Most Popular Books by Wendy Orr

A warm and wonderful adventure with a touch of fantasy. Honey and her family seek the quiet comfort of a magical valley so they can escape the troubles of the wide world. A beautifully restorative novel from the award-winning author of the bestselling Nim''s Island stories.

The misadventures of Micki and Daniel at a wedding. Micki was the flower girl and Daniel was to play his violin. Things always seemed to happen when they were together. Their pet parrot, Ooloo Mooloo, and pony, Pegasus, decide to attend the wedding too!

Raven is first to reach the mountain top. Her sister and step - dad are still climbing the trail below. She is alone on top of the world. So she dances - a crazy, jumping, spinning dance...because if you can climb a mountain you can do anything! But then there is a rumble and the earth shakes. Rocks are falling, and so is Raven, in a terrible tumble down the side of the mountain. When she comes to, no one answers her calls. The rockfall is covering the trail where she last saw Lily and Scott ... Wendy Orr tells the dramatic story of a girl who goes beyond her limits to save her family - and on the way, discovers a mysterious bond with a family of bears and a raven.

When Andrew encounters a space alien in a tiny spaceship, he thinks that Ysdran will be his own personal space pet, especially when she teaches him to move things with his mind, but Ysdran thinks she is training a new slave who will help her people mine the Earth.

Six tail-wagging, melt-your-heart stories of loyal, lost, playful and cuddly pets from the author of Nim''s Island.

A bind-up edition of two exciting adventure stories by Wendy Orr - Nim''s Island and Nim at Sea . Nim''s Island was a major international movie, and now there''s a second action-packed movie inspired by Nim at Sea , called Return to Nim''s Isl.

Linda''s class are off visiting old people. She is assigned to visit Mrs Pugh who she finds to be fascinating.

If she had stayed to load the kiln as she should have, she''d never have seen the ship. Mama said the ship still would have been there, so everything had to happen the way it did. But that''s not true. Clio saw it, and the world changed. When a raiders'' ship appears off the coast, the goddess demands an unthinkable price to save the town - and Clio''s grandmother creates a sacred statue to save Clio''s life. But Clio is torn between the demands of guarding the statue and caring for her beloved horses. Disabled in an accident, she must try to put aside her own grief at no longer being able to ride - and in the process, save a friend''s life and stop a war. Rippling with emotion and drama, war and resistance, fear and determination, this novel is a brilliant companion to the highly acclaimed Dragonfly Song and Swallow''s Dance.

In a palm tree, on an island, in the middle of the wide blue sea, was a girl. Nim''s hair was wild, her eyes were bright, and around her neck she wore three cords. One was for a spyglass, one for a whorly, whistling shell, and one for a fat red pocketknife in a sheath. Nim lives on an island in the middle of the wide blue sea, with her father, Jack, as well as a marine iguana called Fred, a sea lion called Selkie, a turtle called Chica and a satellite dish for her email. No one else lives quite like Nim, and she wouldn''t swap places with anyone. In Nim''s Island, when Jack disappears in his sailing boat and disaster threatens her home, Nim must be braver than she''s ever been before. And she needs help from her friends old and new. This book was adapted as a major motion picture starring Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine). In Nim at Sea, Nim''s new friend Alex Rover flies away without saying goodbye, and Selkie the sea lion is captured by villains from a cruise ship. Nim must risk everything to bring them back. A second major motion picture was inspired by this story, and screened as Return to Nim''s Island, starring Bindi Irwin. In Rescue on Nim''s Island, Nim unearths an amazing fossil, but this discovery puts her island in terrible danger. Nim must choose between saving a natural treasure and saving someone''s life. Happy 21st Birthday Nim!

Bad Martha is a witch stuck with ordinary parents. She finds a kindred spirit in Granny who helps out when her spells go wrong.

Leira is starting her initiation as a priestess when her world is turned upside down. A violent earthquake leaves her home in pieces. And the goddess hasn''t finished with the island yet. With her family, Leira flees across the sea to Crete, expecting sanctuary. But a volcanic eruption and tsunami throw the entire world into darkness. In the resulting chaos; Leira finds her noble-born privilege reduced to nothing; alone with her injured mother and elderly nurse, Leira''s only hope of survival is her own resourcefulness.

Science fiction story for young teenagers. Andrew''s mind is linked with that of an alien as her spacecraft approaches earth. But what are her motives in teaching Andrew amazing ways to manipulate matter?.

Even though there are many other animals on her parents'' farm, Amanda wishes she had a dinosaur, and when she discovers an egg in an old log, she is certain that it must be a dinosaur ready to hatch.

Simon is busy inventing machines to do his chores for him! Australian.

Izzy, Talia and Roland may have to sell their new home. Roland decides to enter a competition to make a video showing Why Paradise is the Best Place in the World Although he doesn''t win the prize, there is a wonderful surprise in store for all the family.