Secondhand Chapter Book (Age 7-10) Bargain Book Box SP4186

Secondhand Chapter Book (Age 7-10) Bargain Book Box SP4186

An Australian box for kids who’d rather be outside: four Treehouse books, three Ball Stars basketball novels, two Zac Power missions, a Ben Simmons bio and Matt Stanton’s Funny Kid. Short chapters, big pictures, and jokes every page. Some covers may carry price stickers or sticker residue.

1. Zac Power: Mega Mission 2 — H.I. Larry — Zac is a spy, he’s twelve, and the mission is longer than usual, which means more gadgets, more disguises and a villain with a fully worked-out evil plan. The Mega Missions are the ones Zac fans want.
2. Roger’s War — Robert Swindells — Roger is evacuated, hates it, and runs away back to a town being bombed. Swindells writes war from a kid’s eye level without flinching. Carnegie Medal-winning author.
3. The Day of the Jackdaw — Jo Simmons — School sports day, and a jackdaw with a taste for shiny things steals the one thing that matters. Silly in the best way; Lee Cosgrove’s pictures do half the work.
4. Crackle! — Margaret Clark — An Aussie Bites short novel: a boy whose hair won’t lie flat, static electricity, and a science fair. Fifty pages, good for a kid just stepping up from readers.
5. The 65-Storey Treehouse — Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton — A building inspector arrives and the treehouse has no permit, so Andy and Terry go back in time to get one. Six-and-a-half million years back.
6. The 39-Storey Treehouse — Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton — Terry builds a machine to write the book for them. It writes a different book, then tries to replace them.
7. Just Annoying! — Andy Griffiths — Nine stories about pestering, pranking and being a pain, including the one where Andy swaps all the rooms in the house. The Just series at its peak.
8. Hey Jack! The Bravest Kid — Sally Rippin — Jack breaks his arm and has to be brave about the hospital. Early chapter book from the Billie B. Brown world, for a kid who’s just started reading alone.
9. Ball Stars: Reppin’ It — David Lawrence — Josh wants a spot in the rep squad, and the trials show him which of his mates are actually mates. Real basketball, real drills, written with Basketball Australia.
10. Ball Stars: The Bench Warmers — David Lawrence — Too many players, not enough court time, and a coach who won’t explain her rotation. The one for the kid who’s been subbed off and is furious about it.
11. The 52-Storey Treehouse — Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton — Mr Big Nose has vanished, and if the boys don’t find him there’s no book. The vegetable patch storey is a highlight.
12. The 26-Storey Treehouse — Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton — How Andy and Terry met, told via shipwreck, pirates and a shark tank that eats the story.
13. Zac Power: Horror House — H.I. Larry — Twenty-four hours, a haunted house that’s really an enemy base, and a light bulb that needs replacing. Standard Zac: fast, gadgety, funny.
14. Ball Stars: On Tour — David Lawrence — Away tournament, shared rooms, and a team that falls apart off court before it falls apart on it.
15. Ben Simmons — Kit Cross & Leigh Hedstrom — The kid from Melbourne who went number-one pick in the NBA draft. Stats, timeline, trivia: the kind of book a basketball-mad nine-year-old memorises.
16. Boyz Rule! Skateboard Dudes — Felice Arena & Phil Kettle — Two mates build a skate ramp and dare each other down it. Big print, a joke a page, and a “boys only” tone that makes reluctant readers feel it’s for them.
17. Esio Trot — Roald Dahl — Mr Hoppy loves Mrs Silver, Mrs Silver loves her tortoise, and his plan involves 140 tortoises and a spell written backwards. Short, sweet, and funnier than it sounds.
18. Funny Kid: Prank Ninjas — Matt Stanton — Max is in a prank war with his nemesis Hugo, and this time there are ninjas. Possibly. Diary-style with a cartoon on every page, for kids who’ve finished Wimpy Kid.