Penguin Books Australia

When Kristen learns that her favourite professional tennis player is going to play at her club, she decides to become a ballgirl.

Hungry? Need Lunch? Mum's packed you curried banana and pickle sandwiches again? Only got a $1.25 to your name? Then you need to see Matt, because Matt has an amazing talent . . .

Some kids are good at footy, or handball, or tennis. Not Matt, though.

Matt is an expert at Tuckshop.

($1.25 = sausage roll and small choc milk, by the way . . .

Ozzie is an 18-year-old country boy who leaves Australia for a six-month stint in Texas America, as an exchange student. A star rugby league player, it doesn t take long for Ozzie to shine on the (American) football field but with his winning move – The Line Formation – comes an unexpected price. Ozzie learns it is too easy to let success go to his head and remaining true to himself will...

Jamie is worried about big waves – both those in the ocean and the ones that thump you when you're growing up. With the surfing finals approaching, courage is hard to find. And then along comes an old Malibu rider with an ocean of knowledge, and a secret buried deep . . .

"The waves, why are they breaking so suddenly?" asked Alex.
"It's going from deep to shallow water real quick. It's called closing out. If you get caught under it pins you down."

One minute Alex is a kid, the next he's searching for deep water – searching to become a man, to know how to treat the girl he loves.

In this final instalment of the Alex Jackson series, Alex skates...

Alex Jackson can pull moves on a skateboard other Year 8s only dream about. But when it comes to being popular at high school, standing up to the school bully, and falling in love, he has a lot to learn.

He might be in for some spills, but he's going to ride the only way he knows how – on the edge.