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1000 Minutes of Danger
Series: Minutes of Danger
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1000 Minutes of Danger by Jack Heath is an exhilarating collection featuring thirty deadly dangers to escape in one epic volume. The countdown is ticking… Liliana is trapped in a burning building with no way out. Zak is stuck in a shipping container that is slowly...
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Description
1000 Minutes of Danger by Jack Heath is an exhilarating collection featuring thirty deadly dangers to escape in one epic volume. The countdown is ticking…
Liliana is trapped in a burning building with no way out. Zak is stuck in a shipping container that is slowly sinking. Bea accidentally stumbles across a nest of monsters.
Read thirty dangerous stories of brave kids across 1000 minutes of reading time!
Series: Minutes of Danger
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10 Minutes of Danger
20 stories. 20 dangerous situations. 20 brave kids. 10 minutes to escape. Dodi is in the blast radius of an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Gary is stuck up a tree with a giant tsunami wave fast approaching. Tatum is climbing a caldera when an earthquake makes the volcano erupt. Read 20 new dangerous stories in 10 minutes...Paperback$1899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
200 Minutes of Mystery
200 Minutes of Mystery by Jack Heath presents 10 stories, each encapsulating a mysterious situation and featuring 10 brave kids faced with a daunting challenge. With only 20 minutes to solve their predicaments, these tales promise to grip your attention from start to finish. Experience heart-pounding moments as Kane's parachute fails during a skydive—could someone be out to harm him?...Paperback$1699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
200 Minutes of Danger
10 STORIES 10 DANGEROUS SITUATIONS 10 BRAVE KIDS 20 MINUTES TO ESCAPE... 200 Minutes of Danger features ten thrilling stories, each packed with nail-biting suspense and action. Dive into scenarios where young heroes must use their wits and courage to survive life-threatening challenges. Quinn gets thrown overboard into an icy ocean. Can he outwit the circling shark? Ashling is watching...Paperback$1499Elsewhere:$1699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
300 Minutes of Mystery
300 Minutes of Mystery by Jack Heath presents readers with ten thrilling stories filled with intrigue and daring. Each tale features a brave kid faced with mysterious situations, providing thirty minutes of gripping clues for readers to piece together. In one story, Mercer has stolen a secret message, but what happens when the spies discover the truth? Hamzi finds himself...Paperback$1899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
500 Minutes of Danger
500 Minutes of Danger by Jack Heath presents ten thrilling stories featuring ten courageous kids facing dangerous situations. Each story is a race against the clock with only 50 minutes to make their escape. Bobby wakes up in a dark, cold, and confined space. Has he been buried alive, or is something else at play? Ella finds herself trapped in...Paperback$1499Elsewhere:$1699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
300 Minutes of Danger
10 stories. 10 dangerous situations. 10 brave kids. 30 minutes to escape. George is trapped in a falling aeroplane with no engine and no pilot. Milla is covered with radioactive waste and her hazard suit is running out of air. Otto is in the darkest depths of the ocean, where something hungry is circling... 300 Minutes of Danger by Jack...Paperback$1500Elsewhere:$1899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
400 Minutes of Danger
Brad has fallen into the lion enclosure and the big cats are hungry! Charith takes the wheel of an out-of-control bus after an explosion. Iresha hears strange noises... from beneath the seabed. Daniel crawls into a waste crusher after a building collapse and then it gets switched on. Tak's class goes on an excursion to an army base and now...Paperback$1499Elsewhere:$1699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
1000 Minutes of Danger
1000 Minutes of Danger by Jack Heath is an exhilarating collection featuring thirty deadly dangers to escape in one epic volume. The countdown is ticking… Liliana is trapped in a burning building with no way out. Zak is stuck in a shipping container that is slowly sinking. Bea accidentally stumbles across a nest of monsters. Read thirty dangerous stories of...PaperbackSold Out
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781761810312
Publisher: Scholastic Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 May 2026
Country: Australia
Imprint: Scholastic Australia
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 38.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 528
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