AustLit

'New kids aren't cool. Everyone knows that. Eleven-year-old Sam is the new kid at school but he has a plan, or two, or three to make himself the most popular kid ever. What you are about to read is unforgettable (lonely losers, frog underpants, human umbrellas, bad boys ...). It's bumpy (jumping out a window is never a good idea). It's the story of a kid who wants to be more. P.S. Sam was not harmed (too much) during the telling of this story.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)

'Orphaned twins Dani and Bart have lived and worked at Tintarfell Castle for as long as they can remember.

'Nothing remarkable has ever happened to them - until the day Bart is kidnapped.

'As Dani and the devious Prince Edward try to find him, strange becomes even stranger when they encounter a sarcastic giant, a mysterious sorcerer, a retired witch and a warthog named Flango.

'Dani and Bart must decide how far they will go to save themselves, the kingdom, and each other.' (Publication summary)

'In a land where peace is threatened by assassins, invading armies and unhappy peasants, one knight must be brave enough to journey forth on a great quest.

''But that can't be me,' thought Sir Roderick. 'I'm the most junior knight in the kingdom. And definitely the most hopeless. They wouldn't pick me to go somewhere so dangerous...

'Would they?'' (Publication summary)