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Time machine and other stories
A short story collection.

Contents: Now's good -- Rush -- Drawing horses -- Holding my breath -- Smart soup -- Time machine -- A winter's day in 1939 -- Crocodile dreaming -- Time machine II -- The monster under my bed -- The gift -- Rich pickings -- My mother is an alien -- The man with the dog eye -- Dog's best friend -- A passport to friends -- Last summer -- Time machine III -- Pirate eye: a novella.
Summary: What happens when you sleep with a crocodile tooth under your pillow, or the mess under your bed turns into something terrifying? How can a football be a passport, and what does it mean when the contraption in the basement starts to hum and glow?
New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults - Finalist 2020.