General Stories

Eid Mubarak! Can Ali Tahir use his creative powers to save the holiday party? It's Eid, Ali's favourite day of the year! The family has fun plans for this special day after the Muslim holiday Ramadan. But Ali's brother, Fateh, is being cranky and keeps spoiling everything! Can Ali find a way to c...

Ali Tahir joins in a paper plane contest with a surprise twist. On a rainy day, Ali brings the fun to indoor break by sharing his talent for building paper planes with his friends. But in a contest to see whose plane can fly furthest, Ali is baffled by the results. Will aeroplane expert Ali flop ...

When Alice Chang starts out at her new school, everything isn't quite as rosy as she'd dreamed. First, she falls out with previous best friend, Gigi, and then she finds that the only after-school club still available is GAS (Girls Achieving at STEM) which Alice considers extremely uncool. However...

Sam is nonbinary, and when Sam's home borough of Staten Island opens up a contest for a new statue, Sam finds the perfect subject: photographer Alice Austen, who lived with a female partner for decades. Soon, Sam's project isn't just about winning the contest. It's about discovering a rich histor...

Alice is feeling bored when she finds herself following a large white rabbit down a rabbit hole. Then things get even stranger.

Alice is a skilled pre-teen secret agent, but when she joins the forces of Wonderland, she's in over her head. Nothing they do makes sense! Mr White, the new boss, is always running late for something. Maddie makes wacky gadgets and hats but stops for tea every hour. And Alice's new partner Kitty...

Laura loves everything about space, especially aliens. Everyone tells her that aliens don't exist but she is sure they do. Determined to convince them aliens do exist, she puts on her best alien disguise and sets out to find a way to communicate. But when Laura really is beamed aboard a spaceship...

Scooter McLay's cerebral palsy affects how quickly he can move his body, but his hyper-creative brain is a constant fizz of brilliant ideas. He spends every day inventing top secret recipes and machines for his family's jam factory. There's just one thing missing - a pet, to share it all with. Or...

Before you start reading, there are a few things you should know: I, Esha Verma, am a genius inventor extraordinaire. I like lists. I did not mean to open up an inter-galactic portal. Some things just can't be helped. Esha Verma, her snotty apprentice Broccoli and his secretly cunning pet tortois...

Alijah has planted a pea plant in an abandoned field behind the school. The only problem is the rest of the field is a mess, with weeds and rubbish everywhere. The head teacher agrees that if Mr Grizley's class can clean up the field, Alijah can save his plant and maybe even start a garden. How w...