1000 Minutes of Danger

Name: 1000 Minutes of Danger
Brand: Scholastic New Zealand Limited
SKU: 9781761810312
Price: 17.99 NZD
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By Jack Heath

Series: Minutes of Danger

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1000 Minutes of Danger by Jack Heath is an exhilarating collection featuring thirty deadly dangers to escape in one epic volume. The countdown is ticking… Liliana is trapped in a burning building with no way out. Zak is stuck in a shipping container that is slowly... Read More

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1000 Minutes of Danger by Jack Heath is an exhilarating collection featuring thirty deadly dangers to escape in one epic volume. The countdown is ticking…

Liliana is trapped in a burning building with no way out. Zak is stuck in a shipping container that is slowly sinking. Bea accidentally stumbles across a nest of monsters.

Read thirty dangerous stories of brave kids across 1000 minutes of reading time!

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1000 Minutes of Danger

1000 Minutes of Danger by Jack Heath is an exhilarating collection featuring thirty deadly dangers to escape in one epic volume. The countdown is ticking… Liliana is trapped in a burning building with no way out. Zak is stuck in a shipping container that is slowly sinking. Bea accidentally stumbles across a nest of monsters. Read thirty dangerous stories of...

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200 Minutes of Mystery by Jack Heath presents 10 stories, each encapsulating a mysterious situation and featuring 10 brave kids faced with a daunting challenge. With only 20 minutes to solve their predicaments, these tales promise to grip your attention from start to finish. Experience heart-pounding moments as Kane's parachute fails during a skydive—could someone be out to harm him?...

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300 Minutes of Mystery

300 Minutes of Mystery by Jack Heath presents readers with ten thrilling stories filled with intrigue and daring. Each tale features a brave kid faced with mysterious situations, providing thirty minutes of gripping clues for readers to piece together. In one story, Mercer has stolen a secret message, but what happens when the spies discover the truth? Hamzi finds himself...

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300 Minutes of Danger

10 stories. 10 dangerous situations. 10 brave kids. 30 minutes to escape. George is trapped in a falling aeroplane with no engine and no pilot. Milla is covered with radioactive waste and her hazard suit is running out of air. Otto is in the darkest depths of the ocean, where something hungry is circling... 300 Minutes of Danger by Jack...

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400 Minutes of Danger

Brad has fallen into the lion enclosure and the big cats are hungry! Charith takes the wheel of an out-of-control bus after an explosion. Iresha hears strange noises... from beneath the seabed. Daniel crawls into a waste crusher after a building collapse and then it gets switched on. Tak's class goes on an excursion to an army base and now...

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500 Minutes of Mystery (Bind Up)

20 stories. 20 mysterious situations. 20 brave kids. 2 books in 1 volume. Kane’s parachute fails during a skydive. Was this sabotage? Mercer stole a secret message. Now two spies are hunting him. Charlene’s escape room gets hijacked. Can she find the traitor? 500 Minutes of Mystery (Bind Up) by Jack Heath offers twenty nail-biting and mysterious short stories that...

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761810312

Publisher: Scholastic Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 May 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Scholastic Australia

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 38.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 528

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