Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

Get ready for mayhem and pigeon poo in the latest instalment in the Game On series, a fast-paced adventure featuring rogue technology, warring siblings, and disasters of CAT-ASTROPHIC proportions. Chaos ensues as the reluctant sidekicks race to return to human form before time runs out. Full of a...

The life cycle of a crocodile as told through the story of a mother crocodile and one of her babies, Cranky. For Cranky the saltwater crocodile, every day is a struggle for survival. From the very beginning of her life she is in danger. Wild pigs come searching for crocodile eggs, and sea eagles ...

13-year-old Gabriel is a brilliant pickpocket, a skill which he uses to keep his often empty belly not quite so empty. And then one day, he's caught. But instead of being arrested, he is invited by the mysterious Caspian Crook to attend Crookhaven, a school for thieves. At Crookhaven, students ar...

"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks... The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that quivering. 'Cuz tonight I'm delivering," raps twelve-year-old Josh Bell. Thanks to their dad, he and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his bloo...

There was once a crow who lived in a tree by a waterhole. She would stare into the water, and see another crow staring back. Crow thought Crow-in-the-waterhole was the most wonderful bird she thought, I wish I could be like her.

When Sadie moves back to her mother's town in country Victoria, she finds herself drawn to the dried-up lake where eerie carved standing stones have recently been revealed. Wheeling crows seem to speak to her about an old wrong she must set right.

Soon Charlie will have a dog of his own, but it won't be a big, scary dog like Crusher. Who could ever love a dog like that?

Jacob is just one of millions who won't eat their crusts. But he is one in a million when it comes to bright ideas. When tiny creatures from a distant crumbling planet seek Jacob's help, he sets out to do what he can with his big box of uneaten crusts. A story about crusts and intergalactic trave...

On a typical afternoon, teenage Joe is being chased by bullies from school when he accidentally runs through a portal to another world. He finds himself in a training camp for a group of teenage boys and girls who will become Runners. Each cycle, three Runners are sent to place the power sources ...

"Cub loves exploring the Great Outdoors he is prepared for everything. Well, he tries to be. There are plenty of things to learn and tips to follow. However, Cub isn't quite sure what he would do if he ever met a bear in the woods. So when Cub meets Brown, he finds that the outdoors, and the indo...