A FEARLESS SEAMAN AND A WICKED SORCERESS MAKE A SINISTER VOYAGE INTO THE UNKNOWN! Captain Sinbad, dashing conqueror of the deep, battles the vicious witch Zenobia in a deadly regatta to a hidden valley at the end of the world! The course is treacherous and full of dangers—a menacing wasp the size of a dog; a towering Minaton with the head of a bull and a body of steel; primitive troglodytes who inhabit the secret canyon; and a terrifying prehistoric tiger, frozen for thousands of years, who breaks the ice and unites with Zenobia to become a single creature!

Twelve-year-old Iris has been sent to Spain on a mission: to make sure her elderly and unusual aunt, Ursula, leaves her fortune–and her sprawling estate–to Iris’s scheming parents.But from the moment Iris arrives at Bosque de Nubes, she realises something isn’t quite right. There isan odd feeling around the house, where time moves slowly and Iris’s eyes play tricks on her. While outside, in the wild and untamed forest, a mysterious animal moves through the shadows.Just what is Aunt Ursula hiding?But when Iris discovers a painting named Iris and the Tiger, she sets out to uncover the animal’s real identity–putting her life in terrible danger. Leanne Hall is an author of novels for young adults including the Text Prize-winning This Is Shyness and its sequel Queen of the Night. Iris and the Tiger is her first work for younger readers. Leanne has had shorter pieces published in Meanjin, Age,...