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Books in The Floods series

  • The Amazing Illustrated Floodsopedia

    Colin Thompson

    Paperback (Penguin Random House Australia, April 1, 2013)
    Learn all about the history of the Floods in this compendium; one of the most important books of Wizard Stuff ever writtenNow that they're safely ensconced in Castle Twilight as the supreme rulers of Transylvania Waters, the Flood family of witches and wizards have decided to share their immense wisdom, magic, and bacon-orientated secrets and history. From Winchflat's Wonderful World of Inventions to recipes from Betty's restaurant to digging up (literally) stories about the Floods' obscure relatives, this book will make fans of the Floods giggle, guffaw, and chortle for hours.
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  • The Floods: Better Homes and Gardens

    Colin Thompson

    Paperback (Random House Australia, March 1, 2009)
    In Transylvania Waters Mordonna and Nerlin should be King and Queen—but there are some seriously nasty characters standing in their way After years on the run, the Floods are coming home—and just in time, too. Since Nerlin and Mordonna fled Transylvania Waters, things there have gone from worse to much worse. King Quatorze has bled the country dry. He's even sold everyone's shoelaces. It's time for a change, time for life with a lot less cabbage and a lot more chocolate. But the Floods have to get rid of the old king first.
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  • The Floods #3: Witch Friend

    Colin Thompson, Crab Scrambly

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Oct. 1, 2008)
    When Betty becomes best friends with her new neighbor, and attempts to use magic to help her adjust to the new school, some surprising things happen.
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  • Good Neighbors

    Colin Thompson, Crab Scrambly

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  • The Floods #1: Good Neighbors

    Colin Thompson, Crab Scrambly

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Jan. 1, 2008)
    The Floods may bury relatives in their backyard, grow cobwebs in every room, and eat slugs for breakfast, but this loving family of wizards and witches is a delight to have next door...unlike their neighbors the Dents—a mean, nasty family that shatters the calm of the whole block. Maybe a little of the Floods' magic will cure the Dents of their obnoxious ways. And if not, a lot of magic will rid the neighborhood of the Dents once and for all!
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  • The Floods: Home and Away

    Colin Thompson

    Paperback (Random House Australia, Sept. 1, 2006)
    The Floods family are on the run from an angry father with a talent for exploding, some very nasty but rather bumbling spies, and the prospect of a life down the toilet Travel back in time to faraway Transylvania Waters and find out what happened when a lowly drain cleaner called Nerlin Flood fell in love with the royal princess Mordonna. Can the two escape from an explosively angry King Quatorze, the nastiest spies in the land, and the prospect of life down the toilet? Why does their eldest child, Valla, drink blood? Was Satanella really turned into a dog because of an accident with a prawn and a faulty wand? This is your chance to find out how all the Floods children came to be born—or created.
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  • The Floods #2: School Plot

    Colin Thompson, Crab Scrambly

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, June 1, 2008)
    For the Floods, school includes classes in howling, burglary, and invisibility. They attend Quicklime College—the ultimate school for wizards and witches. And if their homework sounds like more fun than yours, that's because it is! There's only one drawback to Quicklime: Orkward Warlock, the vilest boy in school. He hates everyone and everything, and he hates the whole big, happy Flood family most of all. He's even plotting to get rid of them. Fortunately the Floods are the best students the school has ever seen, and they're ready to teach Orkward a lesson that no one will ever forget!
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  • The Floods: Top Gear

    Colin Thompson

    Paperback (Random House Australia, Sept. 1, 2008)
    With their worst enemy on their trail, the Floods family are on the run and in disguise in the seventh book of this hilarious series While the Floods were on holiday with their human friends the Hulberts, the Hearse Whisperer totally destroyed their home back on Acacia Avenue. So now they're on the run—again! To avoid detection they are, like, totally heavily disguised, man. It's totally far out—the Floods have become hippies! Will they end up living a life of love and peace and singing folk songs about rainbows and sunsets? Will they wear flowers in their hair and hemp sandals on their feet? Yeah, right.
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  • The Floods #2: School Plot

    Colin Thompson, Crab Scrambly

    Paperback (HarperCollins, April 1, 2009)
    Attending Quicklime College where students receive the best training for wizards and witches, the Flood family is thrilled with everything their school has to offer and so refuse to let the biggest bully, Orkward Warlock, succeed in his evil plan to force them out! Reprint.
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  • The Floods: Survivor

    Colin Thompson

    Paperback (Random House Australia, Feb. 1, 2007)
    The fourth book in Colin Thompson's brilliantly funny series about a family of witches and wizards—who might be living in your town The youngest child in the Flood family, Betty, is a pretty little girl who looks quite normal—unlike some of her brothers and sisters. She goes to the normal elementary school down the road and she even has a normal best friend, Ffiona Hulbert. But Betty is not normal—she is a witch. When Bridie McTort, the school bully, starts throwing her weight around, Betty knows exactly what to do. And when Ffiona's dad gets bullied at work, Betty knows how to fix that, too. Meanwhile, her brother Winchflat has been watching old Frankenstein movies—and has decided he wants to build a human of his own.
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  • The Floods: The Great Outdoors

    Colin Thompson

    Paperback (Random House Australia, March 1, 2008)
    The Floods family go on holiday to the seaside! It isn't just humans who need time off. Wizards do too—and after all the wild adventures the Floods have been through, two weeks at the seaside is exactly what they need. Of course, where the Floods go, trouble is sure to follow.Will Betty use magic to cheat in the sand castle competition? Why is Winchflat stuck in the sand with the tide coming in? Will Mordonna take revenge when she sees animals being mistreated in the circus? One thing's for sure—the sleepy town of Port Folio will never be the same.
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  • The Floods: Who Wants to Be a Billionaire

    Colin Thompson

    Paperback (Random House Australia, May 1, 2012)
    The Floods take on Wall Street and solve the global financial crisis in the ninth book of their hilarious adventures The world is in a recession and millions of people have lost millions of dollars. And just when things are about to get even worse, the Floods set up Summer School in New York and take control. Everyone is thrilled that help is at hand but as they say, charity begins at home. So millions of people will probably lose millions more dollars, but it will all work out fine in the end. Well, for the Floods anyway. Hey, come on. They're witches and wizards, not some sort of charity.
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