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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2010
  • Latest Book:
    November 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Mac Slater

1 - Mac Slater Hunts the Cool (Apr-2010)
2 - Mac Slater Vs. the City (Apr-2011)

My Life and Other Stuff...

1 - My Life & Other Stuff I Made Up (Dec-2011)
2 - My Life & Other Stuff That Went Wrong (Aug-2014)
3 - My Life & Other Massive Mistakes (Nov-2015)
4 - My Life and Other Exploding Chickens (Oct-2016)

Book List in Order: 24 titles



  • Mac Slater is an inventor. He’s never really thought of himself as cool. Sure, he and his best friend Paul do all kinds of fun and crazy stuff: They built a flying bike and lots of other wild, fast-moving inventions. But when the creators of Coolhu...



  • Can Mac Slater master Manhattan? Find out in the latest Coolhunting adventure! Mac Slater was elated to win a trip to New York City from the Coolhunters website. After all, if you can find cool in New York City, you can hunt cool anywhere. Right? ...



  • Step aside, Andy Griffiths, there's a new kid in town -- and he's bringing his gigantic booger collection with him A series of surprisingly funny, adventurous, sometimes gross short stories. They're linked by the main character -- a kid called To...



  • In this expository young adult novel, Sim and Milla are an unlikely pair for a school assignment and don't get along -- until it becomes a matter of life or death Sim in Australia and Milla in Los Angeles don't seem to have anything in common. Si...



  • A gripping and inspiring space adventure for kids of all ages from popular author Tristan Bancks. Dash Campbell has only ever had one dream. To go to space. Now he and four others have been given the chance to become the first kids ever to leave our ...



  • A gripping and inspiring space adventure for kids of all ages from popular author Tristan Bancks. Dash Campbell has only ever had one dream. To go to space. Now he and four others have been given the chance to become the first kids ever to leave our ...



  • For fans of My Life & Other Stuff I Made Up, more Tom Weekly stories -- still truly hilarious, and truly gross

    What if you've read My Life and Other Stuff I Made Up and you need more? What if you want to read about Tom's dog, Bando, s...



  • Noob is convinced Miss Chowder, the school librarian, is a supervillain. Can he stop her evil plot to take over the school? ...



  • Ruby's wobbly tooth needs help, fast. Sounds like a job for Noob the superhero! The only problem is ... Noob's scared. Is it time he hung up his cape for good?...






  • Working in the school library is the perfect undercover job for a superhero. Unless your first customer is archenemy, Liam Lawson. Can wannabe superhero Noob save the day? ...



  • Noob needs to develop his superpowers. And all superheroes can fly, right? But it's a long way down from the garage. And he doesn't even have a cape......



  • Ben has always wanted to be a cop, so he's intrigued when police officers show up at the door, asking for his parents. Then his parents arrive after the police leave and rush him and his sister into the car, insisting they are going on a vacation. Be...



  • The third glimpse into the hilarious and oftentimes gross life of Tom Weekly's

    Have you ever helped your pop escape from a nursing home? Does your teacher have a problem with his bowels? Is your sister an evil genius and criminal m...



  • Have you ever run from the dentist? Are you petrified of clowns? Have giant head lice tried to attack and eat you? Do you ever chew on your grandfather's toenails for short story inspiration? And have you come up with a genius way to never do homewor...



  • Have you ever been trapped inside a runaway car? Have you broken a world record? Is there someone in your class who will stop at nothing to kiss you? Have you ever tricked your dog into doing your homework? Or found something seriously disgusting in ...



  • Discover what happens when you mix one kid with nine attack possums. Observe the result of a guinea pig hostage situation. Learn from my get-rich-quick scheme to put Australia's angriest ice-cream man out of business. Get ready to judge the world's d...



  • Have you ever been kissed by a dog? Ever had to eat Vegemite off your sister's big toe? Have you had a job delivering teeth? Has a bloodthirsty magpie ever been out to get you? Ever woken up to discover that everything hovers? And have you eaten 67 h...



  • Have you ever helped your grandpop escape from a nursing home? Does your teacher have a problem with his bowels? Is your sister an evil genius and criminal mastermind? Have you ever mined your teeth for cash? Is there a girl or boy at school who’s ...



  • Is your grandpa super-angry? Has your nan ever tried to climb Mt. Everest? Have you started your own playground freak show? And have you ever risked your life to save your pet rat from certain destruction? I have. I’m Tom Weekly and this is my life...






  • Have you ever been trapped inside a runaway car? Have you broken a world record? Is there someone in your class who will stop at nothing to kiss you? Have you ever tricked your dog into doing your homework? Or found something seriously disgusting in ...



  • Sima and her family are pressed to the rough, cold ground among fifty others. They lie next to the tall fence designed to keep them in. The wires are cut one by one. When they make their escape, a guard raises the alarm. Shouting, smoke bombs, people...



  • Meet Lewis Snow. He has the worst case of nits in world history. Everyone wants him to shave his head. But Lewis thinks of his nits as pets. He’s determined to keep his hair and his nits, whatever it takes. Ned lives on Lewis’s head. He&#...



  • Celebrating 100 years of the iconic character and Aussie legend Ginger Meggs, these four brand new and original stories are written by Tristan Bancks, the great-great nephew of creator Jimmy Bancks, and illustrated in full colour by the current Ginge...



  • A new nail biter from the bestselling author of Two Wolves. If your mum was a cop and your dad was a criminal who needed your help to commit a crime, would you do it to save him? At what cost? Nash Hall's dad is a criminal who just can't seem...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Tristan Bancks has published 24 books.

Tristan Bancks does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Cop and Robber, was published in November 2022.

The first book by Tristan Bancks, Mac Slater Hunts the Cool, was published in April 2010.

Yes. Tristan Bancks has 2 series.