AustLit

'In March 2006, dastardly villains and evil masterminds around the world got a rude shock. They met their match in the form of a 12-year-old boy. Zac Power rose through the ranks of the GIB, regularly saving the world and doing his homework. He was a boy spy with his priorities straight. Zac Power got boys reading. He was the first to tap into the high-octane action, low word count, reluctant reading genre for boys in a cool and meaningful way. He built boys' reading confidence and fostered a love of words. Zac Power was just a silhouette, but he represented so much more. He resonated with boys: they imagined that they were Zac, or they could one day join Zac Power on a mission! They yearned for every detail about his world, they speculated about what he might look like, and they begged for more information about the elusive H.I. Larry. In April 2013, it's time to meet the boy behind the silhouette as we re-launch Zac Power for a new generation of readers. Dr Drastic is claiming he's cloned a dinosaur. Can Zac escape the flesh-eating plants in Drastic's BioDome to find out the truth? ' (Publisher's blurb)

'Zac has to rescue one of the Government Investigation Bureau's best agents who has gone missing near the Vanishing Tomb, somewhere in the desert region of the Amber Sands. The Vanishing Tomb keeps vanishing and has ancient booby traps. Zac will need more than a bag full of super-cool spy gadgets to complete this mission and get out alive.' (Publication summary)

'Zac Power is the blockbuster chapter book series for boys. Zac is rocketed into outer space to stop the sabotage of a charity rock concert. This is Zac’s toughest mission yet – can he handle the pressure?' (Publisher's blurb)

'Another thrilling Zac Power adventure! When the power goes out all over town, Zac's SpyPad intercepts a message from BIG! The address in the message leads him to a creepy house that's full of surprises. Will Zac get to the bottom of BIG's plans? Or has he walked into a trap?' (Publication summary)