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In an alternate reality a lot like our world, every person's physical size is directly proportional to their wealth. The poorest of the poor are the size of rats, and billionaires are the size of skyscrapers. Warner and his sister Prayer are destitute-and tiny. Their size is not just demeaning, but dangerous: day and night they face mortal dangers that bigger richer people don't ever have to think about, from being mauled by cats to their house...

WELCOME TO THE NEAR FUTURE, where good and honest citizens can enjoy watching the executions of society's most infamous convicted felons, streaming live on The Postman app from the suburbanized prison island Alcatraz 2.0. When seventeen-year-old Dee Guerrera wakes up in a haze, lying on the ground of a dimly lit warehouse, she realizes she's about to be the next victim of the app. Knowing hardened criminals are getting a taste of their own medicine...

Welcome To Who Wants To Be A Painiac?, the latest reality TV show on the hunt for the next big-hit serial killer. But don't worry-no one is actually going to murder anyone, as real as the fake gore and pretend murder may appear . . . uh, right? Seventeen-year-old Becca Martinello is about to find out. When her perfectly normal soccer mom dies in a car crash, a strange girl named Stef appears and lets Becca know that her deceased mom was none other...

EXPLOSIVE, FAST-PACED AND LACED WITH DARK HUMOUR An exciting page-turner that will appeal to fans of Suzanne Collins and the black humour of Tom Sharpe. Toby Smart and the Fight For Earth is the third and final book in the Toby Smart YA Sci-Fi trilogy. Having woken up on Earth, Toby, Luke and Sarah were sure their battle with the Dark One and his band of obsessive-compulsive troopers was over. It soon becomes clear that's not the case as...

Sixteen-year-old Penny has moved with her mom and huge dog, Ollie, to live above a small-town pub owned by her aunt. It's a relief to start over in a place where no one knows her father is in prison. It's summer, and the only person she knows is her nerdy cousin Simon. Soon she meets Simon's best friend, Brent, and Brent's twin sister, Tara, and their pug, Wolfgang. When Ollie digs up a human bone in the backyard of the pub, police are called. It...

In an alternate reality a lot like our world, every person's physical size is directly proportional to their wealth. The poorest of the poor are the size of rats, and billionaires are the size of skyscrapers. Warner and his sister Prayer are destitute-and tiny. Their size is not just demeaning, but dangerous: day and night they face mortal dangers that bigger richer people don't ever have to think about, from being mauled by cats to their house getting...

It's Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and all the Empire is preparing to celebrate. But, between suffragists assassins submariners Scots impersonators by, elections and aunts, having a quiet holiday is proving to be a tricky matter for Elliott Graven and Paisley DeLoup. And, with Alexander Graham Bell hosting a meeting that threatens to plunge the world into war (not to mention making romance dashed difficult) it's all Elliott and Paisley can do to...

The author of The Reformed Vampire Support Group turns her talents to shapeshifters of the furry kind in this howling good read. When Tobias Richard Vandevelde wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the night before, his horrified mother tells him that he was found unconscious. At Featherdale Wildlife Park. In a dingo pen. He assumes that his two best friends are somehow responsible, until the mysterious Reuben turns up, claiming that Toby has...

"So, you want me to give you a brief summary of our adventures?Fine, I'll try:The codenames DIANA and ARTEMIS belong to two members of a mysterious underground secret agency.After the failure of their first mission together, their own financial crisis will force these soul mates to work alongside in the crime world.With the help of IT expert and surgeon genius Abhi, they will try to find their place in a world that has erased their names from all...

ACTION-PACKED, EXCITING, AND RIOTOUSLY FUNNY' Toby Smart and the Battle Of Urkan is the second book in the Toby Smart YA Sci-Fi trilogy. After waking up on the alien planet Urkan, Toby, Luke and Sarah embark on a journey to find their lost friends. It won't be an easy task as the Dark One and his troopers unleash everything they have in an attempt to find them first. Relationships are once again tested as Toby and his friends find themselves caught...