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Issue Details: First known date: 1996... 1996 Trend Fiction
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Notes

  • 'An ongoing series for adolescents and children in the upper primary and lower secondary range. A selection of 20 earlier titles in the series were reprinted as New Trend Fiction.'

Includes

y separately published work icon The Newby Blues Meg Caraher , South Melbourne : Pearson Education Australia , 2001 Z988226 2001 single work children's fiction children's
y separately published work icon The Bliss Bone Vivian Bligh , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998 Z1078715 1998 single work novel young adult
y separately published work icon Mick the Mimic David Metzenthen , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998 Z1078729 1998 single work novel young adult
y separately published work icon The Red Hot Footy Fiasco David Metzenthen , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998 Z1078735 1998 single work novel young adult
y separately published work icon How I Got a Girlfriend Michael Hyde , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1999 Z1081285 1999 single work novel young adult
y separately published work icon The Boogie Board Kid Michael Hyde , South Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 2000 Z1081296 2000 single work children's fiction children's
y separately published work icon Seal Saves the Island Michael Hyde , South Melbourne : Pearson Education Australia , 2001 Z1081302 2001 single work children's fiction children's
y separately published work icon Snake Island James McQueen , Melbourne : Longman , 1999 Z1309447 1999 single work children's fiction children's
y separately published work icon Stranger James McQueen , South Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 2000 Z1309468 2000 single work children's fiction children's
y separately published work icon Cody and Zero David Metzenthen , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1997 Z1321177 1997 single work children's fiction children's
y separately published work icon The Diary of Fat Robby Pile David Metzenthen , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1997 Z1321185 1997 single work children's fiction children's
y separately published work icon Lefty Lemon Kicks Goals David Metzenthen , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1997 Z1321286 1997 single work children's fiction children's
y separately published work icon Bruise Jeri Kroll , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998 Z24379 1998 single work novel young adult
y separately published work icon Goliath Jeri Kroll , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998 Z24482 1998 single work novel young adult
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y separately published work icon Dolphin Magic Patricia Bernard , South Melbourne : Pearson Education Australia , 2001 Z1552722 2001 single work children's fiction children's South Melbourne : Pearson Education Australia , 2001
y separately published work icon Forty-Nine Ghosts Hoa Pham , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998 Z1019621 1998 single work children's fiction children's 'After Kim's grandmother (Ba) dies, her dad says it will take forty-nine days for Ba's spirit to leave the earth. Should Kim believe him? He is a scientist, after all. Her friends think it's all just spooky. But when Kim has a dream in which her Ba visits her, she realises that both her dad and her friends may be right.' (Source: Author's website) Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998
y separately published work icon No One Like Me Hoa Pham , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998 Z1019626 1998 single work children's fiction children's 'Huong and her friends are not the most popular girls in school. They don't have boyfriends, they aren't blonde, they don't play sport. Plus Huong has a family secret that she's not allowed to tell anyone about. Huong thinks that there is no one like her at school. But one day someone shows her that there is ...' (Source: Author's website) Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998
y separately published work icon The Battle for Roserock Bottom Jim Schembri , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998 Z1078719 1998 single work children's fiction young adult

'The faeries, gnomes and elves of an Enchanted Forest try to stop the bulldozers that are destroying their home. When asking nicely doesn’t work, they decide to use their magical powers to play dirty.'

Source : author's website

 Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998
y separately published work icon I Was a Teenage Exam Cheat Jim Schembri , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998 Z1078722 1998 single work single work novella young adult

'A high school boy who habitually cheats on his exams gets two friends to help him break the habit. Good intentions go awry, however, when they get caught up in a kidnapping plot with two incompetent goons.'

Source : author's website

 Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998
y separately published work icon The Skin of a Star Sue Saliba , Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998 Z1891437 1998 single work children's fiction children's 'Sair has moved to a small town in Thailand where her mother has a job. Things are so different there. Sair misses her best friend, Miranda. She misses Australia. Then she meets Sukanya. They don't speak each other's language so they have to somehow create their own. It isn't English and it isn't Thai. It is special talk. It is a special friendship' (Source: author's website). Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1998
y separately published work icon It Came From Channel 5 Jim Schembri , Carol Pelham-Thorman (illustrator), South Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1999 20617048 1999 single work children's fiction children's

'Two high-school girls discover the shocking truth behind the hugely popular children’s TV show, Laszlo the Lizard & Pals. The adventure takes them backstage, into a dressing room closet, and eventually into the outer reaches of the solar system as they try to uncover the truth behind the global popularity of this deceptively innocent children’s TV show.'

Source : author's website

 South Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1999
y separately published work icon Long Weekend at Snow Bunny Farm Jim Schembri , Neil Curtis (illustrator), South Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1999 20617293 1999 single work novella children's

'While on a school excursion to the snowfields, a group of schoolkids discover a witch’s curse, which brings giant snowbunnies to life. Facing them takes a lot of bravery, quick thinking and teamwork as the bunnies stomp about destroying everything in sight.'

Source : author's website

 South Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1999
y separately published work icon Triple Dog Dare Jim Schembri , Andrew Hopgood (illustrator), South Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1999 20617472 1999 single work children's fiction children's

'When a boy becomes fed up with trying to impress the coolest kid in school he challenges him to a showdown of courage.'

Source : author's website

 South Melbourne : Addison Wesley Longman Australia , 1999

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1996
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Related Works

New Trend Fiction Longman Cheshire (publisher), series - publisher
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Works about this Work

Untitled Carol Townsing , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 15 no. 3 2001; (p. 41-42)
— Review of Trend Fiction 1996 series - publisher
Untitled Neville Barnard , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 15 no. 3 2000; (p. 32)
— Review of Trend Fiction 1996 series - publisher
Untitled Rebekah Aspinall , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 36-37)
— Review of Trend Fiction 1996 series - publisher
Untitled Neville Barnard , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 15 no. 3 2000; (p. 32)
— Review of Trend Fiction 1996 series - publisher
Untitled Rebekah Aspinall , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 36-37)
— Review of Trend Fiction 1996 series - publisher
Untitled Carol Townsing , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 15 no. 3 2001; (p. 41-42)
— Review of Trend Fiction 1996 series - publisher
VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (3)
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