A car full of stewed apples. A police cell.
A struggle to keep Dad off national TV.
Then her world turns upside down.
TEACHER’S PET
Ginger is allergic to cats.
And possibly to her family as well.
She’s also not keen on the cat food in her breakfast bowl or the school principal trying to kill her best friend. The question on everyone’s lips is – will Ginger snap?
THE OTHER FACTS OF LIFE
Ben stared at the TV. He’d never seen anything like it. Fascinating. Incredible. Awful. He had to do something.
WATER WINGS
Pearl needs a gran and she needs one now.
Luckily she’s got Winston to help her.
You can do anything when your best friend is the world’s brainiest guinea pig.
Well, almost anything.
ADULTS ONLY
Jake is an only kid. He’s the only kid in his family. He’s the only kid on his island. Or that’s what he thinks.
BUMFACE
His mum calls him Mr Dependable, but Angus can barely cope. Another baby would be a disaster. So Angus comes up with a bold and brave plan to stop her getting pregnant. That’s when he meets Rindi. And Angus thought he had problems . . .
WORM STORY
Wilton has a bad feeling in his tummy. The one he lives in. Can one worm discover new worlds and save his friends from destruction? Wilton is about to find out.
SECOND CHILDHOOD
Mark and his friends discover they’ve lived before. Not only that – they were Famous and Important People! Which is lots of fun. At first.
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