The Silver Swan
When we last saw Lily Swann, she had been reunited with her family—and her missing father. But after her swashbuckling adventures as a pirate, Lily finds life ashore hard to take. And her father isn’t helping; he seems determined to forget his daughter ever went to sea. When Napoleon’s siege threatens Malta, Captain Swann receives new orders. He prepares to leave his family again—and Lily seizes her chance.
Determined not to be left behind, Lily, her mother and her younger brother find themselves in the thick of a daring scheme to save Malta. But things don’t go to plan and once again she has to face her nemesis—Captain Diablo!
Des Hunt
Des Hunt lives on the Coromandel Peninsula. His first novel, A Friend in Paradise, was a finalist in the 2003 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards, followed in 2005 by the bestselling The Moa Cave, and in 2006 by the equally successful Frog Whistle Mine. His fourth novel, Where Cuckoos Call, will be published in 2007.
The Moa Cave
When Tyler Matthews wins a competition for a Nature South Eco Tour, he has no idea how much his life will change. He meets the two other winners—Hine and the maddening Mandy—and soon finds himself caught in a maze of intrigue and adventure. When Tyler finds the mummified remains of a moa hunter in a secret cave he also finds an ancient mystery. Who was the dead boy and how did he die—and what is the significance of his stone pendant?
In a fast-paced and exciting story Tyler, Hine and Mandy must put aside their differences to solve the mystery of the disappearing dolphins—and stay alive when a game of dare goes dangerously wrong!
Frog Whistle Mine
Twelve-year-old Tony desperately wants to belong somewhere. After all, he’s spent his entire life travelling around the country with his mum. When they arrive in Charleston, a goldmining ghost town, he’s almost afraid to hope that this might finally be the place. Everything seems perfect, apart from the annoying Rose, who can’t stop talking. There’s a wild coast and abandoned mines to explore, new people to get to know—and something strange that happens on his very first night, when he sleeps out in an ancient caravan.
There are dark secrets beneath the surface of the quiet little town, and Tony is about to come face to face with an intriguing mystery of his own…
Where Cuckoos Call
Ben Mansfield is only 12, but he’s already got some man-sized worries. He’s losing his dad to a debilitating illness and his mum is struggling to keep the family together.
Ben lives in a sheltered bay, where shining cuckoos nest before travelling thousands of kilometres across the Pacific in their annual migration. When his parents decide to sell the farm that’s been in his family for generations, Ben’s life turns upside down. He has to grow up fast as change threatens everything he loves. But Ben finds an unexpected ally, and his decision to defy his father and raise an orphaned shining cuckoo takes him far from home, only to find himself in serious trouble.
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