Odo Hirsch

What Darius sees if enough to dazzle anyone. But it is really what is appears to be? Is it enough to save his family?

Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool

When a sharp decline in the honeybee population on the Bell estate threatens local gardens and businesses, Darius Bell and his friends strike a bargain with their dragonish school principal to overcome a dastardly mayor's agenda. By the author of Hazel Green. Original.

Darius Bell and the Crystal Bees

Enterprising Hazel Green tries to convince the city to allow children to march in the annual Frogg Day parade.

Hazel Green

When the Bell family is in danger of losing their honourable name, Darius steps up to the challenge to uphold it in this wise and wonderful new novel by CBCA Honour Book Award-winner Odo Hirsch. Ages 8-12.

A curious girl gains confidence as a writer as she uncovers the mysterious origins of a beautifully decorated lamp in her home.

Amelia Dee and the Peacock Lamp

A darkly compelling historical fantasy, for teenagers and adults, about an orphan boy's life of scavenging, conniving and survival against the odds in the villainous world of a medieval city.

Slaughterboy

A boy of fourteen sets out from his idyllic village high in the mountains into a world full of deception, where many are drawn to him, but all who seek to possess him will pay a price.

Yoss

The Queen is a very busy woman who rules over seven kingdoms, some of which she has never even seen. Each kingdom is filled with its own exotic delights, and her loyal subjects constantly send her gifts from far and wide. But there is one fruit she craves--the melidrop--which, until now, has been out of her reach because it rots on the long journey from the far off country in which it grows. This is where Bartlett--the intrepid, stubborn, inventive and irreverent explorer--comes in! A rip-roaring, fantastical roller-coaster of an adventure story overflowing with wit and rollicking suspense. This is good, old-fashioned storytelling at its very best!

Bartlett and the Ice Voyage

When the Pasha of the City of Sun becomes convinced that Gozo is his kidnapped son, Bartlett and Jacques le Grand try to rescue their young friend by using "Ingenuity, Perseverance, and Desperation" to get the Pasha's real son back from the underground Ci

Bartlett and the City of Flames

A young queen who rules seven kingdoms is far too busy and important to leave her palace, so her loyal subjects send gifts from far and wide: monkeys, flamingoes, giraffes, exotic fruits.But the thing she longs for most of all has never survived the journey. Who can bring the Queen her heart's desire? Only Bartlett has the inventiveness, desperation and perseverence to complete the task. Does the Queen have patience enough to keep her side of the bargain? A flamboyant adventure story, full of atmosphere, wit and suspense, by the author of Antonio S and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman.

This is the story of a boy who explores a secret passage and arrives in a place where the only limit is his own imagination. Written with vigour and humour.

Odo Hirsch

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