Collection: Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Presents information about Audrey Hepburn, from her youth in Nazi-occupied Europe, through her rise to stardom in some of the era's most popular films, to her dedication to UNICEF.

One night Audrey spots a pale shape hovering in the darkness. What can it be? Audrey thinks it might be an angel, a ghost, or even a bunyip. But when she solves the mystery. She discovers a secret she must keep from everyone she loves

Wonder tells the story of Auggie Pullman: an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face, whose first year at school changed the lives and the perspectives of everyone around him. Auggie & Me is a new side to the Wonder story: three new chapters from three different characters - bully Julian, oldest ...

Eleven-year-old Jones Kirby has just moved to Sydney from her farm in country New South Wales. She's missing her alpacas and wide-open paddocks and can't get used to her family's tiny city apartment. She's also worried that her vision is blurry - she lost her eye to cancer as a toddler. Could it ...

'Pack up your games, dismantle your toys, practise your manners and muffle your noise. Straighten your face, where your smile used to be, for coming this way are The Aunties Three!' Watch the mayhem unfold as three bold aunts enter the house of three unruly children who try their very best to wel...