengula - Hachette France
Gisèle, A 19 year old dancer moves to
New York in the hope of starting a career
in Broadway. When she fails her audition,
her dream crumbles. But the owner of the
Theater notices her and offers her a job as
a maid, allowing her to use the stage to
practice off-hours and watch the
rehearsals. Soon, strange phenomenons
start occurring around Gisele. She is told
that a young dancer has committed
suicide in the theatre 40 years ago. Could
the presence enlacing her and the voice
she hears while she dances on stage be
the one of a ghost?
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CHANGING YESTERDAY (YA - 375pp)
Sequel to “before the storm”
Sean McMullen - Ford Street, Australia
It‟s 1901, and Battle Commander Liore has
travelled back in time to stop a war that will
rage for over a hundred years. But time itself is
against her. Whenever she changes history, a
new beginning to the war emerges and the world
once again teeters on the brink of disaster. To
make matters worse, Barry the Bag has stolen
Liore‟s plasma rifle, the most dangerous weapon
in the world. The owner is on his trail, and she
doesn‟t take prisoners. Can anything prevent
Liore from risking the world‟s future for the
sake of revenge?
THE INVISIBLE HERO (YA - 252pp)
Elizabeth Fensham
University of Queensland Press, Australia
Philip has spent his whole life at school either
being invisible or being called stupid. He‟s used
to being the loner, the odd one out, the boy who
lives with his nan. So when Philip‟s class is
given a school assignment to write about heroes
and villains, the project causes conflict in the
classroom as everyone weighs in on the debate.
For the first time, Philip has the opportunity to
shine in school but can he convince the class
that being different is not necessarily a bad thing
and that heroes are made when you think outside
the square?
CLARA IN WASHINGTON (YA - 264pp)
Penny Tangey
University of Queensland Press, Australia
Living in Washington DC is meant to be all politics,
glamour and intelligent conversations but what do you do
when you don‟t have the words to join in, or something
funny to say for your Facebook update, or the knowledge
to ride the subway, or you‟re scared someone will mug you
and a million other disasters could be just around the
corner? For Clara, joining her mother on a three-month
stint in Washington is meant to be a way to find her way, a
fun adventure. Her year twelve results are looming and the
answer to what next year holds seems buried in a place
where Clara can‟t find it. But Clara didn‟t count on
meeting Campbell and his anarchist group and she didn‟t
count on her insecurities and new discoveries threatening
to unravel all her plans.
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SOMNIAVERO (10+)
(Five titles in a slipcase - 64pp/title)
Anja Stürzer & Julia Dürr - Mixtvision Verlag, Germany
One story, five books
Each told from the perspective of a different character!
2122. Jochanan and his parents live in a futuristic and dystopian society,
where mankind has only survived thanks to technological means but
lives without the freedom and comforts of our current world. The only
way to escape temporarily this dreary environment for the privileged is
to time travel and go back to the past, when it was still possible to see
live animals, feel the wind, experience nature and freedom. During one
of those travels, ten year old Jochanan is separated from his family and
finds himself stranded in Eastern Germany in 2031. With new friends
and brothers Merlin and Michael and illegal immigrant Akascha at his
side, he has to reach Berlin and the Brandenurger Tor, where a time gate
will open at midnight in four days, and should lead him back into the
future. Trying to avoid being uncovered and followed by ambitious
scientist Dr. Paulus, who is obsessed by the idea of catching a time
traveller, will he make it home?
First book seen from Jochanan‟s perspective, second book from Dr
Paulus‟s, third book from Merlin‟s, fourth book from Akascha‟s, fifth
book from Michael‟s perspectives
LITTLE STORIES... (Cross-over - 72pp)
Manfred Schlüter & Alexandra Junge
30 little stories for big thoughts
Mixtvision Verlag, Germany (colour illustrated)
30 short stories that reflect life precious moments and big questions.
From the day a child comes to the world to an island falling in love,
a flower scared at opening up to the world and a city that holds its
breath for a moment. Magical…
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PIRATE X (11+ - 270pp)
Sherryl Clark
University of Queensland Press, Australia
Will is transported back from current day
London to 1717 through a portal and lands in the
pirate haven of Nassau. He‟s forced to work on
board Blackbeard‟s pirate ship, learns how to
fight with a cutlass, fire a cannon, and forms a
bond with the hapless Captain Bonnet. However,
Will is looking for a way to return to his world
and to put together the pieces of the puzzle that
took him back in time in the first place. But all
the while, Blackbeard is suspicious of his
strangeness and dismissive of his master, Stede
learning-how-to-be-a-pirate Bonnet, and disaster
looms. With his every move watched, Will is
desperate to get home but will he make it alive?
GALACTIC ADVENTURES (11+ - 216pp)
Tristan Bancks
University of Queensland Press, Australia
Dash Campbell has only ever had one dream. To go to
space. Now he and four others have been given the
chance to become the first kids ever to leave our planet.
From building rockets behind his family‟s laundromat
to attending a hardcore Space School in the US, Dash is
a long way from home. And he still has an intense
month of training ahead before he can even think about
that glorious moment of blasting out of Earth‟s
atmosphere and living his dream. But does Dash have
what it takes to survive Space School? Gruelling
physicals, fierce competition, media attention,
medicals, the Vomit Comet, a skydive from four
thousand metres and an instructor who despises him.
Can he push through his deepest fears and make
history? Does he have the right stuff to go to space?
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?
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EDSEL GRIZZLER Trilogy (11+)
James Roy - University of Queensland Press, Australia
First title “Voyage to Verdana” (276pp): When Edsel takes an unexpected voyage to a
parallel dimension called Verdada, the country of lost things, his life is transformed overnight.
Suddenly, his overprotective parents are nowhere to be seen and rules are a thing of the past. Or
so he thinks. Everything seems perfect but soon Edsel needs to decide between the world he
knows or remaining forever young in a place of forever fun. But time is running out. Everything
seems clear in Edsel‟s mind until he realises that this world might not be as ideal as it looks on
the surface...What if he and all his other companions were in fact the lost ones?
Second title “Rescue mission” (222pp): When Edsel Grizzler left Verdada, longing for a
normal home life, he was told he could never return. But when he receives a desperate note
from the friends he left behind, pleading for his help, Edsel must embark on another, greater
adventure - a rescue mission. Back in Verdada, the rules have changed. The Mira are gone, the
kids are alone and fending for themselves. Things are chaotic and Ben is struggling to maintain
order. It‟s up to Edsel to step in before it is too late. Is Jacq the key to their survival? Will
Edsel‟s bold mission be a success? Or will Verdada - and the children - be lost forever?
Third title “Ghostly shadows” (198pp) - Edsel and his friend Jacq are digging a hole under
the blazing Widen sun, and they don‟t even know why. The railway tunnel below their feet is
also a mystery. And when they finally make their way to Grand City, the list of things they
don‟t know just gets longer. And longer. Everything they see, everything they‟re told, just
makes them more confused. Can Edsel keep the promise he made to Ben and the children of
Verdada? Why is the usually feisty Jacq suddenly so pale and forgetful? Why is there a black
stagecoach waiting near the forest on the outskirts of Widen? And who are the strange,
ghostly figures that form wispy dreams with their bare hands?
SIMON SAVAGE Trilogy (10+)
Stephen Measdey - Little Hare, Australia
First title (205pp): Simon‟s father has drowned under mysterious circumstances
and Simon wants to know why. So when two secretive men turn up with
classified information and an offer of a place in an elite school, Simon jumps at
the chance - not least because these men seem to know more about his father
than they‟re letting on. This however, is no ordinary school, it is one of the
world‟s most uber secret organisations: The Time Bureau and Simon has been
hand chosen for training. He discovers a world he never knew existed and the
story of a father he didn‟t know as well as he thought he had. But unlocking
these secrets is only the beginning…
Second title (200pp): Simon Savage, the temponauts and the Time Bureau are
on full alert as the „Black Death‟ starts to appear in major cities around the
world, raising fears of a global pandemic. Missions to the past reveal the plague
has been carried to the present time by the fleas on rats from the 14th century.
But who is behind this deadly scheme to destroy billions of people around the
globe in the 21st Century? Meanwhile, Simon must find his family. Where have
they gone? And can he unravel the clues to their mysterious disappearance?
Rights sold in Germany
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TOTALLY TWINS Series (9+ - 160pp/title)
Aleesah Darlison & Serena Geddes - New Frontier, Australia
3 titles available (and more to come!)
www.totallytwins.com.au
First title “Musical Mayhem”: Perse and Portia live with their wacky mum,
Skye, who is a yoga teacher and laughter therapist. Perse is horrified when she has
to audition for the school musical and takes comfort in writing down her most
SECRET thoughts in her diary. The Heartfield Heights musical extravaganza soon
launches into full swing much to her dismay but to her sister‟s jubilation.
Second title “Model behaviour”: Portia hatches a plan to become a famous
model. To do it properly she has to awaken her „inner princess‟. Her sister thinks
she is delusional. But things do not go exactly to plan and Perse shares all the
comings and goings of the rich and not so famous in her not so secret diary.
Third title “Holiday humour” - Perse is set for a fun and exciting holiday, but
there‟s just one catch. The girls‟ annoying seven-year-old next door neighbour,
Dillon Pickleton, is going with them! In Perse‟s greatest adventure yet she faces
the perils of sailing the open seas, swimming with sharks and a dreaded dance-off.
Rights sold in France (rights for French Canada still available).
PLUM SERIES (8+ - 52pp/title)
Séverine Vidal & Kris Di Giacomo – Frimousse, France
2 titles available (two more to follow in spring 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.
1st title “the big rumour”: When Marie throws away a note claiming her love for
Josh and it lands on Aglae‟s, Plum‟s, William‟s, Toms‟s and Josh‟s desks, the
rumour quickly escalates! Especially when Marie does not show up at school on the
next day…Has she moved away to the US to avoid the scandal as everyone says?
Some even claim they saw her on American TV…. When a small rumour has big
consequences!
2nd
title “The son of dad’s new girlfriend”: Plum was very sad when her parents
divorced but now her dad has Lea in his life and she is happy because she makes
him smile all the time. Then one day, dad introduces Plum e to Lea‟s son Paul.
While her baby brother is very excited to have a new sibling, Lea is more hesitant
but despite her reticence has to admit that Paul is quite fun. Until she realises that
Barnabe, her best friend, does not seem so keen on Paul. Could he be jealous?
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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
2 titles available (3 titles planned in the series)
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
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BILLIE B. BROWN GIRLS SERIES (5+ - 48pp/title)
Christopher Milne - Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia
13 titles available + 1 bind-up
(more titles to come in the future)
www.billiebbrown.com
Billy B Brown is brave, brilliant, bold and every first
reader‟s best friend. Since its launch in 2010, 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 (and more to come in the future!)
The bestselling Australian series comes back
with a new design and website 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
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THE PHOENIX FILES SERIES (11+ - 320pp/title)
Chris Morphew - Hardie Grant Egmont, Australia
4 titles available (6 titles planned in the series)
www.thephoenixfiles.info
Someone in Phoenix is plotting to wipe-out the human race.
And the clock is ticking... Three teenagers have 100 days to save the ones they love.
Rights sold in the UK, US, Brazil and Turkey
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
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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!
First title “Splinterz” - Read how Sam and Jared explore the strange, alien
tunnels, while along the way sending the first frog into space using jet-
propelled buttocks! Just make sure that you‟re as brave and daring as them,
before you turn the first page!
Second title “Toe Jamm’s” - Sam‟s been hard at work all summer, trying to
build up the world‟s largest, smelliest, grossest ball of toe jam from all of the
cow poop, slug slime and sweat that‟s living between his toes. But when he
uses Smelly Melly‟s toothbrush to try and dig out the huge dob of mouldy,
smelly muck, well, let‟s just say...it‟s not too happy about the move!
Third title “Lick’d” (200pp): Sam and Jared‟s lives are in chaos once again.
Why would the cute, cuddly, spoilt pets that get to lay around all day and
have their food slopped out right in front of them purposely want to get their
masters into trouble? Were they evil, stupid . . . were they even from this
world? “Oooh Crap!! Fluff Butt just pooped right in the middle of the lounge-
room rug! . . . a week‟s worth of Chunky Beef Tongue with Vegetables,
Chicken Liver in Noodles, Lambs Brain in Gravy . . . all mooshed together,
dissolving and rotting in the gastric juices of the dog‟s stomach. All deposited
at once in a huge greeny browny yellowish dump!” . . .
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
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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
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
and India
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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.
Second title “Charlie Burr and the Great Shed
Invasion” (154pp) - Dad goes gold prospecting and
entrusts Charlie with an important task - keeping an eye on
his shed. A bloke‟s shed is sacred, so Charlie is horrified
when Mum finds the shed key and puts all Dad‟s junk out
for collection. To make matters worse, Charlie loses
Mum‟s pet cat and Grandpa loses his favourite carpet
python. Can Charlie find the pets and restock the shed
before anyone finds out what happened … and before
Cyclone Betty hits town?
OTHER TITLES TO DISCOVER THIS FRANKFURT….
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