Duck for Cover

Sink The Gizmo

Grandad's Gifts (Picture Puffin)

Covered with Nails: and Other Stories to Shock Your Shock Off! (Puffin Short Stories)

Wicked! Bind Up: All Six Parts in One Book

Mia's Life: Best Friends for Never

Melanie's Last Ride

One Small Hop

In 'How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare, Robbed a Grave, Made a New Friend Who Might Not Have Really Been There at All, and While He Was at It Committed a Terrible Sin Which Everyone Was Doing Even Though He Didn't Know It,' Paul Jennings tells the story of a young boy named Hedley Hopkins who moves to a new town in Australia. The book is set in the 1950s and explores themes of adolescence, peer pressure, and the supernatural. Hedley, eager to fit in, accepts a dare to visit a grave at night, leading to a series of eerie and mysterious events. He befriends an enigmatic girl named Gwendolyn, who may or may not be a ghost, and together they uncover secrets about the town and its residents. As Hedley navigates the challenges of growing up, he learns about the complexities of right and wrong, and the consequences of following the crowd.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Duck for Cover

Paul Jennings, Ted Greenwood, Terry Denton, 1994

Sink The Gizmo

Paul Jennings, 1998

Grandad's Gifts (Picture Puffin)

Paul Jennings, Peter Gouldthorpe, 1992

Covered with Nails: and Other Stories to Shock Your Shock Off! (Puffin Short Stories)

Paul Jennings, 1998

Wicked! Bind Up: All Six Parts in One Book

Morris Gleitzman, Paul Jennings, 1998

Mia's Life: Best Friends for Never

Stephanie Yue, Mia Fizz, Lidia Fernández Abril, 2022

Melanie's Last Ride

Abbey Campbell Cook, Joanna Campbell, 1998

One Small Hop

Madelyn Rosenberg, 2021