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Black Baron (Lightning Strikes) by Robyn Opie
$15.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Lightning Strikes
Black Baron, Jakes champion cockroach hasn't lost a race and Jake is on top of the world. But his mum discovers the Black Baron in a shoebox and is horrified. When the Black Baron escapes, Mum calls the pest exterminator and a slapstick tale ensues. Ages 9-12.
Camp Croc (Lightning Strikes) by Trudie Trewin
$15.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Lightning Strikes Ser.
It's a jungle out there and Daks and his mates are in for an unexpected adventure at camp. Camp Trib is legendary. Daks is finally there after years of waiting. But so are two wildlife smugglers. Who should Daks and his mates be more afraid of? The smugglers? Or the wildlife?
Dog Squad (Lightning Strikes) by Meredith Costain
$15.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Lightning Strikes
Jez has a problem. Having racked up debt, he needs money. Fast. He decides to get a loan from a boy called Crippler, but finds he is stuck with a new problem: Crippler wants to be paid back, now. So with the help of his best mate, Cheezel, he stumbles on a plan to find the mayor's missing dog and make a ...Show more
Egghead (Lightning Strikes) by Clare Scott
$15.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Lightning Strikes
When their teacher sets a class experiment to look after an egg for a whole week as though it were a baby, the class is excited but it's going to be a l-o-n-g week. Soon, there are several casualties and the narrator is devastated when, at the end of the week, the school bully smashes his egg all over h ...Show more
Freaky (Lightning Strikes) by Sue Whiting
$15.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Lightning Strikes
When Jayden's parents go off on their second honeymoon, he's forced to stay with his eccentric and prickly cactus-devotee relatives. But Jayden's boredom turns to distress when his aunt and uncle bring home an unusual cactus. There's just something spooky about it. And when it starts shaking and increas ...Show more
Going for Broke (Lightning Strikes) by Meg McKinlay
$15.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Lightning Strikes Ser.
Nathan is tired of watching other kids receive awards at assembly, so he hatches a plan to do something 'amazingly amazing' by breaking a record in the Amazing World Records book. With little planning but lots of daring, Nathan and his mates make numerous attempts at World Record feats. Each attempt is ...Show more
Haunted (Lightning Strikes) by Lorraine Orman
$15.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Lightning Strikes
When Georgia and her brother Ned are shipped off to their uncle and aunt's farm for the holidays, things look bleak. She will have to spend time with her bully of a cousin, Jeff. When she meets a strange local girl called Lily who wants to be friends, Georgia decides anything is better than spending tim ...Show more
Jinxed! (Lightning Strikes) by Jill McDougall
$15.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Lightning Strikes
After accidentally smashing her next-door neighbour's pet python's tank, Jinx has to come up with a plan for some fast cash to pay for a new tank, so she devises a number of schemes, but they all end in disaster! Just when Jinx is about to give up, something comes up that gives her the chance to use her ...Show more
Lightning Strikes: Diaster Chef by Meredith Costain
$15.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Lightning Strikes
Ollie and Julian are identical twins, but they couldn't be more different: Ollie loves sports and is the local footy champ, while Julian is a quiet achiever who spends most of his time in the kitchen, cooking. Much to Ollie's surprise, Julian enters the Junior Maestro Chef competition and is going to be ...Show more
Oddball (Lightning Strikes) by Janeen Brian
$15.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Lightning Strikes
In a moment of temporary insanity, Sol Tranter challenges school bully, Aggo, to a game of handball - and what's worse, he blurts out that he is going to beat Aggo using hypnotism. Sol is miserable and desperate in equal measures, and with no plan forthcoming, he hopes for a miracle. Things begin to loo ...Show more
Queasy Rider (Lightning Strikes) by James Roy
$15.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Lightning Strikes
Thicky and Nobby find an old discarded bike near the railway tracks. They hatch a plan: each rider puts twenty cents in a jar and the person who dares to ride the bike to the bottom of the hill wins the loot. Ages 9-12.
Sucked In (Lightning Strikes) by John Parker
$15.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Lightning Strikes
Zaney is very small for his age and the brunt of many a joke from his mates. So when Zaney sees a strange ad for real body parts, he decides to buy an eye to make him taller. How can an eye make him taller? And when the eye arrives, it is more than anyone expected. Ages 9-12.