Big Nate series

Big Nate: the boy with the biggest head in the world
Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate: the boy with the biggest head in the world, London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2010.

Meet Nate Wright, a sixth grader who loves drawing comics and believes he is destined for great things. He also has an uncanny knack for getting detention. With his best friends Teddy and Francis by his side this is his hilarious account of trying to navigate school and tolerate his perfect sister who is the teacher’s pet and his mother’s favourite - Ugh!!

The 13-storey treehouse series

13-storey treehouse
Griffiths, Andy. The 13-storey treehouse, Pan Macmillan, 2011.

Did you ever want to live in your very own treehouse? Well, meet Andy and Terry, two boys that live in the most amazing treehouse ever, that will blow you away!! There is a bowling alley, a library full of comics, even a secret underground laboratory. It’s light on text but the detailed pictures will give you, the reader a lot more to explore and image.


If you think there is nothing to compare to this treehouse wait until you read the others in the series.

Eric Vale Epic Fail

Eric Vale Epic Fail
Bauer, Michael Gerard, 1955-. Eric Vale Epic Fail, Parkside, S. Aust. : Omnibus Books, 2012.

Are you always getting in trouble in class because your mind is on other things? Then you will relate to Eric Vale who is always distracted by an awesome action adventure story he is writing.

Having an active imagination ended up earning him the nickname Epic Fail. Read on to find out if he will be able to change his Nickname by having an epic win in this hilarious story with illustrations to match.

Rowan of Rin series

Rowan of Rin
Rodda, Emily, 1948-. Rowan of Rin, Norwood, S. Aust. : Omnibus Books, 2005.

This is a great fantasy adventure series of Rowan, a boy from the village of Rin. Rowan has always been frail and unwell and not very confident and as such he doesn't live up to his father's reputation but he does have a big heart. His people value physical strength and don't have respect for Rowan. But can Rowan change all that and become the hero they need to save the village???
Find out all the exciting adventures that he encounters while trying.

Max Remy super spy series

Max Remy super spy : in search of the time & space machine 
Abela, Deborah. Max Remy super spy, Milsons Point, Nsw.: Random House, 2002

Meet Max, her mother works long hours and her father is remarried and lives in hollywood. Max is fed up and angry that her parents don't have time to spend with her and she is being sent off to stay with her odd aunt and uncle on their boring farm. To escape her glooming existence she invents Superspy Alex Crane from the Elite Intelligence Agency Spyforce.

Soon after she arrives she befriends a boy named Linden. They soon discover that her aunt and uncle are really inventors of a time machine. They get to try out the time machine but someone else is trying to get their hands on it. Can they outwit the evil Mr Blue and be heroes?

This fast paced adventure will have you hooked. This is the first of 10 books in this series.

Stuff Happens series

Jack
Wilson, Tony. Jack, Melbourne Victoria : Puffin Books, 2014

Stuff happens sometimes. These are everyday events gone wrong. Unfortunate events that are written to make you think and laugh. These books are a written catastrophe waiting to happen. Like a broken arm or getting into trouble with a new teacher.
Each of these books tells a different story about an every day event gone wrong and how each of these boys handle the situations they find themselves in.

Lennie
Roy, James. Lennie, Melbourne : Puffin Books, 2015

This series of books are written by different authors but have the same theme to each book, and that is, that sometimes stuff just happens and you just need to learn how to deal with it.

A series of unfortunate events

The bad beginning
Snicket, Lemony. The bad beginning, New York : HarperTrophy, 1999.

Three orphans are left alone after the death of their parents in a terrible fire. With a massive fortune in their grasp, they will have to survive with a crazed man named Olaf, who has an eye on their money. The unfortunate events that take place are terrible. A murderous guardian, incredibly deadly vipers and blood thirsty leeches. How will Sunny, Klaus and Violet survive all of this? Read on to find out and you will discover that this is just the very bad beginning of amazing adventures for all of them.