Collection: Junior Fiction

Becky Culpepper lives at 34 Rufus Street. You might be surprised to know that is her name, because most people think her name is Becky Brush-your-hair. But no matter how many people tell her, or how often, Becky never brushes her hair. One morning, just as Becky was leaving for school, her mum ca...

It's Bea's birthday. She would be happy spending it playing in the garden with the tiny dogs, but her mum thinks they should have a party. Bea is excited and a little bit nervous...There is so much that could go wrong! Will everyone have a good time at her party? Will her granny put strange ingre...

Warning: You are about to read my utterly biggest secrets. Can I trust you? OK then. I'm Ella, and this is my diary. Join Ella in this bind up of two of her hilarious and relatable best friends forever stories, in which she navigates school plays, cooking projects and the ups and downs that come ...

Meet Bling Jollygood: part penguin, part canary, full-time undercover reporter. She has 'totally busted' General Doodle-Doo robbing the world's largest seed bank to feed his chicken army. But before Bling can bring the story back to her boss at the Not Good News, she'll have to fly one last missi...

Lily and her parents are travelling performers are delayed in Canowindra, just as famous bushranger Ben Hall and his gang - who has pulled off the biggest gold robbery ever - arrive. The gang hold everyone in town hostage- but instead of threats, hold a strange, giant three day party, and Lily is...

Meet Violet Grumble: a music-loving, guitar-toting tween whose dream is to compete at BandChamps. The problem is that none of her friends can play an instrument. Violet won't let that stop her! But things get tougher when the band's gear starts to go missing - what's going on? Can Violet solve th...

What would happen if Cinderella found herself in the beast's castle, and Beauty woke up in some evil stepmother's home? Fairy tales meet Freaky Friday in this series, where there's a magical mix-up for every princess! Ella's spent her life dreaming about adventure, but it's hard to have adventure...

'There's a word missing.' Terry pointed to the book. 'The maid plucked the... ready for the spit.' He flipped back a page. 'It said she was sitting beside a black hen, right?' It was true. The words 'black hen' were gone. All that remained was a larger-than-usual space. A gap. An emptiness. A hol...

Alex has only ever wanted one thing: to attend Kicking it Football Academy to one day make her dream of becoming a professional footballer come true. Alex's dream is to attend Kicking It Football Academy-the best football academy in the country. Now that she's eleven, she's finally the right age ...

Eliza the Easter Bunny Fairy is looking forward to helping the Easter bunny this spring. But mean Jack Frost has stolen Eliza's magical charms. Now springtime won't begin and the Easter bunny won't wake up in time to deliver the eggs. Can Rachel, Kirsty, Gracie and Khadijah help her get her charm...