Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

Jess is off on a quest to find Dame Walpurga's stolen shoes. But to get them back, she must tackle a rude giant, trick a grumpy gnome and uncover a secret hidden deep underground.

When Ned and his identical twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. But when a Bandit King comes to steal the magic Ned s mother, a witch, is meant to protect, it s Ned who safeguards the magic and summons the strengt...

A leaf that flies... A rock that hops... These are some of the wonderful things that Simon sees on his walk with Nan. Simon takes a walk through the bush with his Nan and along the way finds out that things are not always what they seem.

Victorian England, Stella Montgomery lives with her three dreadful Aunts at the Hotel Majestic. One day, she sees something she shouldn?t have, and is plunged into an adventure...

Leo and Mimi return to Rondo determined to stay out of trouble and away from their old enemy the Blue Queen. On meeting with their old friends, the two Langlanders discover that much has changed since their last visit....

Once there was magic, and the magic lived in the dark forests. Until the warriors came... Xar is a Wizard boy who has no magic, and will do anything to get it. Wish is a Warrior girl, but she owns a banned magical object, and she will do anything to conceal it. In this whirlwind adventure, Xar an...

Enter a land of wizards, warriors, mythical creatures and powerful magic in an exciting new fantasy adventure. Wish and Xar are now outlaws on the run, hunted by Warriors, Wizards and worst of all, by WITCHES ... Can they find the ingredients for the Spell to Get Rid of Witches before the Kingwit...

Xar and Wish have found the ingredients for the Spell-to-get-rid-of-Witches. Now the Kingwitch is calling them to the lake of the lost. But first they must mix the potion in the Cup of Second Chances ... Can they defeat the hungry Tatzelwerm monster and escape with the cup? And will the spell be...

This was once the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who had been taught since birth to hate each other like poison. But now, the boy Wizard and girl Warrior have been brought together in the Badwoods and they have witnessed the shocking consequences of the stone that takes away...

"How do you fix a wobbly bike? Could it be the tyres, the terrain, or maybe it might be a new rider? A joyful, multi-layered story, celebrating the unique culture of Australia’s urban top end, the precious roles of grandparents in families, the fact that kindness and encouragement, combined with ...

Wolf and Dog are cousins. Wolf is wild and Dog is tame. Wolf lives in a forest on top of a hill. Dog doesn't. Dog has a basket. And a boss.

On a mission to find their families, Gwen, Rupert and the dogs strike out across treacherous ice and freezing oceans. If they are to have any hope of survival, they must stowaway on a ship full of enemy soldiers. But sometimes help comes in unexpected forms. Someone new will join the pack … but w...

Wolf Girl and her pack are back for another hackle-raising adventure! When Gwen and her dogs jump on a train bound for the mountains, they are surprised to find the carriages are full of weird and wonderful animals! With the help of new and old friends, Gwen is determined to give the wild creat...

Wolf Girl and her pack are in a truckload of trouble this time! As the train Wolf Girl is driving hurtles towards the locked gates of an enemy city, the last thing Gwen expects to see out the window is her long lost sister! Soon the pack are on an epic chase, encountering deadly enemies and ple...

Gwen and her dogs have made it out of Moon City, but the Braxans are right behind them. In the ruins of an abandoned town, the pack find the perfect spot to lay low: an old shopping centre, full of nooks and crannies to explore. But it soon becomes clear that they aren't the only ones who know ab...

When disaster separates Gwen from her family, she must fend for herself, all alone in the wilderness. Luckily, she's not alone for long. When a wolf puppy, a Labrador, a Chihuahua, and a greyhound want to make friends, Gwen discovers talents she didn't know she possessed. It will take all her new...

When Gwen and her pack fall from Castle Winter into the churning sea, she wonders if this might be the end of their adventures... but then they are rescued by an unlikely group - a boy, a girl and two dolphins. Together the new alliance sets out to Rocky Bay to search for their lost families and ...

When Gwen discovers her dad has escaped from Snake Dungeon in Winter Hill, she and her pack race to the town, desperate to find out whether her mum is still being held there. But when they arrive they realise the Braxans are watching them, and when they split up, the dogs start disappearing . . ....

When Gwen and her pack are carried by the wild river to the tiny village of Hookville, little does she know she will soon be joining forces with Jarrod, a local athlete, to compete in the Championship Games. But will they make it upriver to the Championship Games in time? And what – and who – wi...

At first, Gwen is overjoyed to see another human after four years alone in the wild.But all that changes when she is thrown into the back of a van and stolen away to a prison camp. The situation looks dire - how will her pack find her? Where is her human family? Are the other kids in the camp fri...