10-year-old Freddy Spicer writes letters to his parents - who he believes are working at a Brussels-sprouts farm in Outer Castonga, with no internet or phone access. In fact, Freddy's parents are secret agents out of the country on a highly classified mission - but Freddy has NO IDEA!
Olly Brown never gets to take home the Year 6 class hamster becausehis overprotective dad has some weird hang-up about how much responsibilitypets are. But then the hamster shows up in Olly's house- and it can communicate with him! There's a whole civilizationof super-advanced, intelligent hamsters who seem to be worshippingOlly as a god?
Nobody, nobody, can cut Leonard's hair to his liking. That is, until he meets Marvin. Marvin is just a mouse but, oh, what wild and whacky styles he can whip up with his teeny-tiny comb and scissors... Soon, Leonard and Marvin are best buddies. The problem is, Leonard wants Marvin to cut his hair and his hair only. So when Leonard sees Marvin giving Zebra a new hairdo, Leonard struggles with a spot of jealousy...