Collection: Junior fiction

Twelve-year-old Caspia hates big cities, especially one as busy as New York. So she isn't thrilled by the news that her parents are taking her to stay in Brooklyn. It's summer devouring bad luck! But everything changes when Caspia discovers a bundle of letters, hidden in an old chest of drawers. ...

Maya Bright isn't going to let ANYTHING - even losing her leg - stop her from having an AMAZING thirteenth birthday. An uplifting and inspiring story, full of fun, friendship and family, by journalist and amputee Ella Dove.

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...

Millie and Stella's very favourite thing is riding their ponies together. But gates are being left open in their paddock, and Millie and Stella are being blamed! Can the girls figure out who is behind the mischief before their beloved ponies are put in danger?

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...

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...

"When Fran, Tom, Maddy and Gilbert the dog stay with Professor George Kirrin for the holidays, they soon find themselves caught up in a robbery of a top-secret treasure map. Professor George will have to tell them about an old case of the Famous Five if they're ever going to catch the thief and r...

Niki is having the wildest week - first, she stumbles across a mysterious gem, then her kitten goes missing. And then she discovers she's a ninja! Can Niki work out how to use her new powers to save the town? And who on earth is Niki's wisecracking ninja sidekick?!

Thirteen-year-old Ava lives in Darwin with her family and their homing pigeons, of which Essie is Ava's favourite. A Japanese family live next door and their son, Kazuo, is Ava's best and only real friend. While Essie is taking her first flight, Ava overhears an argument between her mother, and h...