When a ten-year-old boy gets caught in an abandoned mine shaft, his aunt and uncle's concern rapidly turns to greed as gold is discovered during their rescue attempts.
A fourteen-year-old poet visiting his great-aunt for a week is subjected to some strange treatment from the residents of Ryan Creek, a rural town in Australia.
In Australia during the Depression, a fourteen-year-old boy runs away from home after a bike accident and sets in motion events that will determine his future.
Handicapped by cerebral palsy and overprotected by his parents, a twelveyear-old, left alone for the first time, in a desperate need to exert his independence, does precisely what he has been forbidden to do.
A fourteen-year-old poet visiting his great-aunt for a week is subjected to some strange treatment from the residents of Ryan Creek, a rural town in Australia.
During World War II, a sixteen-year-old patrols a deserted South Pacific island each night as he and other members of an Australian religious cult await the fiery end of the Earth and their deliverance.
