Best Selling Books by Gillian Rubinstein

Peter, Joella, and Lianne are forced onto a spaceship and taken to the planet Vexa where they are made to perform death-defying stunts for their alien captors. Joella has never been a good gymnast and now she faces the unspeakable alternative--becoming a Vexan''s pet. Then she discovers the hair-raising truth--they''ve never left Earth! Who''s behind this elaborate hoax and why? Young Adult.

Twelve-year-old Andrew, bored with life, becomes obsessed with a mysterious new computer game, which has the power to zap him and his friends into a dangerous world of menacing space warriors.

A group of children explore a video-game maze that suddenly becomes dangerously real and forces them to face their personal problems.

In the second book of the Galax-Arena duology, the children try to put their lives back together as they uncover the deeper secrets of Project Genesis Five. The long-awaited sequel to the Galax-Arena, the dark, uncompromising thriller and a cult classic.

Twelve-year-old Tod''s mystical links with a spirit, half man and half fox, and with the natural world surrounding his grandmother''s house in the Australian countryside challenge his attempt to adjust to the real world.

When Kel decides to borrow the magnificent bull terrier Brut he soon regrets his decision-but returning Brut is not as simple as acquiring him in the first place. He and his friends are led into increasing danger requiring courage they never knew they had and exposing the fears and frailties of the adults around them.

Winner of the 1989 Children''s Book of the Year Award for older readers.

When Tania takes a beautiful little pair of wings from the garden, she makes someone very unhappy. Tania thinks it''s a fairy, but Troy insists that there is no such thing as fairies. Who owns the wings then? And is someone trying to leave messages for Tania? A surprising and magical tale from the creators of the award winning The Giant''s Tooth and The Pirate''s Ship.

When her father invites a family of strangers along on their usual summer holiday at Ardilla, Jen feels that the magic of the house is threatened, and she must come to terms with her unhapppiness and confusion as she leaves her childhood rituals behind. Suggested level: intermediate.

SUMMARY: When Antony and his pony Flash run into the famous film-star Tasman True, amazing adventures begin for them both as they are drawn in to the glamorous, colourful, dangerous world of the movies.

If you were Sharon or Jase what would you do? They never seem to have enough room in their house but everyone wants to come and live with them anyway. You''ll laugh (and groan) at all the changes they have to make, and you''ll read their story aloud so many times that your own family will want to build on a special room - just for you!

A tale of morph and mystery in which Jai and his friends at a boarding school join forces with shape-shifters in their attempt to defeat the headmaster who steals the souls and futures of the students.

Jan the Can lives on the beach with her pet fly Louise. Gus is the ice cream man. His niece, Imogen comes to visit and meets the Dog and the Seagull. Picture book about these characters. 5 yrs+.