Cupcake Diaries by Coco Simon - At Park Street School, you have the Popular Girls. They even have a Popular Girls Club. But what happens when you aren’t invited to join? Do you start an Unpopular Club? No, you start a Cupcake Club! - See more at: http://pages.simonandschuster.com/spotlight-series/cupcake
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Y3+)(Rodrick Rules, The Last straw, Dog Days, and soon to hit the book shelves, The ugly Truth. Very popular at the moment with the movie recently aired. Catch the website http://www.wimpykid.com/
Zac Power (Y2+)and Zac Power Test Drive (for younger students K+) has been all the rage with many students collecting the whole set. Website https://www.readings.com.au/collection/zac-power The Zac Power series has now come to an end with one of the authors (Hilary Badger) moving onto a new series called Space Scout (Y1+) - so if you like Zac power...
Boy verses Beast (Y2+) http://readingbattleover.com/boy-vs-beast.html is a recent addition to hit the shelves. Brand new series, created by concept creator of Zac Power. So if you liked Zac Power...
Beast Quest (Y2+) (http://beast-quest.com/) from British author Adam Blade. Fight the Beasts, Fear the Magic. There are around 50 books in the series now.
The Rainbow Magic Fairy Books (Y2+) http://www.rainbowmagiconline.com/uk/index.html by British author Daisy Meadows continue to fly off the shelves.
Captain Underpants (Y3+) wirtten by American author Dave Pilkey - http://www.pilkey.com/ "My goal with The Adventures of Captain Underpants was to invent a style which was almost identical to that of a picturebook --- in a novel format. So I wrote incredibly short chapters and tried to fill each page with more pictures than words. I wanted to create a book that kids who don't like to read would want to read."
Tashi by Anna Fienberg (Y1+) http://www.tashibooks.com/home.html 'Well, it was like this. Come and I'll tell you about the time I tricked the last dragon of all." 32 books in the series.
Roald Dahl Books (Y1+) The BFG, Matilda, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory plus many more. The Roald Dahl books have been around for years, a number have been made into movies. Still just as popular. http://www.roalddahl.com/
Go Girl! (Y2+) http://gogirlhq.com/ Series for girls!! Boyz Rule (Y2+) Series for boys.
Andy Griffiths (Y2+) http://www.andygriffiths.com.au/ (Bumageddon: The Final
The Golden Door Series (Y3+) http://www.scholastic.com/deltora/ The walled city of Weld is under attack from ferocious flying creatures that raid in the night, bringing death and destruction. Rye is officially too young to leave the city to search for the Enemy, but his brothers are among the lost and he must find them. What terrors await him beyond the Wall?
Key to Rondo Series (Y3+) Emily Rodda http://www.emilyrodda.com/. Turn the key three times only. Never turn the key while the music is playing. Never pick up the box while the music is playing. Never close the lid until the music has stopped.
Deltora Quest Series (Y2+) Emily Rodda. http://www.emilyrodda.com/ The evil Shadow Lord is plotting to invade Deltora and enslave its people. All that stands against him is the magic Belt of Deltora with its seven gems of great and mysterious power.
Dragon Keeper Series (Y3+) http://www.carolewilkinson.com.au/books/dragonkeeper Series includes Dragon Dawn, Dragon Keeper, Dragon Moon and Garden of the Purple Dragon. One hundred years after the events of Dragon Dawn, the slave girl Ping saves the life of the ageing dragon Danzi and escapes her brutal master. Pursued by a ruthless dragon hunter, Ping and Danzi make an epic journey across China.
