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The story journeys with James Hendricks (aged 12) whose life is forever changed by the sudden appearance of an angel in a dense mist on his way home from school. The angel continues to appear, sometimes in full angelic regalia, sometimes as the school girl Ruby Harper. Her arrival sparks the unleashing of both good and evil forces and the complete transformation of James' dreaded bully: Billy Bristlebottom. Come and meet the angel girl who does not so much make friends as make friendships.

''Outside my window the police are chasing a Triceratops that has strayed onto our street. In the next room Dad is going on about how extra-terrestrials are taking all the best jobs, and my brother is pestering Mum for help training his pet Tasmanian tiger to roll over. There''s no way around it. The world isn''t what it was when I woke up yestereday - and it''s all my fault.'' - So begins the tale of 12 and ┬╛ year old Chelsea McAllister in this science-fiction adventure that not only shows how important it is to pay attention in Science class, but also why it is never a good idea to press random buttons in a time machine.

In the year 2035 humanity is rescued from a lethal solar flare by seven mysterious beings and transported across the universe to the uninhabited planet of Ansar. Earth''s major cities are recreated, and a stunned but thankful humanity mostly carries on with life and society. But is everything as it appears? Just who are the semi-omniscient beings who rescued them? What do they really want? And to what secret place do they retreat every night? With that appearance of the seven, all the old divisions concerning gender, privilege, and power re-emerge in unexpected and increasingly dangerous ways. Conspiracy theories abound. Among those searching for answers are Joy, a gay commercial artist, and her friend, Leo, a widowed theology professor and Vatican consultant. In the end, the truth may prove more costly than either imagined.

In the year 2035 humanity is rescued from a lethal solar flare by seven mysterious beings and transported across the universe to the uninhabited planet of Ansar. Earth's major cities are recreated, and a stunned but thankful humanity mostly carries on with life and society. But is everything as it appears? Just who are the semi-omniscient beings who rescued them? What do they really want? And to what secret place do they retreat every night? With that appearance of the seven, all the old divisions concerning gender, privilege, and power re-emerge in unexpected and increasingly dangerous ways. Conspiracy theories abound. Among those searching for answers are Joy, a gay commercial artist, and her friend, Leo, a widowed theology professor and Vatican consultant. In the end, the truth may prove more costly than either imagined.

Escaping from Midrash was not easy, even riding on the back of a dragon. Seeger promised his friend Boyd he would return with help to set him and the other child soldiers free from the brutality of the Midrashi. What he does not know is that it will nearly be a year before he finally returns, across the desert, with an army and five dragons. But what will he find after all this time? Can the Midrashi be defeated? And what has become of Boyd and the other children?We recognise the invaluable role that public campaigning - and books such as this - that bring the reality of child recruitment to public attention - have in keeping this important issue in the international media and in influencing change. From the postscript on Child Soldiers by Rev Tim Costello, Chief Advocate, World Vision AustraliaSeeger has promised to rescue his fellow child soldiers from dangerous Midrash but it's a perilous undertaking with sacrifices to be made. I too wanted to be a dragon-friend, riding the wind and touching the sky. This is an absorbing fantasy peopled with rich and diverse human and animal characters, disturbing yet inspiring, and surprisingly funny.Rosanne Hawke, author of Wolfchild, Across the Creek and The Leopard PrincessBoth allegory and action-packed story, Beast-Speaker keeps the reader fascinated all the way through this well-developed tale.Valerie Volk, author of Even Grimmer Tales, Bystanders, and The Oberammergau TalesThe Beast-speaker books' theme - the kidnapping and exploitation of children to become part of a war machine - is both fascinating and challenging. It raises uncomfortable questions for today's world, with frightening parallels to our own indifference and disregard for the plight of stolen children. Thoroughly enjoyable and hard to put down.' Gary Williams, Heavenly WhispersWendy Noble has an Advanced Diploma of Education, a Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing, but can't remember her own phone number. She has been a primary school teacher, a librarian in a Theological College, has sold women's fashion and has sung folk music in country pubs. Wendy and her husband live in Gawler, South Australia. You can visit Wendy on her Facebook page: @AuthorWendyNoble or on her blog: www.wendynoble.com.

Children are disappearing from the city of Seddon without a trace. The city gates are locked and guarded, but still the children disappear. One night, Seeger and his friend Boyd are taken and they at last understand the mystery. The abductors are using dragons! Two days later they arrive at the city of Midrash, where everything serves the military machine - including children who are forced to become soldiers. In a world in which they are daily confronted with violence and the loss of innocence, Seeger and Boyd struggle to maintain their humanity and their friendship. Their only hope of escape lies with a unique gift Seeger has discovered - but one which he must keep secret from his captors. He can speak to dragons.We recognise the invaluable role that public campaigning - and books such as this - that bring the reality of child recruitment to public attention - have in keeping this important issue in the international media and in influencing change. From the postscript on Child Soldiers by Rev Tim Costello, Chief Advocate, World Vision AustraliaWhat an innovative way to give a voice to child soldiers! Yet there is a lightness here that pierces the dark.' Rosanne Hawke, author of Wolfchild, Across the Creek and The Leopard PrincessBeast-Speaker is a fantasy adventure that, although confronting, also has hope, heroes and courage.Lynn Stringer, author of The Verindon TrilogyBeast-Speaker is a compelling novel that I couldn't put down after I started reading it. With a well-developed plot and characters you'll come to love, it's one of the best books I've ever read, if not the best. Kayla Daking, aged 15.Wendy Noble has an Advanced Diploma of Education, a Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing, but can't remember her own phone number. She has been a primary school teacher, a librarian in a Theological College, has sold women's fashion and has sung folk music in country pubs. Wendy and her husband live in Gawler, South Australia. You can visit Wendy on her Facebook page: @AuthorWendyNoble or on her blog: www.wendynoble.com.

On the morning of the town fair Lily did not believe in elves. Lily's main concerns were fitting in with the other kids in her high school and her Dad's refusal to re-engage with life after her mother's death. All that changes when she and her friend Jackson fall into a mysterious, gaping hole on the outskirts of town. They find themselves in a cavernous underground world inhabited by a people who call themselves 'the Hidden.' While Lily and Jackson make friends with some Hidden their own age, it soon becomes clear that the leaders have no plans to allow them to return to the surface, where they might reveal the existence of the secret world of the Hidden. Lily suspects there is more to the Hidden's desire to keep her and her friend among them and that their 'fall' into the hole may have been no accident.