Winner, IP Picks 2012 Best Junior Prose. Tim Trickett – shy, over-protected and troubled by memories – is the new boy in a small country town. When his classmates put him up to an initiation test, he finds himself on his way to visit Granny Rags, the reclusive old lady who lives near the creek and is rumoured to be a witch.

Winner, IP Picks 2011 Best Junior ProseWhen Amber discovers a dusty red bott le in her elderlyneighbour's shed, she knows at once that it's meant to be hers. Then she meets the strange djinn that lives in the bottle, and is catapulted into an adventure she never imagined.Amber's had a few problems to deal with lately – bullies at school, a cranky teacher and her best friend moving away. Now at least she has a magical friend to talk to ... if she can keep him safe.Can Amber find the courage to deal with the bullying, make new friends and protect her djinn from harm?And what's the mysterious task she'll have to perform that the djinn keeps hinting at?