Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

A lion cast out from his tribe. An elephant who can read the bones of the dead. A baboon rebelling against his destiny. For generations, the animals of the African plains have followed a single rule: only kill to survive. But when an unthinkable act of betrayal shatters the peace, the fragile bal...

A baboon who has uncovered an act of treachery. An elephant uncertain of her fate. A lion poised to strike. The code of the wild has been broken. The elephant leader known as Great Mother has been murdered and Bravelands is on the edge of chaos. Now a young baboon, elephant, and lion must come to...

A false leader has been destroyed - but Bravelands is still in grave danger. The animals of Bravelands believed Stinger's death would bring them peace; but no Great Parent has stepped forward, and now the animals are caught in a perilous state of imbalance. Thorn grapples with a burden he may not...

Do you hear that? You’re Cliff now, and your life is going to get better, I promise. When eleven-year-old Matt finds Cliff, a hurt, neglected dog abandoned in the bush, he knows the brave little pup needs saving. He wants to help. But can he? Lately, Matt has had way more bad days than good days....

The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.

Bridget's family's been turned out of their home during the Irish potato famine - their only refuge, the workhouse where conditions are hard, freezing and food sparse. There is one chance - to take a ship to a new country and become Australians.

BRIDGET FIDGET is in a fix. She forgot to hold on tight to her beloved Captain Cat and now he's lost! UH-OH! Just what will the girl in a whirl do now?

When Bridie receives a pair of gum boots wrapped in rainbow paper for her 5th birthday she's delighted. They're the best boots ever! But when she turns six Bridie decides her boots should go on a big adventure.

Twelve-year-old Lily Green's life is falling apart. Her best friend, Violet, is more interested in the latest shade of lip gloss than hanging out. Her enemy, Zoe, is determined to beat Lily in the school science competition - and win Violet's friendship, too. Worst of all, Lily's precious family ...

Pender and his father live in an old house made of honey-coloured stone in the bush by the river, with only the company of his father's paintings and loyal dog, Billy-Bob. Then, on one winter morning, a gunshot amongst the trees changes everything. When Pender rescues Brindabella from the pouch o...