Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

Set in rural Australia in 1930, Audrey Goes To Town follows the adventures of a young girl called Audrey and her family as they leave their outback homestead and travel to the tiny settlement of Beltana. There, Audrey and her younger brother Dougie are left alone with a strict old lady called Mrs...

Twelve-year-old Harper McCoy has danced practically since she could walk, and she is making her mark as one of the top dancers at her studio. Until her parents drop the bombshell: the are moving to Florida, which means she'll have to say good-bye to her friends, her classmates - and her beloved d...

The next crackin’ adventure for Atticus Van Tasticus and his brave, if slightly crazy, young crew of The Grandnan.With the Map of Half Maps finally in the hands of Atticus and his crew, the rest should be easy, right? Wrong! Rattling skeletons, ghosts, monsters from the deep, killer sands and a b...

Atticus Van Tasticus is back. And this time he means business. Having escaped certain disaster on the high seas, he’s on the scent of treasure. Then the call comes from above: 'Ship ahoy, Captain, ship ahoy!' If only it were good news, which of course it ain't. Vicious, mean and mighty unclean Bj...

1750, when times were tough and teeth were rotten... As part of an ancient family tradition, young Atticus Van Tasticus narrowly escapes a life down the coal mines - or worse, going to school - when he gets to choose the gift of a pirate ship from his Grandnan's treasure pile. It's ...

Told from the perspective of a pet dog, At the Vet is proof that a great time can be had looking at all the wacky and wonderful animals in the waiting room!

This richly detailed book about the quintessential Australian beach holiday, is guaranteed to occupy children for hours, as they look for objects that have been lost (by the artist), and found (by the family dog). Humorous postcards on each spread convey the joy of summer holidays.

Deliveries usually come in a van. Deliveries are often heavy boxes or oddly shaped padded bags. Deliveries do not come late on a school night. They don't come in a speeding car. And they don't cry -- When Poppy Campbell's dad opens the front door to find a small, very distressed child clinging to...

The astronaut's cat is an inside cat. And she likes it like that. The astronaut's cat is an inside cat... on the Moon! But she dreams about the strange outside world -- and the mysterious blue ball that rises into the ink-black sky...

Featuring Greek myths and fractured fairytales as told by Nanny Piggins (the world's most glamorous flying pig), a mystery investigated by Friday Barnes (girl detective) and a series of tales so tall they will give you altitude sickness.This book will delight children from four to one hundred and...