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Barking Mad by Renae Hayward
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
Alex really wants a pet to take to the school Pet Parade, so when he finds Pepper, he thinks all his wishes have come true. But when weird things start to happen, Alex begins to suspect that there is more to this pup than meets the eye.
Black Baron (Lightning Strikes) by Robyn Opie
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
Black Baron, Jakes champion cockroach hasn't lost a race and Jake is on top of the world. But his mum discovers the Black Baron in a shoebox and is horrified. When the Black Baron escapes, Mum calls the pest exterminator and a slapstick tale ensues. Ages 9-12.
Camp Croc (Lightning Strikes) by Trudie Trewin
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes Ser.
It's a jungle out there and Daks and his mates are in for an unexpected adventure at camp. Camp Trib is legendary. Daks is finally there after years of waiting. But so are two wildlife smugglers. Who should Daks and his mates be more afraid of? The smugglers? Or the wildlife?
Dog Squad (Lightning Strikes) by Meredith Costain
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
Jez has a problem. Having racked up debt, he needs money. Fast. He decides to get a loan from a boy called Crippler, but finds he is stuck with a new problem: Crippler wants to be paid back, now. So with the help of his best mate, Cheezel, he stumbles on a plan to find the mayor's missing dog and make a ...Show more
Egghead (Lightning Strikes) by Clare Scott
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
When their teacher sets a class experiment to look after an egg for a whole week as though it were a baby, the class is excited but it's going to be a l-o-n-g week. Soon, there are several casualties and the narrator is devastated when, at the end of the week, the school bully smashes his egg all over h ...Show more
Freaky (Lightning Strikes) by Sue Whiting
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
When Jayden's parents go off on their second honeymoon, he's forced to stay with his eccentric and prickly cactus-devotee relatives. But Jayden's boredom turns to distress when his aunt and uncle bring home an unusual cactus. There's just something spooky about it. And when it starts shaking and increas ...Show more
Going for Broke (Lightning Strikes) by Meg McKinlay
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes Ser.
Nathan is tired of watching other kids receive awards at assembly, so he hatches a plan to do something 'amazingly amazing' by breaking a record in the Amazing World Records book. With little planning but lots of daring, Nathan and his mates make numerous attempts at World Record feats. Each attempt is ...Show more
Haunted (Lightning Strikes) by Lorraine Orman
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
When Georgia and her brother Ned are shipped off to their uncle and aunt's farm for the holidays, things look bleak. She will have to spend time with her bully of a cousin, Jeff. When she meets a strange local girl called Lily who wants to be friends, Georgia decides anything is better than spending tim ...Show more
Jinxed! (Lightning Strikes) by Jill McDougall
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
After accidentally smashing her next-door neighbour's pet python's tank, Jinx has to come up with a plan for some fast cash to pay for a new tank, so she devises a number of schemes, but they all end in disaster! Just when Jinx is about to give up, something comes up that gives her the chance to use her ...Show more
Lightning Lingers by Barbara Freethy
Category: Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes Ser.
From #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes the second book in a new romantic suspense trilogy: Lightning Strikes. In these connected novels, lightning leads to love, danger, and the unraveling of long-buried secrets that will change not only the past but also the future...
Lightning Strikes: Diaster Chef by Meredith Costain
Category: Children's | Series: Lightning Strikes
Ollie and Julian are identical twins, but they couldn't be more different: Ollie loves sports and is the local footy champ, while Julian is a quiet achiever who spends most of his time in the kitchen, cooking. Much to Ollie's surprise, Julian enters the Junior Maestro Chef competition and is going to be ...Show more
Lightning Strikes : Spitting image by James Roy
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Lightning Strikes
When Charlie's family car pulls up outside the zoo, he realises he's been tricked by his parents again. This isn't the zoo. It's a petting zoo! His younger sister, Abby, is going to love it, but Charlie is in for the most boring day of his life. It's going to be worse than school. Until the alpacas get ...Show more