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...

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 ...

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...

Tap, tap, CRACK! Three stripy chicks hatch ... After patiently incubating his mate's eggs, Cassowary Dad must raise the chicks alone. Cassowary Dad nurtures, teaches and protects his chicks. But looking after three chicks is not easy. When a cyclone tears through their rainforest home, will this ...

Indigo and Rusty might live in a funeral parlour, but they don't believe in ghosts. That is, until Indigo drops an old urn, accidentally releasing the Cinderman: a terrifying ash monster, who will smother their town in ashes and turn everyone into zombies, unless they can stop him by sunset. Usin...

'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 ...

Ella's worlds collide when her old friend Viv and new friend Mai finally meet at Ella's birthday party a sleepover at the zoo! Ella can't wait to explore and learn about the animals, but it's hard to have a good time when your two best friends aren't getting along. The search for an escaped anima...

This is a story so strange, it might almost be unbelievable... Sisters Lake and Birdy are latest arrivals at the Charitable Home for Poor Unfortunates Touched by Tragic Circumstances. And if you think that sounds bad, that's just the beginning. Luck is not on the sisters side, it seems. Or is it?...