Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

When Captain Crabclaw advertises for a crew for his new ship, the Speedy Squid, he doesn't expect to get a duck, a cow, an elephant and a giraffe! Its hoist, the mainsail and anchors aweigh with the most unusual pirate crew the high seas have ever seen! This rollicking tale of swashbuckling and s...

Captain Flinn is Puffin's favourite pirate. He has swashbuckled his way through THREE pirate dinosaur adventures and lived to tell the tale. But now he faces his toughest challenge yet.

A family day out at the beach turns into a swashbuckling pirate adventure as imaginations run wild in this timeless and classic picture book.

Captain Cook and I have a lot of things in common. Here are three of the big ones: 1. We are both named James Cook. 2. We are both great explorers. 3. We both look great in a tricorn hat. Meet Captain Jimmy Cook - the not-quite-so-famous explorer (yet). He might be stuck in Third Grade, but he's ...

Captain Cook and I have a lot of things in common. Here are three of the big ones: 1. We are both named James Cook. 2. We are both great explorers. 3. We both look great in a tricorn hat. Meet Captain Jimmy Cook - the not-quite-so-famous explorer (yet). He might be stuck in Third Grade, but he's ...

Captain Pugwash sets off in pursuit of a ship that could be carrying gold, but Cut-throat Jake is not far behind.

Ahoy there, me hearties! Meet CAPTAIN SNEER - a most boastful buccaneer! He's ROUGH and TOUGH. He's BRAVE and BOLD. He SAILS the SEAS in SEARCH of GOLD!

When her grandparents explode in their caravan toilet late one night, twelve-year-old Harley discovers a surprising truth: their toilet is a gateway to the Land of the Dead, and they are its Guardians. Well, they were. But there's no time to mourn their passing. Because Harley's baby brother has ...

Twelve-year old Harley is happy to be back home after her adventures in the Land of the Dead. But strange things soon start happening. A bunch of Restless Souls turn up in at school, the portal of doom breaks AND everyone thinks Harley has blown up her best friend Bess. Is this all connected to a...

Jorge lives in a shanty town on the outskirts of Paris. Bill, a controller, has an army of child thieves at his command-and Jorge is one of them. But soon Jorge faces an even bigger threat. His home is to be bulldozed. Where will Jorge sleep? What will happen to his friends, Ada and Gino? Could a...