AustLit

'In the summer holidays, a game of backyard cricket brings the whole neighbourhood together, and no one loves the game more than Arlo the dog. He's the fastest fielder there is, but there's a big problem: he never gives up the ball!

'Forced to watch from the sidelines, Arlo is determined to get back on the team - he just needs to prove that he is a great cricketer after all.

THE 12th DOG captures the joy of backyard cricket and the hilarity of owning a dog.' (Publication summary)

'But Amber's totally the opposite to me, I wailed, everything about her! She treats me like dirt, and she thinks she's so cool...

'Heath's island world is turned upside down when sophisticated cousin Amber and her dysfunctional family come to stay. Life on the remote farm is devoid of funky shops, clubs, proper TV reception and emails, and the bored and arrogant Amber soon makes Heath's existence hell–at school as well as at home.

'As tensions mount between the two girls, it seems the only thing they can agree on are the two European backpacker friends that Amber has made–one of whom is the gorgeous Jamal... Or is Amber going to ruin Heath's love life too?

'It's only when a group camping expedition to a remote beach starts to go disastrously wrong that Heath and Amber have to decide whether blood really is thicker than water.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'"The course of true love never did run smoothly."

'If people have been stuffing up love since Shakespeare's time, what hope does Seph–or sefi_15 when she's online–have with Tom? Look at her parents: they barely speak to each other since Nick moved out, and could her mum really have a 'thing' for their balding (not to mention married) neighbour? Even Seph's best friend Pia–boy magnet–is having problems. The forces of love, like the unbearably hot summer, seem to be beyond anyone's control...

'And now a mysterious grEMLin has invaded Seph's chat room and is about to make her life a whole lot more difficult.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.