Jon Tucker

When three Tasmanian children meet a couple of home-alone kids who live on an old barge in New Zealand’s Bay of Islands, they soon find themselves heavily involved in a conflict with one of the local oyster-farmers. The outcome is a signal to youngsters everywhere that it is possible to bring about positive change in the world. Those Sugar-Barge Kids...

A sailing/camping holiday in Tasmania’s southern waterways becomes an exercise in independence and resourcefulness for a group of Kiwi and Australian children as a series of unforeseen events unfold, and youthful idealism comes head-to-head with challenges and misconceptions.

When an Australian sailing family anchors near an old wrecked hulk in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds, the kids discover an abandoned campsite nearby, with plates of uneaten food and young children’s toys still visible under the mould. Their investigation adds a layer of intrigue to their anticipated fun-filled experiences in an unfamiliar foreign land. Those Shipwreck Kids invites readers into...