Collection: Junior fiction

Growing up in rural Australia is anything but boring. Just ask 12-year-old Earl Grey. Dead mice on dinner plates, horses in hallways and goats in the lounge room are all part of the experience. Earl’s parents aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer either, but with his best mate Bruiser by his s...

Hope the Welcome Fairy helps children to make friends and settle in when they move to a new home. But when Jack Frost steals her magical items, chidren everywhere feel anxious and lonely. What's wrose is Jack Frost steals Hope as well! Rachel and Kirsty must ask their new friends Grace and Kahdij...

Liska, a smart and brave but lowly shapeshifter, lives in a city embedded in the trunk and branches of an enormous tree. Ropeways and staircases crisscross the outer trunk, portals and sleeppods are dotted all around it. There is a futuristic vibe to the narrative, but at the same time, life seem...

When Dad goes to jail, Matthew and his mum move to the coast, so mum – an artist – thinks she can renovate her late father’s old place to sell it to get them back on their feet. Matthew strikes up a friendship with Old Bill, an Indigenous man who becomes a father figure to him, and teaches him ho...

Mike had no idea that his best friend Alex was a Gris-kwok - someone who can turn into any animal he chooses! But Mike's naughty little sister Molly is a Gris-kwok too. Alex and Mike are about to take on the worst babysitting job in the world.

Eleven-year-old Millie Nakakura is starting sixth grade at a real school for the first time in her life. Previously home schooled, Millie dreams of finally making friends and having a little bit of freedom. Though this proves trickier than she expected. Then she spots a flyer for an after-school ...

"No one predicted the dragon apocalypse. The dragons came suddenly and decimated the world as we knew it, including New York City. Now, three years later, Noah, his hardcore survivalist father, and a ragtag group of survivors are barely scraping by in this new reality. At least for the few months...

Magnolia Moon is very good at finding courage. And when you’ve fought with your best friend and your grandma is sick, it will take great courage to find a way forward. Magnolia Moon returns with a story of the great daring it takes to be ten years old (almost eleven). Whether she’s helping a frie...

It's the end of the world as we know it... Catastrophes abound in this anthology of end times tales by young Australian writers! Delve into their doomsday imaginations and find out what the future holds in poems, stories, games, activities, and illustrated omens of what's to come. Fifteen young e...

All the adults are freaking out. Giant monsters are smashing up supermarkets across the country. The army can't stop them and the prime minister is hiding in panic. A colossal six-headed gingerbread man, a massive emoji poo, a gigantic bouncing bum. Top scientists have no idea where they come fro...