The visitors from downriver had strange pale skin and blue eyes, but they left a deadly sickness of red spots and fever. Thirteen-year-old Millie and her younger sister Maura were the only survivors. As the first snowflakes fell the dogs were turning wild, and it was clear that the two girls must leave to find a new home. They loaded up a raft to take them away, and so began an epic journey through the harsh snowy landscape.

Raven jumped up and down, he stomped and stomped, until the overhang avalanched down, killing all the people below. For the rest of the winter, he dined on the corpses, savoring the delicate eyeballs, which were his favorite.

From beaches to booby-traps: Callie and Nick's peaceful Greek holiday becomes a full-on action adventure when their archaeologist parents are kidnapped. It's a race against time to reach a Mycenaean treasure fabulous enough to pay their ransom . . .

The road was narrow and separated from a terror-drop into the sea by only a low, and not very reassuring-looking metal barrier. Every so often Callie’s dad had to swerve to avoid fragments of rock that had rolled off the hillside and created obstacles on the worn tarmac.

A Dog Called Grk is the first book in the popular Grk series, all about the adventures of a boy called Tim and his dog Grk. Read the first chapters here and find out how Tim meets Grk for the very first time.

One morning in May, the government of Stanislavia issued the following statement:
Last night, President Joseph Djinko was arrested. Under questioning, he confessed to forty-seven charges of corruption. Colonel Zinfandel, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Air Force of Stanislavia, has assumed control of the country.