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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Vivian Vande Velde
Ten tales for teens from a master of fantastical storytelling
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Not feeling particularly good, or all that beautiful, almost-thirteen-year-old Princess Imogene heads for a nearby pond, where, unfortunately, a talking frog tricks her into kissing him. No prince appears, as…
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A teenage witch enters other people’s dreams to solve a murder
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When Selwyn is accused of murdering his rival, Farold, he is sealed in the village burial cave with Farold, he is sealed in the village burial cave with Farold’s mouldering…
Telmund is a prince who loves fables. But when a hasty witch mistakes him for bully in need of paranormal punishment, he’s cursed to transform into a new animal every…
The laugh-out-loud adventures of a wizard on vacation.
Have you ever wondered just what was going on when that odd little man with the long name stepped up and volunteered to spin straw into gold for the miller’s…
A relentlessly delightful princess and her choleric fairy imposter switch places for three turbulent days in this magical yarn from Edgar Award-winning author Velde ( Never Trust a Dead Man…
Wendy isn’t as blind as a bat - which is why, when her new glasses break, she’s happy to wear the dorky pair of sunglasses. But, then she begins to…
If Howard had known the old hag was a witch, he never would have taunted her. She responded with a curse and now hes a goose. The only way to…
A bullied fifth-grade girl befriends a dog named Sherlock who can talk. Soon, Amy finds herself tangled up in dangerous schemes and hanging out with people she never would have…
In the virtual reality game Heir Apparent, there are too many ways to get killed–and Giannine is finding them all. Unless she can get the magic ring, locate the stolen…
Witnessing a bank robbery gone awry, misfit 15-year-old Zoe, a girl with supernatural ability to jump back in time and repeat events with up to 10 tries, attempts to stop…
Once upon a time there was very nice but very plain princess named Jennifer, who, following proper fairy-tale protocol, fell in love with very handsome but very conceited prince named…
It’s bad enough that Deanna has to waste her summer in France and her only friend is a mangy black cat, but now she’s staring hopelessly into a well, trying…
When Ted’s five year old sister, Vicki, invents an imaginary friend, no one is too concerned… except that Vicki’s friend can move things. Ted thinks this new friend is a…
Fifteen-year-old Alys is not a witch. But that doesn’t matter–the villagers think she is and have staked her out on a hillside as a sacrifice to the local dragon. It’s…
Nola’s not much of a witch - she can work only a few useless spells, like the one that lets her spy on people. But there’s no spell for keeping…
Eight witty stories that parody the Little Red Riding Hood tale/
A girl finds herself running through the forest at the edge of a village with no memory of anything, even her own name, and later learns that she might be…
In this daring tale that combines history with fantasy, a young girl is sent away from Paris when the Nazis invade to her aunts home in the French countryside. She…
It’s the most advanced computer role-playing game ever: When you play you’re really there. The game plugs directly into your brain - no keyboard, no modem, no monitor. And for…
Pandemonium breaks out at the science museum as Twitch, the popular squirrel from 8 Class Pets + 1 Squirrel O 1 Dog = Chaos, hitches a ride in a backpack…
A schoolyard squirrel and Pet Rat try to watch the student production Cinderella but end up stealing the show when they accidentally end up on stage –
A gleefully oblivious squirrel narrates this rib-tickling chapter book about how he turns a family get-together upside-down. Illustrations.
Loveably chaotic Twitch the squirrel and Sweetie the Library Rat accidentally make their stage debuts in the school play in this hilarious 8 Class Pets chapter book series.
While trying to excape from a hungry owl, Twitch the squirrel roused the principal’s dog and got chased into a school. Now he’s locked in! Can the other school pets…
Presents thirteen twisted versions of such familiar fairy tales as Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Hansel and Gretel, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
