The Paul Jennings Superdiary 2002 (Paul Jennings)

The Paul Jennings Superdiary 2002

Paul Jennings & Various Others

Blurb: Paul Jennings proudly presents;

-Terry Denton Exclusive 'I was a teenage riddler'

-Yuk it up with 'Yuckles' - a kooky comic

-'Mobile' - a new story from the Wizard of Weird

-Deadly Doodles 'I'll never work in this town again...' Shocking revelations from the cover artist from hell

-Hot Email - The weird truth behind the hottest site on the web

Plus twelve things you didn't know about the Gizmo, loads of puzzles, jokes, weird stuff, codes, comics and Spot the Pig...

ISBN: 0141312572 (Paperback)

Year: 2001

Publisher: Puffin

Pages: 160 (Fiction)

Links

1. Author's official site

2. Wikipedia page for the author

3. Buy from Dymocks

4. Buy from Angus and Robertson

5. Collection of the author's stories to buy

Cavern of the Fear - Deltora Quest 2 #1 (Emily Rodda)

Cavern of the Fear - Deltora Quest 2 #1

Emily Rodda

Blurb: The Shadow Lord's evil tyranny over Deltora has ended. He and the creatures of his sorcery have been driven back across the mountains. But thousands of Deltorans are still enslaved in the Shadowlands, the Enemy's own terrifying and mysterious domain.

To rescue them, Lief, Barda and Jasmine, heroes of the quest for the Belt of Deltora, must find a weapon powerful enough to combat the Shadow Lord's magic on his own ground.

According to legend, the only thing the Shadow Lord fears is the fabled Pirran Pipe. But does the mysterious Pipe still exist? And if it does, what dangers will the companions have to face to find it?

ISBN: 1865043877 (Paperback)

Year: 2002

Publisher: Scholatic

Pages: 136 (Fiction)

Links

1. Goodreads page

2. Wikipedia page for the series

3. Publisher's page for the series

4. Children's Classics page on the book

5. Wiki on the book

Eragon / Eldest - The Inheritance Cycle Books One & Two (Christopher Paolini)

Eragon / Eldest - The Inheritance Cycle Books One & Two

Christopher Paolini

Blurb: Eragon

When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will but his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realises he has stumbled upon a legacy almost as old as the Empire itself. Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic and power. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands...

Eldest

Eragon and his dragon, Saphira have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the forces of King Galbatorix. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in magic and swordsmanship. It is the journey of a lifetime, each day a fresh adventure. but chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and as his cousin Roran fights a new battle in Carvahall, Eragon is put in even graver danger...

ISBN: 9780552559997 (Paperback)

Year: 2002/2005

Publisher: Corgi Books

Pages: 1197 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the series

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Official site of the series

4. Wiki for the series

5. Goodreads page for Eragon

2nd Chance (Women's Murder Club #2) (James Patterson and Andrew Gross)

2nd Chance (Women's Murder Club #2)

James Patterson and Andrew Gross

Blurb: A CRAZED GUNMAN

I moved closer and knelt over the body. Tasha's blouse was soaked with blood, mixed with falling rain. Just a few feet away, a rainbow-hued knapsack still lay on the grass. Bullet holes were everywhere, splintered glass and wood. Dozens of kids had been streaming out onto the street... All those shots, and only one victim.

THE WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB IS BACK

The tragic end of the honeymoon murder case left Lindsay Boxer, San Francisco's only woman homicide detective, unsure if she could ever return to work. But when a little girl is shot outside a San Francisco church, she knows it's time to reconvene the Women's Murder Club.

Working with reporter Cindy Thomas, Assistant DA Jill Bernhardt, and medical examiner Claire Washburn, Lindsay starts to track a mystifying killer who quickly turns his pursuers into his victims.

ISBN: 9780755349272 (Paperback)

Year: 2002

Publisher: Headline

Pages: 401 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the book

2. Review of the book

3. Author's official site

4. Buy from Amazon

5. Blog on the book

The Book, the Film, the T-Shirt (Matt Beaumont)

The Book, the Film, the T-Shirt

Matt Beaumont

Blurb: What does a successful adman do when he realises the stars of his new commercial want to kill each other, his director has walked off the set and his client has turned up in the wrong T-Shirt?

How does one of those stars react when he's asked if it's true that he's packing salami into his shorts?

Why on earth does the other one think that dueting with a Chinese Elvis impersonator on the Old Ken Road could possibly be a smart career move?

What does the successful adman's pregnant, swollen-ankled wife do when she realises the cheating bastard just happens to be shooting an ad with a rubber-clad Hollywood nymph?

And how could any of the above possibly have a connection to the world's most useless drug smuggler?

All these questions and more are answered in The Book, the Film, the T-Shirt, a novel that hilariously describes the making of a tyre ad and the destruction of several careers.

ISBN: 000714878X (Paperback)

Year: 2002

Publisher: Harper Collins

Pages: 306 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Review of the book

3. Another review

4. Another review

5. Author's Wikipedia page

The Second Assassin (Christopher Hyde)

The Second Assassin

Christopher Hyde

Blurb: The year: 1939 - and the world is readying itself for a war that is sure to come.

The conspirators: A group of powerful men who want to keep America out of the approaching conflict - at all costs.

The plan: Assassinate the King and Queen of England on American soil, destroying any hope of an alliance between Great Britain and the United States - an ensuring victory for the Nazis in World War II...

From Christopher Hyde, the master of international suspense, comes an electrifying new novel based on actual events that follows two unlikely allies in a desperate race to stop the perfect assassin. Tense, powerful, and startling authentic, The Second Assassin is the most explosive novel of World War II since Eye of the Needle.

ISBN: 0451410300 (Paperback)

Year: 2002

Publisher: Onyx Book

Pages: 394 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Good reads page

3. Penguin page for the book

4. Google books page

5. Review of the book

Cars 2: Mater to the Rescue (Serene Conneeley)

Cars 2: Mater to the Rescue

Serene Conneeley

Blurb: Mater and Lightning McQueen head to Japan. What sort of trouble can they get themselves into?

ISBN: 9313006020905 (Paperback)

Year: 2011

Publisher: ACP

Pages: 32 (Fiction)

Links

1. ACP Books

2. Disney Cars Page

3. Online game of the same name

4. Cars Toy Fansite

5. Wikipedia page for Cars 2

Specky Magee: Ready to Make His Mark (Felice Arena & Garry Lyon)

Specky Magee: Ready to Make His Mark

Felice Arena & Garry Lyon

Blurb: Simon 'Specky' Magee is twelve years old and mad about Australian Rules football. He's such a talented player, he's got a nickname - 'Specky' - for taking 'spec-tacular' marks. Not that anyone in his family would know, or care, about his ability.

When Specky finds a baby photo of himself dressed up in footy gear he is completely confused. Why would his parents have done this when they hate footy so much? Who dressed him in those clothes, and why won't his parents give him a straight answer when he asks them about it?

Determined to find out the truth, Specky embarks on a quest that uncovers more than he ever bargained for.

Co-written by highly acclaimed author Felice Arena and AFL legend Garry Lyon, bestselling Specky Magree has won a number of Children's Choice Awards.

ISBN: 9780732289027 (Paperback)

Year: 2002

Publisher: Angus & Robertson

Pages: 180 (Fiction)

Links

1. Google books page

2. Buy from Angus & Robertson

3. Specky Magee Official Site

4. Felice Arena's Official Site

5. Garry Lyon's Wikipedia page