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'So you want to know why boogas are reeeally green? And can you put all of that awesomely gross sweat, slime and garbage that you’ve saved-up between your toes for six months, you know ‘toe jam’, on toast for breakfast? Well how would I know?! Geez, do I look like some sort of humongous computer square-head with ‘GOOGLE’ written across my face!? But I can tell you why I reckon snot is green and other totally useless and crappy information like that. And take another totally twisted and disgusting adventure of the gross kind to discover the weird secret of ‘the Birthday Barf’! Yep, so if you want the real info’ don’t bother asking me … I wouldn’t have a clue!' (Publication summary)

'Just when you thought the contents of your stomach were safe … out comes Book 4 in the Yucky Disgustingly Gross Icky Short Stories series – Brain Blast. In this hilarious series of short stories, Sam and Jared finally attempt to use their brains ... just not in the way they should!   They take on the big questions like:  Can you pick your nose with your toes? Why shouldn't you try and spin 360 times on a chair in under two minutes? Why is toe-jam named after a sugary spread? Get ready kids, this hilarious book is full of the most yucky, gross and totally, disgusting twisted tales ever!  You'll be left gagging and laughing for more.' (Publication summary)

'There’s a new sleuth in town — he’s fun, funny, and very 2424! It’s 2424. Super Sleuth Max Booth is uncovering the secrets of 20th century gadgets with his faithful but slightly neurotic robodog, Oscar. There are sinister characters and challenges along the way. Join the adventure in this fabulous series full of mystery, surprises and suspense. Ideal for reluctant readers.

'IF YOU HAVE A MAP, YOU MUST KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING… RIGHT? TODAY, MAX ISN’T SO SURE! When Max and his brainy beagle-bot, Oscar, find a 400-year-old navigation unit, they’re shocked to discover that it still seems to work. They trace its owner’s last journey and find themselves on the road to very big trouble!

'Far from home, Max and Oscar cross paths with a bunch of bungling burglars, trying to zip away with a precious piece of old-tech art. Max and Oscar will need to map out a rapid plan to catch the thieves and navigate their way out of danger!.'

Source : publication summary

'Max and his robo-dog, Oscar, are baffled by the discovery of a tiny device that looks like a grain of rice. Using their future-sleuthy skills, they figure out what it is – an ID chip that should have been implanted into a very special dog ... 400 years ago! They unleash the truth of a long-lost treasure. But, Bluggsville's savviest sleuths could be hounded off the treasure trail for good.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'In the year 2424, it seems crazy that people once needed film to take photos. Max and Oscar – Bluggsville’s smartest sleuths – are shocked when they find a 400-year-old roll of film. They’re even more shocked to discover that it still seems to contain someone’s happy snap!

'Unfortunately, they’re not the only people who realise how rare, and valuable, this photo could be. Max and Oscar are going to need all of their wits to make sure the photo ends up in the museum, where it belongs!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'First there was Booga Blast, next we had Barf Blast and now Book number 3 in the Yucky Disgusting series is ready to roll.

'Just when you thought it was safe … out comes Book 3 – Butt Blast. Featuring hilarious stories that ponder the big questions such as, How can my butt smell when it doesn’t have a nose? Full of yucky, gross and totally disgusting encounters, this book have kids screaming with laughter and parents shaking with dread!' (Synopsis)

'So you know all those really yucky, disgusting and gross things from Book 1 – well guess what, there’s more disturbingly icky stuff that your parents don’t like talking about in Book 2! Like, if you chuck-up will it land on your head? And, where does your nose go when it runs? And how did a ‘streaker’ end up in this book!? So come on, read some of the most gut-churning short stories ever …
'I double dog doodoo dare you to.'  (Publication summary)

'Alana Oakley is out for blood in this sassy sleuth’s latest adventure. Get ready to scream!

'Alana Oakley suspects her new neighbours are vampires. All the signs are there: they are deathly pale, too good at everything, and laugh derisively at vampire-lore with a knowing mwah-ha-ha. Khalilah, Maddie and Sofia hope Alana is right – everything they’ve read about vampires sounds so very cool and the new neighbours are so very hot...

'Despite her friends’ warped sensibilities, Alana is determined to reveal the neighbours’ bloody secret. If only her mum would stay out of trouble, Alana would have this mystery in the bag, but Emma is tangled up with Katriona and Ling Ling’s mission to Never Grow Old, avoid Chinatown’s resident loan shark, Fok Wee Mung, and meet Kylie Minogue.

'Hard to know what Alana is dreading more this year: the kiss of immortality from a vampire or her mother throwing her a birthday party, , but don’t bother asking the woman in Alana’s living room – she’s already dead...' (Publication summary)

'Alana Oakley returns with her high-school mates – Khalilah, Maddie and Sofia to face new challenges as a Year 8 student at Gibson High and, as usual, Mum isn’t making it easy. You’d think, after winning a song-writing contest and meeting the world’s hottest rock stars, that life in Year 8 would be sweet, but no, Mum, has other ideas – like getting caught speeding on national television. Alana goes from hero to zero faster than a Ferrari! Awful? It gets worse. Alana still has to dodge Nurse Cathy, get through Shakespeare Week, survive the soccer match against the undefeated Football Academy’s Bruisers, and detention with their History teacher, Mrs Snell, who has a personal collection of medieval torture artefacts. When the gypsy cousin of Alana’s superstitious friend, Sofia, predicts they will meet a tall, dark, mysterious stranger, Alana doesn’t know who it’s meant to be – Bad-Boy Flynn who has just started school or Teen Expert, Dr Gray, who starts dating her mum. There’s something dodgy about both of them so Alana sets out to uncover the mysteries. But Alana gets more than she bargains for. She gets trouble. Double-trouble. Is Flynn the serial arsonist who is setting schools alight? Is Dr Gray a modern Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde? Can Alana solve the mysteries before her birthday? And will her birthday be another Epic Fail? All will be revealed in another of the chaotic adventures that Alana calls Life. Welcome back to her world!' (Publication summary)

'Alana Oakley is 12 going on 24. She has to be when her impulsive, accident-prone mother, Emma, attracts so much chaos. Alana’s dad’s passing three years ago has forced Alana to become the grown-up of the family, spinning the mother-daughter relationship on its head. Mystery and Mayhem starts with Alana’s first year in high school at the progressive, experimental Gibson High. Year 7 is packed with the usual excitement and perils. But when Alana’s superstitious friend, Sofia, loses her magic eight-ball charm, life begins to take a mysterious detour. Alana’s sleuthing career takes off, but not without first having to overcome the over-exuberant Nurse Cathy, the military-inspired Coach Kusmuk and her impetuous mother who has now taken up Internet-dating! The biggest mystery of all is whether Alana’s birthday wish will come true: Will this year be different or will it go horribly, spectacularly wrong, as usual? Better call the fire department ... just in case.' (Publication summary)

'A tiny piece of paper from the year 2019 might not sound very interesting to most people. But Max and Oscar – Bluggsville’s sharpest sleuths – aren’t most people! Max has a hunch that this ancient patch of paper might be valuable, and extremely rare.
Max is right – this isn’t just any old piece of paper. It’s a strange, sticky thing called a postage stamp, and it’s more than 400 years old! It’s an exciting discovery, but before long, it leads Max and Oscar into some very sticky situations…'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Max has been handed an ancient mobile phone. It's from the year 2017, which makes it more than 400 years old! What's more, it's full of photos - all of the same person. Max and Oscar learn that the photos hold a secret that could lead them to fame and fortune. But the secret gets out, and Max and Oscar face the fight of their lives to keep their discovery safe from some very greedy hands ...' (Publication summary)

'Max Booth is an 11-year-old shadie urchin living in the year 2424, struggling to survive. With the chance to make some money by uncovering the secrets of mysterious gadgets from the 20th century for the Bluggsville City Museum, Max and his faithful, but slightly neurotic, robo-dog Oscar start investigating. But the path to success is never easy, and there are sinister tricks, strange characters and lots of challenges along the way.

'Max and Oscar have been asked to identify an object that's baffling everyone - a 1980s cassette tape. But there's more to this tape than meets the eye. The tape contains long lost songs from a popular mega-star David Snowie, and now there's a strange musicological expert who clearly wants to stop them in their tracks. ' (Publication summary)