Collection: Junior fiction

Beatrice Glass - Bea - lives in a tiny fishing village that's sleepy all year until the summertime, when the tourists flock in and most of the locals leave. But summer is also when Bea's favourite person in the entire world, her fun and hilarious uncle, Byron, comes to stay. On their last day tog...

Paul Jennings meets the Treehouse in this hilarious new series, Something Terrible Becky Culpepper lives at 34 Rufus Street. You might be surprised to know that is her name, because most people think her name is Becky Brush-your-hair. But no matter how many people tell her, or how often, Becky ne...

Tim Mulligan lives at 25 Rufus Street. You might be surprised to know that is his name, because most people think his name is Tim Tie-your-shoelaces. But no matter how many people tell him, or how often, Tim never ties his shoelaces. One morning, just as Tim was leaving for school, his mum called...

When small helpful robots turn up during a swamp disco, all of Brock's friends are thrilled, but Brock wonders why these metallic creatures have really arrived... Brock discovers the robots have been sent by the evil Mayor Grunter when they all combine to create a giant furious metallic beast cal...

Alex has only ever wanted one thing: to attend Kicking it Football Academy to one day make her dream of becoming a professional footballer come true. Alex's dream is to attend Kicking It Football Academy -- the best football academy in the country. Now that she's eleven, she's finally the right a...

Just how far will one boy go to become a fully-fledged billionaire? So here's the thing about me. I'm a billionaire. An actual real-life billionaire! And you know how some people who get rich say stuff like, "I can't believe it!" and "I never thought it would happen to me!" Well. I can believe it...

When a ghost-eating wraith appears in the forgotten seaside town of Elston-Fright searching for the magical Notes, it's enough to make any kid ghost a bit nervous. Faye de Corail may have the townsfolk under her spell, but Girl, Corpse and their friends are determined to stay out of her way. Afte...

Readers, be warned! This book is set on Monkey Island and contains a super-smart gorilla called Harold, two regular kids called Poppy and Billy, and the world's greatest inventor, who happens to be their mum. But, it also features a villainous kidnapping, a secret volcano, pirates on yachts, a hu...

Juniper Mayfair is cursed by Chaos. Or so she has been told. And it is well known that children with Chaos may never visit Miracle, the private island that gifts its visitors magic for twenty-four hours. What others don't realise, however, is that Juniper's Chaos comes in the form of a pesky ghos...

Hotdog, Kev and Lizzie enter an art contest at the local museum. But what happens when someone steals the most famous painting there - the Llama Lisa!? Can Hotdog and his friends chase down the robbers?