Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

"Searching for an explanation for the nightmares that haunt him, Dr Spiro Trotter returns to the Preston watertower. But what will he find beneath the surface of those still, dark waters?"--Back cover.

Ben Braver has one day to save the world. The students of Kepler Academy are under threat...again. And, this time, so is the rest of the world. Ben Braver might just be humanity's only hope. Ben will have to overcome all kinds of enemies, including a reckless time-traveller, the Abandoned Childre...

Even though Ben Braver saved Kepler Academy from total destruction last year, he knows he still doesn't fit in at his secret school for kids with special abilities. His super skills still haven't kicked in and keeping it a secret is getting harder. And with a well-meaning fan club, scheming schoo...

When Ben and Gracie visit their mum at the art gallery where she works, they lose themselves in the paintings of colonial artist Frederick McCubbin, venturing back in time to meet with new settlers to Australia.

As in the author's previous picture book, 'Window', this book is observed through the window of a house in a typical urban neighbourhood, each picture shows time passing. This is Window in reverse, with the land being reclaimed from built-up concrete to a gradual greening.

Bella has woken up to find that things are not as they should be. Her mother is buy painting. Her father is playing his grand piano. Who will help Bella fix her horrible, horrendous hair problem?

Bella's surprised one morning to discover her house has moved in the night - not a lot, just a little. Her parents are too busy to notice, but even they can't pretend it's not happening when they wake up to find their house on the banks of a lake.

It's every little girl's dream to be a ballerina, right? Well, not in the case of Belinda, the ninja ballerina. Enrolled in ballet classes against her will, Belinda would take a headstand over a pirouette any day. But nobody will actually listen to Belinda's protests that she wants to be a ninja,...

When Bessie goes away, Belinda won't let Tom milk her, but wily old Tom has got a trick or two up his sleeve to fool Belinda!

Being You Is Enough is the perfect antidote for the pressures of being a kid in this day and age., it's a book to help kids with confidence and self esteem. This entertaining and refreshing book will inspire kids be themselves and stand up tall. The bright and fun book uses simple messages and qu...