Series: Lightning Strikes

Black Baron, Jake's 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.

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 increasing in size, he knows his instincts are right. Jayden soon discovers...

That bloodthirsty eyeball is on the loose again! The eyeball has abandoned old Grimmo's head and is looking for blood. Can Zainey and Dan capture it before it finds a new place to call home? Revisiting our favourite characters we met in Sucked In, this title can also be read as a stand-alone story. Ages 9+.

Marco's stomach rumbles. He remembers the cold piece of pizza left over from last night. But Andy and Joey are starving too. They all hold on to the pizza box. It's decided that the last person holding the box gets the slice. They've got nothing else to do this summer.

$500 prize money! Yes! This Christmas decorating comp is too easy. Decorations? No sweat. Strategy? Who needs it? What on earth could go wrong?