AustLit

'Stacey Casey’s father is a terrible inventor. But now, despite years of failed inventions, he has created a functioning time machine. Well…kind of!

'Stacey Casey is a fun and adventurous middle grade series that will take kids on a wild ride into the past.

'Oliver is lost in time, now Stacey must find a way to save him without falling into a deadly trap or destroying the universe. With the help of an old man version of Oliver, the characters must travel back to 1964 to rescue him, and to stop an evil woman from stealing a powerful artifact and taking over the world. A dangerous quest that takes them to a place outside of all time and space. Stacey and her friends team up with the world’s most famous philosopher, Plato, to explore the lost city of Atlantis.

'Oh yes, and there’s the small problem of the dinosaur, Cooper, who they accidently kidnapped from the cretaceous period.

'How are they going to get him back to his mum?

'A thrilling adventure, or just another day in the Casey household?' (Publication summary)

'Stacey Casey is a fun and adventurous middle grade series that will take kids on a wild ride into the past.

'On their journey, readers will discover surprising and sometimes hidden and fascinating historical facts. Stacey and her friend Oliver travel back in time where they encounter villains, heroes, tantalising mysteries and intriguing adventures that will keep kids guessing. The Stacey Casey series is a wonderful combination of time travel, friendship, courage, science, history and mystery all wrapped up in one

'Stacey, Oliver and Stacey’s dad are 100 million years in the past looking at dinosaurs. They are chased by a lightning claw and make an emergency jump back to 2022 to escape. Now they have two problems, a stow away baby cooperenis and a damaged time machine! To fix it they travel back in time again to the 1880s in Australia and find themselves faced with outlaws, explores and a mystery that could destroy the universe.' (Publication summary)

'Stacey Casey is a fun and adventurous middle grade series that will take kids on a wild ride into the past.

' On their journey, readers will discover surprising and sometimes hidden and fascinating historical facts. Stacey and her friend Oliver travel back in time where they encounter villains, heroes, tantalising mysteries and intriguing adventures that will keep kids guessing. The Stacey Casey series is a wonderful combination of time travel, friendship, courage, science, history and mystery all wrapped up in one

'Stacey Casey’s father is a terrible inventor. But now, despite years of failed inventions, he has created a functioning time machine. Well…kind of! Instead of sending him back in time, he turns their entire house into a time machine, transporting everyone and everything in it. Stacey and her friend Oliver find themselves in 1965 faced with a series of extraordinary events. They find a bizarre artifact and encounter strange man who seems to know Stacey … but why is he chasing them? Who set the school on fire? And what’s with all the famous people they keep meeting? Can the friends solve the string of unanswered questions and find their way home?''  (Publication summary)

'Kevin ‘Dasher’ Wheatley VC is one of the most extraordinary characters in Australian history. Dasher was a husband, father, champion footballer and one of the finest soldiers this country has ever produced. The story of his sacrifice is used by the ADF as a perfect example of valour and mateship to this day. Although he is one of the most famous Victoria Cross recipients of all time, his story has never been fully told. Until now.

'Dasher: The Kevin Wheatley VC Story was written with firsthand accounts from Dasher’s family and the men who served and fought alongside him. It tells not only the story of an unlikely lad from the mean streets of Sydney, but that of a soldier whose death devastated the ranks of three armies and changed the way Australia dealt with the overseas loss of service people forever.

'Everyone who met the man has a Dasher Wheatley story of larrikin behaviour, outstanding soldiering, stunning valour, or all three.'

Source : publisher's blurb