THE GRIZZLY ROSE UP ON ITS HIND LEGS AND LET OUT A FEARSOME ROAR, HALFWAY BETWEEN THE BARK OF A DOG AND THE BELLOW OF A BULL.WE WERE DEAD MEAT . . .Sam Fox is on a trip to North America with his cub scout pack when their bus crashes down a canyon. Some of the group are seriously injured, so Sam and two cubs set off to find help.But Sam is thousands of miles from home in the middle of the American wilderness. A wilderness full of howling wolves, and a massive, unpredictable grizzly bear that's following them . . .A wild, action-packed ride, GRIZZLY TRAP is the most ferocious Extreme Adventure yet!Visit puffin.com.au/extreme for more.

There isn't really a word to describe the noise a volcano makes when it erupts. You don't just hear it, you feel it.BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!A class trip to Borneo starts off with a bang — a visit to a real-life volcano! But when Mount Bako erupts, Sam Fox is left stranded with his teacher, Mr Griffin, who's suffering from a heart attack. They make it down the mountain to the cool blue sea — only to be hemmed in by blood-thirsty sharks . . .An action-packed adventure, Monkey Mountain is the hottest Extreme Adventure yet!Visit puffin.com.au/extreme for more.

Stuff Happens is an important new series for boys aged between 7 and 11 about everyday challenges. Created by series editor, Susannah McFarlane, and written by established authors Tony Wilson, Andrew Daddo, Philip Gwynne, Will Kostakis, Oliver Phommavanh, Scot Gardner, Justin D'Ath and James Roy, each book features a different character and follows them as they overcome a particular everyday challenge. It explores those everyday struggles in life that boys can sometimes be reluctant to express: quarrels with mates, a bad day at school, fear of disappointing mum and dad, rejection and not fitting in. Stuff Happens. Real-life stories for boys. Suitable for beginner and newly confident readers. Stuff happens sometimes. Everyday stuff. At school, at home, with sport, with mates. For Cooper it happened on school camp. Cooper is one of the footy boys. When his former-rugby-champion grandfather dies, Cooper has trouble dealing with it. To make matters...

An electrifying new series from Justin D'Ath, author of the bestselling Extreme Adventures. Colt Lawless is on the run, suddenly famous, and more than a little superhuman. But can he save the last animals on earth?The deadly rat flu virus has changed - humans are catching it and nobody is sure why. Officer Katt is trying to blame it on the Lost World Circus and it's up to Colt to prove her wrong. But he and Birdy are trapped in the sewers, and the man who holds the key to it all is being held prisoner at DoRFE Headquarters. Is this the end of the road -not just for the circus, but for all of humankind?

Short-listed for the 2008 Victoria Prize for Young Adult Fiction Justin D'Ath's Pool is a beautifully modulated novel that explores adolescent transitions and discoveries in seamless prose. Sixteen-year-old Wolfgang Mulqueen works at the public swimming pool in New Lourdes, Victoria, where pilgrims from across the world travel to test the waters curative powers. In the course of a long hot summer, Wolfgang is forced to confront his own strengths and limitations. D'Ath juxtaposes intriguing characters, metaphors and events - a blind girl, a black butterfly, a tragic 18-year-old mystery - to create a truly original work. Pool is a powerful and moving novel about love, death, faith and family.**

A NOISE CAME FROM INSIDE THE TRAP. IT DIDN'T SOUND PLEASED AT ALL.GRRRRRRRR.Something's been taking sheep from the farms near Nullambine National Park. Could it be the legendary Nullambine Puma? When Mission fox set a trap to find out, they catch a whole lot of trouble . . .IT LOOKS LIKE THEIR SNEAKIEST MISSION YET . . .

An electrifying new series from Justin D'ath, author or the bestselling extreme adventures.Colt Lawless is on the run, suddenly famous, and more than a little superhuman. But can he save the last animals on earth?Colt doesn't know his own strength. When a showdown with a $100,000 Rat Dog has tragic consequences, his arch enemy, Officer Katt, seeks revenge. She steals the thing that matters most to Colt, right when his superpowers seem to have disappeared. But superpowers or not, Birdy and Colt are on the case, and the secrets they uncover could change Colt's life forever . . .

Sam and his family are in New Delhi watching big brother Nathan make his international cricketing debut (he hits a six, of course) when a young pickpocket steals Sam's backpack. Sam gives chase and runs foul of the boss of a pickpocket gang, who's also involved in the illegal trade of exotic pets, including tiger cubs taken from the wild. When a pair of cubs is to be smuggled through Pakistan to Iran, Sam and the young pickpocket, now his ally, set out in the cause of wildlife conservation to rescue them. They pull it off, but find themselves miles from Delhi, with no money... and two tigers!Tiger Trouble is the most fearsome Extreme Adventure yet! Packed with the fast-paced action and animal adventures for which this series is known and loved, it is a fitting farewell to our hero Sam Fox - the final book in a popular and enduring series.

The leopard crouching in the bushes looked like something out of a nightmare. One ear was gone and so was one eye, and there was no fur on half its head. The mean glint in its remaining eye told me that it was the man-eater that had killed half the village . . .The next exciting Sam Fox adventure is set in Africa! When the tour bus takes off without him, Sam uses his wits to escape an angry mother elephant, a king cobra, a hyena, baboons and a hungry crocodile. But can he survive an encounter with a ferocious, man-eating leopard?An action-packed adventure, Man Eater is the scariest Extreme Adventure yet!.Visit puffin.com.au/extreme for more.

'My little brother lay in the bottom of the basket with his head slimed sideways, I took a closer look. Jordan's face was blue . . . 'When Sam Fox's twin brothers, Harry and Jordan, are carried off in a runaway hot-air balloon, Sam tries to save them — only to end up trapped himself! What starts as a joy-ride turns into a life-and-death struggle when Jordan is bitten by a funnel-web spider. Will Sam be able to land the balloon in time to save his brother?An action-packed, thrilling ride, Spider Bite is the most gripping Extreme Adventure yet!Visit puffin.com.au/extreme for more.

Sam Fox is on a field trip with his uncle in the Amazon, when he's swept over a waterfall and lands in an underground lake. There he discovers a fortune in gold. He's rich! But things aren't that simple. There's an enormous anaconda lurking in the cave, and that's just the first obstacle Sam will have to overcome if he's to get out of the Amazon alive . . .Visit puffin.com.au/extreme for more.

'Suddenly I was back in the blurry green undersea world. And the shark was there, too. Coming straight at me. Fast!'Sam Fox is on holidays at the Great Barrier Reef when he and a young Japanese tourist are swept off a coral shelf by a freak wave. Before they know it, a strong current has pushed them out into open water. First Sam must fight to keep himself and his new friend from drowning; then, as night falls over the inky black ocean, the underwater predators start moving in . . .An action-packed rollercoaster ride, Shark Bait is the most thrilling (and scary) Extreme Adventure yet!Visit puffin.com.au/extreme for more.

Colt Lawless is on the run, suddenly famous, and more than a little superhuman. But can he save the last animals on earth?Twelve years from now, rat flu has wiped out almost every animal and bird on the planet. The creatures in Captain Noah's Lost World Circus are the last of their kind. But the Rat Cops are determined to shut down the circus, and Colt and his acrobat friend Birdy might be the only ones who can save it, starting with Lucy - the world's last elephant. An electrifying new series from Justin D'Ath, author of the bestselling Extreme Adventures. ? ?

THE TWINS LOOKED UP . . .'SHISHKEBAB!' THEY GASPED.BELLA WAS ENORMOUS.Jordan, Harry and Myrtle are on a mission to rescue an escaped pet snake. Bella is a giant hungry python who's spied a cockatoo for breakfast.Can Mission Fox save the day without getting tied up in knots?IT LOOKS LIKE THEIR SLIPPERIEST MISSION YET . . .

An electrifying new series from Justin D'Ath.? Author of the bestselling Extreme Adventures. Colt Lawless is on the run, suddenly famous, and more than a little superhuman.? But can he save the last animals on earth? A kidnapping, a bird-napping and an offer of help from a mysterious stranger.? That's just the start of a wild ride that leaves Colt (aka Superclown) and Birdy (aka Clowngirl) abandoned on remote, rat-infested Plague Island.? When Birdy gets bitten by a ghost rat, she has only a few hours to live - unless Colt can crack the code of Enzyme-C. . .