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The Magic Clown by Cathan

Once upon a time in a faraway land on the other side of the moon, lived a beautiful four-year-old princess named Nicole. Princess Nicole's parents, the King and Queen, were away for a six-month journey to visit the farthest star. While the king was away, Prince George (Nicole's uncle, Prince of Sunbeams), was to be her guardian. Only Prince George wasn't a nice Uncle, he wanted to be king and he wanted HIS daughter to be the favourite. So he…
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Sherry Sharples by Margaret Pearce

(ebooks are available from all sites, and print is available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble) Chapter 1 "I'm not going to be disposed of like an unwanted piece of garbage," Sherry stormed. She pointed her mobile phone accusingly at her mother. "The arrangement was that I spend these holidays with you." "Not this time! Your father is picking you up," her mother said. "Now try and put a pleasant look on your face." Sherry scowled at her reflection in…
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The Convertible Couch by Margaret Pearce

  Chapter 1   Benjamin Bateman, known to friends and enemies as Beebie, scuffed his feet and squirmed. Other kids whispered, shuffled, clattered pens and rulers, and opened and shut books. In exactly ten minutes the bell would sound, and the tyranny of school would be over for the weekend break. The wandering eyes of Mr. James, his teacher lingered on him. He straightened up and sat very still. Today of all days he didn't want a detention. He had…
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A Bernie Bolton Book: Bernie Bolton’s Book by S. B. Sturdevant

(ebooks are available from all sites, and print is available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble) Continue the series:   WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 28   I got this book today and I'll explain all about that in a minute, but I have to tell ya' that I think it's really freaky trying to talk to a pencil and a spiral notebook. I didn't even get the color I wanted, which was red. Instead I wound up with white! Can you imagine…
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A Bernie Bolton Book: Bernie Bolton’s Brother by S. B. Sturdevant

  (ebooks are available from all sites, and print is available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble) Continue the series:   THE END   Just because Bernie Bolton turned ten that summer, don't get the idea it was a great summer for her...because it wasn't. In fact, it was probably the most awful summer of her whole life, so far. But, don't get the idea it was a hideous summer either, because it wasn't. What it was, was the summer…
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A Bernie Bolton Book: Bernie Bolton’s Big Apple Christmas by S. B. Sturdevant

Bernice Blossom Bolton--Bernie--is a nine-and-a-half-year-old force to be reckoned with as she charges head-first into the 21st century. Feisty and fun, liberated and opinionated, she's ready to take on the world.   (ebooks are available from all sites, and print is available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble) Continue the series:   CHAPTER 1 THE ULTIMATE WORST   If you asked any kid in the whole entire world to make a list of the worst possible things that could happen,…
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The Secret in the Compost Bin by Margaret Pearce

    Chapter One The Mystery Egg   Jeremy and his parents had shifted into the nicest house in the street, and he hated it! He was glad it was right beside his aunt and uncle's home, which was the untidiest house in the street, so at least he could play with his cousin Kate. Otherwise, he just wished and wished they were back in their inner suburban flat. No one understood why he hated the new house so much.…
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The Scarlett Quest by Margaret Pearce

    Chapter one   John Scarlett was triumphant. His perilous experiment had succeeded. Parallel universes were a reality! He had arrived! He stood in the clearing on the side of a hill; a short, slightly built young man with overlong fair hair and pale blue eyes, wearing a long‑sleeved coarse white cotton shirt, black leather motorbike pants and boots. The air had the freshness and cleanness of a pre-industrial age. No combustion engines, industrial smog or even wood smoke.…
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The Edge of Forever by Margaret Pearce

    Chapter one   Jane Smith drank her milk and watched her mother washing breakfast dishes. Her mother was small, dark and quick-moving, and at the moment, very upset. Jane felt guilty. The question had just forced itself out. "Was there something wrong with us that my father left?" Perhaps if there were any relations at all she wouldn't feel so unwanted, or such an oddity.  As it was, the resentment was forever there against the unknown father who…
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Caught in Willaburra by Margaret Pearce

  Chapter One   I opened my eyes to dull spaciousness, and a silence as muffling as cotton wool. I was in a hospital bed. Had I been ill?  I didn't feel pain or weakness. Come to think of it, I didn't feel anything!  I pushed back the grey-white covers and slid off the high bed. Although I only wore a skimpy hospital gown, I was neither warm nor cold, and the floor under my bare feet was just slippery.…
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A Belinda Robinson Novel Series, Book 3: Belinda and the Missing Will by Margaret Pearce

Meet Belinda--a bright, inquisitive girl whose life is full of unexpected twists! With the help of her grandmother, her animal friends, and her unstoppable curiosity, Belinda tackles everything from talking cats to family mysteries. These delightful chapter books for kids blend everyday life with a hint of the magical. Perfect for fans of spunky heroines, quirky adventures, and family-friendly mysteries!   Continue the Series: Chapter 3   "Do you think you should come with us after all?" Belinda's father had…
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A Belinda Robinson Novel Series, Book 2: Belinda and the Holidays it Rained by Margaret Pearce

Meet Belinda--a bright, inquisitive girl whose life is full of unexpected twists! With the help of her grandmother, her animal friends, and her unstoppable curiosity, Belinda tackles everything from talking cats to family mysteries. These delightful chapter books for kids blend everyday life with a hint of the magical. Perfect for fans of spunky heroines, quirky adventures, and family-friendly mysteries!       Continue the Series:   Chapter 1   Belinda pressed her nose to the window and glared at…
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A Belinda Robinson Novel Series, Book 1: Belinda and the Witch’s Cat by Margaret Pearce

Meet Belinda--a bright, inquisitive girl whose life is full of unexpected twists! With the help of her grandmother, her animal friends, and her unstoppable curiosity, Belinda tackles everything from talking cats to family mysteries. These delightful chapter books for kids blend everyday life with a hint of the magical. Perfect for fans of spunky heroines, quirky adventures, and family-friendly mysteries!       Continue the Series: Chapter 1   Belinda lay in her bed and stared through the darkness at…
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Time Travellers Trilogy, Book 3: Creating Futures by Linda Massola

When the Stanton kids take a trip in the time machine into the year 3010, they meet up with a race of people called the Troikas who are intent on creating perfect human beings. Initially, the children are impressed with their abilities, but, after they realise that the Troikas aren't what they seem to be, they decide they better return to their time--fast. However, the Troikas have other plans. The children will need to employ every trick they can think…
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Time Travellers Trilogy, Book 2: Playing With Time by Linda Massola

The Stanton kids once again return to their vacation houseboat. When their old enemy, Mr. Powers, creates a vortex which sends him back in time, the children use their time machine to travel back to 1870, where Mr. Powers is a wanted bushranger who tries to hold them prisoner. In a race against time itself, they try to outwit him by destroying the vortex and leaving him stranded--this time with no possible way of escaping back to their time! GENRE: …
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Time Travellers Trilogy, Book 1: H20 To Go! by Linda Massola

While vacationing on a houseboat situated smack dab in the middle of a dry lake bed, the Stanton kids and their cousins discover a time machine that makes their lives a whole lot more interesting...and without a doubt more dangerous!   While holidaying on a houseboat in the middle of a dry lake bed, the Stanton kids and their cousins find a time machine that someone is apparently using for their own evil purposes. When they discover that Mr. Powers…
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A Roman Tale by Julie Laing

Chapter 1 THE HOME FARM   Paulus perched on the roof, watching the dust swirl in the distance.  Something or someone was galloping to their lonely farm.  He slid down the tiles and raced up the hill to meet the horseman. "Son," said a quivery voice, "I've missed you." Paulus stammered, "G…ood morning sir."  He had a flash of memory of his father leaving for war five years before.  He had been tall and dressed in a golden breastplate with…
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The Ogre’s Curse by Janean Nusz

Kaitlin is thrilled when she discovers a small gold nugget high in the mountains near the legendary Ogre's Cave. Soon after, the people in her village unexplainably begin to disappear without a trace, no clue where they've gone. As the population dwindles to almost nothing, Kaitlin realizes the gold nugget she took from the mountain is the cause of the disappearances and sets out to return what she inadvertently stole. Enlisting help from three friends and a foundling with mysterious…
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Isshuay Series by Cheryl Scott Norman

Ali's life is about to change forever when she flies with her new friend Bern through the Shimmering into the beautiful land of Isshuay. Book 1: Through the Shimmering Shy, dreamy Ali is the only one with the power to save the magical land of Isshuay. When Bern, a boy she has only just met, convinces her she must go with him to a place she's never heard of, her life is on the verge of changing forever. Who are…
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Isshuay Series, Book 3: Troll’s Revenge by Cheryl Scott Norman

Ali's life is about to change forever when she flies with her new friend Bern through the Shimmering into the beautiful land of Isshuay. Goran the troll plots revenge by coercing two silversmiths into attempt the forbidden act of opening a path through the Shimmering to Ali's world. Ali's mother Jane is mistakenly kidnapped by the smiths and held prisoner in the Isshuayan tundra. Ali knows she must return to Isshuay, but the only way back is through the Shimmering,…