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Hassles, Heart-pings! ,and Sad, Happy Endings by Karen McCombie
Category: Fiction | Series: Ally's World S.
It's all change in Ally's world in this, the last in the series. Ally's totally gobsmacked when she finds out that her best mate Sandie's moving away and even more shocked to find that Linn is considering going to university miles away from home. She's only just got Mum back and now everyone else seems ...Show more
Honey and Me by Karen McCombie
Category: Middle Readers
Things haven't been great for Kirsten recently - she's had to start at a new school where she doesn't know anybody, and home hasn't been a great place to be either with Mum and Dad arguing all the time. At least she has her old friend Honey to talk to. But her new friends have lots of questions about Ho ...Show more
How To Be Good(ish) (Indie Kidd #1) by Karen McCombie
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Indie Kidd
Meet Indie Kidd, ten years old today - and stressed! Indie's teacher has asked the class to name their three top talents. Three! Indie can barely think of one! With the help of her best friends Soph and Fee, she's prepared to try anything. But, it might take a shy black, blob-like dog to reveal what Ind ...Show more
How To Be Human by Karen McCombie
Category: Audio | Series: How to Be Human Ser.
Who said friends have to match to matter? When the Star Boy’s space-pod crashes in the grounds of Fairfield Academy he knows he must seek shelter. Taking refuge in the school’s boiler room to await rescue he discovers that the room’s small window is the perfect place to watch humans go by. The Star Boy ...Show more
How To Hide An Alien by Karen McCombie
Category: Children's | Series: How to Be a Human
Life isn't easy, especially if you're from another planet... With his space-pod destroyed, the Star Boy is adapting to life on Earth with help from his friends Kiki and Wes, but Kiki's long list of don'ts is a constant reminder of how hard it is to pass for a convincing human. But more troubling for the ...Show more
How to Be a Human (#1) by Karen McCombie
Category: Junior Fiction
Who said friends have to match to matter? When the Star Boy's space-pod crashes in the grounds of Fairfield Academy he knows he must seek shelter. Taking refuge in the school's boiler room to await rescue he discovers that the room's small window is the perfect place to watch humans go by. The Star Bo ...Show more
How to be Good(ish) Indie Kidd #1 by Karen McCombie
Category: Fiction
Upbeat, funny and quirky, this is the first in a series about ten-year-old Indie Kidd. Indie Kidd lives between her animal-crazy mum's and her dad's. When Indie's teacher asks the class to write a CV, Indie decides she has no specific "talents", and decides to search for one she can call her own. While ...Show more
I Spy a (not So) White Lie (Indie Kidd #8) by Karen McCombie
Category: Early Reader | Series: Indie Kidd
Learn how a small lie can get you into hot water as Indie Kidd finds out that it's always better to tell the truth. At first, new girl April is well liked by Indie and her two best friends, Soph and Fee, especially when she has exciting stories to tell. But April's tall tales grow more extraordinary and ...Show more
Indie Kidd: Are We Having Fun Yet? (hmm?) by Karen McCombie
Category: Early Reader | Series: Indie Kidd
What should animal-mad Indie Kidd do when her best friend's cat is run over? Poor Fee is lost without her beloved Garfield, and Indie will try anything to make her super-sad friend feel glad again. It's time for Indie's Cheer Up Fee plan. But is Fee ready to have fun yet?
Indie Kidd: Being Grown-up is Cool (not!) by Karen McCombie
Category: Graphic Novels
Indie Kidd is fed up with being treated like a brainless little baby. Why are her friends so childish? And what is with her mum, acting like a total control freak? Not even her dad will listen to her. If only Indie was grown-up, like Caitlin, their lodger, that would be totally cool.
Indie Kidd: Oops, I Lost My Best(est) Friends by Karen McCombie
Category: Graphic Novels
Indie Kidd wouldn't be without her best friends, Soph and Fee, but her step-brother Dylan has no close mates. It's time for Indie to help him become more friend-friendly... But what if Dylan drives Indie mad in the process? And what if - oops - Soph and Fee begin to feel left out?