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Lightning Strikes: Diaster Chef by Meredith Costain
Category: Children's Fiction | 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
Lightning Strikes : Spitting image by James Roy
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
When Charlie's family car pulls up outside the zoo, he realises he's been tricked by his parents again. This isn't the zoo. It's a petting zoo! His younger sister, Abby, is going to love it, but Charlie is in for the most boring day of his life. It's going to be worse than school. Until the alpacas get ...Show more
Lightning Strikes : The Slice by Rose Quilter
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
Marco's stomach rumbles. He remembers the cold piece of pizza left over from last night. But Andy and Joey are starving too. They all hold on to the pizza box. It's decided that the last person holding the box gets the slice. They've got nothing else to do this summer.
Oddball (Lightning Strikes) by Janeen Brian
Category: Children's Fiction | 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
Category: Children's Fiction | 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.
Spaced Out (Lightning Strikes) by Moya Simons
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
Centuria -- a planet full of new technology and fascinating inventions. A great place for Jesse to spend his two hundred and ?fty space credits he's brought with him from Earth. But when he rescues human-like robot boy, Michael, Jesse must go deep into the Farlands around the city. Will he be able to he ...Show more
Sucked In (Lightning Strikes) by John Parker
Category: Children's Fiction | 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.
Sucked Out (Lightning Strikes) by John Parker
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
That bloodthirsty eyeball is on the loose again! The eyeball has abandoned old Grimmo's head and is looking for blood. Can Zainey and Dan capture it before it finds a new place to call home? Revisiting our favourite characters we met in Sucked In, this title can also be read as a stand-alone story. Ages ...Show more
The Big Dig (Lightning Strikes) by Meg McKinlay
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
Ronnie, Wasel and Nathan spend EVERY summer at the local pool. So when the arrive on opening day to find the pool is closed, the boys are devastated! Summer is looking dire...until Nathan comes up with the idea to build their own pool in his mum's backyard. Ages 8-12.
The Great Shave (Lightning Strikes) by Clare Scott
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
Stix reckons he's the Screaming Greenie Meanies' biggest fan, so when the band holds a concert in his town, Stix and his mates just have to dye their hair green and go to the concert. The green dye runs out and Stix decides to use green food colouring instead, but the result is devastating. Ages 9-12. ...Show more
The Master (Lightning Strikes) by Geoff Havel
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
Rick lives on a farm with his mum and his grandfather. They're a normal family except for one thing: Rick and his grandpa are engaged in a constant battle of practical jokes. Whether dyeing the milk green, putting the clocks forward, short-sheeting the beds or using whoopee cushions in church, they each ...Show more
The Meteorite Kid (Lightning Strikes) by Carol Faulkner
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
Morgan Mayne gets more than she bargains for when she catches a strange, unearthly object that falls from the sky. This mysterious object turns out to be a meteorite that has a strange power over anyone who touches it, except Morgan. As Morgan is the only one who can safely touch it, she takes possessio ...Show more